Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1880 - 1970
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dugald C. Jackson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0005
Abstract
The collection documents the career of Dugald C. Jackson, a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1907 to 1935. Correspondence, reports, and other materials document Jackson's years as head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, his innovations in the department and the undergraduate curriculum, the establishment of a cooperative education program (course 6-A), and his work on MIT committees. His work as a consulting engineer and inventor is...
Dates:
1878 - 1952
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
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History 2
- Business and education 1
- Disarmament -- History 1
- Education -- United States 1
- Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty 1
- Public utilities. 1
- Science -- Technological innovations -- Research. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- United States. 1
- academic affairs 1
- convocations 1
- fund raising 1
- governance 1
- institutional relationships 1
- presidents 1
- speeches (compositions) 1
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