EDUCATION IN THE OLD SOUTHWEST: A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COLLEGE WASHINGTON, MISSISSIPPI.

Published by Washington, MS: Friends of Jefferson College, Incorporated, 1976.

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First edition (not stated). [3], i-xiii, 155 pages. Paperback: H 21.5cm x L 13.75cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed; slight scuffing at spine ends. Minor foxing to fore-edge; light soiling to front cover's blank verso and rear cover's blank recto; interior pages are clean. Binding remains crisp. A near fine copy. An uncommon book in which Blain reviews the history Jefferson College, an all-male military college located in Washington, Mississippi near Natchez. The school was the first educational institution of higher learning in Mississippi and was chartered in 1802, opened in 1811, and, after years of financial struggles and declining enrollment. closed in May 1964. With Foreword by Dorothy S. Sojourner, Acknowledgements, Introduction by Elbert R. Hilliard, chapter endnotes, two appendices (Appendix 2 primarily being "Works Cited," i.e. bibliography), and Index. Features seven chapters titled as: "A College Is Born," "Education On The Southern Frontier," "Building the College," "Academic Life In The Old Southwest," "Intellectual Center Of The Old Natchez Region," "Facing The Crisis Of War," and "A One-Hundred Year Epilogue." {MS-Shelf#5}.…

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Title
EDUCATION IN THE OLD SOUTHWEST: A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COLLEGE WASHINGTON, MISSISSIPPI.
Author
Blain, William T. Dorothy S. Sojourner (Foreword). Elbert R. Hilliard (Introduction).
Publisher
Washington, MS: Friends of Jefferson College, Incorporated, 1976.
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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David Hallinan, Bookseller

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