College student orientation -- New York (State) -- Rochester

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The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) bucket brigade records contain materials documenting the 1996 & 1997 attempts by RIT freshmen to break the Guinness World Record for the longest fire bucket brigade. Records include correspondence, photographs, newsclippings.

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RIT new student orientation matricula includes 3 bound volumes labeled "Matricula 2014" and "Matricula 2016" and "Matricula 2017". The 2014 volume has a note on the inside cover which says "*This book is actually the class of 2015."

Overview The collection includes correspondence, committee meeting notes, orientation and academic year schedules, handouts about on-campus resources, orientation newsletters for incoming students and their families, new student record books, color slides, and photographs. It is arranged mostly chronologically. Boxes 3 through 5 contain extensive records detailing the planning for Student Orientation Services (SOS) between the years of 1970 and 1976. Everything else is a mix of planning and finalized...