Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia

Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / Earl J. Hess.

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...

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Main Author: Hess, Earl J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Lincoln Memorial University > History.
Lincoln Memorial University
Education, Higher > Appalachian Region > History.
EDUCATION > Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Education, Higher
Appalachian Region
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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