Thomas Kekic glassware, 1972.

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Thomas Kekic glassware, 1972.

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Thomas Kekic glassware contains a set of 8 ruby red glasses with decanter. Thomas Kekic glassware contains a set of 8 glasses with decanter.

1.25 linear feet (1 file box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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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...

Kekic, Thomas,

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Born in Ohio, glass artist Thomas Kekic earned his Bachelors from Kent State University and a Masters in Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute. In the 1970s, he helped develop and was head of the glass department at the School for American Craftsmen at RIT. Kekic has exhibited his works widely, and was also owner and operator of Bristol Glassworks in Canandaigua, New York. Kekic's family has been involved in glass for generations. His father was an industrial glassworker at General Electric. Nick K...