The Moonlight Schools of eastern Kentucky were first established in 1911 by Cora Wilson Stewart to promote literacy among adults in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. Moonlight Schools later served African American and Native American students in other regions of the United States.
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Bad Biscuits, Lexington Herald-Leader
Beat Former Hubby, Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Between Us: Thoughts of a Country Editor, Lexington Herald-Leader
Between Us: Thoughts of a Country Editor, Lexington Herald-Leader
Blue Grass Counties Take Notice, Lexington Herald-Leader
Book For Illiterates, Lexington Herald-Leader
Bryan to Assist in Fight on Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Called Higher Up, Clay City Times
Call for Volunteers, Earlington Bee
Call for Volunteers, Richmond Climax
Call For Volunteers to Enlist in Battle Against Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Capitalist at Night School, Lexington Herald-Leader
Central Kentuckians Attend School Fair, Lexington Herald-Leader
Champions Mrs. Stewart, Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Christian Church, Big Sandy News
Commission Makes Appeal, The Madisonian
Continue War On Illiteracy, Williams News
Cora Wilson Stewart, Big Sandy News
Cora Wilson Stewart, Hartford Republican
Cora Wilson Stewart Asserts Kentucky Will Do Its Part Coming Year in Eradication of illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Cora Wilson Stewart Kentucky's greatest Project, Maysville Public Ledger
Cora Wilson Stewart Named by Uncle Sam to Stamp Out Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Cora Wilson Stewart-Shall Kentucky Be Longer Deprived of Her Services?, Lexington Herald-Leader
Cora Wilson Stewart Speaker at Milwaukee, Lexington Herald-Leader
Crusader Against Illiteracy Will Speak Six Times in New Mexico, Belen News Bulletin
Defeat of Adult Illiteracy Bill, Lexington Herald-Leader
Educational Drive Over This State Has Been Success, Maysville Public Ledger
Education Day and Night for Both Young and Old, Mount Sterling Advocate
Educator To Make Public Address Here, The Bismarck Tribune
Eradication of Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Facts of Illiteracy in Kentucky Told to Lexington Audience, Lexington Herald-Leader
Fayette's Teachers Close Their Institutes, Lexington Herald-Leader
Fighting Against Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Gives Lecture On Moonlight Schools, Valley City Weekly Times
Good Under Kentucky Laws, Adair County News
Governor Assists in Fight on Illiteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Highlands Give Moonlight School to World, Lexington Herald-Leader
Highly Honored, Maysville Public Ledger
High Praise For Fugazzi Graduate From Chairman of Kentucky Illiteracy Com., Lexington Herald-Leader
High Tribute Paid To Fayette Schools, Lexington Herald-Leader
Honor Done Educator, The Madisonian
Illiteracy Banished From Mountain County, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Census to be Taken During April, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Commission Reports Most Favorable, Mount Sterling Advocate
Illiteracy Drive Starts in State, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Fund Proving Success, Report Leaders, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy is Losing Ground in this State, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Must Be Eradicated Here, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy to be Thing of Past in Kentucky by 1920, is Belief, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Worker Given $5,000 Prize By Magazine, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiteracy Worker on Stump for Cox, Lexington Herald-Leader
Illiterate Mountaineers Are Now Learning Their Letters in the Moonlight Schools of Kentucky, Standard-Examiner
Illiterates to be Taught 3 R's Before Draft, Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentuckian is Honored at Educational Meet, Maysville Public Ledger
Kentucky Educator Addressed Community Meeting, The Ward County Independent
Kentucky Moonlight Schools, The San Francisco Call
Kentucky's Fight Against Illiteracy Commended by Commissioner Tigert; Article Quotes "Moonlight Schools", Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky's Illiteracy, Mount Sterling Advocate
Kentucky Teachers Asked to Aid Moonlight, Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky Woman Accorded Honor, Licking Valley Courier
Kentucky Woman Tells New Yorkers of Illteracy, Lexington Herald-Leader
Knowledge to Fly Through Skies; Illiteracy Body to Get Airplane, Lexington Herald-Leader
Ky. Democrats Open Campaign Sept. 11, Breckenridge News
Learning A-B-C's at Seventy, New York Tribune
Lecture on Conditions in the Mountains, Lexington Herald-Leader
Lectures Today on Moonlight Schools, Lexington Herald-Leader
Make the Victory Complete, Lexington Herald-Leader
Many Visitors Hear Address of Mrs. Stewart, Lexington Herald-Leader
May Make the Race Against W.J. Field, Adair County News
Medal For Mrs. Stewart, Bourbon News
Moonlight Class: Rowan Countians Thank Cora Stewart For Ingenious Method of Education, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight School, Big Sandy News
Moonlight School, A Page From History, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight School At Russell School Has Enrollment of 44; to End Soon, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight School Enables Prisoners to Write Letters, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight School in Clark Graduates, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight School Money, The Central Record
Moonlight Schools, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight Schools, Maysville Public Ledger
Moonlight Schools, Mount Vernon Signal
Moonlight Schools, Ottumwa Courier
Moonlight Schools, The Sumter Watchman
Moonlight Schools Curriculum Revised, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight Schools for Fayette County, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight Schools Here to Stay, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight Schools in Hopkins County are Praised, Earlington Bee
Moonlight Schools in Kentucky, Lexington Herald-Leader
Moonlight Schools in the Mountains, New York Tribune
Moonlight Schools Originated in Kentucky, Mount Sterling Advocate
Moonlight Work Helps Education, Licking Valley Courier
Mountaineers Learning Their Letters in "Moonlight Schools" of Kentucky, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mountains Will Support League, Is Prediction, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mountain Welfare Work, Big Sandy News
Mrs. Cora Stewart Tells of Work in Moonlight Schools, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, Mount Sterling Advocate
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, Williams News
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart Discusses Illiteracy, Big Sandy News
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, Founder of Moonlight School, Gives Series of Addresses at Morehead Normal, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart Home From Hospital, Lexington Herald-Leader