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Ordway, John Morse, 1823-1909

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1823 - 1909

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

  • 39371874

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret E. Stinson reminiscences with questions asked by Ellen S. Richards (transcript)

 Collection — Box Shared D: [Barcode: 39080036789466]
Identifier: MC-0460
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of a transcript of an interview by Ellen S. Richards with Margaret Stinson concerning Stinson's administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) inorganic chemistry laboratory from the opening of the Institute in February 1865 to 1911. Also includes her general reminiscences about MIT faculty, students, and staff, particularly those associated with the MIT course in chemistry.

Dates: 1911

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