NTID Summer Vestibule Program photographs, 1971-1995/

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NTID Summer Vestibule Program photographs, 1971-1995/

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Photographs and slides relating to the Summer Vestibule Program, an orientation for students attending the National Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. NTID Summer Vestibule Program photographs and slides document the annual orientation for students attending the National Institute of the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. The collection consists of 12 albums of color photographs and 1 album of color 35 mm slides with images of students and orientation activities. There are also 9 envelopes of additional photographs, roughly sorted by subject.

2.6 linear feet (2 file boxes)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179260

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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National Technical Institute for the Deaf

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National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Summer Vestibule Program

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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...