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LINCOLN CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION PAPERS signed by NYT editor to famous educator
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LINCOLN CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION PAPERSDelivered before the Members of the Lincoln Centennial Association
at Springfield, Illinois, on February 12, 1925
Introduction / by Logan Hay
A. Lincoln: his house / by A.L. Bowen
The education of Abraham Lincoln
/ by John H. Finley.
Springfield, Ill. : Lincoln Centennial Association, 1925.
First edition, cloth spine hardcover
inscribed and signed by John H. Finley
to Cora Wilson Stewart
Some minimal wear but still in near fine condition
from wikipedia:
Cora Wilson Stewart (January 17, 1875 – December 2, 1958) was an American progressive era social reformer and educator who is well known for her work to eliminate adult illiteracy. In 1911, Stewart was the first woman to be elected to the position of the president of the Kentucky Education Association. Stewart opened Moonlight School, first in Rowan County, Kentucky and then across the United States, to educate illiterate adults at night in the schools where children studied during the day.....
In 1911, Stewart opened Moonlight School in Rowan County, Kentucky to educate illiterate adults at night in the schools where children studied during the day. In 1914, the state created a commission to extend moonlight schools to all counties. In the following two years, 40,000 Kentuckians were taught to read and write. Similar programs were started in 18 states
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from wikipedia:
John Huston Finley (October 19, 1863 – March 7, 1940) was Professor of Polities at Princeton University from 1900 to 1903, and President of the City College of New York from 1903 until 1913, when he was appointed President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of the State of New York. A promenade along the western bank of the East River between 63rd Street and 125th Street in Manhattan was named the John Finley Walk in 1940 because he had often walked the perimeter of Manhattan.
Finley was appointed The New York Times associate editor in 1921. On April 21, 1937, The Times announced Dr. Finley's appointment as editor-in-chief. He held that position until Nov. 16, 1938, when because of poor health he took the title of editor emeritus