Penn State: an illustrated history, by Michael Bezilla

black and white drawing of Old Main Clock Tower

Contents

Foreward

Preface

1.  Origins:  The Land-Grant Vision

     Vignette - The Nittany Lion

2.  Survival Assured with New Leadership

3.  Shaping a Modern College

4.  Toward a State University

     Vignette - Penn State in China

5.  New Leadership for a New Era

6.  Enduring the Great Depression

     Vignette - "Equally Inaccessible from All Parts of the State"

7.  From Depression to World War II

8.  Challenges of the Post-Era

     Vignette - The Land-Grant Frescoes

9.  The Quest for National Recognition

10.  Expansion and Its Consequences

     Vignette - The Other Side of College Avenue

11.  Year of Crises:  the 1960s

12.  Beyond University Park

13.  Growth and Financial Stress:  the 1970s

14.  Serving Pennsylvania and the Nation

 

 
 

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