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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

John M. Hunter, 1924

John M. Hunter, 1924

Marron W. Fort, 1926

Marron W. Fort, 1926

Paul V. Jewell, 1926

Paul V. Jewell, 1926

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

Document: "American Women in Science and Engineering" symposium brochure, 1964

Document: American Women in Science and Engineering symposium program cover, 1964

Isaiah Blankson and peer, 1967

Isaiah M. Blankson, 1967

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