Ruth Thomas photographs and transparencies, circa 1940-1942.

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Ruth Thomas photographs and transparencies, circa 1940-1942.

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Ruth Thomas photographs and transparencies were most likely created while Thomas was a student at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Images are numbered; numbers may have correlated to class assignments. The collection includes: 1 black and white negative, 9 color transparencies, and 10 black and white photographs. There is also a Christmas card presumably designed by Thomas. Image subjects include advertisements, portraits, and architecture. Twenty photos and transparencies by Ruth Thomas. Thomas was a student at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology.

0.9 linear feet (1 oversize lid box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176348

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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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...

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

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Thomas, Ruth

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Ruth Thomas was a student at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned a degree in photography in 1942. From the description of Ruth Thomas photographs and transparencies, circa 1940-1942. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 767739747 ...