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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Committee on Provisional Students and Discipline records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0195

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The records of the Committee on Provisional Students and Discipline records (1922-1946) contain of minutes of meetings of the committee and includes lists of students who were readmitted or dismissed from the Institute.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922 - 1946

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open as of 2022.

Conditions Governing Use

Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.

Historical note

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Committee on Provisional Students dates from at least 1892 and became the Committee on Provisional Students and Discipline in either 1931 or 1932. The Committee consisted of the dean of students as chair, the registrar, and other members elected by the faculty. The Committee ruled on student petitions for readmission and was empowered to recommend dismissal of a student to the president. It became the Committee on Discipline in 1951.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials in the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections

AC-0030: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Committee on Discipline

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.

Title
Guide to the Records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee on Provisional Students and Discipline
Status
Ready For Review
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository

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