West Tennessee State Normal School

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public institution of higher education teacher training college

West Tennessee State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that eventually evolved into what is now the University of Memphis.

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Surface form	Occurrences
West Tennessee State Teachers College	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public institution of higher education ⓘ teacher training college ⓘ
affiliation	public higher education system of Tennessee ⓘ
campusContinuesAs	main campus of the University of Memphis ⓘ
category	defunct universities and colleges in Tennessee ⓘ teachers colleges in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
educationalLevel	postsecondary ⓘ
evolvedInto	University of Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	education ⓘ teacher training ⓘ
finalInstitutionalSuccessor	University of Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	origin institution of the University of Memphis ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early 20th-century expansion of public teacher education in Tennessee ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelby County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
namedFor	its role as a normal school for West Tennessee ⓘ
notableLegacy	foundation of a major public research university in Memphis ⓘ
operatedBy	State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Tennessee state normal school system NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose	teacher education ⓘ training public school teachers ⓘ
regionServed	West Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	public ⓘ
successor	Memphis State College NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis State University NERFINISHED ⓘ West Tennessee State Teachers College NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCampus	urban campus ⓘ

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University of Memphis → formerName → West Tennessee State Normal School ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Tennessee State Teachers College