Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1821 - 1888
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Corporation, records of the Secretary
Collection
Identifier: AC-0131
Scope and Contents
The collection spans the years of 1859 to 2010. Materials include administrative records of the Office of the Chairman of the Corporation and Office of the Secretary, as well as Corporation membership records containing correspondence, photos, and biographical and membership information. Also included are Campaign Committee , Joint Advisory Committee, and Building Committee records.The collection also comprises a number of fiscal records. This includes Ledger Number 1 (spanning...
Dates:
1859 - 2010
Walter H. Sears papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0257
Abstract
Walter H. Sears, 1847-1911, was a member of the first graduating class of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning an SB degree in civil engineering in 1868. He was chief engineer for the Aqueduct Commission of the City of New York while the Croton Aqueduct was constructed, and worked on a number of other major water-supply projects in the United States. Notes, reports, clippings, photographs, and drawings in the collection document several of his projects, including the Croton...
Dates:
1863 - 1962
William Barton Rogers papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-0001
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...
Dates:
1804 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1882
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- Boston (Mass.) -- History 1
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- Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History 1
- Geologists -- United States -- Biography 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Presidents 1
- Pawtucket (R.I.) -- Water-supply 1
- Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History 1
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography 1
- Water-supply engineering. 1
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