Digitized materials in this online collection form part of the William R. Ware papers (MC-0014) in the MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections. For more information about the materials, please consult the collection finding aid.

Collection scope and contents:
Incoming and outgoing Ware correspondence and reports deal almost exclusively with his role as educator and academic colleagues. Correspondence includes discussions of the architectural programs at MIT and Columbia. William Ware was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1865 to 1881, correspondence during that time period may relate to MIT and its architecture course. The reports and memoranda are from Ware to Seth Low, president of Columbia College, and explain the operation and progress of the programs under Ware’s direction.

Dates:
1826-1914

Please note:
Materials in this collection may be under copyright. Please consult the collection finding aid or catalog record and the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for more information.

Citation:
Please cite the source item title (dc.title), collection title and identifier, and repository.

Example: Correspondence, writings, William Ware, 1826 – 1860 (MC-0014). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections.

Repository details:
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections

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