Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia /
Hess, Earl J.
Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / Earl J. Hess. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
A larger enterprise -- A monument to Abraham Lincoln -- Young Lincolns -- Stooksbury's school -- Howard's monument -- Modernization -- Strike -- Crisis and survival -- A new day for Lincoln Memorial -- The Lincoln stamp.
Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.
9781572338036 (electronic bk.) 1572338032 (electronic bk.)
Lincoln Memorial University--History.
Lincoln Memorial University.
Education, Higher--History.--Appalachian Region
EDUCATION--Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Education, Higher.
Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
LD3071.L72 .H47 2011
378.768/944
Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / Earl J. Hess. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
A larger enterprise -- A monument to Abraham Lincoln -- Young Lincolns -- Stooksbury's school -- Howard's monument -- Modernization -- Strike -- Crisis and survival -- A new day for Lincoln Memorial -- The Lincoln stamp.
Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.
9781572338036 (electronic bk.) 1572338032 (electronic bk.)
Lincoln Memorial University--History.
Lincoln Memorial University.
Education, Higher--History.--Appalachian Region
EDUCATION--Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Education, Higher.
Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
LD3071.L72 .H47 2011
378.768/944