End of a Vision: The Final Years of Madison College (1946-64)

This book details how and why Madison College closed. It takes a fascinating look at the reasons why a self-supporting college ultimately had to shut down.

"On April 22, 1959, the board of the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute (N.A.N.I.), better known as Madison College, voted to start construction of a new hospital facility and to hire a professional fundraising team. The minutes called for 'immediate steps to be taken to put into operation plans for a central unit from which addi...