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Acknowledgments Aware of, and grateful for, all the help I have received, I would first like to thank Richard Angelo. Richard, as the chair of my doctoral committee, guided me through the dissertation process several years ago and then more recently encouraged and aided me in reshaping that work into this book. His scholarly example, kind support, patient prodding, and insistence on my best have earned my undying admiration and gratitude. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Stephen Wrinn, director of the University Press of Kentucky . Steve’s friendliness and optimism encouraged and motivated me, and his excellent advice was invaluable. My thanks and gratitude also go to Anne Dean Watkins, assistant acquisitions editor of the Press. I greatly appreciate her kindness and helpfulness throughout the publication process. I also want to thank Linda Lotz for copyediting the manuscript so expertly and so beautifully. In addition, I would like to thank James Cibulka, dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, and James W. Tracy, University of Kentucky’s vice president for research. Their support of, and funding for, this project made its publication possible. Gratitude and thanks must certainly go to B. J. Gooch, Special Collections librarian at Transylvania University; Frank Stanger and the staff of the Special Collections and Archives at the University of Kentucky; and the staff of the Kentucky Room in the Lexington Public Library. Without their expertise, professionalism, and kind assistance I could not have done the research necessary for the production of this work. Finally, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to my favorite archivist, my wife Betsy. Without her love, encouragement, help, and support this book would never have been written. ...

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