- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Thornwell Jacobs
- Date of Original:
- 1931
- Subject:
- Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Presbyterians--Georgia--Atlanta
College presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio--Equipment and supplies
Desks--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Radio broadcasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Books--Georgia--Atlanta
Educators--Georgia--Atlanta
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--Presidents
Jacobs, Thornwell, 1877-1956 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1933 Thornwell Jacobs launched his "University of the Air," a pioneer effort at distance learning that broadcast college credit courses over radio station WJTL.
Photograph of Oglethorpe University president Thornwell Jacobs seated at a desk during a radio broadcast. An open book sits before him on the table, and a large square microphone emblazoned with the letters WJTL sits on the edge of the desk.In 1933 Thornwell Jacobs launched his "University of the Air," a pioneer effort at distance learning that broadcast college credit courses over radio station WJTL. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister, Jacobs is best known as the refounder and president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/thornwell-jacobs-1877-1956/m-1743/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Oglethorpe University Archives
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/thornwell-jacobs-1877-1956
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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