This file includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating information, please notify ray.brown@westminster-mo.edu.  An index with links to separate pages for other states and countries is available at http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/ClosedCollegeIndex.htm.  There is also a blog at http://collegehistorygarden.blogspot.com/ with links to other resources.  Thanks for your interest!
College Name	City	State	Start Date	End Date	Affiliation	Other Information	Source
All Saints College	Vicksburg	Mississippi	1907	1962	Episcopal	founded to educate women; high school and junior college; college discontinued and name changed to All Saints School in 1962	http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Campbell College	Jackson	Mississippi	1887		African Methodist Episcopal	Headed by chartered trustees and located in the cities of Vicksburg and Friars Point, Miss. Until 1898 it remained at the two respective places as separate wings, but during the administration of Bishop W. B. Derrick, it was decided to unite these two in one institution and locate same at Jackson, MS. The founders were Revs. T. W. Stringer, W. R. Carson, L. W. W. Manaway, E. R. Carter, W. T. Anderson, W. H. Coleman, J. G. Johnson and J. W. Watson, and I. T. Montgomery, W. H. Reynolds, H. T. Risher, Granville Carter and Thomas Richardson. The school at Vicksburg was started in 1890 in Bethel Church. A large hall next to the church was built, and 1,000 acres of the best land in the Mississippi Delta were given by Collis P. Huntington. Since 1898 the following have served as presidents: M. W. Thornton, D. H. Butler, M. M. Ponton, P. W. Howard, H. H. Buckingham, W. T. Vernon, J. L. Johnson and A. Henry Attaway, the present president. The departments are theological, collegiate, scientific, academic, normal, musical, industrial, commercial and grammar school. There were last year 230 students and 11 teachers. There have been 3,800 students in all since 1890 and 65 graduates. The property consists of two large brick buildings and 1,137 acres of land, the whole valued at $50,000. (Wright) later part of Jackson College which then became Jackson State University	www.ame-toady.com/abcsofame/higherlearning.shtml http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/wright.html
Chickasaw Female College	Pontotoc	Mississippi	1836	1936	Presbyterian	Thomas McMackin gave the land for the use of female education. The school was incorporated as Pontotoc Female Academy; then Chickasaw College, owned and operated by the Presbyterian Church. The site is located just behind the present Pontotoc Hospital.	http://www.rootsweb.com/~mspontot/tour.htm http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatC.htm
Clarke Memorial College	Newton	Mississippi	1908	1992	Baptist	in 1981 became a division of Mississippi College	http://www.clarkecollege.com/
Clinton College	Clinton	Mississippi				now Mississippi College	http://www.mc.edu/
Corona College	Corinth	Mississippi	1857	1862		women's college; used as hospital 1862-1864 by Confederate and later, Union troops; burned by Union forces in 1864	http://www.corinth.net/NEW%20SITE/History/facts.htm
East Mississippi Female College	Meridian	Mississippi					http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Elizabeth Academy	Old Washington	Mississippi	1818	1843	Methodist	Blandin claims, "…there is ample credible testimony that a college course of study was taught…It was the first school in Mississippi or any other State to aspire to the dignity of a college, and it was the first college for girls established by the Methodist Church."; named for Elizabeth Roach; Audubon was on faculty	Blandin.  The History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909.
Eureka College	Richland	Mississippi	1851		Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)		Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
Eureka Masonic College	Holmes County	Mississippi					http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MS/Holmes/state.html
Franklin Female College	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1849				http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/locales/schools.html
Grenada College	Grenada	Mississippi	1882	1950	Methodist	founded by Baptists as Grenada Collegiate Institute in 1851; merged with Millsaps College	http://library.millsaps.edu/library/Archives/NewMeth/HistChurBackup.htm Blandon.  History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909.
