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Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President and Chancellor, records of Jerome B. Wiesner
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0008
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection is composed primarily of records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The dates of the records in the collection span from 1960 to 1984, though the bulk was created between 1966, when Wiesner was appointed provost, and 1980, when he retired as president of MIT. The collection also includes records created when Wiesner was director of MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (1952-1960), dean of science (1964-1966), and provost (1966-1971). There are a few files...
Dates:
1960 - 1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President and Office of the Chair of the Corporation, records of Howard W. Johnson
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0118
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection documents Howard Johnson's years as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and chair of the MIT Corporation, over the period 1966 to 1983. His work as president is recorded in correspondence, memoranda, and reports from MIT's academic departments, research laboratories and centers. There is correspondence and reports from MIT committees, including Academic Council and the Committee on Educational Policy, and correspondence with MIT faculty and...
Dates:
1965 - 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0013
Abstract
The collection documents the administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the responsibilities and activities of the Institute's presidents between 1897 and 1930. This was a period of enormous growth and development of the Institute, which was chartered in 1861 and graduated its first class of undergraduates in 1868. There is correspondence about the proposed merger with Harvard University in 1904 and a proposed alliance in 1911. The purchase of land, the planning...
Dates:
1883 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1931
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Charles M. Vest
Collection
Identifier: AC-0510
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises records produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the President during the tenure of Charles M. Vest. The records span the years of 1990 to 2016. Record topics include the MIT Committee, MIT Corporation, MIT Schools, and MIT centers, laboratories, and programs.
Materials in the collection include: correspondence, mail logs, topic files, speeches, travel records, event and interview video and audio recordings.
Dates:
1990 - 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Julius A. Stratton
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0134
Scope and Contents
The collection covers the period of Julius A. Stratton's term as the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), January 1, 1959, to June 30, 1966. It contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda about administrative issues including student activities and student housing, relationships with faculty and alumni, and contacts with other universities. Corporation records including correspondence with members of the Corporation; visiting committee material; and...
Dates:
1957 - 1966
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0004
Abstract
The collection consists of records created while Karl Taylor Compton (president 1930-1948) and James Rhyne Killian (president 1948-1959) served in the position of president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It contains correspondence, reports, memoranda, and committee materials about the activities of the presidents and their staff, the definition and evolution of policies, and the administration of the Institute. Records document Compton's early efforts to strengthen the...
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Paul E. Gray
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0180
Series List
Series 1 Calendars, Logs, and Chronological Files, 1981-1989
Series 2. MIT Correspondence, 1970-1990
Series 3. MIT Subject Records 1975-1990
Series 4. Outside Activities Records, 1978-1991
Series 5. Speeches and Writings, 1970-1990
Series 6. Development Correspondence, 1970-1990 Scope and Contents note This collection consists of the records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the President,from 1981 to 1990, during...
Dates:
1970 - 1990
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