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“How Research on George Peabody (1795-1869) Changed Our Lives,” by Franklin Parker and Betty J. Parker (corrected July 14, 2010), bfparker@frontiernet.net


We met at Berea College near Lexington, KY, Sept. 1946, were married June 12, 1950. Frank attended the University of Illinois Graduate School, Urbana, 1949-50, for the M.S. degree. We both first taught at Ferrum College near Roanok… Continue

"Peabody College: From A Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and
Learning."

By Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net

First appeared as: "Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee: Past and Future; From Frontier Academy (1785) to Frontiers of Teaching and Learning," Review Journal of History and Philosophy of Education (published in India by Anu Books), Vol. XXVIII (February 2003),… Continue

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR, 1882-1945) "Brain Trust," 1930's Depression & WW II, by Franklin & Betty Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net

Authors intend to 1-collect relevant sources, list and write biographical sketches of relevant scholars and others who aided FDR's efforts in combatting the 1930s Depression and in winning WW II; 2-as part of an essay on understanding FDR's presidenttial leadership. Authors expect to keep adding and editing content during August-Dec. 2009+.

Sour… Continue

On the Trail of Educational Philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869), By Franklin Parker and Betty June Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net


We met as students at Berea College near Lexington, Ky. (Sept. 1946), Betty entering from Decatur, Ala.; Franklin from Asheville, N.C. Berea College brought us together, led to our marriage (June 12, 1950), and its Alumni Office got us our first teaching jobs at Ferrum Jr. College near Roanoke, Va., 1950-52.

To improve our professional preparation we att… Continue

GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE OF VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN: Brief History, by Franklin & Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net

Designated as the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University since 1979, this distinguished institution has a 213-year lineage through seven name changes. In 1784 Nashville set aside three land tracts for a collegiate institution; Davidson Academy (1785-86) was chartered by North Carolina 11 years before Tennessee statehood in 1796. Principal Thomas… Continue