fbpx
Wikipedia

University of Nashville

January 01, 1970

University of Nashville was a private university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was established in 1806 as Cumberland College. It existed as a distinct entity until 1909; operating at various times a medical school, a four-year military college, a literary arts (liberal arts) college, and a boys preparatory school. Educational institutions in operation today that can trace their roots to the University of Nashville include Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-male preparatory school; the Vanderbilt University Medical School; Peabody College at Vanderbilt University; and the University School of Nashville, a co-educational preparatory school.

University of Nashville
Former names
Cumberland College
Active1826–1909
Location
Nashville
,
Tennessee

36°09′15.0″N 86°46′05.0″W / 36.154167°N 86.768056°W / 36.154167; -86.768056
Colors    Garnet and Blue

History edit

 
Dr. Philip Lindsley, first president

The predecessor to the University of Nashville, Davidson Academy, was founded as a preparatory school for boys in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1785.[1][2] In 1802 this institution moved to a building in downtown Nashville. The facility, named Cumberland Hall, was located at 300 Peabody St., on the corner of what is now Peabody St. and Third Avenue.[3] The building no longer stands, but a Tennessee State Historical Marker was erected on the site. In 1806, Davidson Academy changed its name to Cumberland College.[1][2] United States President Andrew Jackson served on the board of trustees for many years during this time.[3] Meanwhile, Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855) was named the chancellor of Cumberland College in 1824.[4]

In 1826, the Tennessee Legislature changed the name of Cumberland College to the University of Nashville.[1] In 1827, future Confederate General Gideon Pillow was part of a graduating class of twelve.[5] Under Reverend Phillip Lindsley, the University of Nashville provided educational instruction to young men, and Nashville became known as the 'Athens of the South.[citation needed]' In 1850, all parts of the college level instruction were shut down, a consequence of a cholera epidemic in the city.[4] Meanwhile, Cumberland Hall was torn down, and the University of Nashville opened a medical college in 1851.[2]

 
Literary Department Building

In 1853, a new building was constructed at 724 Second Avenue in Nashville, and in 1854, the college re-opened.[6] In 1855, Lindsley's son and successor John Berrien Lindsley merged the Western Military Institute and the University of Nashville.[2] It moved its entire operation from Georgetown, Kentucky, where it had operated since its founding in 1847, to Nashville. Bushrod Johnson was a professor at the Western Military Institute from 1851 to 1855.[6] He served as its headmaster when it moved to Nashville in the merger and continued in that capacity until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.[6] He served the Confederate States Army during the war as a general.[6] It was during this period that Sam Davis attended the Western Military Institute; he was later called the "boy hero of the Confederacy", and hanged by Union forces as a spy in 1863.[6] The Western Military Institute did not offer instruction from 1862 to 1865. In 1862, the campus building served as a Union hospital for Federal officers.[7]

Industrialist Montgomery Bell left the University of Nashville $20,000 in his will in 1867,[2] and Lindsley used the proceeds to open up the Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) that year as a new preparatory school in Nashville.[4] The new school took over the operations of the then defunct Western Military Institute and the University of Nashville preparatory school.[8]

In 1866, E. Kirby Smith was named co-chancellor of the University of Nashville, along with Bushrod Johnson, who returned to the school as a professor, to replace Lindsley.[6] General Smith served as its chancellor from 1870 to 1875.[9] That year, a financial crisis was resolved when the Peabody Fund made a large donation, and the University of Nashville's operations were split into three different entities. The board of trustees that had operated the University of Nashville since its re-incorporation in 1826 remained intact and were given the operations of the Montgomery Bell Academy preparatory school. The medical school became part of Vanderbilt University in 1874.[10] The collegiate program received the financial donation from the Peabody Fund, established a new board of trustees, and it was renamed the Peabody Normal School.[2]

To create a major Southern teachers' college, the grounds and buildings of the Peabody Normal School were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1909.[2] The donation was estimated to be worth about $250,000. In 1914 the George Peabody College for Teachers purchased a new site adjacent to Vanderbilt University,[2] with over 50 acres (20 hectares) of wooded lawn. It constructed new buildings. However, after falling upon hard times in the 1970s, Peabody College amalgamated with the wealthier university in 1979.[2] However, the board of trustees of the formerly affiliated preparatory school, Montgomery Bell Academy, continues to operate under the name of "The Board of Trustees of the University of Nashville."[4]

