Drama Guild of RIT records 1964-1969

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Drama Guild of RIT records 1964-1969

The Drama Guild of RIT records consist of various documents related to the organization and its activities. The first part of the collection includes administrative and financial records such as a copy of the club's constitution, member rosters, budget requests, and an annual report. The collection also contains correspondence, playbills from several productions, promotional materials such as pamphlets, and rehearsal schedules for four different plays. Records of the Drama Guild of RIT. The organization was officially organized in January 1965 at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The collection includes both administrative and financial documents, correspondence, playbills, promotional materials, and rehearsal schedules.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8146290

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technolog.y Drama Guild,

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The Drama Guild of RIT was officially formed in January 1965 at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). A group of students had put on a play, "See How They Run," during the school's 1964 homecoming; this served as the basis for the organization. In the spring of 1965, the club performed a series of one act productions including "Happy Journey to Trenton" and Camden" by Thornton Wilder and "The Sandbox" by Edward Albee. The following year, the organization began touring with several product...

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 Institute of technology. Drama Guild.

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