Bricks Without Straw

Bricks Without Straw: The Evolution of George Washington University was written by Elmer Louis Kayser and published in 1970. The book covers the history of GW from 1821 until the mid-1960s.

Table of Contents

Chapter	Chapter Title	Page
-	Title Page and Contents	i
-	Illustrations	ix
-	Preface	xiii
1	Overview: A Century and a Half: 1821-1971	1
2	Missions and Education: 1812-1821	12
3	College Hill: The Lot and the Charter, 1821-1825	27
4	Faculty and Students, 1821-1825	38
5	Crisis, 1825-1828	56
6	Financial Recovery, 1828-1859	80
7	Growth and Operation of the College, 1828-1859	90
8	Retrospect: The College and the Medical Department, 1821-1861	103
9	War, 1861-1865	117
10	Reconstruction, 1865-1871	127
11	The Age of Welling, 1871-1894	141
12	Reverses, 1895-1910	173
13	Reorganization and Relocation, 1910-1927	213
14	The Marvin Era, 1927-1959	249
15	Since 1959	297
-	General Bibliographical Note on Historical Materials in the University	313
-	Chapter Bibliographical Comments and Notes	317
-	Presidents of the University	344
-	Index	345

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