The Antecedents (European origins; Migration of a heritage; The rise of technical education in America)
The Rogers Brothers and the Boston scene (A family affair; Harvard; The Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard)
The founding of MIT (Pre-historic annals of the Institute; An auxiliary to the cause of education; Facts of the founding)
The struggle to get under way (Persistent perseverance; The Land-Grant Act of 1862; Harvard again; The difficult question of money; The building)
The Society, the Museum, and the school (The Society of Arts; The Committee on Publication; The Museum of Technology; The School of Industrial Science)
A voluminous enterprise (The school opens; The first faculty; The first students)
The early curriculum and methods of teaching (The first six courses; A curricular innovation; Methods of teaching)
Appendixes: 1. Committees and Officers of the Institute, 1860-1870; 2. Society of Arts Communications, 1862-1870).
