RIT Winter Weekend collection 1961-1983

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RIT Winter Weekend collection 1961-1983

Materials related to the Rochester Institute of Technology's Winter Weekend, an annual campus event for students, faculty, and staff. The collection includes program schedules, invitations, and clippings. There is also information on "Art Stuff," a series of lectures that coincided with Winter Weekend. The RIT Winter Weekend collection contains materials related to the program and its various activities. The collection includes schedules of events, programs, invitations, and clippings. There is also information related to "Art Stuff," a series of presentations by "creative artists" that coincided with Winter Weekend. This series consists of a schedule of events as well as articles and press releases related to the various artists including John Halpern, Brian Bram, Pat Olezsko, Tony Kosloski, and Gerard W. Renaldi.

0.08 linear feet (4 folders)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144192

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Kosloski, Tony, 1945-

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Rinaldi, Gerard W.

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1981)

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1971)

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Bram, Brian 1955-

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Halpern, John 1954-

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1982)

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1975)

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1985)

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1961)

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Art Stuff program.

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Rochester Institute of Technology Winter Weekend (1983)

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Oleszko, Pat

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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...