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TitleEarly History of the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898 / third revised edition.
AuthorLarson, Eric M.
Call NoGEN T 75 976.4 TAR
CollectionGEN TEXAS COUNTIES

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Personal Name Larson, Eric M.
Title Statement Early History of the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898 / third revised edition.
Imprint Takoma Park, Maryland Privately printed and publlished by the author 2021
Physical Description 324 pages
Formatted Contents Note Early history of Stephenville College and the John Tarleton College : a brief chronology -- Economic development and higher education : Stephenville College, 1893-1895 -- The life, death and last will and testament of John Tarleton, and its implications -- Tarleton estate trustees found the John Tarleton College March 12, 1896 -- Activities and student records at the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898 -- 1898 : the year of turmoil at the John Tarleton College. January 1898 : trustees "locate and publish" the John Tarleton College and a local Board of Directors ; February 1898 : trustees Culberson and Carlisle decline to ratify the election of Marshall McIlhany by the local Board of Directors for an additional term as President of the John Tarleton College ; March 1898 : trustees Culberson and Carlisle elect William Herschel Bruce the second President of the John Tarleton College, in violation of Texas law ; April 1898 : trustee King files lawsuit to dissolve the Board of Trustees ; May-August 1898 : discussions about a Fall term at the John Tarleton College ; September-December 1898 : resolution of King lawsuit and related issues -- The "lost years" of 1896-1898 at the John Tarleton College are not institutionally recognized -- Conclusions and discussion : how and why a Texas myth was established and perpetuated -- Appendices. Marshall McIlhany, first President of the John Tarleton College, 1896-1898 ; Thomas Benton King, Erath County Judge, 1894-1898 ; Eugene B. Moore, editor of The Stephenville Empire, 1892-1905 ; True copy of the last will and testament of John Tarleton, May 29, 1895 ; Funeral cards for John Tarleton ; True copy of lawsuit by trustee King to dissolve Board of Trustees, April 7, 1898 ; True copy of undated motion by trustees Culberson and Carlisle to abate lawsuit ; True copy of amended lawsuit by trustee King, May 17, 1898 ; Transcriptions of articles about management of the John Tarleton College published in The Stephenville Empire during 1898 -- About the author -- End notes -- Heroic days of yesteryear in Stephenville -- A hat tip to Walt Whitman and "a backward glance o'er travel'd roads."
Summary, Etc. "In this book I have endeavored to identify, collect, evaluate, weigh, and interpret the evidence in all documents created during 1895-1899 pertinent to the year The John Tarleton College was founded, the identity of its first President, and its early years from 1896-1898"--p. xliii.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Tarleton State college history. / Tarleton history. / College history. / Tarleton State history. / History.