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050 4 _aLD5923
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100 1 _aDoherty, William T.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWest Virginia University, symbol of unity in a sectionalized state
_h[electronic resource] /
_cWilliam T. Doherty, Jr., Festus P. Summers ; foreword by Charles C. Wise.
260 _aBaltimore, Maryland :
_bProject Muse,
_c2013
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
260 _aMorgantown :
_bWest Virginia University Press,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 384 pages) :)
_billustrations
500 _aReprint. Originally published Morgantown, West Viriginia : West Virginia University Press, 1982.
500 _aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-366) and index.
505 0 _aForeword -- 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, compregensive state univsity, 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.
520 _aDetails the history of WVU from before its inception as the Agricultural College of West Virginia in 1867 to its expansion and development in the 1980s. 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 2 0 _aWest Virginia University
_xHistory.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aWise, Charles C.,
_ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 _aSummers, Festus P.
_q(Festus Paul),
_d1895-1971,
_eauthor.
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z1938228375
_z9781938228377
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781938228391/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34563
_d34563