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Related web resources
- The Rogers Building, Boston, 1866-1938Information about MIT's first building.
- MIT HistoryMIT History information from the MIT Archives and Special Collections.
- MIT MapsMIT Maps, including accessibility, bicycling, gardens and courtyards, and tunnel maps. Also includes an emergency phone location map.
MIT building drawings and information
For information about the following MIT building data, please visit the Department of Facilities website:
- MIT Building drawings and plans (1913 - present)
- Building information, including building numbering, gross area, and room inventory definitions
- Floor plans (MIT community only)
Books in Rotch Library
- Book Plan: MIT floor plans byCall Number: T171.M423.B6 (FOLIO)
Mind and Hand by Call Number: T171.M422.S77 2005ISBN: 0262195240Publication Date: 2005-05-05Mind and Hand was undertaken by Julius Stratton after his retirement from the presidency of MIT and continued by Loretta Mannix after his death; Philip N. Alexander, of the MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, stepped in to complete the project. The combined efforts of these three authors have given us what Julius Stratton envisioned--"a coherent account of the flow of ideas" from which MIT emerged. Chapter 14 includes information about MIT's first building.- MIT Building Data: Academic FacilitiesCall Number: Institute Archives Reference Collection - T171.M423.P712 1987A documentary of MIT owned and leased facilities. Contains useful specifications.
- Survey of Architectural History in CambridgeCall Number: NA735.C28.A5 v.3This is the Cambridgeport volume of the Cambridge Historical Commission's series. Includes many MIT buildings.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology BuildingsCall Number: T171.M423.R68 1980, 3v.Clippings and contemporary journal reviews of all major buildings on the campus. Request these at the Rotch Service Desk.
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