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| College Name | City | State | Start Date | End Date | Affiliation | Other Information | Source |
| Adelpha College | Boonville | Missouri | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocooper/Photos/S0000.htm | ||||
| American Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1873 | 1911 | founded by practitioners of "eclectic" medicine (Drs. George C. Pitzer, John W. Thrailkill, Jacob S. Merrell, Algert Merrell and W.V. Rutledge); first located at corner of Seventh and Olive Streets, later 407 South Jefferson; merged with Barnes Medical College in 1911; the following year name changed to National University of Arts and Sciences that closed in 1918 | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/find/PC059-00/ Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 85. |
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| American Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | Patterson lists at 2830 in 1917 Directory with James Moores Ball, MD, as Dean | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1917. | |||
| American School of Osteopathy | Kirksville | Missouri | 1892 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Andrew Taylor Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery | Kirksville | Missouri | 1922 | Combined with American School of Osteopathy, June 1924. In January 1925 the combined schools adopted the name Kirksville Osteopathic College. In July 1926 the two colleges were consolidated under the corporate name Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery. | http://history.aoa-net.org/Education/collegehist.htm | ||
| Arcadia College | Arcadia | Missouri | 1843 | 1877 | Methodist Episcopal Church | founded by Rev. J.C. Berryman who sold the institution in 1858; closed in 1861 and buildings were used as hospital for Union soldiers. Property reverted to Berryman in 1863 who returned for a few years and tried to restart the institution. Went through several owners and in 1870 a four story brick building was erected (later burned in 1917). Building acquired by Ursuline Sisters for Ursuline Academy/College with 1877 as date of estab. | http://www-english.tamu.edu/dept/lewis/ Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 53. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917. |
| Ash Grove College | Ash Grove | Missouri | 1883 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |||
| Avalon College | Trenton | Missouri | 1869 | 1899 | United Brethren in Christ | began as academy in Avalon, MO, assumed college status in 1881 and relocated to Trenton, MO in 1890; merged with Lane University in Kansas in 1899 | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. Don W. Holter. Fire on the Prairie: Methodism in the History of Kansas. 1969. |
| Baird College | Clinton | Missouri | 1890 | 1898 | nonsectarian | college for women; Cummins gives founding date as 1885; reopened in 1902 as Clinton College for Young Ladies; buildings later acquired by Seventh Day Adventists; housed Clinton Theological Seminary (German Seminary) from 1910-1925; The Seminary also offered preparatory, normal and commercial courses. Enrollment was 99 in 1910, 114 in 1911 and 141 in 1912. Faculty grew from nine to eleven during the same period with J. F. Simon serving as president. | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/clinton_schools.html#BairdCollege Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987 Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. |
| Baptist College | Louisiana | Missouri | http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html | ||||
| Baptist Female College | Columbia | Missouri | 1833 | Baptist | founded as Columbia Female Academy; became Baptist Female College in 1857, Stephens Female College in 1870, and finally, Stephens College in 1917 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. | |
| Baptist Female College | Lexington | Missouri | 1853 | Baptist | founded as Lexington Female Seminary; Baptist assumed control two years later; Dr. E.S. Dulin was president until the Civil War (later served as president of William Jewell College); reopened after the war with Reverend Selph as president; A.F. Fleet served as president from 1873-79 (he later served on faculty of University of Missouri and in 1890 established Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, MO and in 1901 was in charge of Culver Military Institute, Indiana); John F. Lanneau (previously president of Alabama Central Female College (1873-79)) served as president in 1879-1887 (later serving as president of Pierce City College (MO) from 1887-90); he was followed by Flourney Menefee (later president of Washington Ladies College in Washington, DC), R.E. Binford (served one year), W.A. Wilson (later president of Baylor Female College, TX), W.H. Buck (from 1896-1898), and James A. Beauchamp. | Clark, James G. History of William
Jewell College. 1893. Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. Blandin. History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 133. |
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| Barnes Business College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1881 | 911 Locust St. | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | ||
| Barnes College of Nursing | St. Louis | Missouri | 1914 | merged with University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1994 to become Barnes College of Nursing at UM-St. Louis; the old Barnes College campus was closed the following year and courses moved to UMSL; in 2001 became Barnes College of Nursing and Health Studies at UM-St. Louis; in 2005 renamed the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing and Health Studies | http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/nursing/ Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 14, 2004, p. D4. |
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| Barnes Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1892 | merged with American Medical College in 1911; name changed to National University of Arts and Sciences in 1912 and then closed in 1918 | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/find/PC059-00/ | ||
