This file includes institutions that have closed, merged, or
changed their names.If you note a
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ray.brown@westminster-mo.edu.
An index with links to separate pages for other states and countries is
available at
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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
Belknap
College
Center Harbor
New Hampshire
1974
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/1999/nov/27/smalln27.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Colby
Junior College for Women
New London
New Hampshire
1837
founded as New London Seminary;
name changed to New London Literary & Scientific Institution in 1854; to
The Colby Academy in 1878; to Colby School for Girls in 1928; to Colby Junior
College for Women in 1933; to Colby College-New Hampshire in 1973; and to
Colby-Sawyer College after 1975
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Concord
Commercial College
Concord?
New Hampshire
Franconia
College
Franconia
New Hampshire
1963
1978
transferred entire operating
unit to New Hampshire College
September 2000 Chronicle of
Higher Education;
www.inti.net/franco.html
O'Neill & Barnett.Colleges and Corporate Culture.Conference-University Press, 1980.
Gunstock
College
New Hampshire
Merrimack
Valley College
Manchester
New Hampshire
1967
state supported
founded as Marrimack Valley
Branch of the University of New Hampshire; name change to Merrimack Valley
College in 1976 and to the University of New Hampshire at Manchester in 1985
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Mount
Saint Mary's College
Hooksett
New Hampshire
1935
1978
Sisters of Mercy
women's liberal arts institution
www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/archives/1999/nov/27/smalln27.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Nathaniel
Hawthorne College
Antrim
New Hampshire
1963
1988
http://hawthornecollege.tripod.com
New
Hampshire College of Accounting and Commerce
Manchester
New Hampshire
1932
became New Hampshire College in
1968 and in 2001, Southern New Hampshire University
New
Hampshire Conference Female Seminary and College
Tilton
New Hampshire
1845
When the Vermont Conference was
formed and the Newbury Seminary moved to Montpelier, the members of the New
Hampshire Conference opened a conference seminary at Northfield NH in
1845.Opened to women in 1852, it was
renamed the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College.After a fire in 1862, the trustees re-built
the school across the river in Tilton NH, where it operates today as the
Tilton School.
http://www.bu.edu/sth/archives/cah/trails.htm
Notre
Dame College
Manchester
New Hampshire
1950
2002
Roman Catholic
The Chronicle of Higher
Education, November 30, 2001
www.notredame.edu
Pierce
College for Women
Concord
New Hampshire
1972
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
School
for Lifelong Learning
Concord
New Hampshire
1972
state supported
name changed to College for
Lifelong Learning;in 2005 became
Granite State College by act of NH legislature
