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Documents concerning the founding and early years of MIT
| 1867 |
Report of the Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the Subject of Free Scholarships. 1867. (PDF) |
| 1866 |
An Outline of a Course of Architectural Instruction. By William R. Ware. 1866. (PDF) |
| 1865-6 |
First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students, and Programme of the Course of Instruction, of the School of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1865-6. (PDF) |
| 1865 |
An Address on the Limits of Education, read before the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 16, 1865. By Jacob Bigelow, M.D. (PDF) |
| 1864 |
Outline of Studies in the Department of Practical Geology, Mining, and Metallurgy. 1864. (PDF) |
| 1864 |
Scope and Plan of the School of Industrial Science of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1864. (PDF) |
| 1861 |
An Account of the Proceedings Preliminary to the Organization of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1861. (PDF) |
| 1861 |
Estimate of the Financial Effect of the Proposed Reservation of Back-Bay Lands. 1861. (PDF) |
| 1861 |
An Act to Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…, 1861. (PDF) |
| 1861 |
Objects and Plan of an Institute of Technology; including a Society of Arts, a Museum of Arts, and a School of Industrial Science. 1861. Second printing. (PDF) |
| 1859 |
Conservatory of Art and Science. Legislative Document. House No. 260. 1859. (PDF) |