Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alumni Association

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This collection includes minutes and other records of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from the organization of the board in 1968 through 1983. Also in the collection are board resolutions, by-laws, and by-law revisions.

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The collection includes early Alumni Association reports and meeting records, information on the Committee on Publication, which led to the establishment of Technology Review, Board of Directors minutes, financial records and budgets, information regarding reunions, Alumni Officers conference files, records of the National Selection Committee, and information regarding the choosing of MIT’s colors. Also included are audio tapes of speakers at alumni events.

Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection includes the earliest records and minutes of the Alumni Association of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dating from 1874 discussions of its formation to the formal minutes and report from 1875, when the Alumni Association was organized. There are reports on course of study at the Institute, prepared in the years 1870 to 1877. The colleciton also includes annual reports of the Committee on the School dated 1881, 1884, and 1885. A report on the Women's...

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The collection comprises records produced by Donald P. Severence and William J. Hecht, Executive Vice Presidents of the Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT. The materials span the years of 1962 to 1970 and 1980 to 1997.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The six accessions given to the Institute Archives by Carroll Wilson from 1979 to 1983 were integrated into the present arrangement, maintaining Wilson's folder titles and original order when possible. No re-ordering was done within the folders. There are five series: Series 1, Personal, Biographical and Family Papers; Series 2, MIT Related Records; Series 3, Corporate Records; Series 4, Subject Files and Correspondence' and Series 5, Speeches and Writings. Additional materials...

Abstract

The Dedication Reunion Committee was formed to oversee the celebrations for the dedication of MIT’s new Cambridge campus, which took place on June 12, 13, and 14, 1916. The committee was divided into over twenty subcommittees responsible for an elaborate set of festivities. Several subcommittees are represented in the collection, including the Undergraduate Reunion Committee and the Technology Pageant Committee, whose records form a major portion of the collection.

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The Giving to MIT website, operated by the MIT Alumni Association, facilitates financial donations made to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The website contains a list of the funds, programs, initiatives, departments, and organizations accepting donations, as well as information on donation payment and duration options. Also included on the site is a list of frequently asked questions as well as tax and gift information.

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The collection comprises records produced by the Alumni Association at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Materials include correspondence and an archived website.

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The collection comprises financial records created by the Alumni Association at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1917 to 1950.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of class photograph albums which contain portrait photographs (primarily individual) of class members, faculty, and administrators of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Many of the portrait subjects are identified by name. Some of the albums group the portraits by course and include labeled photographs of classrooms, laboratories, buildings, and workshops, and group photographs. The albums span the graduating classes of the Massachusetts Institute of...

Scope and Contents of the Collection These records were created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association to keep track of alumni deaths as part of of the periodic publication of an alumni directory. Boxes 1 through 76 comprise records for deceased alumni; they are arranged alphabetically by last name. Records in boxes 77 through 135 consist of another alpha file which contain files relating to alumni who died between and 1995. In addition to records of date of death, files in...

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The MIT Alumni Association provides services and resources for alums of MIT, including special benefits, events, career search resources, volunteer opportunities and more. Their website provides links to all of these offerings as well as access to an online alumni directory, and additional learning opportunities after leaving MIT.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Educational Council partners with the MIT Office of Admissions to support recruitment of first year students. The Council is composed of staff members and Educational Counselors, who are MIT alumni. The MIT Educational Council website includes information on the Council's activities and how to join the Council as an Educational Counselor.

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The collection spans from approximately 1903 to 2008. Records include newsletters, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, news releases, directories, and photographs of both active and inactive clubs and affinity groups.

Abstract This collection contains the personal correspondence of William Barton Rogers, the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Family and professional correspondence, notes, articles, lectures, clippings, and drafts of articles on scientific topics, documents relating his philosophy on science and technology education, and many antecedent documents relating to the establishment and early years of MIT are included. An important part of the collection is drafts of...