Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1861
Biographical / Historical
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in 1861.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Photochroms of Sites in the United States and Mexico
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1344
Abstract:
Collection of photochroms of sites in the United States and Mexico published by the Detroit Photographic Company, 1893-1903. The collection includes significant visual documentation of locations in several states including California, Colorado, New York, and Pennsylvania as well as Washington, D.C., and Mexico, in addition to an image or two for the states of Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The collection includes at...
Dates:
1893-1903
Eero Saarinen collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 593
Abstract:
The Eero Saarinen collection includes drawings, photographs, correspondence, writings, clippings, and audio-visual material relating to Saarinen's professional work as an architect, as well as a small amount of personal material created by himself and his wife, Aline Saarinen. A small amount of material in this collection documents the work of his father, architect Eliel Saarinen.
Dates:
1880-2004, bulk 1938-1962
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Eero Saarinen collection
Benjamin Lee Whorf papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 822
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence; writings on linguistics, science and religion; miscellaneous biographical material; and lantern slides. Nearly three-fourths of the papers consist of Benjamin Whorf's writings on linguistics, including drafts of published works, unpublished manuscripts, research notes on his trip to Mexico in 1930 and on Hebrew, Maya, Hopi and other languages. Also included are articles by others, chiefly on Indian languages. The correspondence, which is entirely...
Dates:
1898-1971
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Benjamin Lee Whorf papers
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 749
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, organization and subject files, teaching materials, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials documenting the professional career and personal life of C.-E.A. Winslow, a prominent figure in the public health movement. Correspondence focuses on health and social welfare issues with several notable educators, doctors, and social policy advocates. Organization files include material relating to the United States Public Health Service and the...
Dates:
1874-1977, bulk 1915-1945