Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1831-06-01 - 1908-03-04

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the Chair of the Corporation, records of Karl T. Compton

Collection

Identifier: AC-0065

Scope and Contents The Office of the Chair of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), records of Karl Compton came to the MIT Institute Archives with the Compton-Killian presidential papers (AC 4). This corporation collection is arranged in three series: 1949-1950, 1951-1952, and 1953-1954. Within this chronological order, material was arranged alphabetically by either the subject or the surname of the correspondent. Although Karl Compton assumed the...

Dates: 1948 - 1954

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

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