Tech Engineering News
Scope and Contents
The collection includes some correspondence, subscription records, and office manuals of the Tech Engineering News, a monthly professional journal published by undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working with alumni and faculty. It was originally conceived of as a supplement to the student newspaper,The Tech, in 1919, when Tech advertising manager Ray St. Laurent discovered that some businesses preferred to advertise in a college technical journal rather than a college newspaper. Volume I of the operations manual documents the founding of the journal. It includes original art work and photographs of staff. The collection also includes a history written in 1966.
The first volume of Tech Engineering News was published in 1920 and the last (volume 60, no. 1) was published in 1976. Journal volumes have been preserved as part of the publications collection of the Institute Archives and Special Collections, classified as TA1.T4.
Dates
- circa 1920-1977
Creator
- Tech Engineering News (Organization)
Access note
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tech Engineering News
- alumni and alumnae Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- faculty Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- finance Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- student life Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- student publications Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- students' societies Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- undergraduates Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Creator
- Tech Engineering News (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Records of Tech Engineering News
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 October 4: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
Repository Details
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