Notable alumni edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Dillingham, George A. Jr. (Fall 1978). "The University of Nashville, A Northern Educator, and A New Mission In the Post-Reconstruction South". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 37 (3): 329–338. JSTOR 42625882.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Peabody College Chronology". Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Conkin, Paul Keith (2002). Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780826514257. OCLC 50228629.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Grandmother of Peabody College". Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Frank, Ed (December 25, 2009). "Gideon Johnson Pillow". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Metro Planning Dept. Building Western Military Institute Site (Hospital No. 2 Site)". Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Inc. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "Nashville, Tenn. Hospital for Federal officers". Library of Congress.
  8. ^ "OUR MISSION & HISTORY". Montgomery Bell Academy. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  9. ^ "Vanderbilt Collection - Peabody Campus - Wyatt Center: Edmund Kirby Smith". Tennessee Portrait Project. National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "History". Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Finding Aid for the General William Barksdale Letter MS.3476". Special Collections Online. The University of Tennessee. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  12. ^ Caldwell, Joshua W. (July 1899). "John Bell of Tennessee: A Chapter of Political History". The American Historical Review. 4 (4): 652–664. doi:10.2307/1833782. JSTOR 1833782.
  13. ^ Reynolds, J. A. (June 12, 2010). "BURLESON, RUFUS COLUMBUS". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  14. ^ Hempstead, Fay (1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas, From Earliest Times to the Year 1890. St. Louis and New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing Company. pp. 1141–1142. LCCN 24005660. OL 24611790M – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ Bishop, Randy (2013). Civil War Generals of Tennessee. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 124. ISBN 9781455618118. OCLC 824081797.
  16. ^ Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Shades of Blue and Gray Series. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4. LCCN 2008018253. OCLC 227191547. OL 16839816M.
  17. ^ "ALBERT MURPHREE". Office of the President. University of Florida. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  18. ^ Ownby, Ted; Wilson, Charles Reagan, eds. (2017). The Mississippi encyclopedia. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 1006. ISBN 9781628466928. OCLC 959373243.
  19. ^ "Collection Title: Samuel Hollingsworth Stout Papers, 1843-1911". The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. UNC University Libraries. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  20. ^ Rodriguez, Junius P. (2007). Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 502. ISBN 9781851095490. OCLC 123968550.

Further reading edit

  • Parks, Joseph Howard, Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA, LSU Press, 1954.
  • Stonesifer, Roy P. and Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow, University of North Carolina Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8078-2107-7.
  • Rudolph, F., The American College and University, The University of Georgia Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-8203-1284-2'

