| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Lilian Wyckoff Johnson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff | | | | Dates: | 1879-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864-1956) was one of the American South's pioneer women educators. She served as president of the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, founded the West Tennessee Normal School (now Memphis State College), and established a center for social and cooperative work on the Cumberland Plateau at Summerfield, Tennessee which was called KinCo. It later became the Highlander Folk School. The collection consists of autobiographical sketches, obituaries, tributes, genealogical materials, correspondence, writings, notebooks, minutes, speeches, financial papers, newspaper articles, writings and poetry by others, programs, membership lists, certificates, diplomas, diaries, address books, and records from the Cumberland Mountain KinCo and the Highlander Folk School. | | | | Call #: | MS 3885 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff, 1864-1956. | Women educators -- United States. | Women college teachers -- United States. | Women college administrators -- United States. | Women school administrators -- United States. | Women in education -- United States.
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