Gulf Park Junior College	Long Beach	Mississippi	1919	1971		also known as Gulf Park College for Women; campus acquired for use by University of Southern Mississipi Gulf Coast campus in 1972, closed due to damage of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005	Elias, Louis, Jr. A History of Gulf Park College for Women, 1917-1971. Ed.D. dissertation. 1981. Biloxi Sun Herald, January 8, 2006
Harrison-Stone-Jackson Junior College	Perkinston	Mississippi	1912			now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	http://www.mgccc.cc.ms.us/TCmgccc_history.htm
Hillman College	Clinton	Mississippi	1853	1942	Baptist	women's college acquired by Mississippi College	http://www.mc.edu/news_events/celebration/past.html Blandon.  History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909. Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Industrial Institute and College of Mississippi	Columbus	Mississippi	1884		public	The institution was created by an act of the Mississippi legislature on March 12, 1884, for the dual purposes of providing a liberal arts education and preparing women for employment. The first session began October 22, 1885, with an enrollment of approximately 250 students on a campus formerly occupied by the Columbus Female Institute, a private college founded in 1847.  The name of the institution changed to Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW) in 1920 to reflect an emphasis on collegiate rather than vocational education. The name changed again in 1974 to Mississippi University for Women (MUW) to better reflect the nature of the academic programs including graduate studies. All state colleges were designated universities at this time. The university is referred to by alumni and friends as "The W."	http://www.muw.edu/misc/history.htm
Jackson College for Negro Teachers	Jackson	Mississippi	1877			founded as Natchez Seminary by American Baptist Home Missionary Society; became Mississippi Negro Training School in 1940 after transfer to state, Jackson College for Negro Teachers in 1944, and Jackson State College in 1956	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Jefferson College	Washington	Mississippi	1802	1964	Episcopal	first educational institution in Mississippi Territory, incorporated by General Assembly in May 1802; academy from 1805-1810, as a college from 1816-1821, then reverted to an academy; now operated  as a historic site by the state; Jefferson Military College started in 1829; files at Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History	http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/hprop/hjc.html http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/srr7/srr7e.htm Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Keble College	Pass Christian	Mississippi		1952	Episcopal		Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Mary Holmes College	West Point	Mississippi	1892	2003	Presbyterian Church (USA)	initially founded in Jackson, MS as Mary Holmes Seminary to educate young women; building destroyed by fire in 1897 and was rebuilt in West Point, MS; became coeducational in 1932; trustees voted to suspend operations for fall 2003	The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 12, 2003
Meridian Female College	Meridian	Mississippi					http://www.crl.edu/collcat/collcatM.htm
Meridian Junior College	Meridian	Mississippi				later Beeson College	http://library.millsaps.edu/library/Archives/NewMeth/HistChurBackup.htm
Mississippi Industrial College	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1905	1980's	Christian Methodist Episcopal	HBCU located across the street from Rust College.  Some records at Lane College in Jackson, TN.
Mississippi Normal College	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	1910		state supported	name change to Mississippi State Teachers College in 1924; to Mississippi Southern College in 1940; to University of Southern Mississippi in 1962	Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Mississippi Synodical College	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1882	1939		successor to Maury Institute, merged with Belhaven College; T.W.Raymond was president from 1891-1921.	www.belhaven.edu/Belhaven/history.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/locales/schools.html
Mississippi Women's College	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	1911			see entry for South Mississippi College	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Mount Beulah College	Edwards	Mississippi					www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/worksong.htm
Natchez College	Natchez	Mississippi				institution for blacks	http://30.1911encyclopedia.org/N/NA/NATCHEZ.htm www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/schools.htm
Natchez Female College	Natchez	Mississippi				classes held at "Melmont"	www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/schools.htm
Newton College	Woodville	Mississippi	1843		Disciples of Christ		Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
North Mississippi Presbyterian College	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1840	1866	Presbyterian		http://www.freedom2000net.com/userpages/genealogy/Alcorn/np1903.html Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Oakland College	Lorman	Mississippi	1829	1860	Presbyterian	the property was sold after the Civil War to the state and re-opened as Alcorn University; some files located at Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History	http://www.alcorn.edu/history.htm http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/srr7/srr7e.htm
Okolona College	Okolona	Mississippi	1902	1965	Episcopal	founded as high school and junior college for blacks	http://smalltown.sarc.msstate.edu/projects/okolonatech/okolona2.html Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States.  1996.
Our Lady of Snows Scholasticate	Pass Christian	Mississippi	1953	1971
Perkinston College	Perkinston	Mississippi					http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Phillips Junior College	Gulfport	Mississippi		1993
Phillips Junior College of Jackson	Jackson	Mississippi	1973	1995
Port Gibson Female College	Port Gibson	Mississippi	1881	1928	Methodist Episcopal	files located at Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History; beginning in 1839, Port Gibson Academy and later, Collegiate Institute	http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/srr7/srr7e.htm http://library.millsaps.edu/library/Archives/NewMeth/HistChurBackup.htm Blandin.  History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909.
Presbyterian Synodical College for Young Ladies	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1903		Presbyterian	Synod accepted donation of North Mississippi Presbyterian College
Ripley Male and Female College	Ripley	Mississippi					http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Rose Gates College	Okolona	Mississippi	1859	1862	Episcopal		Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Saint Andrew's College	Jackson	Mississippi	1852	1856	Episcopal		Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Saint Joseph's College	Natchez	Mississippi			Sisters of Charity		http://30.1911encyclopedia.org/N/NA/NATCHEZ.htm www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/schools.htm
Saint Francis Xavier's College	Vicksburg	Mississippi			Roman Catholic		http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/VAN_VIR/VICKSBURG.html
Sharon Female College	Sharon	Mississippi	1837	1873		started as a "union" college supported by Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians; reorganized in 1843 as a Methodist institution;	Blandin.  The History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909.
