Category: Archives & MIT history
Celebrate Public Domain Day with the MIT Libraries
January 1, 2019, is the first time in 20 years that works published in the U.S. have entered the public domain. Works in the...
A Journey to India, 1921-1922
This post is part of the MIT Libraries Public Domain Day celebration. Read the full text of public domain books digitized by the MIT...
A language lesson
Archivist looks for clues in public domain book
This post is part of the MIT Libraries Public Domain Day celebration. Read the full text of public domain books digitized by the MIT...
Everyday Science, Uncommon Resource
Victor and Ruth McElheny support the Institute Archives in more ways than one
Around the time Sputnik 1 entered Earth’s orbit, a distinguished career in science journalism was also launched. As a young reporter for the Charlotte...
Institute Archives Spotlights Pioneering Women at MIT
Initiative builds collections of women faculty in science and engineering
A new MIT Libraries initiative aims to highlight MIT’s women faculty by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible their personal archives. The Institute Archives and...
In the Laboratory of History
Through archival research, students uncover connections between MIT and slavery
In Fall 2017, the Institute launched a new two-semester course on MIT and Slavery. Co-taught by Craig Steven Wilder, the Barton L. Weller Professor...
Libraries Host Grand Challenges Summit
Experts convene at MIT to set research agenda
Forty-five experts from across disciplines gathered at MIT March 19–23 for a week of workshops focused on the most vital issues in information science...