RIT Craft Students Guild constitution, 1969.

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RIT Craft Students Guild constitution, 1969.

The RIT Craft Students Guild constitution outlines the group's purpose, membership requirements, and governance structure. Also included is a budget for the organization for the 1968-1969 school year. Constitution for the RIT Craft Students Guild. Included with the constitution is a budget from 1986-1969.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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School for American Craftsmen

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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 Institute of Technology. Craft Students Guild,

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The School for American Crafts was established at Dartmouth College in 1943. By 1953, the school found a permanent home at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The RIT Craft Students Guild was started to "promote communication and cooperation between the various craft areas at the School of American Craftsmen as well as between the School and the rest of the craft world." One way this was achieved was through a speaker series organized by the club, featuring one speaker each month. ...