Lilian Wyckoff Johnson Papers 1879-1968

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Lilian Wyckoff Johnson Papers 1879-1968

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Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864-1956) was one of the American South's pioneer women educators. She served as president of the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, founded the West Tennessee Normal School (now Memphis State College), and established a center for social and cooperative work on the Cumberland Plateau at Summerfield, Tennessee which was called KinCo. It later became the Highlander Folk School. The collection consists of autobiographical sketches, obituaries, tributes, genealogical materials, correspondence, writings, notebooks, minutes, speeches, financial papers, newspaper articles, writings and poetry by others, programs, membership lists, certificates, diplomas, diaries, address books, and records from the Cumberland Mountain KinCo and the Highlander Folk School.

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Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff, 1864-1956

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Lillian Wyckoff Johnson was born on June 19, 1864 in Memphis, Tennessee. Her family was active in education. During her childhood Lilian''s parents taught classes to needy children. At age 15, Lillian attended Wellesley and later received her bachelor''s degree from the University of Michigan. She returned to Memphis and joined and joined the faculty of Clara Conway Institute. From 1893 until 1897 she taught at Vassar College and then went to Europe where she studied at the Sorbonne and the Univ...