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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 with MIT Chemistry staff, 1900

Ellen Swallow Richards and staff, 1900

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

James Allison in the Great Court, ca. 1968

James Allison in the Great Court, ca. 1968

Jerrold Reinach Zacharias, Vance E. Gray and Jacob L. Reddix, 1964

MIT Conference on Negro College Summer Institutes, 1964

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Udo Ukweni Udo with Ed Miller on set of "Dialing for Dollars" TV show, ca. 1968

Udo Ukweni Udo with Ed Miller on set of "Dialing for Dollars" TV show, ca. 1968

James C. Allison, 1968

James C. Allison, 1968

Protesting the building of the Inner Belt at Pres. Howard W. Johnson's inauguration, 1966

Protesting the building of the Inner Belt at Pres. Howard W. Johnson's inauguration, 1966

Eva Irene Kataja and Toni Peters, ca. 1967

Eva Irene Kataja and Toni Peters, ca. 1967

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