Universities and their sons : history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees editor-in-chief, General Joshua L. Chamberlain ... ; Introduction by W.T. Harris

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.

Smith, Charles Henry, 1842-1933.

De Witt, John, 1842-1923.

Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929.

Van Amringe, John Howard.

Wingate, Charles E. L. (Charles Edgar Lewis), 1861-

Lee, Albert, 1868-

Paine, Henry Gallup, 1859-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harvard University--History.

Yale University--History.

Princeton University--History.

Columbia University--History.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Local Subjects:

Harvard University--History.

Yale University--History.

Princeton University--History.

Columbia University--History.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Physical Description:

7 v. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : R. Herndon Co., 1898-1901.

Contents:

I. Preface. Introduction. Universities of learning. Harvard university, 1636-1898. Yale university, 1700-1893. Princeton university, 1746-1898. Columbia university, 1754-1898

II. Administrators and instructors, founders and benefactors

III-V. University sons.

Notes:

Special editors approved by authorities of the respective universities: Harvard, William Roscoe Thayer; Yale, Charles Henry Smith; Princeton, John De Witt, Jesse Lynch Williams; Columbia, J. Howard Van Amringe. Biographical editors, Charles E. L. Wingate, Albert Lee, Jesse Lynch Williams and Henry G. Paine.