Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Osiris (Society) records
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Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of agenda notes, meeting minutes, anniversary celebration materials, member directories, and governing documents.
Dates
- Creation: 1904 - 1969
Creator
- Osiris (Society: Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Organization)
Access note
This collection is open.
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
Osiris was a student organization founded in 1904 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Arthur J. Sweet. It was a secret society with the purpose of promoting contact among students, administrators, and faculty. Each year the fifteen active student members selected their successors and a member of the administration or faculty or an alumnus to be an honorary member. The honorary members included each president of the Institute. The club was also referred to as "270" for an early meeting site at 270 Beacon Street in Boston.
The group met for monthly dinner meetings that provided informal settings in which undergraduates discussed issues and suggestions about Institute affairs to administrators and faculty. Osiris disbanded in the late 1960s.
Extent
0.45 Cubic Feet (1 legal manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Bibliography
- We Meet in the Name of Osiris. MIT Libraries (Institute Archives): T171.M4241.O85 1958.
- The Education of a College President: A Memoir, by James R. Killian. MIT Press, 1985, pp. 10-11.
- "So what's an Osiris?" The Tech, May 21, 1971, pp. 5-6.
Processing Information
Some materials in this collection were initially designated as a separate collection, the MIT Osiris records, 1968 (MC-0168). In December 1994, materials from MC-0168 were redesignated as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Osiris (Society) records (AC-0301).
Subject
- Osiris (Society: Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Records of Osiris Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- (Copyright 2010)
- 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Building 14N-118
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Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
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