Women college students -- New York (State) -- Rochester

The Anne Payne Mechanics Institute digital files include a photograph of several young women who attended the Mechanics Institute, as well as several newspaper articles relating to the women.

The Arthur J. Plouffe collection on RIT Fencing contains photographs and newclippings about the RIT women's and men's fencing teams between 1953-1965.

Complete contents of student Barbi Brill's photographic printing lab book for 1953-54 created by RIT photography professors Leslie D. Stroebel and Donald L. Smith. The lab book includes sample work, lab reports, comments and grades by the instructors.

Materials related to Bertha E. Butts, dressmaking student in the Department of Household Arts and Science at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute in 1904. The collection includes a sewing sample scrapbook and dress made for class.

Materials belonging to Blanche A. Phillips and Dorothy J. Walls. Both women graduated from the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944). The collection includes textile cards, pamphlets, and other published material.

Henry Lomb Society pin belonging to Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (RAMI) student Winifred Philleo. The Henry Lomb Society (1916-1936) was created in 1916 to recognize outstanding RAMI students.

Pathways: A Century of Women at RIT project materials contains flyers, exhibition cards, and student projects generated for the project. The collaborative project took place during the 2007-08 academic year and culminated in a day-long symposium featuring presentations by students of their papers, poem readings and an exhibition opening.

Three items from the Department of Domestic Science and Art at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute: 1 apron, 1 cooking hat, and 1 drawstring bag.

The collection includes various documents, clippings, publications, financial records, enrollment records and board meeting information related to the Domestic Science Department at RIT. The collection spans from 1893-1989.

The RIT President’s Commission on Women records are a fully-digital compilation of surveys, focus group information, strategic planning documents, photographs, memos, correspondence, event documentation, meeting minutes, and other documentation on the purpose and impact of the President’s Commission on Women. The bulk of the materials are from 2022-2024.