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| Autor/in | Larson, Eric Martin |
|---|---|
| Titel | Early history of the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898. 3rd revised ed. |
| Quelle | Takoma Park, Maryland: Eric M. Larson (2021), xlix, 324 S. |
| Beigaben | Illustrationen; Literaturangaben |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monografie |
| ISBN | 9780963646552; 0963646559 |
| Schlagwörter | Texas; USA; Tarleton State College; History; Geschichte; Erziehung |
| Abstract | Preface to the third revised edition -- Preface to the second revised edition -- Some words before -- Abstract -- The early history of Stephenville College and the John Tarleton College : a brief chronology -- Establishing colleges in Erath County, 1891-1893 : Lingleville versus Stephenville, their competition and how each went bankrupt -- The life, death and last will and testament of John Tarleton -- The John Tarleton College is founded March 12, 1896 -- Accounts of activities at the John Tarleton College published in the Stephenville Empire during 1896-1898 -- Turmoil : State of Texas versus local Stephenville management of the John Tarleton College in 1898 -- January 1898 : trustees "locate and establish" the John Tarleton College and a local Board of Directors in Stephenville -- February 1898 : trustees Culberson and Carlisle decline to ratify the election of Marshall McIlhany by the local Board of Directors for an additional term as President of the John Tarleton College -- March 1898 : trustees Culberson and Carlisle elect William Herschel Bruce second President of the John Tarleton College, in violation a trustee law -- 1898 : trustee King files lawsuit to dissolve the Board of Trustees -- May-August 1898 : efforts to resume classes at the John Tarleton College during the fall of 1898 are unsuccessful -- September-December 1898 : resolution of lawsuit by trustee King on October 18, 1898, is too late to resume classes during the 1898-1899 academic year -- Creating a Texas myth based on a precept - that the John Tarleton College was founded in 1899 and its first president was William Herschel Bruce - was established and perpetuated -- Appendices. Appendix I: Articles about the John Tarleton College published in Texan News in 2020 ; Appendix II: Marshall McIlhany, first President of the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898 ; Appendix III: Thomas Benton King, Erath County Judge, 1894-1898 ; Appendix IV: Eugene Beauregard Moore, editor of The Stephenville Empire, 1892-1905 ; Appendix V: True copy of the last will and testament of John Tarleton, May 29, 1895 ; Appendix VI: Funeral cards for John Tarleton ; Appendix VII: True copy of lawsuit by trustee King to dissolve Board of Trustees, April 7, 1898 ; Appendix VIII: True copy of undated motion by trustees Culberson and Carlisle to abate April 7, 1898, lawsuit filed by trustee King ; Appendix X: True copy of lawsuit amended May 17, 1898, by trustee King ; Appendix XI: Transcriptions of articles about management of the John Tarleton College and related issues published in The Stephenville Empire during 1898 -- Index -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Letters in the Texas State Archives and Library Commission -- Image of editorial titled "Warning to Mothers," The Stephenville Empire, June 24, 1910 -- A hat tip to Walt Whitman and "a backward glance o'er travel'd roads" -- About the author -- Image of signature page, As Free as Thought: a History of The Stephenville Empire from 1871 to 1917, Master of Arts thesis, Department of Journalism, December 1976, The University of Texas at Austin. "In this book I have endeavored to identify, collect, evaluate, weigh, and interpret the evidence in all documents created during 1895-1899 pertinent to the year The John Tarleton College was founded, the identity of its first President, and its early years from 1896-1898"--Page xlix. |
| Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| Update | 2022/4/11 |
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