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Abstract The Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation was created in 1883 on the recommendation of a committee of members appointed by President Francis A. Walker to propose changes in the organization of the Institute's governing structure. The Executive Committee meets ten times each academic year and consists of the chair of the Corporation, president and treasurer (ex officio members), up to five members and two rotating...

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Materials in the collection date from 1862 to 1995. The collection comprises meeting minutes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, reports, and correspondence of committees and Corporation activities including bylaws of the Corporation.

The collection also contains records from Laurence Storch, dating from 1969 to 1991, of his time as a member of the MIT Corporation, the MIT Educational Committee, and early career papers.

Scope and Contents The collection spans the years of 1859 to 2010. Materials include administrative records of the Office of the Chairman of the Corporation and Office of the Secretary, as well as Corporation membership records containing correspondence, photos, and biographical and membership information. Also included are Campaign Committee , Joint Advisory Committee, and Building Committee records.The collection also comprises a number of fiscal records. This includes Ledger Number 1 (spanning...

Scope and Contents This collection consists chiefly of the Visiting Committee reports submitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and administration, which summarize discussion and recommendations of their formal meetings every two years. Although visting committees were established in 1875, reports in this collection date from 1930. Visiting Committee reports from the period 1905-1930 can be found in the administrative records of the Office of the President, boxes 5, 6, and 24, of...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of files created by Walter Milne while he was assistant to the chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and assistant to the president of MIT, a period during which he acted as MIT's principal liaison with the Cambridge, Mass., community. Records include correspondence, development proposals, press clippings, and transcripts of hearings that document MIT's purchase and attempts to develop an area of Cambridge once occupied by the Simplex Wire and...

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The collection comprises records created by the Office of the Chair of the Corporation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the tenure of David Saxon. Materials date from 1983 to 1990.

Materials include: reports, meeting materials, committee files, dedications, and Corporation member information.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection documents James R. Killian's activities, interests, responsibilities, and major issues and changes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during Killian's years as the Chariman of the Corporation (1959-1971). The collection contains information about MIT's growth after World War II including the evolution of special programs and research projects; development of MIT's departments, laboratories, and centers; construction and building projects; and describes campus unrest...

Scope and Contents The Office of the Chair of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), records of Karl Compton came to the MIT Institute Archives with the Compton-Killian presidential papers (AC 4). This corporation collection is arranged in three series: 1949-1950, 1951-1952, and 1953-1954. Within this chronological order, material was arranged alphabetically by either the subject or the surname of the correspondent. Although Karl Compton assumed the...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises records generated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Office of the Chair of the Corporation during the tenure of Paul E. Gray. Materials are arranged into seven series according to record type: Chronological Files; Fund Raising Records; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Subject Files; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Correspondence with Staff and Faculty; Outside Activities Recrods; Remarks, Speeches, Statements, and Articles; and Itineraries...

Scope and Contents The collection documents the responsibilities and functions of Paul Gray in his capacity as the chancellor of MIT, during the presidency of Jerome B. Wiesner, from 1971 through 1980. In addition, it includes some records reflecting Paul Gray’s activities as the associate provost, and through 1981, his first year as MIT president. The materials included in this collection provide information about the administrative history of the Institute during the 1970s, the evolution of its academic...

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...

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...

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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.

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...

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...

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...