Bob Conge drawings, 1966.

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Bob Conge drawings, 1966.

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Bob Conge drawings depict construction vehicles during the relocation of the RIT campus from downtown Rochester to Henrietta in 1968. Drawings are watercolor, Conte crayon, and ink. Collection consists of a set of 9 drawings of RIT Henrietta campus construction vehicles by RIT Professor Bob Conge.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. College of Fine and Applied Arts

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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...

Conge, Bob,

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Bob Conge was an assistant professor at RIT' s College of Art from 1964-68. He graduated from RIT in 1962 and received his MFA from Syracuse University two years later. In 1964, he was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany grant for painting and was appointed the director of the J. Thomas Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In 1970, Conge opened his own studio and produced work for numerous clients, including American Express, Citibank, Volkswagen, and the New York Times. He has exhibited his wo...