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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

William J. Knox, Jr.

William J. Knox, Jr., ca. 1925

James B. Ames, 1937

James B. Ames, 1937

Thomas Meeks, 1947

Thomas O. Meeks, 1947

Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973

Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973

Shirley A. Jackson, 1973

Shirley Jackson at MIT, 1973

Interphase Chemistry Lab

Interphase Chemistry Lab, 1974

Joseph Yeboah

Joseph Yaw Yeboah, 1975

Shirley Jackson, 1973

Shirley Jackson, 1973

Howard W. Davis, 1975

Howard W. Davis, 1975

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