External links edit

  •   Media related to University of Nashville at Wikimedia Commons

January 01, 1970
university, nashville, private, university, nashville, tennessee, established, 1806, cumberland, college, existed, distinct, entity, until, 1909, operating, various, times, medical, school, four, year, military, college, literary, arts, liberal, arts, college,. University of Nashville was a private university in Nashville Tennessee It was established in 1806 as Cumberland College It existed as a distinct entity until 1909 operating at various times a medical school a four year military college a literary arts liberal arts college and a boys preparatory school Educational institutions in operation today that can trace their roots to the University of Nashville include Montgomery Bell Academy an all male preparatory school the Vanderbilt University Medical School Peabody College at Vanderbilt University and the University School of Nashville a co educational preparatory school University of NashvilleFormer namesCumberland CollegeActive1826 1909LocationNashville Tennessee36 09 15 0 N 86 46 05 0 W 36 154167 N 86 768056 W 36 154167 86 768056Colors Garnet and Blue Contents 1 History 2 Notable alumni 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Dr Philip Lindsley first president The predecessor to the University of Nashville Davidson Academy was founded as a preparatory school for boys in Nashville Tennessee in 1785 1 2 In 1802 this institution moved to a building in downtown Nashville The facility named Cumberland Hall was located at 300 Peabody St on the corner of what is now Peabody St and Third Avenue 3 The building no longer stands but a Tennessee State Historical Marker was erected on the site In 1806 Davidson Academy changed its name to Cumberland College 1 2 United States President Andrew Jackson served on the board of trustees for many years during this time 3 Meanwhile Reverend Philip Lindsley 1786 1855 was named the chancellor of Cumberland College in 1824 4 In 1826 the Tennessee Legislature changed the name of Cumberland College to the University of Nashville 1 In 1827 future Confederate General Gideon Pillow was part of a graduating class of twelve 5 Under Reverend Phillip Lindsley the University of Nashville provided educational instruction to young men and Nashville became known as the Athens of the South citation needed In 1850 all parts of the college level instruction were shut down a consequence of a cholera epidemic in the city 4 Meanwhile Cumberland Hall was torn down and the University of Nashville opened a medical college in 1851 2 nbsp Literary Department Building In 1853 a new building was constructed at 724 Second Avenue in Nashville and in 1854 the college re opened 6 In 1855 Lindsley s son and successor John Berrien Lindsley merged the Western Military Institute and the University of Nashville 2 It moved its entire operation from Georgetown Kentucky where it had operated since its founding in 1847 to Nashville Bushrod Johnson was a professor at the Western Military Institute from 1851 to 1855 6 He served as its headmaster when it moved to Nashville in the merger and continued in that capacity until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 6 He served the Confederate States Army during the war as a general 6 It was during this period that Sam Davis attended the Western Military Institute he was later called the boy hero of the Confederacy and hanged by Union forces as a spy in 1863 6 The Western Military Institute did not offer instruction from 1862 to 1865 In 1862 the campus building served as a Union hospital for Federal officers 7 Industrialist Montgomery Bell left the University of Nashville 20 000 in his will in 1867 2 and Lindsley used the proceeds to open up the Montgomery Bell Academy MBA that year as a new preparatory school in Nashville 4 The new school took over the operations of the then defunct Western Military Institute and the University of Nashville preparatory school 8 In 1866 E Kirby Smith was named co chancellor of the University of Nashville along with Bushrod Johnson who returned to the school as a professor to replace Lindsley 6 General Smith served as its chancellor from 1870 to 1875 9 That year a financial crisis was resolved when the Peabody Fund made a large donation and the University of Nashville s operations were split into three different entities The board of trustees that had operated the University of Nashville since its re incorporation in 1826 remained intact and were given the operations of the Montgomery Bell Academy preparatory school The medical school became part of Vanderbilt University in 1874 10 The collegiate program received the financial donation from the Peabody Fund established a new board of trustees and it was renamed the Peabody Normal School 2 To create a major Southern teachers college the grounds and buildings of the Peabody Normal School were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1909 2 The donation was estimated to be worth about 250 000 In 1914 the George Peabody College for Teachers purchased a new site adjacent to Vanderbilt University 2 with over 50 acres 20 hectares of wooded lawn It constructed new buildings However after falling upon hard times in the 1970s Peabody