Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics student records
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of student records kept by the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from circa 1940-2010. Materials are primarily graduate student records, although some undergraduate student records from the mid-1960s and earlier are interfiled. Folders may contain any of the following records: part of the MIT application; reports on academic standing, including copies of grades; professors' evaluations; correspondence with professors; thesis proposals; and letters of recommendation. Withdrawn student records are from students who did not complete degrees. Folders may contain any of the following records: part of the MIT application; reports on academic standing, including copies of grades; professors' evaluations; correspondence with professors; and disciplinary actions.
Dates
- 1940 - 2010
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection requires permission for access. Records are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation. Contact Distinctive Collections for further information.
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
Mathematics was taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from the time the Institute first held classes in 1865. John D. Runkle, second president of MIT, oversaw the mathematics program until his death in 1902; he viewed it as a service department for the instruction of engineers. For many years the mathematics department was Section III of Course IX, General Studies.
In 1933, under the direction of MIT president Karl Taylor Compton who strengthened the study and research of scientific disciplines at the Institute, mathematics became an independent department, designated Course XVIII in the School of Science.
MIT History, Department of Mathematics, 2014.
Extent
40.3 Cubic Feet (39 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed collection inventory is available to staff in the MIT ArchivesSpace staff interface.
Processing Information
In spring 2021, this finding aid was revised as part of a project to publish previously unpublished finding aids. The finding aid was brought up to minimum description standards and any personally identifying information in the description was removed.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
- academic affairs Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- academic departments Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- administration of students Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- graduate students Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Creator
- Title
- Inventory to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mathematics Student Records
- Status
- Staff Use Only
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements and to remove personally identifying information from the description.
Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Building 14N-118
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
distinctive-collections@mit.edu