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Main sources for the MIT Black History Project include the Institute Archives, the MIT Museum, campus publications, and members of the MIT community. Oral history is also a valuable evidentiary tool, supplementing and enriching the store of more traditional historical evidence. Additionally, the project draws material from relevant collections and publications at large.
Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, ca. 1901

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, ca. 1901

Ellen Swallow Richards with MIT Chemistry staff, 1900

Ellen Swallow Richards and staff, 1900

Lecture, ca. 1900

Lecture, ca. 1900

Wendell P. Terrell

Wendell P. Terrell, 1906

Daniel A. Smith

Daniel A. Smith, 1903

Henry C. Turner, Jr.

Henry C. Turner, Jr., 1904

Marie C. Turner

Marie C. Turner '09

Seminar with Philipp G. Frank, 1956

Seminar with Philipp G. Frank, 1956

Hugh Robinson, 1954

Hugh Robinson, 1954

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