Title

Life Of The Scholar (LOTS) Program Set for Sept. 18 at Gardner-Webb

Authors

Office of University Communications

Files

Description

The latest Life of the Scholar (LOTS) event at Gardner-Webb University will give the audience an inside look at the life and contributions of James William Cannon, the founder of Cannon Mills, and creator of the model mill village of Kannapolis, N.C. Dr. Timothy Vanderburg, professor of history at GWU, will serve as guest speaker for the event, and will examine the powerful paternalism that Cannon established and how mill workers responded to it. The lecture will be held Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Hope Hall of the Tucker Student Center.

Publication Date

9-15-2014

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

Cannon Mills and Kannapolis: Persistent Paternalism in a Textile Town, Dr. Kent Blevins, Dr. Timothy Vanderburg, James William Cannon, Life of the Scholar (LOTS)

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Life Of The Scholar (LOTS) Program Set for Sept. 18 at Gardner-Webb" (2014). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 1348.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1348