Baker, Everett Moore
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1950
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Everett Moore Baker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0013
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The major portion of the collection consists of correspondence, covering Baker's life, 1901- 1950. The first two folders contain letters written from childhood to student days at Dartmouth, and are almost all letters from him to his mother. The next six folders consist of business letters or letters of congratulations to Baker on various occasions: his ordination in 1929; his election to the Vice Presidency of the American Unitarian Association in 1937; his appointment as minister at...
Dates:
1901 - 1950
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mid-Century Convocation on the Social Implications of Scientific Progress records
Collection
Identifier: AC-0172
Abstract
The inauguration of James R. Killian as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's tenth president on April 2, 1949, was preceded by the two-day "Mid-Century Convocation on the Social Implications of Scientific Progress" on March 31 and April 1. The collection contains thirty-seven 7 1/2 ips 7-inch reel-to-reel audio tapes of the three general assemblies and six panel discussions held during the 1949 midcentury celebrations; tapes of the inauguration ceremonies; 1949 video footage...
Dates:
1949, 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0004
Abstract
The collection consists of records created while Karl Taylor Compton (president 1930-1948) and James Rhyne Killian (president 1948-1959) served in the position of president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It contains correspondence, reports, memoranda, and committee materials about the activities of the presidents and their staff, the definition and evolution of policies, and the administration of the Institute. Records document Compton's early efforts to strengthen the...
Dates:
1930 - 1959