| Bartlett Agricultural College | Dalton | Missouri | 1909 | dates to 1883 and the first black high school in Missouri, a boarding school for grades 9-12; brainchild of N.C.Bruce, who had studied under Booker T. Washington; laterDalton Vocational School began in 1931 | Down Home Missouri. Joel M. Vance, 2000. | ||
| Belin Memorial University | Chillicothe | Missouri | 1956 | 1957 | listed on Kansas City Public Library site as successor to Chillicothe Business College; Rev. Clyde Belin purchased the campus of CBC that had closed in 1952; noted as a "correspondence school" at www.hermitageoftantony.org/bio.htm; Belin was charged and found guilty of using the mail to defraud | Time, June
6, 1958 www.kclibrary.org/sc/scdescriptions/sc8/schools/a-e.htm |
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| Beaumont Hospital Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1886 | founded in old church on 16th & Walnut; after fire, moved to 2600 Pine St.; Patterson indicates merger with Marion-Sims Medical College in 1901 | Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of
History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 190. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905. |
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| Bellevue Collegiate Institute | Caledonia | Missouri | 1868 | Willard Duncan Vandiver became president of BCI in 1880; he later served as president of the state normal school in Cape Girardeau and as a U.S. Congressman; Vandiver is given credit for the phrase, "I'm from Missouri, you'll have to show me." | http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow504i.htm | ||
| Benton College of Law | St. Louis | Missouri | 1896 | located Franklin and Grand | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | ||
| Bible College of Missouri | Columbia | Missouri | 1897 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges:
A History.
1987. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. |
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| Bonne Femme College | south of Columbia | Missouri | 1838 | Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of Missouri History, vol. I. 1901. p. 326. | |||
| Boonville Female College | Boonville | Missouri | 1864 | Cumberland Presbyterian | http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Missouri.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocooper/Photos/S0000.htm |
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| Brookfield College | Brookfield | Missouri | 1888 | 1893 | building later used as high school | www.rootsweb.com/~molinn/brkcoll.html | |
| Brown's Business College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1893 | proprietary | founded by Pierre Soule Brown; 7 teachers and 550 students in 1900; 1114 Grand Ave. | Encyclopedia of Missouri
History, vol. I. 1901. p. 406. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917. |
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| Brown's Business College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1867 | 804 1/2 Pine Street | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914, and 1917. | ||
| Bryant's Business College | St. Joseph | Missouri | 1864 | proprietary | founded by Thomas J. Bryant | The Daily News' History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, 1899. | |
| Bryant and Stratton Business College | St. Louis | Missouri | Century Building | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Buchanan College | Troy | Missouri | 1894 | nonsectarian | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210; 1904 edition at www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/history/lincoln1904.htm |
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| Butler College | Butler | Missouri | 1874 | Presbyterian | founded as Butler Academy; first teacher was Presbyterian minister, E.V. Campbell; first degrees conferred in 1881 under presidency of James N. Naylor; five teachers and 85 pupils in 1900 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 454. | |
| Cape Girardeau Business College | Cape Girardeau | Missouri | 1904 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Cardinal Glennon College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1818 | 1987 | Archdiocese of St. Louis | founded as St. Mary's Seminary, became Cardinal Glennon College in 1959;first accredited by NCA in 1960; Kenrick-Glennon Seminary since 1987 | NCA web site Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Cardinal Newman College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1985 | first accredited by NCA in 1982 | NCA HLC web site | ||
| Carleton College | Farmington | Missouri | 1854 | 1916 | Methodist Episcopal South | chartered by State of Missouri in 1859 as Carleton Institute. Initially located eight miles north of Farmington; occupied four-story building in Farmington in 1878 and became known as Carleton College. Institution was co-educational. Deeded to the St. Louis Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885. | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210; archives at www.umr.edu/~whmcinfo/shelf6/r133/info.html Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 492. www.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/schools/higher_education_farmington.htm |
| Carlton College | Springfield | Missouri | 1848 | 1861 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | school for women; operated at College Street and Main Avenue by Charles Carlton; after death of his wife, he moved to Texas and started another institution a few years later…see entry for Carlton College in Texas | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/fca56.html |
| Carthage College | Carthage | Missouri | 1886 | 1908 | Presbyterian | founded under auspices of Ozark Presbytery with W.S. Knight as initial president; succeeded by J.G. Reaser, Dwight S. Hanna, Salem G. Pattison, H.S. Halleck, L.E. Robinson (resigned in January 1900 to accept position at Monmouth College) and W.S. Knight. Knight served for six years until his death in November, 1905. His wife and later his son, D.M. Knight continued to operate the institution for a couple of years before it closed. | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p.
