Leo Marx papers
Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the career of Leo Marx, Kenan Professor of American Cultural History, Emeritus, in the Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The bulk of material in boxes 1-12 of the collection consists of course materials from classes Marx taught at both Amherst College (1970 to 1976), and MIT.
The STS.910 lecture recordings are the only digital portions of this collection. They consist of Windows Media Audio (WMA) files.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1938-2010
Creator
- Marx, Leo, 1919- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biography
Leo Marx is the Kenan Professor of American Cultural History, Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS). He came to MIT in 1976 from Amherst College.
STS faculty biography: http://web.mit.edu/sts/people/marx.html
Extent
12.3 Cubic Feet (12 record cartons, 1half- manuscript box)
224.2 Megabytes (17 digital files)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
Processing Information
Digital files originally housed on 2 CD-R optical discs. Joe Carrano transferred the files from the disks using Exactly and CCA SIP creator tool.
Subject
- Marx, Leo, 1919- (Person)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology, and Society (Organization)
- Title
- Transfer List to the Papers of Leo Marx
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Date
- 2011, 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022 March 7: Joe Carrano, digital archivist, updated extent, scope and content, and processing information to reflect digital media transfer from accession 2011-067
- 2023 February 9: Revised by processing archivist Chris Tanguay to add access notes.
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 18 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
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