Universities and their sons
Subtitle: history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees.
By: Editor-in-chief, General Joshua L. Chamberlain ... Introduction by W. T. Harris...
Contributors: Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.; Smith, Charles Henry, 1842-1933.; De Witt, John, 1842-1923.; Williams, Jesse Lynch, 1871-1929.; Van Amringe, John Howard.; Wingate, Charles E. L. b. 1861.; Lee, Albert, 1868-; Paine, Henry Gallup, 1859-
Publisher: R. Herndon company
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Harvard University -- History.; Yale University -- History.; Princeton University -- History.; Columbia University -- History.; Universities and colleges -- United States.
Notes: Special editors approved by authorities of the respective universities: Harvard, William Roscoe Thayer, Yale, Charles Henry Smith: Princeton, John De Witt, Jesse Lynch Williams: Columbia, J. Howard Van Amringe. Biographical editors, Charles E. L. Wingate, Albert Lee, Jesse Lynch Williams and Henry G. Paine.
Table of contents: value: I. Preface. Introduction. Universities of learning. Harvard university, 1636-1898. Yale university, 1700-1893. Princeton university, 1746-1898. Columbia university, 1754-1898.; value: II. Administrators and instructors, founders and benefactors.; value: III-V. University sons.