American state universities, their origin and progress

Chapter headings are: -Sketch of the Early Progress of Higher Education in the Atlantic States -The State of Culture in the West at the Commencement of the Congressional Land-Grant Policy, and subsequently -Congressional Land Grants for Universities -Michigan’s Early Condition as to Culture and Education -Early Organization for Higher Education in Michigan, and their Contemporary Events -Grant of the Present University Fund and its Administration by the Board of Trustees -Organization of the School System and Administration of the Endowment Fund -The Branches – Rise of Union Schools -Preparations for the Opening of the University at Ann Arbor and the Actual Organization of its Working Forces -Review of the Period from 1844 to 1852 -President Tappan’s Administration -President Haven’s Administration, and thence to the Present Time -Conclusion of the History of the University of Michigan -The Prospective University -Conclusion -Appendix