Category: Archives & MIT history
Newly acquired materials in Distinctive Collections: Spring 2023
The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and makes available the Libraries’ unique and rare materials. Our collections range across disciplines, time...
Celebrating Women’s History Month with Distinctive Collections
Newly digitized collections offer insight into the lives of early women students at MIT
Spring 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the first woman to graduate from MIT. Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was a chemist and geologist whose...
History Lab
Class led by Sana Aiyar delves into the South Asian experience at MIT via oral histories and Distinctive Collections
This story appeared in MIT News on April 19, 2022. Researching history in the MIT archives is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, according...
Emilie Songolo Leads Distinctive Collections
Emilie Songolo joined the MIT Libraries in July as head of the Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC). In this role, Songolo will work across...
What’s New
Spring 2022
Oral history project and exhibit trace the history of South Asian students at MIT Distinctive Collections will partner with Sana Aiyar, associate professor...
Emilie Songolo named head of Distinctive Collections
Emilie Songolo has been named head of the Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC). Reporting to the Associate Director for Collections, the head will work...