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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.
William Barton Rogers, ca. 1869

William B. Rogers, ca. 1869

Letter from William B. Rogers to Henry D. Rogers, 1846

Letter, William B. Rogers to Henry D. Rogers, 1846

Jones’ Lunch at the Boston campus gymnasium, ca. 1878

Jones’ Lunch at the Boston campus gymnasium, ca. 1878

Ellen Swallow Richards with MIT Chemistry staff, 1900

Ellen Swallow Richards and staff, 1900

SPISE: Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering (2012)

MIT-Empowering the Teachers, 2019

MIT-Empowering the Teachers, 2019

Willard Johnson on climbing the faculty ranks at MIT (2015)

Phillip Clay 2013

Phillip L. Clay, 2013

DiOnetta Jones Crayton

DiOnetta Jones Clayton, 2013

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