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| The Caltech Archives was 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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The Becoming Caltech exhibition is CLOSED. Information about the planned opening of the exhibition can be found here.
In the News Arden Albee oral history now online
Read our 2017 interview with Arden Albee, Caltech professor of geology and planetary science, emeritus, and a key figure in lunar and Martian exploration. Prof. Albee served as JPL chief scientist and led multiple NASA missions. (He is shown above with a model of the Mars Observer). Posted 05-10-2021 Now online 6 oral histories collected between 1979 and 1985
These oral histories offer a firsthand view of the lives and careers of students, faculty, and administrators with different backgrounds: J. Harold Wayland (enginering), Howard G. Smits (engineering), Herbert L. Hahn (trustee), Earl Mendenhall (BS 1918) Contribute a COVID-19 experience
The Caltech Archives is collecting the experiences of the Caltech community on campus, at home, and elsewhere during this unprecedented time. Your contributions will document how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our community. Learn more. |
Becoming Caltech, 1910-1930 PRESENTATIONS The whole series is now available online
A century ago, a small institution called Throop Polytechnic Institute dramatically reinvented itself, transforming from a manual arts academy to an engineering school, then expanding into a research institute. In 1920, it became the California Institute of Technology. In summer 2020, Caltech archivists gave a series of livestreamed presentations on the science, engineering, architecture, and community life of early Caltech. Here is the link to video of these presentations.
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