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This collection documents the career of Irwin Oppenheim. Oppenheim was a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1931 to1969 in the Department of Physics, and was a leader in the field of operations research. Material in this collection includes biographical information, correspondence, course material, conference and presentation notes, manuscripts, research data, and published articles, technical reports and books.

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Collection includes photographs and papers pertaining to Isadore Candeub and the firm Candeub, Fleissig & Associates.

Abstract The contents of the Isfahan Urban History Project Archive are the culminating efforts of Lisa Golombek, Renata Holod, Claus Breede, and Juliette Yaghubi-Nassab, which document the research team’s fieldwork and subsequent projects related to the study of Isfahan’s pre-modern urban development. Comprising the fieldwork are notebooks, sketchbooks, research indexes and files, maps, drawings, photography and color slides depicting the city's street patterns, service nodes, monuments and domestic...

Abstract Ithiel de Sola Pool, professor of political science and director of the International Communications Program of the Center for International Studies (CIS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was a leading authority on the study of public opinion. Pool was a leader in the development of techniques by which detailed projections of public opinion can be made through the simulation of attitudes and attitude changes on a computer. The collection contains correspondence, reports,...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection includes writings, presentations, research proposals, and conference descriptions, which document Licklider's career and research interests, 1941-1995; MIT course materials, 1957-1984, which document courses taught by Licklider on computer programming and related public policy issues; documentation concerning GRAPPLE, 1983-1985, a system developed at the Laboratory for Computer Science by the Graphical Programming Group, which included Licklider; and records about lawsuits...

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The collection consists of student notes and a cassette tape recording of a speech made by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor J. Herbert Hollomon on December 5, 1977, sponsored by the MIT Center for Policy Alternatives on changes in industrial productivity, strategies for action, and the possible role of universities.

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The collection contains materials related to Jack B. Howard’s career at MIT, including correspondence, research papers, reports, memos, video cassettes, course materials and published articles.

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The collection documents the activities of Jack L. Kerrebrock. Materials, which span the years of circa 1984 to 1996, include administrative and professional files.

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The collection documents the professional activities of Jack Ruina between the years of approximately 1954 to 1968.

Materials include: MIT Center committee reports and correspondence, and personal files including those pertaining to the National Security Council and the Tea Pot Committee.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection is composed of materials pertaining to Jerrold Zacharias that were collected by Jack S. Goldstein in preparation for his book, A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R. Zacharias, Scientist, Engineer, Educator (MIT Press, 1992). The bulk of the collection includes photographs of Jerrold R. Zacharias, his wife, Leona, his family members, and his professional and personal acquaintances. The photographs span Zacharias’s life, including...

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The collection of Jackson and Moreland daily journals contains the daily journals of Edward Moreland, 1914-1925, and Dugald C. Jackson, 1923-1925, and Arthur L. Nelson, 1920-1922, all of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) class of 1907. The journals include information on daily business activities and meetings, and notes.

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Collection includes extensive consulting files which document Den Hartog's career as an international advisor to government and industry on problems of vibration and stress. Correspondence and lecture notes reflect his role as educator and professional colleague while at MIT. Also included is a diary from a European "tour of duty" with the United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945.

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James A. Beattie was an assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor of physical chemistry at the Massachusetts Instutite of Technology from 1923 to 1961. He co-authored Principles of Thermodynamics with Irwin Oppenheim which was published in 1980. This collection consists of a handwritten manuscript of the Principles of Thermodynamics and typewritten lecture notes for course 5.71 Chemical Thermodynamics.

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The papers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus James Amory Herrick consists of an essay entitled "A Treatise upon the Siemens' Process of Making Steel Upon the Open Hearth," dated September 1872, and notes on the chemical analysis of iron, 1871-1881.

Scope and Contents of the Collection Correspondence, notes, photographs, reports, articles, and speeches document Fisk's work on atomic fission. A diary describes his trip to Italy, 1943 1944, to contact other scientists and identify important scientific documents. Correspondence with Vannevar Bush provides details about Fisk's consulting work for the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II. There is information about Fisk's assignment as head of a delegation of scientists sent to Geneva...

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The collection of James D. Bruce correspondence consists of personal correspondence, which includes letters of congratulation to Bruce on his appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Industrial Liaison Program and office of information systems, and correspondence reflecting Bruce's interest in the expression of religious faith in the workplace.

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The collection documents the professional activities of James E. McCune from approximately 1957 to 1965. Materials include theses, notebooks, papers, research project files, correspondence, and subject files.

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James Phinney Munroe was an 1882 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who served in various positions at MIT, including Secretary of the Faculty, President of the Alumni Association, Secretary of the Corporation, Managing Editor of Technology Review, and Life Member of the Corporation. The collection includes correspondence related to his MIT work and publications written by him.

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Collection consists of four volumes of notes on courses given at Glasgow University by John Harvard Biles and Philip Jenkins on the stability of ships, ship calculations, strength of ships, and resistance and speed.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection reflects James R. Killian's personal and non-Massachusetts Instiute of Technology (MIT) professional activities from 1923 to 1985. Biographical information, personal and business correspondence, and journals and correspondence about his retirement provide some insight into his private life. There is a small amount of correspondence and other material from the years when he was editor of Technology Review and vice president of MIT, including an audiocassette interview (1982) he...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of materials documenting the Athena Language Learning Project (ALLP) and the Laboratory for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (LATH). These materials include proposals, reports, and documentation (such as flow charts, programming notes, and screen shots) for the developmental projects Discourse, Lingo, Natural Language Learning, video tool kits, and interactive videos (A la recontre de Philippe and Dans la quartier St. Gervais). Other MIT-related...

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The collection documents János Beér's professional activities in the form of research publications spanning the years of 1951 to 2007.

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The collection comprises materials related to Jaspar Whiting from 1917 to 1934.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional activities of Jay Wright Forrester, director of the Digital Computer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Materials in this collection span from approximately 1940 to 2000, and include Forresters research, writings, speeches, correspondence, corporate consulting materials, and course notes for classes he taught at MIT. Forrester's research is documented in records about his patents and computation notebooks. These materials...