DOME COLLECTIONS |
Institute Archives & Special Collections |
COLLECTION |
MIT150 Oral Histories |
Content |
Oral histories being conducted to capture the stories of MIT's most notable and long serving faculty, administrators and staff. To be used in upcoming MIT150 celebrations and as an historical record. So far interviews have been conducted with the following individuals:Professors Paul Samuelson, Mildred Dresselhaus, Morris Halle, and Sheila Widnall; former president Howard Johnson, former first lady Kay Stratton; former dean Ike Colbert; and grad student James McLurkin |
Size |
Currently 10 interviews; expected to continue |
Age |
2007- |
Source |
MIT150 OH pilot project |
Rights |
Varied: consent form offers different options |
Anticipated Audience |
Various Future historians of MIT history |
Benefits |
On-line access and preservation |
Format Risk |
Digital recordings |
Format |
digitized video and images (in process of being digitized) |
Metadata |
descriptive |
Funding |
MIT Administration; in future the Alumni? |
Other Comments |
The Archives currently holds hundreds of oral history tapes and transcripts from a variety of past oral history projects (such as "Women in Science"; "Ocean Engineering"...) which would benefit from on-line access. |
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