Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science records
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection includes information on the PDP-1 computer, as well as general information about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering in the form of memos, publications, lists, graphs, statistics, forms, and correspondence. Recordings of seminars and colloquiums sponsored by the department from 1996, and 2000-2004 can be found in Series 4. Also included in the collection are administrative files of department heads Louis D. Smullin,1966-1974, Wilbur B. Davenport,1974-1978, and Gerald L. Wilson, 1978-1981.
Dates
- Creation: 1969 - 2004
Creator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Organization)
Access note
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biography or Historical note
The degree program in Electrical Engineering at teh Massachusetts Institute of Technology began in 1882, although an official Department of Electrical Engineering was not established until 1902. In 1975 the department was renamed the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Detailed histories of research and teaching activities can be found in the following publications: A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982, by Karl Wildes and Nilo Lindgren; and The Electron and the Bit: EECS at MIT, 1902-2002, edited by John V. Guttag.
Heads of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science:
Louis Duncan (1902 - 1904)
Harry E. Clifford (acting, 1904 - 1907)
Dugald C. Jackson (1907 - 1935)
Frank A. Laws (acting, 1918 - 1919)
Vannevar Bush (acting, 1929 - 1930)
Edward L. Moreland (1935 - 1938)
Harold L. Hazen (1938 - 1952)
Gordon S. Brown (1952 - 1959)
Jerome B. Wiesner (acting, 1959 - 1960)
Peter Elias (1960 - 1966)
Louis D. Smullin (1966 - 1974)
Wilbur B. Davenport, Jr. (1974 - 1978)
Gerald L. Wilson (1978 - 1981)
Joel Moses (1981 - 1989)
Paul L. Penfield, Jr. (1989 - 1999)
John V. Guttag (1999 - 2004)
L. Rafael Reif (2004 - 2005)
W. Eric L. Grimson (2005 - )
Extent
11.4 Cubic Feet ((10 record cartons, 3 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes) )
Language of Materials
English
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.
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- 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 (Moving Images)
- Box: 15 (Moving Images)
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
