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West Virginia University : symbol of unity in a sectionalized state / William T. Doherty, Jr. and Festus P. Summers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doherty, William T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Virginia University--History.
- West Virginia University.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Details the history of WVU from before its inception as the Agricultural College of West Virginia in 1867 to its expansion and development in the 1980's. This comprehensive history includes an index of people, places and events; photographs and illustrations; and in-depth descriptions of campuses, buildings, colleges, and academic and sports programs. A joint effort between William T Doherty, Jr., a Professor Emeritus History at WVU and Festus P. Summers, the first University Librarian who passed away before this project was complete, this new edition once again grants access to the diverse and complex elements which shaped the institution.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of illustrations
- The Morgantown School, 1867-1945
- "Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge" : 1862-1867
- Yankee centralization to Confederate decentralization : 1867-1885
- Decentralization to centralization : 1885-1901
- The inner wickedness of sociology : 1897-1901
- Conservative management versus "new education" : 1901-1914
- Almost heaven and almost a university : 1914-1928
- The heavy hand of politics : 1928-1935
- Four terms for Roosevelt and four presidents for WVU : 1932-1945
- The land-grant, comprehensive state university, 1946-1980
- A people's university : 1946-1958
- In sickness and in health, till death do us part; The inviolate university campus : 1946-1958
- From the banks of the Monongahela to the banks of the Potomac, part I : 1958-1961
- From the banks of the Monongahela to the banks of the Potomac, part II : 1962-1967
- Into the university's second century : gadgets and governance : 1967-1977
- An era of radical change : close encounters with a new kind of student : 1967-1977
- Into the nineteen eighties
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published Morgantown, West Viriginia : West Virginia University Press, 1982.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-938228-39-1
- OCLC:
- 867742272
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