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| The Caltech Archives were formally established in 1968 to serve as the collective memory of the California Institute of Technology. Our mission is to preserve and make accessible the institutional records, personal papers, documents, artifacts and pictorial materials that tell the school's history. The Archives' unique research collections in the history of science and technology range from the time of Copernicus to today. They are available to the campus community for instructional and research purposes, as well as to qualified non-campus users by appointment.
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Talk of the Archives Bring your stories to The Caltech Archives and Library will be running a session for alumni to record a 10-minute story for inclusion in the Oral History Project. "Caltech Oral Histories in the Making" will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 PM on Saturday, May 19, in the Sherman Fairchild Library. On a first-come, first-served basis, alums may capture on audio tape a favorite professor story, a worst/best day of student life, or any good story about their Caltech years.
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A rich overview of Caltech’s past based on historic photos, film, and audio materials from the Caltech Archives. The 10-minute video was created by Archivist Emerita Judith Goodstein in 2000 for the Watson Lecture Series. 
The papers of James Frederick Bonner (1910 – 1996), Caltech alumnus (PhD, 1934) and professor of biology, 1938 – 1981, have been processed, and the collection guide is now available at the 
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