Frederic W. Goudy Award collection, 1961-1992.

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Frederic W. Goudy Award collection, 1961-1992.

Clippings, programs, videotapes, and invitations related to the Frederic W. Goudy Award, conferred by Rochester Institute of Technology. The Frederic W. Goudy Award collection includes clippings, press releases, invitations, and programs related to the award and honorees. Awards were initially presented at a lecture, and later, at a symposium. VHS videotapes provide coverage of symposia from 1991 to 1993. In 1988, "Twenty Years of the Frederic W. Goudy Award" was published; a copy of the book is in the collection. Lastly, the first award, given to Herman Zapf, is also included.

2.0 linear feet (6 folders, 17 VHS tapes, 1 award)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179138

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947

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Frederic William Goudy was an American type designer. After a career in real estate, he began his career as a type designer at 40 and created over 120 type styles including University of California Oldstyle, exclusively for the University of California Press, and Goudy Old Style. Goudy founded the Village Press with Will H. Ransom and was the Art Director for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company from 1920 until his death in 1947. From the description of Frederic W. Goudy collection, ...

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...

Frederic W. Goudy Award.

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