516. Stringfield, E.E. Presbyterianism in the Ozarks, 1834-1907. 1909. pp. 81-83. |
| Central College | Fayette | Missouri | 1854 | Methodist Episcopal Church South | name changed to Central Methodist College in 1961 and to Central Methodist University in 2004; absorption of Howard-Payne College by Central College in 1922; followed by acquisition of assets from Central College for Women at Lexington, Scarritt-Morrisville College at Morrisville, and Marvin College at Fredericktown when these institutions were closed in 1924-25 | http://www.centralmethodist.edu/ | |
| Central Business College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1891 | 1222 Oak Street | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. | ||
| Central Business College | Sedalia | Missouri | 1883 | proprietary | founded by C.W. Robbins; 9 teachers and 200 pupils in 1900 | Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia
of History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p.
551. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917 |
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| Central Christian College | Albany | Missouri | 1892 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fca56.html |
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| Central College of Business | Kansas City | Missouri | 1891 | proprietary | founded by Willard Morris, H.E. Hazard and Frank Morris; 6 teachers and 400 students in 1900; 8th and Wyandotte | Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 552. | |
| Central College of Osteopathy | Kansas City | Missouri | 1903 | 1940 | assets taken over by Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery; 729 Troost Ave. | http://history.aoa-net.org/Education/collegehist.htm Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917 |
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| Central Female College | Lexington | Missouri | 1869 | 1924 | Methodist Episcopal South | Patterson uses Central College for Women in 1914 and 1917; assets acquired by Central College, now Central Methodist College in Fayette; initially incorporated as Marvin Female Institute in honor of Bishop E.M. Marvin; Dr. William F. Camp, pastor of church in Lexington was president during first year; he was followed by Dr. J.O. Church (two years), Dr. W.T.J. Sullivan (four years), M.G. McIlhany (two years), Wesley G. Miller (one year), William F. Kerdolff, Jr. (nine years), A.A. Jones, and Zachariah M. Williams (president in 1900); the institution was initially located on South Street and then moved to the site of the old Masonic College and the Masons deeded their property to the newer institution | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. www.cmc.edu Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of History of Missouri. Vol. I. 1901. pp. 552-3. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917 |
| Central Medical College | Saint Joseph | Missouri | 1895 | founded by portion of faculty from Northwestern Medical College when that institution closed; located at Ninth and Felix streets; later joined Ensworth Medical College | A Standard History of Kansas and
Kansans. William
E. Connelley. Revised edition,
1919. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1919ks/l/lerewwg.html Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of Missouri History, vol. I. 1901. p. 555 |
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| Central Missouri State University | Warrensburg | Missouri | 1871 | public | founded as State Normal School for Second Normal District of Missouri; name changed to Central Missouri State Teachers College in 1919, to Central Missouri State College in 1946, to Central Missouri State University in 1972 and to the University of Central Missouri, effective Sept. 2006 | http://www.ucmo.edu/ | |
| Central Wesleyan College | Warrenton | Missouri | 1864 | 1941 | Methodist Episcopal | initiated by German Methodist Conference; merged German College of Mount Pleasant, Iowa in 1909; inherited records of Ozark Wesleyan College (Carthage, Missouri) in 1932 | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html |
| Chaminade College | Clayton | Missouri | 1910 | Society of Mary | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1917. | ||
| Chapel Hill College | Chapel Hill | Missouri | 1849 | 1863 | Cumberland Presbyterian | Chapel Hill Academy, 1840-1849; acquired by Missouri Synod of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1847; coeducational; C.G. McPherson was an early president; Robert D. Morrow president in 1853; 4 instructors and 100 students in 1855; destroyed by fire 3/26/83 during Civil War period and didn't re-open; notable alumni included John Sappington Marmaduke, Confederate general and later governor of Missouri | http://www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/schools/ChaHilMO.htm |
| Chillicothe Business College | Chillicothe | Missouri | 1890 | 1952 | proprietary | established as a normal school; strictly a business college after 1910; Carl E. Bailey, Gov. of Arkansas from 1937-41 attended CBC in 1915; the campus was purchased in 1956 by Rev. Clyde Belin for Belin University that was to be moved from St. Louis; this institution then closed in 1957 after Rev. Belin was found guilty of using the mails to defraud; see also entry for Springfield (MO) Business College | www.livingstoncountylibrary.org/History/County/Roofv1/1913chibus.htm www.livingstoncountylibrary.org/History/County/1916LivCo.htm Phillips, Paul N. A History of the Chillicothe Business College. Kirksville, MO: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. 1948. Time, June 6, 1959. http://www.livingstoncountylibrary.org/History/Places/Schools/cbcphotos.htm |
| Christian Brothers College | Kansas City | Missouri | Catholic | 414 W. 12th St. | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | ||
| Christian Brothers College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1851 | Catholic | Williams indicates opened in 1850 & chartered in 1885. The Order of Christian Brothers took charge of a parochial school in 1850 at the corner of Eighth & Walnut; moved to Eighth & Cerre and then in 1851 to 16th & Chestnut; in 1855 incorporated as Academy of the Christian Brothers & was the first institution of the order to operate at the collegiate level in the U.S.; in 1882 moved to property on Easton Avenue; there have been several addition moves since then and the institutions now operates as a college preparatory school | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901.
