History Happened Here . . .
THE TUSCULUM FARM
Women farming on Tusculum’s campus, the 1910s. Tusculum is the first higher education institution in Tennessee, and since 1872, is one of the first coed colleges to admit women. Digital Library of Appalachia.
In the early 20th century, Tusculum’s campus included a farm where students grew crops and raised chickens and pigs to pay their tuition between 1915 and 1919.
Women students are feeding chickens on Tusculum’s Campus Farm in the 1910s. Digital Library of Appalachia.
Food generated from the school farm fed students and staff and was also sold for additional income. Much of the land remained in cultivation until the 1950s, but it was rented out by the college after 1919.
A man cares for the campus pigs on the farm, 1910s. Digital Library of Appalachia
Site Contributors:
Sydney May, Student, Tusculum University
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