School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) photographs, 1958-1989.

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School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) photographs, 1958-1989.

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Photographs related to the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). This collection of 71 photographs includes students and faculty in photographic labs and classrooms in the early 1970's, and portraits of Navy personnel enrolled in summer "United States Navy Quality Control of Photographic Processing" program from 1958 through the late 1980s. The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) photographs contain 71- 8 x 10 inch photographs. Photos #1-6 are of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus buildings in the early 1970's when the campus was fairly new, as well as the Tojo Garden, a Japanese garden on campus dedicated to the memory of an RIT student from Japan. Photos #7-12 depict photography labs with stations and equipment used for testing and developing film. Photos #13-31 show students and faculty working in the labs and in a classroom setting with Professor Albert D. Rickmers. One student identified in three images is Jean-Guy Naud, who later taught at RIT. Photos #32-60 are portraits of Navy personnel beginning in 1958 who were enrolled in the summer "United States Navy Quality Control of Photographic Processing" program, along with RIT faculty members. Photographs from 1958-1968 were taken at RIT's downtown campus located in Rochester, NY. Photographs from 1969 through the late 1980's were taken at the Henrietta campus. Many of the portraits have two copies, both black-and-white and color.

0.25 linear feet (1 small document box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179090

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rickmers, Albert D.

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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...

Naud, Jean-Guy.

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Rochester Institute of Technology. School of Photographic Arts and Sciences

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