Bevier Memorial Building collection 1902-1982

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Bevier Memorial Building collection 1902-1982

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Materials related to the Bevier Memorial Building at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The building was constructed in 1911 using funds given by Susan Bevier. The collection contains invitations to the building's open, postcards and greetings cards depicting the building, and clippings. There is also a report on the building's historical significance. The Bevier Memorial Building collection contains materials related to the building and its history. The collection includes information on the building, invitations to the building's opening, postcards and greeting cards depicting the building, and clippings. In addition to a timeline of the building's ownership history, there is a copy of a report published by the Rochester Preservation Board. The report outlines the group's findings and discusses the building's historical and architectural significance to the city of Rochester. With the exception of one clipping from 1902, the clippings in the collection deal with the university's plans to demolish the building, the efforts to save the structure, and its uses following the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) relocation to the suburbs of Henrietta in 1968.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8143536

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Bevier, Susan, 1821-1903

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Susan A. Bevier (1821-1903), née Nelson, was born in May 1821 and eventually married Henry H. Bevier. Although Henry was originally from Binghamton, NY, he moved to New York City sometime after 1863. The Beviers were a prominent family in Manhattan, having achieved financial success. Susan Bevier, an art enthusiast, visited family and friends in Rochester, NY every summer. She actively collected artwork and was a proponent of art education. Thus, when Mrs. Bevier passed away she left a large po...

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

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Bevier, Alice, d. 1896.

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Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946

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Claude Fayette Bragdon, architect, stage designer, author, and poet, was born in Oberlin, Ohio, on August 1, 1866. In 1891 he moved to Rochester, N.Y., and in 1923 he settled in New York City until his death in 1946. His architectural designs include Rochester's New York Central Railroad Station and the Rochester First Universalist Church. His books include THE GOLDEN PERSON IN THE HEART (poems, 1898), ARCHITECTURE AND DEMOCRACY (1918), MERELEY PLAYERS (1929), and MORE LOVES THAN ONE (autobiogra...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Bevier Memorial Building.

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Bevier family.

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