Henry Lomb Society records 1916-1936 1934 - 1935

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Henry Lomb Society records 1916-1936 1934 - 1935

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Records of the Henry Lomb Society, an organization started in 1916 as an early honor society at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. The collection includes various organizational documents such as the group's constitution and by-laws, memoranda, and speech transcripts, as well as newspaper clippings related to the organization's activities. The Henry Lomb Society records consist of organizational documents and newspaper clippings.The organizational documents consist of several copies of the Society's constitution and by-laws, memoranda regarding Society activities, invitations to the group's annual meetings, letters of appointment for Society officers, faculty nominations of potential student members, speech transcripts, and other documents related to the administration of the Society. Of interest is a transcript of Charles H. Wiltsie's address to the Society on May 9, 1934. In his speech, Wiltsie discusses his own background as well as Henry Lomb, specifically the admirable qualities Lomb exhibited throughout his life. The collection also contains newspaper clippings (circa 1935) on the Henry Lomb Society's induction ceremonies.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Wiltsie, Charles Hastings, 1859-1935

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Lomb, Henry, 1828-1908.

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Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Henry Lomb Society,

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The Henry Lomb Society (1916-1936) was created in 1916 to recognize students of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute who excelled in "scholarship, personality, [and] service to the school." The first class of eighteen members was inducted in 1916 in the assembly hall of the Eastman building where it was announced that each member would be awarded a pin designed by the fine arts department. Although the original members were selected from the senior class, alumni who performed "notable...

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...