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Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Ahira Webster diary and papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006631461]
Identifier: RITDSA-0078
Overview

Ahira Webster papers contains a personal diary, photocopy of a portrait of Ahira Webster, a short biography, a copy of an 1899 issue of Deaf-Mutes Journal, and an 1849 annual report and documents of the New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

Dates: 1849-1850, 1899
Found in: RIT Archives

Booth family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0045
Overview

James E. Booth was a trustee of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) during the 1890s. His son, Irving, was one of the university's largest benefactors during the mid-20th century. The collection mostly includes photographs of various members of the Booth family. There are also several pieces of correspondence and a publication on the Monroe County Savings Bank.

Dates: circa 1876-1950
Found in: RIT Archives

Charles A. Savage photographs and other material

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0149
Overview

Photographs taken by Charles A. Savage, a former professor of photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Savage taught at the Institute from 1937-1966. The collection includes 23 prints as well as a few pieces of biographical information.

Dates: circa 1932-1966
Found in: RIT Archives

Colophon collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: CSC-0013
Overview

Collection of correspondence, printed signatures, ephemera, and original drawings realted to The Colophon. The Colphon: a Book Collector's Quarterly, was published in New York between 1930 and 1950.

Dates: 1929 - 1950

Ira Current photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0249
Overview

Seven photographs by Ira Current. Photographs are modern prints from 2002 made with original negatives dated 1929-1992.

Dates: 2002
Found in: RIT Archives

J. E. Mock portrait collection

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: RITArc-0049
Overview

Photograph portraits of members of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute's (RAMI) Board of Trustees and of prominent Rochesterians. RAMI changed its name to the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944. The portraits were taken by Joseph Ernest Mock, a prominent photographer in the Rochester area.

Dates: circa 1910-1940
Found in: RIT Archives

John Retallack Colleagues portraits

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0068
Overview

The John Retallack Colleagues portraits consist of fifteen black-and-white portraits of RIT faculty. The portraits are 13 x 11 inches and each is matted. Also included is a 32 x 24 inch poster printed with 6 of the portraits used in the book, Colleagues.

Dates: 2006-2007
Found in: RIT Archives

Leslie D. Stroebel photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0152
Overview

Photographs taken by Leslie D. Stroebel, a former professor of photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The collection includes 19 portrait prints.

Dates: circa 1960-1970
Found in: RIT Archives

Lou Dorfsman family photographs ; portraits and miscellaneous prints., 1930 - 2008

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV contains materials which relate to Lou Dorfsman's personal life, outside of coporate and club responsibilities.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 2008

Portrait of William Destler

 Collection — Painting 1
Identifier: RITArt-0116
Overview

The portrait of William Destler was painted by Pranesh Das Purandaradoss, an MBA student at the Saunders College of Business. Destler was RIT's ninth president serving from 2007-2017. This is likely an oil painting, and has been selected by Destler as his official portrait.

Dates: January 2017
Found in: RIT Archives