Edgar Wallace Knight Materials Relating to Education in the South Before 1860, . 1634-1950

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Edgar Wallace Knight Materials Relating to Education in the South Before 1860, . 1634-1950

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Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) was University of North Carolina Kenan professor of educational history, and author of numerous publications. This collection chiefly contains source material from various repositories collected by Knight in preparation for (1949-1954). Papers include letters; wills; petitions; trustees' minutes of schools and colleges; personal diaries; and other selected materials concerning education and related cultural and social aspects of the antebellum South. Institutions represented include the University of Alabama, the University of Georgia, Davidson College, South Carolina College, the University of Tennessee, and the Texas Military Institute. Persons and organizations represented include Henry Harrisse, Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, Joseph Lancaster, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and Dr. Thomas Bray's Associates. A Documentary History of Education in the South before 1860

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Knight, Edgar Wallace, 1886-1953

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Teacher, author, editor, and University of North Carolina Kenan professor of educational history. From the description of Edgar Wallace Knight materials relating to education in the South before 1860, 1634-1950 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25754073 Edgar Wallace Knight (1885-1953) was professor of education at Trinity College, 1913-1917, and at the University of North Carolina, 1919-1953. From the description of Edgar Wallace Knight papers, 1915-1953 [manusc...