Back in 1980, Brad Schaefer, an MIT student, decided to organize a campus-wide puzzle competition... and did so every year until he left the institute in 1983, at which point other competitors took over the job.For more information, see the articles in Games Magazine and Technology Review which go into more detail about the history of the Hunt.
We would like to expand these archives. If you have information, memories, puzzles, or photos not found on this page - especially pre-1996 - please let us know! (puzzle@mit.edu). If you have hard copies for us to scan in, email us and we'll give you an address to send them to.