{"id":38074,"date":"2023-08-23T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=38074"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:43:04","slug":"newly-acquired-materials-in-distinctive-collections-summer-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/newly-acquired-materials-in-distinctive-collections-summer-2023\/38074\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections: Summer 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-38080 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/DDC-banner-crop-300x204.png\" alt=\"Vertical banners in the hallway of MIT's Building 14 read &quot;Distinctive Collections,&quot; &quot;Maihaugen Gallert,&quot; and &quot;MIT Libraries.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/DDC-banner-crop-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/DDC-banner-crop-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/DDC-banner-crop-624x424.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/DDC-banner-crop.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and makes available the Libraries\u2019 unique and rare materials. Our collections range across disciplines, time periods, and formats and include faculty research and personal archives, Institute records, student and community life materials, Institute publications, the Aga Khan Documentation Center, and rare book collections on various topics of science, technology, engineering, architecture, and the humanities &#8211; just to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are new acquisitions brought into the collections from April through June 2023. Some materials are accessible today, while others are being processed and cataloged and will be available soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Available now<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the Richard Held papers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.mit.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1365\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Samuel Glaser photographs and print materials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rare Books:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/ejdckj\/alma9935447303906761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shaykh Abu Ishaq (Es\u1e25\u0101q) Ahmad bin Hallaj At&#8217;ama \/ Bos\u1e25\u0101q At&#8217;ema. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanz Al-E\u0161teh\u0101 \/ Kanz Al-Eshteha \/ The Treasure of Appetite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. [S. l., today\u2019s Iran:]: Kerbela\u2019i Mahmud \u2013 A-Mohammad Sadeq Khansari, Publishers: Mohammad Taqi, Printer. 1299 [1881].\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/ejdckj\/alma9935446705406761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahmud Cel\u00e2leddin. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mift\u00e2h\u00fc\u2019l-Esr\u00e2r. Bekay-i Ruh, Celb-i Ervah or Miftah Al-Asarlar \/ A Key to the Secrets. Surviving Souls \u2013 Calling of the Dead.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Istanbul: Matbaa-i Hilye &#8216;Ay\u015fe&#8217;ni \u015eirketi, 1326 [1910].<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/ejdckj\/alma9935447304006761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rag\u0131b R\u0131fk\u0131 \u00d6zg\u00fcrel, trans. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kahve Telvesiyle Ke\u015ff-i \u0130stikb\u00e2l \/ Fortunetelling with Coffee Grounds. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Istanbul: \u015eems Matbaas\u0131 1338 [1922].<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/ejdckj\/alma9935447304206761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u015eemseddin Ahmed (1468\u20131536, nom de plume Ibn Kemal or Kemalpa\u015faz\u00e2de). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kit\u0101b Ruj\u016b\u02bb Al-Shaykh Il\u00e1 \u1e62ib\u0101hu F\u012b Al-Q\u016bwah \u02bbal\u00e1 Al-B\u0101h \/ The Book of the Sheikh\u2019s Return to His Youth in Power of the Bah [i. e. Sexual Energy] \u2026<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Mecca: Matbaat\u00fc\u2019l-Amiriyye,\u00a0 1300 [1883].\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/ejdckj\/alma9935447304106761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seyyid Mehmed \u0130zzet \/ \u00c7ayc\u0131 \u0130zzet Efendi. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c7ay Risalesi \/ A Treatise on Tea.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Istanbul: \u0130zzet Efendi Matbaas\u0131 1295 [1878].<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Coming soon<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01MIT_INST\/1np2a75\/alma9935440693406761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Khazi-Syed, Afeefah et al. Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air. Rockville, MD: Beltway Editions, 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (volume of poetry written by 6 MIT alumnae)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIT Office of the President, L. Rafael Reif records<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the George W. Clark papers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the Technology and Culture Seminar records<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies records<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the Thomas Kuhn papers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to the Morris Cohen papers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additions to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.mit.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1110\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Collection on Student Life<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1920\/21 Ram Prasad student materials<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To see any of these collections or items (even the items coming soon), follow the instructions on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/distinctive-collections\/visit-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or fill out<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mit-ddc.libanswers.com\/ask-ddc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> our contact form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with any questions. Please note that some records may be closed for a set time frame due to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/distinctive-collections\/institute-records-access-statement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute access restrictions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and makes available the Libraries\u2019 unique and rare materials. Our collections range across disciplines, time periods, and formats and include faculty research and personal archives, Institute records, student and community life materials, Institute publications, the Aga Khan Documentation Center, and rare book collections on various topics of science, technology, engineering, architecture, and the humanities &#8211; just to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are new acquisitions brought into the collections from April through June 2023. 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