Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President records

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President records

1883-1941

https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/13

The collection documents the administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the responsibilities and activities of the Institute's presidents between 1897 and 1930. This was a period of enormous growth and development of the Institute, which was chartered in 1861 and graduated it's first class of undergraduates in 1868. There is correspondence about the proposed merger with Harvard University in 1904 and a proposed alliance in 1911. The purchase of land, the planning and building of the new campus, and MIT's move from Boston to Cambridge in 1916 are documented. The collection also contains reports and correspondence recording the work of committees; correspondence with faculty and department heads, with donors, and with other universities, professional organizations, and government offices.

10.5 cubic feet; (31 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358218

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Office of the President

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In November 1957 Julius Adams Stratton, then chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was appointed as MIT's acting president, retaining at the same time his title of chancellor. In December 1958 he was elected president of the Institute, effective January 1, 1959. His inauguration was held on June 15, 1959. Dr. Stratton served as president until June 30, 1966, when he retired at the age of 65 (at the time, a mandatory retirement age). Further infor...