What’s New
Oral history project and exhibit trace the history of South Asian students at MIT Distinctive Collections will partner with Sana Aiyar, associate professor of history, Ranu Boppana ‘87, MIT South...
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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 will work across the Libraries to transform the use of MIT’s archival...
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History Lab
This story appeared in MIT News on April 19, 2022. Researching history in the MIT archives is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, according to junior Jupneet Singh. “You get a name from here, a...
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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Distinctive Collections
MIT Association of Women Students, 1893. Image from the Women@MIT Project file. Courtesy MIT Museum. Spring 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the first woman to graduate from MIT. Ellen Henrietta...
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Newly acquired materials in Distinctive Collections: Spring 2023
Charlotte Moorman performing with Nam June Paik’s TV Cello at the 1982 Ars Electronica/Sky Art Conference, Linz, 1982. Slides, Box: 145. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced...
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Celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month
Sahara Syrian Restaurant building, Shawmut Avenue, Boston. Photo: Chloe Bordewich, Boston Little Syria Project In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, MIT Libraries encourages you to dig...
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30 years of Laboratory for Computer Science tech reports and memos now...
MIT Libraries has created two new collections in DSpace@MIT, MIT’s institutional repository, making the majority of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) technical reports and memos available to...
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What’s New
News from the Women@MIT Archival Initiative Ellen Swallow Richards and Louisa Hewins at Middlesex Fells, May 7, 1899. Journal of Louisa Hewins, “Excursions: Boston and Vicinity,” 1896–1899, Collection...
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Distinctive Collections Celebrates AAPI Month
Indian Students at MIT, 1940. Photo courtesy of the Economic Times. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have played a vital role in shaping America as we know it, contributing to every facet of...
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2023 Women@MIT Fellows Announced
Rachel Lane and the team of Deborah Tsogbe and Soala Ajienka have been named Women@MIT fellows for 2023 in the Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC). They will engage in archival research, using...
View ArticleDistinctive Collections Request System downtime on August 10
Please be aware that the Distinctive Collections Request System will be unavailable from 8:00AM through 1:00PM EST on Thursday, August 10. During this outage, you will not be able to: place new...
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Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections: Summer 2023
The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and makes available the Libraries’ unique and rare materials. Our collections range across disciplines, time periods, and...
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Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections
Image from the Lisa Steiner Personal Archives, MC-0751, box 27. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Distinctive Collections. The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections...
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Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections: Winter/Spring 2024
Poetry and Short Prose, by Tunney Lee. Tunney Lee personal archives, MC-0782, Box 1, Folder 8. MIT, Department of Distinctive Collections. The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections...
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Showcasing Trailblazing MIT Women
The Women@MIT archival initiative collects records of women faculty, staff, students, and alumnae to illuminate and elevate their stories. The project was launched in 2017 with the generous support of...
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MIT Libraries Receives Grant to Digitize Endangered Language Recordings
Pages 6 and 7 of “A Warlpiri Syllabary” by Ken Hale, 1974, Kenneth L. Hale Papers, MC-0523, Box 99. Department of Distinctive Collections, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Libraries has...
View ArticleHappy World Digital Preservation Day!
This World Digital Preservation Day, MIT Libraries is looking back over some of the progress we’ve made since launching our Comprehensive Digital Preservation Service in 2020. One big update was adding...
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Propose an exhibit for the MIT Libraries
Maihaugen Gallery Have an idea for an exhibit using library collections? We are now accepting proposals for exhibits in the Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) and the Hayden Library Loft (14S-100). Any MIT...
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What’s New
Francesca Liuni,Qalb Lozeh cutout. Out of Antiquity: The “Dead Cities” in Syria and Their Islamic Architectural Legacy Maihaugen Gallery Through December 19, 2024 The “Dead Cities,” a romantic...
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A Day in the Life
To meet teaching and learning needs across MIT, library staff engage with the community through research support, instruction, outreach, and much more. It all makes for a busy and varied workday!...
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Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections
Page from the photo album: Journey to the Holy Land, 1928, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus – Album and Large Printouts. The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and...
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