The Lamp in the Desert
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The Lamp in the Desert

The Story of the University of Arizona

  1. 329 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Lamp in the Desert

The Story of the University of Arizona

About this book

With six teachers, no books, and thirty-two students, Old Main opened its doors to the first pupils of the University of Arizona in 1891. A rugged beacon among the cacti, the campus emerged from a forty-acre donation from two gamblers and a saloonkeeper. The Lamp in the Desert is Douglas D. Martin's history of the first seventy-five years of the University of Arizona. From early football wins by Coach McKale to the work of celebrated scholars, this is a story of the places and the people whose names are still visible reminders of the early innovators that helped to build a world-class institution.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword to the Special Commemorative Edition
  3. Foreword to the First Edition
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 1. 1863–1886
  6. Chapter 2. 1887–1893
  7. Chapter 3. 1893–1897
  8. Chapter 4. 1897–1905
  9. Chapter 5. 1905–1914
  10. Chapter 6. 1914–1922
  11. Chapter 7. 1922–1928
  12. Chapter 8. 1928–1937
  13. Chapter 9. 1937–1942
  14. Chapter 10. 1942–1947
  15. Chapter 11. 1947–1951
  16. Chapter 12. 1951–1959
  17. Chapter 13. 1959–1960
  18. Appendix
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index