Overview of the Collection
Institute Archives and Special Collections,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Lombard Pozzi
RPI Fraternity Party Posters
1964-1967
52 items
The collection of fraternity party posters advertise upcoming
parties and events. The posters were made by hand on heavy poster board using spray paint, stenciling and free
hand drawing techniques. According to the donor, the posters hung on trees along the walk from the Troy building
to the old ’87 Gym.
2010-16
Collection materials are in
English
Biographical History
Lombard Pozzi is graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor in Architecture, 1968. Pozzi
currently practices as a preservation architect in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Fraternity Party Posters consist of 52 posters from the mid-1960’s representing twenty two different Fraternities.
The donor, Lombard Pozzi, collected the posters for his dorm room while a freshman at RPI. Later, as house manager
for the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, Pozzi continued to collect the house’s posters after parties. The posters
advertise upcoming parties and events. The posters were made by hand on heavy poster board using spray paint,
stenciling and free hand drawing techniques. According to the donor, the posters hung on trees along the walk from
the Troy building to the old ’87 Gym.
Arrangement of the Collection
The Fraternity Party Posters are organized alphabetically by Fraternity according to their full title and Greek designation.
Subject and Genre Headings
Pozzi, Lombard John
Pozzi
Fraternity Party Posters, mid 1960s
Greek letter societies, Troy, New York
posters
Preferred Citation
Fraternity Party Posters, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Acquisition Information
The Fraternity Party Posters were donated to the RPI Archives and Special Collections on July 26, 2010 by Lombard Pozzi,
graduate of RPI with a Bachelor in Architecture in 1968.
Inventory
Acacia
1
1
Alpha Chi Rho
1
2
Alpha Epsilon Pi
1
3
Item 1
Item 2
Alpha Tao Omega
1
4
Delta Kappa Epsilon
1
5
Item 1
Item 2
Lamda Chi Alpha
1
6
Phi Epsilon Pi
1
7
Phi Iota Alpha
1
8
Phi Kappa Tau
1
9
Item 1
Item 2-4
Phi Kappa Theta
2
1
Item 1
Item 2
Phi Mu Delta
2
2
Phi Sigma Kappa
2
3
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Pi Kappa Alpha
2
4
Pi Kappa Phi
2
5
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Pi Lambda Phi
2
6
Rensselaer Society of Engineers
2
7
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
Item 5
Sigma Chi
3
1
Sigma Phi Epsilon
3
2
Item 1
Item 2
Tau Kappa Epsilon
3
3
Theta Xi
3
4
Item 1
Item 2
Zeta Beta Tau
3
5
Zeta Psi
3
6
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3