02646nam 2200577 a 450 991078953320332120230524181546.01-283-23934-597866132393411-57233-803-2(CKB)2670000000094450(EBL)692530(OCoLC)726734872(SSID)ssj0000523892(PQKBManifestationID)11333410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523892(PQKBWorkID)10543469(PQKB)10232204(MiAaPQ)EBC692530(MdBmJHUP)muse14670(Au-PeEL)EBL692530(CaPaEBR)ebr10471909(CaONFJC)MIL323934(EXLCZ)99267000000009445020101022d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia /Earl J. HessFirst edition.Knoxville :University of Tennessee Press,2011.1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription based upon print version of record.1-57233-752-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. A Larger Enterprise; Chapter 2. A Monument to Abraham Lincoln; Chapter 3. Young Lincolns; Chapter 4. Stooksbury's School; Chapter 5. Howard's Monument; Chapter 6. Modernization; Chapter 7. Strike; Chapter 8. Crisis and Survival; Chapter 9. A New Day for Lincoln Memorial; Chapter 10. The Lincoln Stamp; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexLocated 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 descendants 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.Lincoln Memorial University & the shaping of AppalachiaEducation, HigherAppalachian RegionHistoryEducation, HigherHistory.378.768/944Hess Earl J1509534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789533203321Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia3845993UNINA