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History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940 / Edward Potts Cheyney.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheyney, Edward Potts, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Pennsylvania--History.
- University of Pennsylvania.
- African Studies.
- African-American Studies.
- American History.
- American Studies.
- Books of Regional Interest.
- Education.
- Local Subjects:
- African Studies.
- African-American Studies.
- American History.
- American Studies.
- Books of Regional Interest.
- Education.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (474 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Following his retirement from teaching in 1934, Edward Potts Cheyney was invited by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to write a history of the University in celebration of its bicentennial. Cheyney completed the project, published as the present work, in 1940. This, then, is his history of the University of Pennsylvania from its founding to its bicentennial anniversary.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Book I. EARLY TIMES 1740-1779
- Book II. THE MIDDLE PERIOD 1779-1829
- Book III. THE RENAISSANCE 1829-1881
- Book IV. MODERN TIMES 1881-1940
- PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- "The printed and manuscript material used in the preparation of this volume and all other known references to the history of the University have been listed, and this list will be preserved in the University library in accessible form for the use of subsequent investigators."--Pref.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780812208795
- 081220879X
- OCLC:
- 874157875
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