Shaw University	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1866		Methodist	founded as Shaw School, became Shaw University in 1870 and then Rust University in 1882; and Rust College in 1915	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978. Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Shuqualak College		Mississippi					www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/namesakes.htm
Soule's College	Summit	Mississippi					http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter15.htm
South Mississippi College	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	1906		Baptist	became Mississippi Women's College in 1911 and William Carey College in 1954	Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Southern Christian College	West Point	Mississippi	1909				Cummins, D. Duane.  The Disciples Colleges: A History.  1987.
Southern Christian Institute	Edwards	Mississippi	1874	1954	Disciples of Christ	achieved junior college status around turn of the century; merged with Tougaloo College in 1954	Hunt and Carper, eds.  Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Southern Female College	West Point	Mississippi	1894		Cumberland Presbyterian	Andrew N. Eshman became the president of Union Female College at Oxford, Mississippi, a school controlled by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and in 1894 the school relocated to West Point and its name changed to Southern Female College. In 1905 Eshman left Mississippi and built Radnor College in Nashville. Eshman served both as president and proprietor of Radnor College until it closed in 1914	www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Evans.htm http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/
Stanton College for Young Ladies	Natchez	Mississippi	1894			non-sectarian; housed in "old Fisk Mansion"	http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 http://30.1911encyclopedia.org/N/NA/NATCHEZ.htm www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/schools.htm
Stone College	Meridian	Mississippi					www.jackson.k12.ms.us/schools/namesakes.htm
Stonewall College	Ripley	Mississippi					www.rootsweb.com/~mscivilw/reunion/CivilReunion.htm
T. J. Harris Junior College	Meridian	Mississippi		1970		merged with Meridian Junior College	www.mcc.cc.ms.us
Utica Junior College	Utica	Mississippi	1903			founded as Utica Normal and Industrial Institute; fourteen years later, the Hinds County Agricultural High School was founded in Utica, and in 1922 it became Hinds Junior College; in 1958, Utica Normal and Industrial became Utica Junior College after becoming public and joining the Mississippi system of junior colleges; a 1983 merger of Hinds Junior College and the historically black Utica Junior College, as well as the inclusion of the Rankin branch, created Hinds Community College.	Townsend, Barbara. Two-Year Colleges for Women and Minorities.  1999.
Union Female College	Oxford	Mississippi	1853		Cumberland Presbyterian	acquired property of previously established Oxford Female Academy; closed during Civil War and reopened in 1865; purchased by North Mississippi Conference of M.E. Church South in 1899	www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/mcdonold/42-49.htm Blandin.  History of Higher Education of Women in the South.  1909.
University of Holly Springs	Holly Springs	Mississippi	1838	1839		opened as the Chalmers Institute in 1850 until closing in 1879 due to yellow fever epidemic; opened 1879 by Major T. S. Anderson as the Holly Springs Normal Institute	http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/locales/schools.html
Westminster College	Florence	Mississippi	1944		Congregational Methodist Church	founded as Congregational Methodist Bible School in Dallas, TX; moved to Mississippi in 1972; name changed to Wesley College after 1976; see entry for Westminster College and Bible Institute (TX)	Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978. www.wesleycollege.com
Whitworth College	Brookhaven	Mississippi	1858	1976	Methodist	initially a women's college and successor to Elizabeth Female Academy; claims to be 1st college in U.S. to grant degrees to women; manuscript collection at University of Southern Mississippi archives; merged with Millsaps in 1938;operated as Whitworth Bible College from 1976-1983 by several local business people; now proposed for Mississippi School of the Arts;	http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/whitwort.htm www.brookhaven.com/arts/default.htm http://library.millsaps.edu/ibrary/Archives/NewMeth/HistChurBackup.htm Rice, Kathleen George.  A History of Whitworth College for Women.  Ph.D. dissertation. 1985.
Wood College	Mathiston	Mississippi	1886	2003	Methodist	founded as Woodland Academy in Clarkson, Mississippi; in 1897 under the auspices of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church renamed Bennett Academy; in 1914 moved to Mathiston and in 1927 added college-level courses; operates now as Wood Institute, a conference center and retreat center	The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 1, 2003 http://woodcollege.org/profile.htm
last update:	7/30/2008