File #3598: "1895-1896 Catalog, Col. Francis Vigo., V.U. History."

1895-1896 Catalog, Col. Francis Vigo., V.U. History.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 10-11. Left page: HISTORY, cont.: Describes the 1811 opening of the school, under Rev. Samuel T. Scott, Jessie Olds, Mr. Jean Jean, Mr. Bennett, Rev. Henry M. Shaw; continued operation of the university, the State's confiscation of the land in 1822, the struggle to continue operations, the State's transformation of V.U. into the Knox County Seminary in 1924; the continued operation of the V.U. Board; the beginnings of inquiry into V.U. 's rights. Right page: Drawing: Col. [Francis] Vigo, prominent early member of the Board of Trustees of Vincennes University. V.U. owns the only painting of Col. Vigo.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1895-1896

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