Cyrus Kehr Papers
Dates
- 1897-1898
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Biographical / Historical
Cyrus Kehr (1856-1941) was Lincoln Memorial University's 1st president from 1897-1899.
He was an educator, studied law, and practiced law in Chicago begining in 1886. (25) He managed the direction of LMU, particuarly through his role of Board of Directors president. He worked to recieve land and funding during the university's beginnings.
Due to conflicts, he would become distant from LMU. Kehr would not move to TN until 1899 due to unsutable land in Harrogate, instead settling in Knoxville with his family practicing patient law for more than 20 years. He then moved to Washington D.C. in 1920, continuing his practice and publishing multiple books around urban and state planning. (62) "A Congregationalist and Republican, he died in Washington in 1941."(63)
- Summary and Excerpts taken from "Lincoln Memorial University and the Shaping of Appalachia" Earl J. Hess.
Extent
0.5 Legal-sized Hollinger Box (0.2 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Cyrus Kehr Papers
- Author
- Finding Aid originally written by Matthew Souther, edited by Olivia Coyne
- Date
- 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2025 December: Added Abstract; Biography/History (Olivia Coyne)
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives & Special Collections Repository
Lincoln Memorial Univesity
Carnegie-Vincent Library
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate Tennessee 37752 United States
archives@lmunet.edu
