The University of Kentucky : a pictorial history / Carl B. Cone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cone, Carl B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Kentucky--History.

University of Kentucky.

University of Kentucky--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

One hundred twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the University of Kentucky was begun in 1865, it was merely an adjunct of a denominational college in Lexington. From that humble beginning has come a proud institution with an enrollment of 56,000 and with students, faculty, and facilities spread across a landscape extending to the boundaries of the Commonwealth. The University's graduates now include Nobel laureates, statesmen, and thousands of productive citizens whose influence reaches to the far corners of the world.In words and pictures, this book tells the story of the University's beginnings, its struggles for adequate funding, it

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Photo Credits; Preface; 1 The Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1865-1878; 2 State College, 1878-1908; 3 Sate University, 1908-1916; 4 The University of Kentucky, 1916-1956; 5 The University of Kentucky, 1956-1989; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813131191

0813131197

9780813157542

0813157544

OCLC:

645340486