When: Fri April 20, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Where: 14N-118 (Archives reading room)
Have you ever wanted to take a peek inside a day in the life of an MIT student or faculty member? Come explore some diaries from the Institute Archives & Special Collections and read accounts of…
- founder William Barton Rogers’s wedding trip
- a world cruise
- trekking across Texas in a covered wagon
- a future MIT president’s teenage adventures as a ship’s radio operator
- the founding of the United Nations
- working with radar during World War Two
- traveling in India, Australia, Germany, Mali, Burkina Faso, and the Azores
- and more!
Diaries date from 1849 to 1973. You never know what adventures you’ll uncover!
This session will last 90 minutes, with a 10-minute introduction at the beginning and then time to peruse the diaries at your leisure. Drop by anytime and stay as long as you want.
For more information, please contact Dana Goblaskas.