pp. 197-210. http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html Conrad, ed. Encyclopedia of History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 595. Snow, Marshall S. Higher Education in Missouri. 1901. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Brothers_College_High_School |
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| Christian Brothers College | St. Joseph | Missouri | 1858 | Catholic | Thirteenth and Henry streets; classes were suspended during the Civil War and the school reopened in 1867 | The Daily News' History of
Buchanan County and St. Joseph, 1899. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917. |
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| Christian College | Columbia | Missouri | 1851 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | two year institution; founded as Christian Female College, the first college for women charted by a state legislature west of the Mississippi River; name changed to Christian College in 1929; name later changed to Columbia College after 1970 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| Christian University | Canton | Missouri | 1853 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | name changed to Culver Stockton College in 1917 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |
| City College of Law and Finance | St. Louis | Missouri | Metropolitan Bldg. | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | |||
| Clarksburg College | Clarksburg | Missouri | 1876 | 1912 | Baptist | public high school occupied the building after the closing until a fire | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. |
| Clinton College for Young Ladies | Clinton | Missouri | 1902 | 1904 | opened in buildings of Baird College | http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/clinton_schools.html#BairdCollege | |
| Clinton Business College and Conservatory of Music | Clinton | Missouri | 1903 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Clinton German Seminary | Clinton | Missouri | 1910 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Clinton Normal Business College | Clinton | Missouri | 1895 | 19?? | commercial college resulting from merger of Clinton Business College and Smith's Business College; building later used by Holy Rosary Academy after 1912 | http://tacnet.missouri.org/history/clinton_schools.html Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 35. |
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| College of Physicians and Surgeons | St. Joseph | Missouri | 1879 | located in former Christian Church bldg on Third and Robidoux streets; faculty included W.I. Heddens, Jacob Geiger, E.A. Donelan, J.W. Heddens and P.J. Kirschner; institution merged with St. Joseph Hospital Medical College after 1888 to become Ensworth Hospital Medical College | The Daily News' History of
Buchanan County and St. Joseph, 1899. www.collphyphil.org/FIND_AID/hist/histlmh1.htm |
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| College of Physicians and Surgeons | St. Louis | Missouri | 1869 | 1871 | founded by Louis Bauer; dissension among faculty led to closure; located on Locust Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 46. | |
| College of Saint Teresa | Kansas City | Missouri | 1916 | 1962 | Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet | academy started in 1867 and later became junior college for women; moved to new location and renamed Avila College in 1962 | www.kclibrary.org/sc/post/schools/2000059.htm Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. |
| Columbia Baptist Female College | Columbia | Missouri | 1856 | Baptist | successor to Columbia Female Academy founded in 1833; renamed Stephens College around 1866 | http://www.stephens.edu/ | |
| Columbia Commercial College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1903 | located corner of 9th & Locust | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | ||
| Columbian Medical College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1898 | founded by J.L. Robinson, W.F. Morrow, P.C. Palmer, J.E. Moses, G.W. Lilley and J.H. Johnson | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 63. | ||
| Concordia College | Altenburg | Missouri | 1839 | Lutheran | after organization of Missouri Synod, moved to St. Louis in 1849; in 1863 the classical department was moved to Fort Wayne, IN and the Practical Theological Seminary was moved from Fort Wayne to St. Louis | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. pp. 82-83. | |
| Concordia College | Gravelton | Missouri | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | ||||
| Conservation College | Iberia | Missouri | possibly operated for a short time after closure of Iberia Junior College | www.kclibrary.org/sc/scdescriptions/sc8/schools/a-e.htm | |||
| Cooper College | Moundville | Missouri | 1892 | 1911 | www.lyndonirwin.com/cooper.htm Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 and 1914 |
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| Crossroads Business College | Joplin | Missouri | |||||
