Describes the source from which the DDC directly acquired the materials being described, the date of acquisition, and any other relevant information.
This note is required at the collection level.
For digital material, give a brief description of the tools used for acquisition, but any additional technical details of transfer should be put in the Processing Information Note. When possible, group information by method of acquisitions together to avoid repetition. Such as, "Transferred from the Department of Mechanical Engineering using the Exactly tool in May and September 2019 and October 2020."
Information about possession of the collection between when it left the creator's possession and when it came to DDC is covered by the Custodial History note.
Materials were given to the Institute Archives and Special Collections by Harold E. Edgerton and the family of Harold Edgerton in 1980, 1985, and 1990.
Records were transferred to the Institute Archives and Special Collections from the Office of the Provost in 1976.
Digital records transferred from the MLK Visiting Scholar Program using the Archives Transfer Tool in 2017, 2019, and 2020.
Digital files from a CD and DVD in collection. Joe Carrano, digital archivist, transferred files off of the media in 2022 April.