Items

• Spring with the Tiger Poster
  A poster of Spirit the tiger dressed for the beach promoting the spring weekend from May 9-May 11, 1986
• Black and White photograph of the Tiger Mascot at a basketball game
  Ritchie participating in the big basketball game, 1983.
• Richard H Eisenhart, Chairman of Board of Trustees with RIT’s Tiger Mascot
  A photograph of the first Spirit costume, circa 1976, and RIT Board Of Trustees Chairman Richard H. Eisenhart.
• Book titled “Ritchie Finds His Stripes”
  A small tale seemingly aimed at wee lads. Essentially touring the RIT campus. The end of the book goes into an incredibly brief detail about the history of the mascot, alongside this timeline.
• Grandpa Ritchie's Head
  A paper mache replica of Grandpa Ritchie’s head. This Ritchie mascot costume, affectionately known as “Grandpa” due to the incredibly worn state it was in when it was retired, was used between 2000 and 2006, with a replacement purchased on October 2006.
• Newspaper photo of veterans who came from Rochester and celebrated their service in WW1 with a banquet 1921
  A simple photo of the 1921 banquet held in the honor of the Rochester “Dough Boys” who served in Europe with a description of the people in the banquet below
• Unidentified student in dietetics conducting experiment in dehydrating foods for the Government 1917-1918
  The photograph is of a woman flipping a switch to a machine that apparently dehydrates food
• RIT marching band uniform
  The RIT marching band was created in 1969 led by David Gueso, the first director of the band. During winter of the 1968-1969 academic year, the band began practicing in one of the conference rooms in the College Union on the new Henrietta campus. This bright orange wool beret, cadet style brown, white, and orange jacket, and brown pants would have worn by a member of the RIT marching band when they would perform at hockey and basketball games on campus.
• Spirit the Tiger Mascot with Unidentified Cheerleaders
  Photo with Spirit at the center surrounded by cheerleaders. Before the days of the Ritchie mascot, there was the Spirit the Tiger, the original RIT mascot (excluding the dog Brownie from World War I). Although Spirit would die within a year, he would continue to live on through the zeal of the mascots.
• Cruising Main Street
  “Grandpa Ritchie cruising main street”. Bill Darrow and Wayne Hass are visible, with Dave Page inside the costume.
• 1943 Cheerleaders Emblem
  This Blue and Grey logo with the letters “MI” and a megaphone behind it originates from the early 1940’s era of RIT. Before RIT the school was known as the Mechanics Institute. Traditionally this logo would have appeared on the front of the cheerleaders uniform, sweater, or on the back of a jacket. Since this time, the colors have changed to Orange and Brown.