| Culpepper-Shannon College | Lebanon | Missouri | 1899 | 1899 | started as a "union" college supported by Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians; reorganized in 1843 as a Methodist institution; | www.system.missouri.edu/whmc/tl-edu.html http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p33293.htm |
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| Daughters College of the Christian Church of Missouri | Fulton | Missouri | 1899 | 1900 | Christian Church | founded as Female Orphans School of the Christian Church in northwestern Missouri in 1870; changed name with move to Fulton; after 1900, William Woods College and in 1992 became William Woods University | Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. Fairchild, Myldred Fox. Thru the Woods: William Woods from Orphan School to University. 1998. |
| DeSoto Business College | DeSoto | Missouri | 1899 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Dexter Christian College | Dexter | Missouri | 1902 | Churches of Christ | title vested in Christian Convention of Missouri; Albert Buxton was president for a time, he'd previous served as president of Northwest Christian College and Add Ran Christian University | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/jtbrown/coc/COC18655.HTM Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. |
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| Draughon Business College | Springfield; Joplin, Independence, Kansas City, St. Louis | Missouri | 1991 | Pattrson gives 8th and Wyandotte as address in 1905 directory and 912 Grand as address in 1914 and 1917 directories; Olive and 10th in St. Louis in 1905 Directory and Washington and Broadway in 1914 and 1917 directories; Springfield listed in 1914 and 1917 directories | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | ||
| Drury Bible College | Springfield | Missouri | 1909 | Hamlin. In Faith and History: The Story of William Woods College. 1965. | |||
| Ebenezer College | Ebenezer | Missouri | 1845 | 1909 | begun as an academy and united in 1909 with Scarrit College | http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/moser/Greenepl.html | |
| Eclectic Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1874 | 1883 | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm | ||
| Eclectic Medical University | Kansas City | Missouri | 1898 | established in the Nelson Building; Theodore Doyle, first president; successor of the Missouri Eclectic Medical College that graduated one class; 1400 Grand Ave. | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 347. | ||
| Elizabeth Aull Seminary | Lexington | Missouri | 1859 | 1899 | Presbyterian | Blandin. The History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. | |
| Ensworth Medical College | Saint Joseph | Missouri | 1888 | successor of St. Joseph Hospital Medical College (founded in 1876) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons (founded in 1879); two institutions were consolidated when Samuel Ensworth left an endowment of $100,000; possibly also known previously as Central Medical College; building at Seventh and Jule streets; Patterson gives 1872 for date established | A Standard History of Kansas and
Kansans. William
E. Connelley. Revised edition,
1919. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1919ks/l/lerewwg.html Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 380. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905. |
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| Evangel College | Springfield | Missouri | 1955 | Assemblies of God | name changed to Evangel University in 1998 | Brenner. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories, 2003. | |
| Evangelical Lutheran College | Altenburg | Missouri | Lutheran | see entry for Concordia College | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. | ||
| Farmington College | Farmington | Missouri | 1886 | 1900 | Baptist | burned twice and finally closed in 1900; Conrad refers to institution as an academy under principalship of E.J. Jennings in 1900; building used as Baptist Sanitarium in 1903 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p. 140
and vol. II, p. 417. www.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/schools/higher_education_farmington.htm |
| Flat River Junior College | Missouri | 1922 | public | moved to new site in Leadington in 1969 and name changed to Mineral Area Community College | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/schools/frjc_mac.htm | ||
| Floral Hill College | Fulton | Missouri | 1876 | 1878 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | merged with Christian College, Columbia, MO | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. Parrish, William E. Westminster College: An Informal History, 1851-1999. 2000. p. 53. |
| Fontbonne College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1923 | Roman Catholic | name changed to Fontbonne University in 2002 | Brenner. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories, 2003. | |
