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Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1995
This paper traces events in the life of George Peabody. Born in Danvers, Massachusetts near Boston, Peabody attended a district school for four years and was apprenticed in a general store at an early age. After four years of apprenticeship, Peabody worked with his brother in a drapery shop, then traveled to the District of Columbia with his uncle…
Descriptors: Biographies, Donors, Endowment Funds, Higher Education
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1992
This paper discusses the life and work of Lawrence A. Cremin (1925-1990), an important historian of U.S. education. One of Cremin's most notable works was the 1961 "Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876-1957." Cremin was on the faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York) for 41 years.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 2000
This paper (in the form of a dialogue) tells the stories of two members of a remarkable family of nine children, the Flexners of Louisville, Kentucky. The paper focuses on Abraham and Simon, who were reformers in the field of medical education in the United States. The dialogue takes Abraham Flexner through his undergraduate education at Johns…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Higher Education
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1995
This volume provides an extensive and detailed inter-linking account of George Peabody's life. Annotated topic headings, which include people, places, events and institutions, are organized alphabetically and comprise the bulk of the document. Each entry describes the salient points of contact between George Peabody and the given topic, as well as…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Endowment Funds, Higher Education
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1991
As a leader of social change in the South, Myles Horton (1) unionized southern textile workers and coal miners and advanced civil rights through his Highlander school; (2) conducted Highlander workshops for black leaders; (3) first popularized the song "We Shall Overcome"; and (4) initiated Citizenship Schools to help blacks register to…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Biographies, Black History
Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty J. – 1994
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…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographical Inventories, Biographies, Civil War (United States)