Lyceum movement
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The lyceum movement in the United States refers to a loose collection of adult education programs named for the classical Lyceum which flourished in the mid-19th century, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest.[1] Some of these organizations lasted until the early 20th century.
Purpose
The lyceums,
Origins
The first American lyceum, "Millbury Branch Number 1 of the American Lyceum," was founded by Josiah Holbrook in 1826. Holbrook was a traveling lecturer and teacher who believed that education was a lifelong experience, and intended to create a National American Lyceum organization that would oversee this method of teaching. Other educators adopted the lyceum format but were not interested in organizing, so this idea was ultimately dropped.
Peak of the movement
The Lyceum Movement reached the peak of its popularity in the
Lyceum as entertainment
After the
, all spoke at lyceums in the late 19th century.See also
- Lyceum
- Lyceum (Alexandria, Virginia)
- The Lyceum (Mississippi)
- Oregon Lyceum
- Chautauqua
- Lecture circuit
- Nipo T. Strongheart
References
- ^ Cecil B. Hayes (1932). The American Lyceum: Its History and Contribution to Education (PDF) (Report). United States Department of the Interior. p. vii-viii. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address". Showcase.netins.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- Bode, The American Lyceum: Town Meeting
- Goldsmith, Barbara, Other Powers, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998.
- Stevens, "Science, Culture, and Morality." 69-83
- Strother, French (September 1912). "The Great American Forum: Chautauqua and the Chautauquas in Summer and the Lyceum In Winter". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XXIV: 551–564. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
Further reading
- Ray, Angela G. The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth Century United States. E. Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2005.
- Powell, E. P., “The Rise and Decline of the New England Lyceum”, The New England Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 6 (February 1895), pp. 730–739.
- A.A. Wright, ed. (1906), Who's who in the lyceum, Philadelphia: Pearson brothers, OL 24162319M
- Wright, Tom F., ed. The Cosmopolitan Lyceum: lecture culture and the globe in nineteenth-century America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.