| Forest Park College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1861 | 1925 | college for women; founded by Anna Sneed Cairns as Kirkwood Seminary; incorporated after move to St. Louis as Forest Park University; Conrad states it was the first university chartered solely for women in the United States | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. II. 1901. p. 485. |
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| Fulton College | Fulton | Missouri | 1851 | Presbyterian | became Westminster College in 1853 with adoption of the institution by the Presbyterian Synod | Parrish, William E. Westminster College: An Informal History, 1851-1999. 2000. pp. 6-7. | |
| George Smith College | Sedalia | Missouri | 1872 | 1925 | Methodist | attended by Scott Joplin; In 1925, the George R. Smith College of Sedalia, Missouri, burned. In 1933, its interests were formally merged with the interests of Philander Smith through joint action of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Trustees of the Southwest and Central West Annual Conferences, and the Trustees of Philander Smith College. The transaction was formally ratified in a joint executive session, May 23, 1933, and the merger celebration was held October 23 of the same year. | http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/haley/menu.html http://www.philander.edu/ataglance/we_are.asp Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p.42. |
| German Evangelical Missouri College | Marthasville | Missouri | 1850 | moved to Wellston in 1883 and was renamed Eden Seminary | http://www.historicwebster.org/walk/walk3.pdf | ||
| Grand River Christian Union College | Edinburgh | Missouri | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 | ||||
| Grand River College | Gallatin | Missouri | 1850 | Baptist | founded at Edinburg, later moved to Gallatin; W. Pope Yeaman served four years as president beginning in 1893; he was followed by J.H. Hatton; John T. Williams served as president for a time. He also served as President of Bethel College (MO), and Baptist Female College (Stephens). | http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html; 198.209.8.166/sheproom/moser/grundypl.html http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 Clark, James G. History of William Jewell College. 1893. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p.140. |
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| Hale College | Dexter | Missouri | 1887 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |||
| Hale's College | Mill Spring | Missouri | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | ||||
| Hale's College | Piedmont | Missouri | 1888 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |||
| Hannibal College | Hannibal | Missouri | 1869 | http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html | |||
| Hannibal Commercial College | Hannibal | Missouri | 1893 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Hardin College | Mexico | Missouri | 1858 | 1930 | Missionary Baptist Church of Missouri | successor of Audrain County Female Seminary, renamed in 1873, named for Charles Henry Hardin, later Governor of Missouri; college for women; institution participated in founding of Phi Theta Kappa and was designated as Alpha Chapter; John W. Million, president in 1900, previous presidents were A.W. Terrill, Mrs. H.T. Baird and A.K. Yancy | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210; Clark, James G. History of William Jewell College. 1893; Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. I. 1901. p.140 and vol. III, pp. 173-74; http://www.rootsweb.com/~moaudrai/mexico3.htm |
| Harris Teachers College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1857 | Municipal | founded as St. Louis Normal School, became Harris Teachers College in 1910, merged with Stowe Teachers College in 1954 to become Harris-Stowe College; joined state system in 1979 as Harris-Stowe State College; name changed to Harris-Stowe State University in 2005 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. | |
| Hayward's Business College | St. Louis | Missouri | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | ||||
| Hering Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1880 | 1882 | absorbed by Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm | |
| Hill's Business College | Sedalia | Missouri | 1900 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | |||
| Hipporratean College of Medicine | St. Louis | Missouri | 1907 | 1910 | organized as a night school; probably no graduates before closing | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/20thTimeline.htm |
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| Holden College | Holden | Missouri | 1881 | Christian Church | three-story building; purchased in 1890 by Catholic order that operated school as St. Cecilia's Seminary | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples
Colleges: A History. 1987. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p. 265. |
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| Homeopathic College of Missouri | St. Louis | Missouri | 1857 | operated briefly then closed from 1860-64; predecessor of St. Louis College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons that began in 1880 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p.
