RIT mug and cup collection, 1961-2010.

ArchivalResource

RIT mug and cup collection, 1961-2010.

Collection includes mugs, cups, and steins promoting RIT events, student life, and student organizations. RIT mug and cup collection includes: Java Wally's (2 cups); 100 Years of Excellence in Photographic Education (2 mugs); Principal Investigators Reception (mug); Alpha Phi Omega (stein); Zeta Tau (stein); RIT Annual Concert Clambake (2 mugs); RIT Student Directorate (cup).

1.0 linear feet (1 file box)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8180977

RIT Library, Wallace Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Rochester institute of technology

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x968d8 (corporateBody)

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...