A history of the University of Chicago : the first quarter-century / by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed.

Main entry:

Goodspeed, Thomas Wakefield, 1842-1927.

Title & Author:

A history of the University of Chicago : the first quarter-century / by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1972.

Description:

xvii, 522 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

A Phoenix book ; P542

Notes:
Includes index.

Summary:

Provides a detailed account of the founding of the University of Chicago in 1891 throught the first twenty-five years. The university had the support of John D. Rockefeller and William Rainey Harper who helped with procurement of funds, recruitment of faculty, construction of buildings, student life and the problems of continuing growth.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226303837
9780226303833

Subject:

University of Chicago History.
University of Chicago.
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Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ; P542.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 194961
Call No.: ID LD928.G7; ID:98-B1027
Status: Available

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