283-84. http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm |
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| Homeopathic Medical College of St. Louis | St. Louis | Missouri | 1873 | 1875 | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm | ||
| Howard-Payne Junior College | Fayette | Missouri | 1844 | 1927 | Methodist Episcopal South | successor to an academy founded in 1828 by Archibald Patterson; acquired by William T. Lucky in 1844 and was known for a time as Howard High School; chartered as Howard Female College in 1859; accumulated heavy debt and was purchased by Moses U. Payne in 1869 who deeded the property to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; name changed to Howard-Payne College in 1892; first accredited by NCA in 1923; college for women; merged with Central College after 1922, now Central Methodist College | Williams, Walter. The State of Missouri. 1901. pp. 197-210. NCA web site Blandin. History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. pp. 314-315. |
| Huff College | Kansas City | Missouri | 920 Tracy and 320 W. 47th Streets | www.kclibrary.org/sc/scdescriptions/sc8/schools/a-e.htm | |||
| Humbolt Medical College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1859 | 1869 | organized as German Medical College; founded by Dr. Adam Hammer; graduated two classes prior to Civil War then closed; re-opened briefly in 1866 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p. 325. | |
| Humphreys College & Business Institute | Humphreys | Missouri | 1884 | 1895 | an initial building destroyed by fire in 1893; rebuilt but closed a few years later; George Asbury Smith, Supt. of schools in Kirksville, MO, (1879-81) and Trenton, MO, (1881-83) built and operated Humphreys College and Business Institute. He also served at the same time as Supt. of Schools in Humphreys and as Sullivan Co. School Commissioner. He was later an instructor at Chillicothe Normal School, Supt. of schools in Chillicothe, MO, and a teacher at Maupins Business College in Chillicothe; he later returned to Humphreys and organized an improved high school | http://library.truman.edu/archives/alumni1924S.htm | |
| Hygientic Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons | St. Louis | Missouri | 1887 | 1893 | founded by sisters-in-law Susanna and Mary Dodds | http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm | |
| Iberia Junior College | Iberia | Missouri | 1914 | 1951 | operation of college taken over by Drury College in 1951; building apparently used by Conservation College for a couple of years. | web.umr.edu/~whmcinfo/shelf10/r231/info.html Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| Independence Female College | Independence | Missouri | 1871 | 1898 | Michael M. Fisher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Independence and president of IFC was called to be acting president of Westminster College in Fulton, MO in 1873; reorganized as Kansas City Ladies' College in 1884 in association with Presbyterian Church, North and South; ownership passed to George F. Ayres and the institution closed two years later | Parrish, William E. Westminster College:
An Informal History, 1851-1999. 2000. p. 45. http://198.209.8.180/lochist/history/holcombe/moch11.html Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p. 350 and 496. |
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| Ingleside Female College | Palmyra | Missouri | possibly also operated in Hannibal | http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/moch11.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~momarion/schoolpic2.htm |
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| Jackson University of Business | Chillicothe | Missouri | 1898 | Patterson gives 1909 for start date | http://www.livingstoncountylibrary.org/History/County/Roofv1/1913jacuni.htm Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. |
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| Jefferson City Junior College | Jefferson City | Missouri | 1958 | accredited 1934-38 and 1948-58 by NCA | NCA web site | ||
| Jefferson College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1885 | 1944 | YMCA | offered collegiate courses by 1910, changed name to Jefferson College in 1935; offered a bachelor of science in Day Cooperative College | |
| Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health | St. Louis | Missouri | 1902 | founded as Jewish Hospital School of Nursing; affiliated with University College of Washington University in 1992; Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health established in 1993; name changed to Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing and Allied Health at Washington University Medical Center in 2005; name changed to Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing in 2007 | http://www.barnesjewishcollege.edu/bjconahcontent.asp?id=464 St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 14, 2004, p. D4. |
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| Jones Commercial College | St. Louis | Missouri | N. Broadway | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Joplin Business College | Joplin | Missouri | 1891 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons | Joplin | Missouri | 1880 | 1884 | http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/nursing/histdocs/bruckmed.html | ||
| Joplin Junior College | Joplin | Missouri | 1937 | became Jasper County Junior College in 1964 and Missouri Southern State College in 1965 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. http://www.mssu.edu/ |
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| Junior College of Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri | 1918 | public | founded as Kansas City Polytechnic Institute; name changed in 1921; merged with Lincoln Junior College in 1954; name changed to Metropolitan Junior College-Kansas City in 1965; name changed to Metropolitan Community Colleges in 1976; accredited as "individual" colleges from 1986 to 1990 [Longview Community College, Maple Woods Community College, Penn Valley Community College, and Pioneer Community College; accredited in 1996 as The Metropolitan Community Colleges; accredited in 2006 as Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City | http://mcckc.edu | |
| Junior College of the Sacred Heart | St. Louis | Missouri | 1872 | Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | founded as Convent of the Sacred Heart; later Maryville College of the Sacred Heart after 1927, name change to Maryville College in 1972; then Maryville University of Saint Louis in 1991; religious affiliation discontinued in 1972 | Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's
Colleges in America. 2002. Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| Kansas City Bible College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1932 | merged with Midwest Bible and Missionary College in 1961 to become Calvary Bible College | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 www.calvary.edu/seminary/sem_about/sem_about_body.html |
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| Kansas City Business College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1896 | proprietary | locations in St. Joseph, Atchison, Lawrence and Kansas City; managed by Coonrad and Smith; Patterson gives 10th and Walnut in K.C. as address in 1905 and 1020 McGee St. as address in 1914 and 1917 directories | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p.
493. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917. |
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| Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery | Kansas City | Missouri | 1916 | Eclectic | Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical
Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf |
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| Kansas City College of Music | Kansas City | Missouri | 925 E. 9th St. | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | |||
| Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery | Kansas City | Missouri | 1916 | Name changed in 1970 to Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine and in 1980 to University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine and to Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in 2004 | Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical
Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf http://history.aoa-net.org/Education/collegehist.htm |
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| Kansas City College of Pharmacy | Kansas City | Missouri | 1885 | 1943 | 714 Wyandotte; merged with University of Missouri-Kansas City | www.umkc.edu/umkc/catalog/html/intro/0200.html Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917 |
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| Kansas City Dental College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1881 | initially the dental department of Kansas City Medical College; independent after 1890; Patterson gives address as 628 Washington in 1905, and as 10th and Troost in 1914 and 1917 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the
History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p. 493. Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917. |
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| Kansas City Homeopathic Medical College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1888 | located initially in the Schutte Building on Grand Avenue, near Twelfth Street; occupied a residence at 421 East Sixth Street for one one year, then located with Kansas City Homeopathic Hospital on West Seventh Street; in 1892 was in a building at 1020 East Tenth Street; merged with Kansas City University (KS) College of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgury to form Kansas City Hahnemann Medical College; Patterson gives 916 Troy for address in 1914 and 1917 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p.
494. Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917. |
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| Kansas City Hospital College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1871 | Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical
Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf |
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| Kansas City Hospital College of Medicine | Kansas City | Missouri | 1882 | 1888 | graduated forty-one men and twelve women before closing | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p.
495. Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf |
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| Kansas City Medical College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1869 | after 1870, joined with faculty of College of Physicians and Surgeons (also founded in late 1869); reverted to name of Kansas City Medical College after 1880 at corner of Washington and Seventh Streets; merged with University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1905 | Conard, ed. Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. pp.
497-99. Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf |
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| Kansas City Musical College | Kansas City | Missouri | 15th and Tracy | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 | |||
| Kansas City School of Law | Kansas City | Missouri | 1938 | merged with University of Missouri-Kansas City | www.umkc.edu/umkc/catalog/html/intro/0200.html | ||
| Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons | Kansas City | Missouri | 1916 | 1943 | 729 Troost Avenue; closed by Missouri Stat Board of Health in 1943 for inadequate instruction, students were not able to take exams for practice in Missouri or most states; never recognized by AMA or the Association of American Medical Colleges | Burlingame, Marilyn. A Brief History of Kansas City Medical
Schools. 2005. Available at www.umkc.edu/whmckc/scrapbook/articles/kcmedicalschools.pdf www.kclibrary.org/sc/scdescriptions/sc8/schools/f-l.htm |
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| Kansas City Veterinary College | Kansas City | Missouri | 1891 | 1918 | 1330 E. 15th St. | www.kclibrary.org/sc/post/schools/20000063.htm Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905 |
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| Keister College | Kansas City | Missouri | 208 Altman Building, 11th and Walnut; designing, tailoring & dressmaking school | www.kclibrary.org/sc/scdescriptions/sc8/schools/f-l.htm | |||
| Kemper College | St. Louis | Missouri | 1838 | 1845 | Episcopal | medical department evolved into Missouri Medical College; purchased by County Court of St. Louis County, used as an infirmary after 1869; near Kingshighway & Arsenal St. | http://elane.stanford.edu/wilson/Text/4i.html Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996. Conard, ed. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. III. 1901. p. 523. http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/mowihsp/stlwu/19thTimeline.htm |
| Kemper Millitary School Junior College | Boonville | Missouri | 2001 | Kansas City Star, May 14, 2000 | |||
| Kidder Junior College | Kidder | Missouri | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 | ||||
| Kirksville Business College | Kirksville | Missouri | 1903 | Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914 and 1917. | |||
| Lafayette College | Higginsville | Missouri | 1884 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |||
| LaGrange College | LaGrange | Missouri | 1858 | Baptist | founded as LaGrange Male & Female Seminary; name changed to LaGrange Male & Female College in 1860; first president was Joshua Flood Cook who served roughly thirty years; J.W. Muir became president in 1897; closed for a few years during the Civil War; in 1928, citizens of Hannibal, MO pledged money for establishment of of Baptist College, the merged school took the name of Hannibal-LaGrange College | Hunt and Carper, eds. Rel | |