RIT dedication bricks, 1968-2004.

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RIT dedication bricks, 1968-2004.

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RIT miniature bricks were created as a souvenir of the Henrietta campus dedication on October 19, 1968. The bricks are a miniature of each of the 7,500,000 bricks used in the construction of the new campus. Similarly, additional small bricks were created in celebration of the 175th Institute Anniversary celebrations. One of those bricks is in this collection, and marked with a small gold plaque. Last, there are two bricks marked with a metal plate for the dedication of the Hale-Andrews Student Life Center in 1992, one brick from Eastman building on the downtown Rochester campus (now demolished), and bricks for Annual Brick Day (1979 and 1980). Miniature and souvenir bricks created for the RIT Henrietta campus dedication. RIT moved from downtown Rochester to Henrietta in 1968. Additional bricks mark dedications for post-1968 buildings, and one from the original Rochester campus.

1.5 linear feet (2 clamshell boxes)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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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...