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Francis F. Claussen's (class of 1876) notes with a handwritten table of oxides and sulphates with their various properties.

Francis F. Claussen's (class of 1876) Economic Geology notes with a small watercolor illustration.

Sepia photograph showing a group of MIT architecture students in the fifth floor drafting room of the Rogers building.

Yearbook group photo of the fencing team, coach, and managers.

Fabric samples show testing of variety of natural and chemical dyes, with handwritten note stating "These were all dyed in excess of the coloring matter, and consequently have taken up all the color they would."

Article in The Tech describing how a campus prankster, the "Dorm Goblin" hid a car in a dormitory basement. "The Dorm Goblin became indignant, apparently, and merrily romped away with the car and hid it in the basement of '93 Dormitory where it was discovered Tuesday morning."

Sepia photograph showing a group of MIT architecture students in a classroom seated at drafting tables. Some students face the camera while others attend to their studies.

Photograph and list of the membership of Cleofan in 1926.

Black and white photograph of several members of the class of 1876 marching with a banner and drums at the 1904 MIT Alumni Day. At the time negotiations to merge MIT and Harvard were ongoing and very unpopular with the alumni.

Children and teens attending the 1976 MIT Open House admire a model train set made by the Tech Model Railroad Club, one of MIT's oldest clubs.

Original caption: "Third and present new Margaret Cheney Reading Room for women students. Administrative Building, M.I.T., Cambridge Mass (new). By permission of Stone and Webster, architects" Used in: Technology Review, 1921.

Photograph of a small group of women students relaxing in the living room of McCormick Hall.

Photograph of an architectural drawing of McCormick Hall. The drawing is an exterior elevation also showing features of the landscape such as trees and shrubs.

Sepia tint photograph showing several students engaged in recreation and exercise in the then newly constructed gymnasium. Weights, gymnastics equipment and a cannon are visible in the background.

Exterior view of Building 03, Boylston Street Gymnasium, Boston Campus, circa 1880. Brattle Square Church is partially visible in background.

Black and white photo of students stuffed into a dorm room. Annotation on the back reads "Baker House Coffin Stuff 2/2/76 116 people into a Baker "coffin" room -- breaking old record by 2."

Editorial explaining the origins of Sojourner, a feminist newspaper, at MIT.

Yearbook page showing 1926's "wearers of the T," outstanding student athletes who have been awarded the right to wear an honorary insignia on their uniforms.

An article in the Tech describing debates on campus on MIT's role in military research, particularly research entangled with foreign students and international funding.

Announcement in the Tech from the Undergraduate Association of a forum and other polling efforts regarding the controversial training program for students from Taiwan on inertial navigation technology.

Article in the 1926 yearbook describing life in the MIT dorms. The Dorm Goblin makes an appearance towards the end.

Yearbook page describing the premise of the 1926 Tech Show, a play written and produced by MIT students. Also included is an image of an advertisement for the show.

Article in the Tech describing the cancellation of a controversial training program for students from Taiwan on inertial navigation technology.

Letter to the editor offering praise and advice for plans to mitigate dorm overcrowding.