Category: Archives & MIT history

What’s New

What’s New

Spring 2023

News from the Women@MIT Archival Initiative Launched in 2017, the initiative seeks to add the records of women faculty, staff, students,...

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30 years of Laboratory for Computer Science tech reports and memos now available in DSpace@MIT

30 years of Laboratory for Computer Science tech reports and memos now available in DSpace@MIT

MIT Libraries has created two new collections in DSpace@MIT, MIT’s institutional repository, making the majority of the Laboratory for Computer Science...

Archives & MIT history
Celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month

Celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month

Explore local resources that shed light on the history of Arab Americans

In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, MIT Libraries encourages you to dig into some local resources that shed light...

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Newly acquired materials in Distinctive Collections: Spring 2023

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...

Archives & MIT history
Celebrating Women’s History Month with Distinctive Collections

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...

Archives & MIT history
History Lab

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...

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Emilie Songolo Leads Distinctive Collections

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...

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