College amalgamated with the wealthier university in 1979 2 However the board of trustees of the formerly affiliated preparatory school Montgomery Bell Academy continues to operate under the name of The Board of Trustees of the University of Nashville 4 Notable alumni editJose Andres Coronado Alvarado 1895 1975 Costa Rican diplomat who served as head of Latin American relations while at the university citation needed William Barksdale 1821 1863 U S congressman and Confederate General killed at Gettysburg July 3 1863 11 John Meredith Bass 1804 1878 mayor of Nashville Tennessee John Bell 1797 1869 Tennessee senator and presidential candidate graduate of Cumberland College 12 Rufus Columbus Burleson 1823 1901 second president of Baylor University Baptist preacher 13 Sam Davis 1842 1863 boy hero of the Confederacy 6 Thomas Fletcher 1817 1880 acting governor of Arkansas 1862 14 John Berrien Lindsley 1822 1897 educator and president of the University of Nashville George Maney Confederate general and U S diplomat to several South American countries 15 Van H Manning 1839 1892 U S Representative from Mississippi and Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War 16 Albert A Murphree 1870 1927 president of Florida State College for Women 1897 1909 and the University of Florida 1909 1927 17 Gideon Johnson Pillow 1806 78 U S and Confederate States Army general and lawyer 5 Peter Pitchlynn 1806 1881 chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 1864 1866 liaison to the U S government 1845 1861 1866 1881 18 Samuel Hollingsworth Stout 1822 1903 American farmer slaveholder and Confederate surgeon 19 William Walker 1824 1860 U S filibuster Executed in Honduras in 1860 20 References edit a b c Dillingham George A Jr Fall 1978 The University of Nashville A Northern Educator and A New Mission In the Post Reconstruction South Tennessee Historical Quarterly 37 3 329 338 JSTOR 42625882 a b c d e f g h i Peabody College Chronology Jean and Alexander Heard Library Vanderbilt University Retrieved September 27 2016 a b Conkin Paul Keith 2002 Peabody College From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning Nashville Tennessee Vanderbilt University Press p 12 ISBN 9780826514257 OCLC 50228629 a b c d The Grandmother of Peabody College Jean and Alexander Heard Library Vanderbilt University Retrieved September 27 2016 a b Frank Ed December 25 2009 Gideon Johnson Pillow The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press Retrieved September 27 2016 a b c d e f g Metro Planning Dept Building Western Military Institute Site Hospital No 2 Site Battle of Nashville Preservation Society Inc Retrieved September 27 2016 Nashville Tenn Hospital for Federal officers Library of Congress OUR MISSION amp HISTORY Montgomery Bell Academy Retrieved September 27 2016 Vanderbilt Collection Peabody Campus Wyatt Center Edmund Kirby Smith Tennessee Portrait Project National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee Retrieved May 3 2018 History Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Retrieved September 27 2016 Finding Aid for the General William Barksdale Letter MS 3476 Special Collections Online The University of Tennessee Retrieved June 5 2017 Caldwell Joshua W July 1899 John Bell of Tennessee A Chapter of Political History The American Historical Review 4 4 652 664 doi 10 2307 1833782 JSTOR 1833782 Reynolds J A June 12 2010 BURLESON RUFUS COLUMBUS Handbook of Texas Online Texas State Historical Association Retrieved June 5 2017 Hempstead Fay 1890 A Pictorial History of Arkansas From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 St Louis and New York N D Thompson Publishing Company pp 1141 1142 LCCN 24005660 OL 24611790M via Internet Archive Bishop Randy 2013 Civil War Generals of Tennessee Gretna Louisiana Pelican Publishing Company p 124 ISBN 9781455618118 OCLC 824081797 Allardice Bruce S 2008 Confederate Colonels A Biographical Register Shades of Blue and Gray Series Columbia and London University of Missouri Press p 251 ISBN 978 0 8262 1809 4 LCCN 2008018253 OCLC 227191547 OL 16839816M ALBERT MURPHREE Office of the President University of Florida Retrieved June 5 2017 Ownby Ted Wilson Charles Reagan eds 2017 The Mississippi encyclopedia Jackson Mississippi University Press of Mississippi p 1006 ISBN 9781628466928 OCLC 959373243 Collection Title Samuel Hollingsworth Stout Papers 1843 1911 The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library UNC University Libraries Retrieved June 4 2017 Rodriguez Junius P 2007 Slavery in the United States A Social Political and Historical Encyclopedia Santa Barbara California ABC CLIO p 502 ISBN 9781851095490 OCLC 123968550 Further reading editParks Joseph Howard Edmund Kirby Smith CSA LSU Press 1954 Stonesifer Roy P and Hughes Nathaniel Cheairs The Life and Wars of Gideon J Pillow University of North Carolina Press 1993 ISBN 978 0 8078 2107 7 Rudolph F The American College and University The University of Georgia Press 1991 ISBN 978 0 8203 1284 2 External links edit nbsp Media related to University of Nashville at Wikimedia Commons Portals nbsp Architecture nbsp Schools nbsp Tennessee Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of Nashville amp oldid 1212078450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.