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The following books from the Library's collections discuss the Morrill Act and the establishment of land-grant colleges. The bibliography contains a selection of books for both general readers. Each title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available.
Colleges for Our Land and Time; The Land-Grant Idea in American Education by 
Justin Smith Morrill: Father of the Land-Grant Colleges by 
Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt: The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education by Land-Grant Universities and Their Continuing Challenge by The Magnificent Charter: The Origin and Role of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges and Universities by The Origin of the Land Grant Act of 1862 (the so-called Morrill Act) and Some Account of its Author, Jonathan B. Turner by 
The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement by The Origins of the Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities: A Brief Account of the Morrill Act of 1862 and Its Results by 
Science As Service: Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865-1930 by 
Service As Mandate: How American Land-Grant Universities Shaped the Modern World, 1920-2015 by Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, on the Bill Granting Lands for Agricultural Colleges by 
