governance

Abstract

This collection contains records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Treasurer created between 1883 and 1971. Included are ledgers and other accounting records of MIT's investments. It also contains records of department expenditures of general and special funds.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists primarily of the administrative records of Vice President of Research and Provost David Litster. Some records created by Vice President Kenneth Smith and Associate Provost for Research Charlene Placido are included. Personnel and patent files are mixed through the collection which needs to be processed before providing access.

Scope and Contents of the Collection Boxes 1-7 contain records accumulated while Samuel Goldblith was vice-president for resource development and includes reports and correspondence about the Industrial Liaison Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) particularly regarding Japan, information and photographs about Goldblith's trips to Japan; and conferences, symposia, and other Underwood-Prescott events (named for Samuel Cate Prescott, Dean of Science 1932-1942 and William Lyman Underwood, of the Wm. Underwood...

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains records of the Office of the Vice President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), from the period 1932 to 1938, when Vannevar Bush held the position of vice president. The subjects of the records include finances and academic policy; primarily the collection holds correspondence with MIT administrators, faculty, and others outside MIT engaged in science and technology issues.

Scope and Contents

This collection documents Dr. Shelia Widnall’s work as the Associate Provost at MIT. Materials document her responsibilities around academic integrity, including conflict of interest policy, federal relations, faculty retirement, tenure and promotion policies, and international educational programs. In addition, there is some correspondence and speeches related to her work.