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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.
Early MIT campus

Early MIT campus, ca. 1865

Robert R. Taylor portrait

Robert R. Taylor, 1892

Robert R. Taylor with classmates

Robert R. Taylor with classmates, 1892

Robert Taylor with students at Tuskegee Institute, circa 1897

Robert Taylor with students at Tuskegee Institute, circa 1897

Robert R. Taylor in Lincoln Jubilee Album, 1915

Robert R. Taylor in Lincoln Jubilee Album, 1915

Inner-City Software Black History Month Project (1996)

Sheree Stokes, 1998

Sheree Stokes, 1998

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