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Resources on RIT History: Quick Guide

HISTORIES

3rd floor T173.R66G67 Also available in Archives, 3rd floor
Gordon, Dane. Rochester Institute of Technology : industrial development and educational innovation in an American city. New York : E. Mellen Press, c1982.

 

The most authoritative examination of the history of the Rochester Institute of Technology beginning with its genesis in 1829 up until 1982. The absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in Rochester Institute of Technology.


Selected College Histories

3rd floor Z122.5.U6L38 1987 Also available in Archives, 3rd floor
Lawson, Alexander. The School of Printing : Rochester Institute of Technology : the first half-century 1937-1987. Rochester, New York : School of Printing Management and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987.

 

A thorough analysis of the development of the School of Printing, now the School of Print Media.


OVER 4th floor LD1741.E62 D74 1995 Also available in Archives.
Dresser, David. Eisenhower College : the life and death of a living memorial. Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Pub., 1995.


4th floor HV2561.N73 R584 2001 Also available in Archives
Lang, Harry. From dream to reality : the National Technical Institute for the Deaf : a college of Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York: Rochester Institute of Technology, c2001.


OTHER SELECTED RESOURCES

Magazines

3rd floor Archives T171.R7A4
R.I.T. : The University magazine. Rochester, New York: Office of Alumni Relations,
Rochester Institute of Technology, Volume 1, 1999-present

Yearbooks


Yearbooks are good sources of information on the classes and their activities and also for photographs of Institute people, places, and events. Ramikin was the name of the 1st yearbook -- RAMI for Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. After the Institute change the name to Rochester Institute of Technology, the yearbook became Techmila.

2nd floor PER T171.R66M5
3rd floor ARCHIVES RIT T171.R66M5
Ramikin 1913-1944
Techmila 1944-45-1992

 

 


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