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college building purchased by
city and served as public school until it was razed in 1912; John Prince
Durbin John served as president, beginning in 1869, later served as president
of Moore's Hill College and DePauw University (1889-1895)
initially founded in Ladoga,
Indiana by J.W. Darst and W.F. Harper; two years later purchased an academy
building owned by Methodist Episcopal Church in Danville; Frank P. Adams
became president in 1878 who served until his death in 1882; his wife, Ora A.
Adams succeeded him as president; in 1885 Charles A. Hargrove became
president; enrollment peaked at 1,308 in 1921-22; later became Canterbury
College
web site of University Archives
at Indiana State University
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Woodburn, James Albert. "Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert
B. Adams, ed.Contributions to
American Educational History. 1891.
Christian
College
New Albany
Indiana
1833
www.medlibiupui.edu/hom/indmed.html
Woodburn, James Albert. "Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert
B. Adams, ed.Contributions to
American Educational History. 1891.
later reopens as Palmer
University from 1902 until 1905 when the name is changed to Indiana Normal
School & College of Applied Science; in 1912 became Muncie Normal
Institute and Muncie National Institute after 1914; Muncie National Institute
declares bankruptcy; land and buildings are donated to the state which opens
Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division in 1918;name changed to Ball Teachers College in
1922 and to Ball State University after 1965
www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/100_years_ballstate.htm
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
co-ed after 1850 as Fort Wayne
College; Taylor University web site states merger in 1890 with Fort Wayne
College of Medicine resulted in change of name to Taylor; moved to Upland, IN
in 1894
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Graceland
University
New Albany
Indiana
1997
Hammond
College
Hammond
Indiana
1994
proprietary
Hartsville
College
Hartsville
Indiana
1850
1897
United Brethren
founded as Hartsville Academy,
renamed Hartsville University in 1851, then Hartsville College in 1883,
predecessor to Central College and later Huntington College
www.huntcol.edu/library/harchive.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Woodburn, James Albert. "Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert
B. Adams, ed.Contributions to
American Educational History. 1891.
Henry
C. Long College for Women
Hanover
Indiana
1947
1978
Presbyterian
founded in association with and
then merged with Hanover College
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
www.hanover.edu/Library/hchistory.html
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples
Colleges: A History.1987.
Immaculate
Conception Junior College
Indianapolis
Indiana
1851
Sisters of Saint Francis of
Oldenberg
founded as St. Francis Normal
School for Women, became Immaculate Conception Junior College in 1924, and in
1938 Marian College
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A
Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Indiana
Asbury University
Greencastle
Indiana
1837
Methodist Episcopal
name changed to DePauw
University in 1870's for Washington C. DePauw, who as head of Board of
Trustees offered to makea major financial donation
http://www.depauw.edu/visitors/traditions/
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
McGriff, E. Carver.Amazing Grace: A History of Indiana Methodism 1801-2001.
Indiana
Central College
Indianapolis
Indiana
1902
United Brethren Church
established as Indiana Central
University; name changed to Indiana Central College in 1921 and back to
Indiana Central University in 1975; name changed in 1986 to University of
Indianapolis
McGriff, E. Carver.Amazing Grace: A
History of Indiana Methodism 1801-2001.
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
formed by union of Indiana
Medical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons; one of several
predecessors to Indiana University School of Medicine
merged with Indiana College of
Music & Fine Arts to become Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music; in 1951
joined Butler University as the Jordan College of Music
www.butler.edu/jcfa/about.html
Moores
Hill College
Moores Hill
Indiana
1845
Methodist Episcopal
founded as Moores Hill Male and
Female Institute; became Moores Hill College in 1887; moved to Evansville as
Evansville College in 1919; predecessor to University of Evansville
www.dearborncounty.org/government/mhillz.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
North
Western Christian University
Indianapolis
Indiana
1855
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
chartered as a co-educational
institution and offered the degrees of Mistress of Science and Mistress of
Arts to complement its Bachelors degrees; Allen Benton, one of the founders,
became first president and served until 1866 when he left to help found the
University of Nebraska; name changed to Butler University in 1877
Hunt and Carper, eds.Religious Higher
Education in the United States. 1996.
Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A
History. 1987.
Northwood
Institute of Indiana
West Baden
Indiana
Palmer
University
Muncie
Indiana
1902
1907
name changed to Indiana Normal
College in 1905; considered as predecessor to Ball State University
www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/100_years_ballstate.htm
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Physio-Medical
College of Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana
1873
1909
www.medlib.iupui.edu/hom/indmed.html
Haller, John. Kindly Medicine: Physio-Medicalism in
America, 1836-1911. 1997.
Ridgeville
College
Ridgeville
Indiana
Free-Will Baptist
http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatR.htm
Rochester
Normal University
Rochester
Indiana
1895
1912
founded by Winfield Scott
Shafer, MD; many students pursued a one-year curriculum preparing to teach in
one-room schools; enrollment reached a high of 379 in 1905 and 422 diplomas
were awarded by the institution; by 1906 "normal" was dropped and
the institution was known as Rochester College; the Rochester College Alumni
Association met regularly until 1974; the building no longer exists
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Saint
Gabriel's College
Vincennes
Indiana
1836
Eudist Fathers
probably didn't survive into the
1850's
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982.
www.oldcathedral.org/history.htm
Woodburn, James Albert. "Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert
B. Adams, ed.Contributions to
American Educational History. 1891.
Saint
Joseph Junior College
Tipton
Indiana
Sisters of Saint Joseph
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Saint
Joseph's College Calumet Center
East Chicago
Indiana
1951
Society of the Precious Blood
became Saint Joseph's Calumet
College in 1971 and Calumet College in 1974
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
later changed its name to
Michiana College; in 1930, incorporated under the laws of the state of
Indiana and was authorized to confer associate’s degrees and certificates in
business; relocated to its current location on East Jefferson Boulevard in
1987; five years later added a branch location in Fort Wayne, Indiana; in
2004, became Brown Mackie College — South Bend
Southern
Indiana Normal College and Practical Business Institute
Mitchell
Indiana
1880
first president was W.F. Harper
who also co-founded Central Normal at Danville; in 1882 succeeded by W.E.
Lugenbeel who served three years and then E.F. Sutherland became president;
600-700 students in late 18880's
Woodburn, James Albert.
"Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert B. Adams, ed.Contributions to American Educational
History. 1891.
State
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Indianapolis
Indiana
1906
one of several predecessors to
Indiana University School of Medicine
acquired by Taylor University in
1992; Taylor's Trustees voted in October 2008 to close the undergraduate
program in Fort Wayne;
www.taylor.edu/about/
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
http://www.insidehighered.com/2008/10/14/taylor
Territorial
University
Vincennes
Indiana
1810
state supported
Samuel Scott opened a private
school in Vincennes in 1808 that became the nucleus of Vincennes University;
nominally a state supported institution and did not survive after state
support withdrawn with founding of state institution at Bloomington
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations.
1982.
Woodburn, James Albert. "Higher Education in Indiana," in Herbert
B. Adams, ed.Contributions to
American Educational History. 1891.
established as Northern Indiana
Normal School, renamed Valparaiso College in 1900, and rechartered in 1906 as
Valparaiso University; purchased by the Lutheran University Association in
1925
http://www.valpo.edu/about_valpo/history.php
Valparaiso
Male & Female College
Valparaiso
Indiana
1859
1871
Methodist
re-opened in 1873 as Northern
Indiana Normal School and Business Institute
http://www.valpo.edu/about_valpo/history.php
Victory
Noll College
Huntington
Indiana
Our Lady of Victory Missionary
Sisters
founded for education of
Sisters, probably never admitted lay students
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
West
Baden College
West Baden
Indiana
1934
Society of Jesus
purchased the former West Baden
Springs Hotel for $1 following stock market crash and the failure of the
resort.In the 1960's enrollment
declined and maintenance of the aing facility led to move to new facility in Chicago.
