student life

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This collection was compiled by the Association of Independent Living Groups (AILG) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the MIT 150th Anniversary Archives Project. It includes the charter and bylaws of the AILG, as well as information on the history, present state, and possible future of Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILG) at MIT.

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The collection of the Boston Stein Club records includes the bylaws and articles of the club, correspondence about activities, announcements and programs, and club minutes related to this organization of Boston area MIT Jewish alumni.

Scope and Contents This collection is an assembled collection of clippings and scrapbooks of clippings about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology covering the period 1869-1926, with one additional scrapbook covering the period 1948-1949.The mounted clippings in boxes 6 to 11 covering the period 1911-1917 concern the proposed move of the Masschusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from Boston to a new Cambridge campus, which occured in June 1916. These clippings were donated by and likely...

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The collection contains materials that document student life on the MIT campus, including notebooks and papers, news clippings, magazines, student publications, photographs, brochures and programs, and other memorabilia.

Abstract This collection was compiled by the Association of Independent Living Groups (AILG) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the MIT 150th Anniversary Archives Project. It includes a document composed of reports, photocopies of news clippings and yearbook pages, and a narrative about the history of Epsilon Theta fraternity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Also included is a booklet, dated from the late 1990s, about the fundraising campaign to renovate the chapter house...

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The collection of Frederick A. Magoun includes student notes, final and mid-year exams, and a scrapbook containing memorabilia and photographs created by Magoun during his student years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1918.

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This collection includes financial records, minutes of the executive committee, and information about living arrangements and house activities, records created by the resident graduate students from 1947 to 1980.

Abstract The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Athletic Association was a student organization established in 1904, under the supervision of the Alumni Advisory Council on Athletics, to manage and promote athletic activity at MIT. The organization oversaw the activities of athletic teams, distributed Institute funds to the teams, and participated in planning and policy decisions. The collection documents the business of conducting athletics at MIT in the first half of the twentieth century, after...

Scope and Contents The collection comprise records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The collection also includes records of the MIT Electrical Engineering Society, 1905-1920, a predecessor student group. Those include a constitution, minutes, membership lists, and clippings. About half of the collection concerns the years 1905-1930, with the other half devoted to records from 1930 to 1963. Coverage of the years 1930 to 1963 is...

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The collection consists of the records of the secretary of the class of 1895 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including Alumni Association address cards; a scrapbook belonging to Luther K. Yoder, class secretary; two volumes of class records containing class of 1895 notes from Technology Review, and the class constitution.

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In 1890, the Glee Club, Banjo Club, and Mandolin Club joined to create the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Combined Musical Clubs. After several dormant periods and name changes, the Combined Musical Clubs reappeared in 1908 and persisted as an umbrella organization for undergraduate musical groups until 1986. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, financial and administrative reports, brochures, concert programs, and a scrapbook.

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The records of the Committee on Student Housing, which worked from 1955 to 1956 with a charge from James Killian, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) consist of minutes of the committe meetings, brief topical reports, and the final report of the committee, completed in May 1956.

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The collection contains excerpts of letters, dated 1950 to 1964, from students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology written to members of the Fulbright Committee about their experiences abroad.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection includes correspondence, reports, budgets, and schedules pertaining to graduate student orientations, parties, dances, outings, and other social events; also includes correspondence regarding the Muddy Charles Pub (operated by GSC), recognition and funding of graduate student clubs and activities, and nominations to and contributions of graduate students on Institute committees, including advocacy of improved housing and academic policies. The only digital files...

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The collection contains print copies of columns written by Joseph Barco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology class of 1995. These originally appeared on a web site as part of the student online newspaper Fishwrap.

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The collection consists of agenda notes, meeting minutes, anniversary celebration materials, member directories, and governing documents.

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The Point System Committee records contain minutes, motions, and an official point list of the Committee.

Abstract The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solar Electric Vehicle Team is a recognized student organization at MIT. The Solar Car Project began in the spring of 1986 with the purpose of building and racing a solar car. The first solar car built by the MIT group was the Solectria 3, which became the first American entry in the Tour de Sol 1986, an international solar car competition which took place in Germany and Switzerland. The team regularly entered cars in the Tour de Sol and...

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The collection comprises records produced by the Student Art Association at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between the approximate years of 1960 to 2000.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Task Force on Student Life and Learning (TFSLL), 1996-1998, document the activities of the committee from its creation in July of 1996 until its final report was issued in the summer of 1998.The background information gathered by the committee is a highlight of the collection. Among the data collected are photocopies of MIT financial documents dating back to 1860. Other documents examined by the committee are the MIT...

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This collection contains the minutes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tech Electrical Club.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of a student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that produced musical or revue shows, known as the Tech Show, between the years 1899 and 1969. It includes a nearly complete set of show programs from 1899 to 1969. A program for the 1900 show titled "The Medicine Man" is missing. The collection includes published vocal scores for selected years and show scripts. There are manuscript orchestral scores from 1948 to 1957, and 1966 to...

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The collection consists of minutes of meetings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Union House Committee from 29 April 1911 through 11 January 1913.

Abstract The Walker Memorial Gymnasium Committee was appointed in 1899 to secure subscriptions from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alumni and local representatives for a new memorial gymnasium on the Boston campus, to be built as a tribute to the late MIT president Francis Amasa Walker. The committee also sought to garner support for the gymnasium from the MIT Corporation, faculty, and undergraduates. The collection includes four account ledger books maintained by the Walker Memorial...