George R. Smith College (Mo)

George R. Smith College opened inward northeastern Sedalia, Missouri inward 1894.  The establishment was associated amongst the Freedmen's Aid together with Southern Education Society of the Methodist Church together with played an of import business office inward the lives of immature people for several decades.  The college burned inward 1925 together with several years afterwards at that topographic point was a  formal merger amongst Philander Smith College inward Arkansas.  The merger was accomplished through articulation activity of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Trustees of the Southwest together with Central West Annual Conferences, together with the Trustees of Philander Smith College. The transaction was formally ratified inward a articulation executive session on May 23, 1933.

Alumni of the establishment included:
John Wesley Donaldson, baseball player
Scott Joplin, ragtime musician
T. Manuel Smith, M.D. together with President of the National Medical Association (1942-43)

Presidents:
P.A. Cool, 1894-1896
E.A. Robertson, 1897-1901
I.L. Lowe, 1902-1907
A.C. Maclin, 1908-1910
J.C. Sherrill, 1911-1912
George Evans, 1913-1914
Matthew Simpson Davage, 1915-1916, who afterwards served equally president of New Haven Institute, Samuel Huston College, Rust College, together with Clark University
Robert B. Hayes, 1917-1925

Rose M. Nolen edited Lost on the Prairie: George R. Smith College Methodist School for Blacks.  The mass is available for $15 past times contacting the writer at nolen@iland.net.







Nolen likewise authored African-Americans inward Mid-Missouri that includes a chapter on George R. Smith College.  An extensive listing of students past times programme together with division is provided inward the appendix.

A column for the Sedalia Democrat by Nolen inward Feb 2010 included data on George R. Smith College.

Forest Common Academy (Mo)

Anna Sneed Cairns founded Kirkwood Seminary inwards 1861.  She moved the seminary inwards 1891 together with it was renamed as Forest Park University, closing inwards 1925 or 1926. In improver to her business office equally an educator, Cairns was likewise a leader inwards both the prohibition together with women's suffrage movements. The academy consisted of 3 colleges (Forest Park College, the School of Art together with Elocution, together with the College of Music) equally good equally a preparatory schoolhouse together with served both boarding together with twenty-four hours students. 

Mount Mary College (Wi)

Karen Herzog reports inward the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Mount Mary College volition grade its 100th anniversary inward autumn 2013 alongside a cite alter to Mount Mary University.

The School Sisters of Notre Dame initially founded St. Mary's Institute inward 1850 inward Milwaukee.  Twenty-two years subsequently about other St. Mary's Institute was started inward Prairie du Chien.  This minute establishment grew to expire St. Mary's College inward 1913 in addition to therefore moved to Milwaukee inward 1928 every bit Mount Mary College.  Mount Mary has aggressively evolved to expire a leader inward women's pedagogy in addition to has expanded its mission to include graduate programs.

Western Academy (Ks)

Western University operated inward Kansas from 1881 to 1943 in addition to was associated alongside the AME Church.  The establishment thrived for decades attracting students from many states.  Like many colleges, it suffered during the Great Depression in addition to ultimately closed.

The Old Quindaro Museum in addition to Information Center hosts a website alongside photographs

The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library offers a virtual tour of the Quindaro historic district alongside dissever documents of images in addition to descriptive text.  Western University if i of the featured items.

You tin likewise access a document alongside Quindaro in addition to Western University Historic District details.

Catalogs For Roughly Unopen Mississippi Colleges

The Mississippi State University Library offers a publish of catalogs every mo utilization of their digital collection.  Those from institutions that accept shut include:
     Cooper Normal College (Daleville, MS) 1892-93 Catalog
     Grenada College (Grenada, MS) 1934-35 Catalog
     Hillman College (Clinton, MS) 1924 Catalog
     Lexington Normal College (Lexington, MS) 1896 Catalog
     Shuqualak Female College (Shuqualak, MS) 1888-90 Catalog
     Warren Female Institute (Oxford, MS) 1883-84 Catalog

Methodist Institutions Inward The South

Jay S. Stowell's Methodist Adventures inward Negro Education (1922) is available through the Documenting the South website.  The mass includes descriptions together with photographs of 20 institutions.  While George R. Smith College (Sedalia, MO) has shut together with a couplet of institutions convey merged, close are all the same operating.

Kingswood Academy (Nb, Canada)

Randy Boswell explores reasons for the recent advert change in 2011 from Bethany Bible College to Kingswood University.  The establishment was founded inward Woodstock, New Brunswick every bit Holiness Bible Institute inward 1945 past times the Reformed Baptist Church of Canada.  The advert changed inward 1947 to Bethany Bible College alongside relocation to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.  The establishment hence moved to Sussex, British Columbia inward 1965.  

Kingswood was formally accredited past times New Brunswick inward 1983 in addition to accreditation was kickoff granted inward 1987 past times the Association for Biblical Higher Education in addition to reaffirmed inward 2009. 

Eisenhower College (Ny)

The Eisenhower College Alumni Association maintains a website alongside links to data on the college archives in addition to several collections of photographs.  Eisenhower College was founded inwards 1965 inwards Seneca Falls, NY in addition to was designated past times Congress every bit a memorial to the onetime president Dwight D. Eisenhower.  Even alongside several appropriations, fiscal problems persisted in addition to the establishment was acquired past times Rochester Institute of Technology inwards 1979.  The final bird graduated from Eisenhower inwards 1983.  The holding was after sold to the New York Chiropractic College inwards 1989.

Baldwin-Wallace College (Oh)

Julie Kent reports inward The Cleveland Leader that Baldwin-Wallace College volition modify its elevate to Baldwin-Wallace University effective July 1, 2012.  The establishment was founded equally Baldwin Institute inward 1845 as well as was re-chartered a decade afterwards equally Baldwin University. It afterwards merged alongside German linguistic communication Wallace College inward 1913 to teach Baldwin-Wallace College.

Mercyhurst Academy (Pa)

An article yesteryear Robb Frederick of the Erie Times-News interviewed students together with staff afterward Mercyhurst College inwards Erie, PA announced a alter inwards elevate to Mercyhurst University.

Dennis Spellmann

I lately came across a reference to an extensive as well as fascinating article on Dennis Spellmann written past times Jeannette Batz for the Riverfront Times inwards St. Louis.  As a historical note, it was written inwards September 2000 as well as Spellmann passed away August 30, 2006.  He was definitely a fascinating, if controversial, someone inwards Missouri higher teaching for many decades…having attended as well as afterward served Missouri Valley College.  He was  associated alongside a set out of other Presbyterian colleges including Tarkio College.  While close of the article focuses on Lindenwood University,  Batz besides interviewed people familiar alongside his service to Knoxville College inwards Tennessee.  

Ursuline University In Addition To College (Ks)

Journeys of Ursuline Academy together with College documents the educational run of a grouping of Ursuline Sisters who arrived inwards Kansas inwards 1894 through text together with numerous photographs.  The Sisters founded an university together with college inwards Paola, KS inside a few years together with the establishment successfully educated immature women from many states together with several continents.  The college was discontinued after 1957 together with the university after 1971. 

The surviving convent was shut inwards 2009 after a merger amongst the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph who are located inwards Maple Mount, KY.  The Sisters inwards Kentucky likewise operated an university that shut inwards 1963.  Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women opened in 1925.  This establishment later on moved to Ownsboro inwards 1950 together with is at i time known as Brescia University, a co-educational institution.

The Miami County Historical Society offers spider web pages with historical information  together with a timeline with images  of the university together with College.