A college for Appalachia : Alice Lloyd on Caney Creek /
Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd was a New England woman with a mission in life. In 1916 she settled on Caney Creek in Eastern Kentucky, determined to bring higher education to this remote corner of Appalachia. The school she founded, now Alice Lloyd College, continues to serve the area and its people and...
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2015
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Alice Lloyd Story and Appalachian Literature; 2. The New England Years; 3. Community Development in Knott County; 4. Higher Education Comes to Knott County; 5. Our Purpose Is to Train Leaders; 6. The Unwritten Pledge Redeemed; 7. Faith and Friends Sustain Us; 8. The Post-Lloyd Era; 9. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.