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Citation guidelines

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For Edgerton research notebooks and manuscripts:

Laboratory notebook, 28 April 1936-[date], box 51, Harold Eugene Edgerton Papers, 1889-1990 (MC 25), Institute Archives and Special Collections, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For images:

Edgerton, Harold E. Title. Date. MIT Museum, Cambridge MA. Object Number. MIT Museum Online Collections, Edgerton Online Archives Project. Web. Date Accessed.

For example:

Edgerton, Harold E. Aerial view, Santorini (Greece) – 1967. MIT Museum, Cambridge MA. HEE-SC-01368. MIT Museum Online Collections, Edgerton Online Archives Project. Web. Accessed: 21 September 2009.

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