MITstory COVID-19 collection
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Born-digital materials in this online collection form part of the MITstory COVID-19 collection (AC-0656) in the MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections. For more information about the materials, please consult the collection finding aid.
Collection scope and contents:
 This collection documents the MIT community's experiences, reactions, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection contains personal accounts, student papers, and photographs and other visual materials.
The MIT Libraries' Department of Distinctive Collections began a COVID-19 collecting initiative in May 2020 to document how the MIT community was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All members of the MIT community (students, staff, faculty, researchers, alumni, and others) were invited to contribute materials documenting their experiences, reactions, and responses.
Dates:
 2020 – 2021
Please note:
Materials in this collection may be under copyright. Please consult the collection finding aid or catalog record and the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for more information.
Citation:
 Please cite the source item title (dc.title), collection title and identifier, and repository.
Example: Molly Kruko, MIT campus photographs, 2020 April - July. MITstory COVID-19 collection (AC-0656). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections.
Repository details:
 Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections
Recent Submissions
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Paolo Adajar, MIT Admissions blog post and dorm images, 2020 - 2021 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020)
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Jessica TranVo digital collages (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020)
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Vivian Zhong, "Wholesomeness in Quarantine", 2020 April 22 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-04-22)
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Michelle Xu, "Newton and Shakespeare and Munch, Oh My: Productivity in the Time of Coronavirus", 2020 May 13 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-05-13)
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Franz-Josef Ulm, "This is why it matters! Road trip through a country suspended", 2020 July - August (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-07)
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Molly Kruko, MIT campus photographs, 2020 April - July (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-04)
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Ashar Farooq, COVID-19 reflection and images, 2020 March - June (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2021-03)
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Julia Chatterjee, "Quarantine Zine" (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-03)
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Michael Patrick Rutter, "Un-Sublimated", 2021 March (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2021-03)
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Nicholas Fritzinger-Pittman, MIT class 21A.157 The Meaning of Life essay, 2020 May 12 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-05-12)
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Sabrina Alix, “A Lesson in Compassion,” ID&LA Student Updates (blog) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-05-04)
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Sue Kayton, "Illness and Death in the times of COVID-19", 2020 May 12 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-05-12)
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Jim Eggleston, "The scientific community is flummoxed by the discovery of a mutant form of the Corona virus", 2020 April 12 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-04-12)
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Jennifer Nelson Goodnight, "An MIT Perspective on Public Health", 2020 July (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-07)
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Jesse Gordon, "The Coronavirus Chronicles: Emergence of a Global Pandemic", 2020 March (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections, 2020-03)












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