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Karl Taylor Compton. Signed letter

COMPTON, Karl T. - Handwritten letter with autograph signature, dated March 1939. Letterhead from the office of the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sent to the famous architect Welles Borsworth, whose designs include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge: "We are anxious to show you the new building, product of your imaginative genius, and to let you sense the satisfaction which we feel in using it". Karl T. Compton was a prominent American physicist, president of MIT from 1930 to 1948.

Author
COMPTON, KARL TAYLOR
Title
Typewritten letter with autograph signature
Year
1939
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MIT Letterhead

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