Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture curricula

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture curricula

1866-1942

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A notable item in this collection is a document of 1866, Outline of a Course of Architectural Instruction, a pamphlet by William R. Ware, the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) It discusses early plans for an architecture curriculum in the beginning years of MIT. The curricula collection was assembled from a variety of sources in the MIT Libraries. More complete information about classes in all years can be found in the annual catalogs of the Institute.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture

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The first architecture faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was William R. Ware, appointed in the fall of 1865 to plan the curriculum of the first architecture school in the United States. Funds were supplied partly by MIT and partly from private sources for William Ware to visit Europe to examine educational programs and purchase supplies; thus classes were not held until October 1868. The first student graduated with an architecture degree in 1873. Cl...

Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915

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Architect. Ware was the founder of the School of Architecture at Columbia University, which began as the Department of Architecture in the School of Mines at Columbia College, New York, N.Y. From the description of William Robert Ware papers and photographs, circa 1834-1920. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505720026 ...