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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.
Questions to MIT, 1968

Questions to MIT, 1968

James C. Evans, 1925

James C. Evans, 1925

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Reginald Griffith, 1955

Reginald Griffith, 1955

Seymour Papert and The Turtle, ca. 1968

Seymour Papert and The Turtle, ca. 1968

Brochure: Architecture+Advocacy by Robert T. Coles, 2016

Brochure: Architecture+Advocacy by Robert T. Coles, 2016

Robert Traynham Coles, late 1960s

Robert T. Coles, late 1960s

Robert T. Coles: Architecture + Advocacy (Alumni Books Podcast), 2017

Gus Solomons, Jr., 2002

Gus Solomons, Jr., 2002

Catalog card: Gus Solomons, Jr. and Judy Kerivan, 1959

Catalog card: Gus Solomons, Jr. and Judy Kerivan, 1959

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