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1994
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| author | Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. |
| author_facet | Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Educational Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) & Peabody College of Vanderbilt University: Dialogue with Bibliography. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Bibliographies Biographical Inventories Biographies Civil War (United States) Donors Endowment Funds Indexes Library Funding Literature Reviews Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Reconstruction Era United States History This dialogue and bibliography describe the contributions of George Peabody to rebuilding the devastated educational systems in the former Confederate states after the Civil War. At great personal expense, Peabody established the Peabody Education Fund as the first multi-million dollar foundation with the expressed purpose of providing funds to revive public education and teacher education in the South. Peabody was the founder of educational philanthropy in the United States, at a time before tax laws favored charitable giving. The extensive bibliography contains sections dealing with George Peabody: (1) manuscripts, dissertations, and theses; and (2) books, pamphlets, government documents and serials. (EH) |
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| publishDate | 1994 |
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| spellingShingle | Educational Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) & Peabody College of Vanderbilt University: Dialogue with Bibliography. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Bibliographies Biographical Inventories Biographies Civil War (United States) Donors Endowment Funds Indexes Library Funding Literature Reviews Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Reconstruction Era United States History Educational Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) & Peabody College of Vanderbilt University: Dialogue with Bibliography. Parker, Franklin Parker, Betty J. Bibliographies Biographical Inventories Biographies Civil War (United States) Donors Endowment Funds Indexes Library Funding Literature Reviews Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Reconstruction Era United States History This dialogue and bibliography describe the contributions of George Peabody to rebuilding the devastated educational systems in the former Confederate states after the Civil War. At great personal expense, Peabody established the Peabody Education Fund as the first multi-million dollar foundation with the expressed purpose of providing funds to revive public education and teacher education in the South. Peabody was the founder of educational philanthropy in the United States, at a time before tax laws favored charitable giving. The extensive bibliography contains sections dealing with George Peabody: (1) manuscripts, dissertations, and theses; and (2) books, pamphlets, government documents and serials. (EH) |
| title | Educational Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) & Peabody College of Vanderbilt University: Dialogue with Bibliography. |
| topic | Bibliographies Biographical Inventories Biographies Civil War (United States) Donors Endowment Funds Indexes Library Funding Literature Reviews Philanthropic Foundations Private Financial Support Reconstruction Era United States History |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED392653 |