Morrill Act of 1862

Provides links and suggested resources that can be used for doing research on the Morrill Act , which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862

Books in Library Catalog

Items may be requested from other libraries in Prospector, the Colorado Union Catalog, by Colorado State University affiliates. Do a LC Subject (Subject) search for these terms in CSU's library catalog (and Prospector) to identify books. Also check WorldCat for additional resources.

Agricultural Colleges United States
Agricultural Education United States
Agricultural Extension Work United States
Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898
School Lands United States
State Universities And Colleges United States History

For example:

The Origin of the Land Grant Act of 1862: (The So-Called Morrill Act) and Some Account of Its Author, Jonathan B. Turner.
Edmund J. James. Urbana-Champaign: University Press, 1910. LB2827 .J4 1910a SPECIAL (also online in Internet Archive)
Justin Smith Morrill: Father of the Land-Grant Colleges.
E664 .M8 C76 1999 Morgan
The Origins of the Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities: A Brief Account of the Morrill act of 1862 and Its Results.
Washington: Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962. Not at CSU, but three Prospector libraries own.