Scope and Contents note This collection consists of an audio recording of speeches and music presented at an Institute wide Convocation at the Massachusetts Institute of Techology (MIT) commemorating former president and former chair of the Karl T. Compton. A memorial service had been held earlier in the year in June, but the convocation was held on October 4, 1954 so that students could participate. Speakers included chair of the facult Martin J. Buerger, Dean of Science George R. Harrison; Provost Julius A....

Scope and Contents The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was established in 1957 to honor Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The purpose of the lectureship is to bring to the campus “scholars noted for their universality of thought and influence on human values.” The lecturers are chosen from a broad spectrum of fields, including science, philosophy, religion,...

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The collection comprises an audio recording of the October 4, 1954 Karl Taylor Compton Memorial Tribute speeches given by Ralph Lowell and James R. Killian on WGBH radio broadcast.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains biographical information about Karl T. Compton, physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Materials include correspondence between George Harrison, Julius Stratton, and Margaret Hutchinson Compton about Harrison's biography of Compton. Compton's date books, 1919,1934-1935, 1942-1954, some with detailed entries, and Karl and Margaret Compton's appointment calendars provide some information about the Comptons' daily activities....

Abstract Katharine Dexter McCormick, a 1904 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was an activist for women's suffrage and education, and a leader within the birth control movement. She provided financial support for research that led to the development of the contraceptive pill and was instrumental in the establishment of the first women's residence on the MIT campus, McCormick Hall. The collection includes family correspondence, McCormick’s student notebooks, examinations, and...

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This collectin of Keatinge Keays student notes contains notes on lectures, quizzes, and supplementary materials for subject 13.12, "Warship General Arrangements," taught by J.A. Brown in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in the spring of 1953.

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The papers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Kenneth A. Smith consist of correspondence, minutes, and reports about the Council for Chemical Research (CCR) compiled by Smith while he was chair of the CCR Government Relations Committee.

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The collection includes notes and reports on hydraulic engineering projects.

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The collection documents the professional activities of Kenneth L. Hale from 1958 to 2000. Materials include biographical items, correspondence, projects and proposals, publications, reference letters, papers, books, and course materials.

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The papers of Kenneth Robert Britting include course notes, MIT System Dynamics Group reports, and other papers and reports from Britting's time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The collection comprises meteorology publications, including books, manuals, and handbooks, dating from circa 1930 to 1949.

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The collection documents the professional activities of Kent F. Hansen from approximately 1985 to 1989. Materials include corespondence and workshop files, including several relating to light-water reactors.

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This collection is an audio recording of a session for the Independent Activities Period (IAP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 on the topic "Urban Information Systems."

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This collection documents the career of Kevin Lynch. Lynch was a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1948 to 1978 in the Department of City and Regional Planning, and was a leader in the field of city planning and urban redevelopment. Material in this collection covers research data, correspondence, course material, trip diaries, and manuscripts.

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This collection documents the career of Klaus Biemann, a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1956 to 1996 in the Department of Chemistry.

Abstract The Kosta Tsipis papers document the professional life of Kosta Tsipis, the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program in Science and Technology for International Security (PSTIS) and span the years 1972 to 2000. The papers document the project files relating to arms control studies and militarization, including Milstar, the Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) program and nuclear crash studies. The files also include proposals, articles, correspondence, speeches,...

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The papers of Lan Jen Chu consist of correspondence, minutes, and teaching materials documenting Chu's career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Also included are subject files, working notes and calculations, reports, and some correspondence relating to his research in the field of microwaves with the MIT Radiation Laboratory and the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory.

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The collection documents the activities of László Tisza.

Materials include: correspondence, course notes, diaries, transcripts, and articles.

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The collection includes Laurence Young’s teaching materials and materials pertaining to his many professional activities, such as his work with committees, Spacelab, and the National Space Biomedical Institute.

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The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, and other information about Addicks' consulting projects.

Scope and Contents Collection consists of transcripts of Lawrence Anderson's interviews with Walter Netsch (SB in architecture, 1943, MIT, and general partner of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) and Harry Weese (SB in architecture, 1938, MIT, and principal partner of Harry Weese & Associates) on student life at the Institute and their involvement in the architectural profession. Also includes a transcript of Anderson's interview with Charles Correa (SM in architecture, 1955, MIT), who was invited to teach...

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The collection consists of typescript manuscripts of chapters in Chapman's book The Ship in Port, notes on book illustractions, a handwritten travel diary of visit to European ports in 1934, reprints of reviews of his Marine Power Plants, ship blueprints, correspondence concerning book and journal publication, and journal reprints. Materials date from 1886 to 1965.

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This collection includes copies of award certificates given in honor of the Wiesners to individual Massachusetts Institute of Technology students or groups of students for contributions to the creative and performing arts.

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The collection, given by Hennig, consists of newsclippings and correspondence with MIT administrators pertaining to MIT's non-discrimination policy towards lesbian and gay members of the community.

Abstract The Lee Grodzins personal archives consists of six boxes of material. The collection includes course material from when Grodzins was a student at Purdue, and when he began teaching as a faculty member in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Physics department. The collection also includes original data, research, and reports on the "manpower problem in physics" project. There is also consulting and patent work in the collection on neutrinos, detection technology, and airport...

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This collection of the personal papers of Leo Beranek reflect his personal and professional activites from approximately 1921 to 2015. Included are records of his work as a founder of Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Boston Broadcaster's, Inc. (WCVB-TV), in academia at the Harvard Electro-Acoustic Laboratory, and his work as an acoustical consultant.

Scope and Contents note This collection documents the career of Leo Marx, Kenan Professor of American Cultural History, Emeritus, in the Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The bulk of material in boxes 1-12 of the collection consists of course materials from classes Marx taught at both Amherst College (1970 to 1976), and MIT. The STS.910 lecture recordings are the only digital portions of this collection. They consist of Windows Media...

Abstract Leon Trilling (1924-2018) was emeritus professor in the MIT Department of Aeornautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. He began his career at MIT in 1951 as a researcher, became a professor in 1959, and retired in 1994, after which he continued teaching at MIT for another 23 years. He was also the co-founder of the Massachusetts Department of Education’s METCO Program, the longest continuously running voluntary school desegregation program in...