Photographs by students of Charles Arnold, 1959-1987.

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Photographs by students of Charles Arnold, 1959-1987.

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Photographs by students of Charles Arnold contains images created by students for class assignments, as well as images of photography class trips. One trip in particular is documented in this collection: a trip to New York City with images of Mitch Diamond, Carl Chiarenza at Life magazine offices listening to Ralph Morse, Barbi Brill, Frances Glennon, George Reynolds (Eastman Kodak), Bob Webber, Bruce Downes (editor of Popular Photography), Bob Webber and Ralph Hattersley at the Modern Art Museum. The vast majority of the collection is photographs and contact sheets. However, there are 7 paper layout prints, also presumably created by Arnold's students. Photographs by students of Charles Arnold, professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1959-1987.

1.34 linear feet (1 oversize lid box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179111

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. School of Photographic Arts and Sciences

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Arnold, Charles Henry

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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...