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College
Name
City
State
Start Date
End Date
Affiliation
Other Information
Source
Agricultural
& Mechanical College for the Colored Race
Raleigh
North Carolina
1891
state supported
moved to Greensboro, NC in 1893;
name change to Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina in
1915; to North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in 1967
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003.
initially founded as Asheville
Female Seminary; later, Holston Conference Female College, and still later
known as Asheville College; Asheville College admitted to state system in
1960's
http://www.lib.unc.edu/highered/list.html
Blandin.History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
Asheville-Biltmore
College
Asheville
North Carolina
1936
established as Biltmore Junior
College in 1927; became Biltmore College in 1934, Asheville-Biltmore College
in 1936; entered North Caroline system as first state-supported community
college in 1957; in 1969 became University of North Carolina at Asheville
www.unca.edu/welcome/about.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Atlantic
Christian College
Wilson
North Carolina
1902
Disciples of Christ
now Barton College, name changed
in 1990
http://www.barton.edu/
Hunt and Carper, eds.Religious Higher Education in the United States.1996.
Baptist
Female University
Raleigh
North Carolina
1838
Baptist
name changed in 1904 to Baptist
University for Women and in 1909 to Meredith College
www.meredith.edu/inaugural/history.htm
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Barber
Memorial College
Concord
North Carolina
1930
merged with Scotia Women's
College in 1916 to form Barber-Scotia College
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Barber
Scotia College
Concord
North Carolina
1916
Presbyterian
lost SACS accreditation in 2004
and announced suspention of classes after 2004-05 academic year; reopened
fall 2008
initially presidents and
majority of faculty were white; Daniel J. Sanders in 1891 was the first black
president; name later changed to Johnson C. Smith University in 1923
pictures of main building and
campus at
libweb.uncc.edu/archives/landmarks/biddle.htm
Songe, Alice H.American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name
Changes. 1978.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/ncinstruction1898/ncinstruction1898.html
name change to Biltmore Junior
College in 1930; to Asheville-Biltmore College in 1936; became first two-year
institution to become state-supported community college; name change to
University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1969
www.unca.edu/welcome/about.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Report of Supt. Of Public
Instruction gives 1856 as founding date; merged with Greensboro College
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Blandin.History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/report1869/report1869.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
The college was the fulfillment
of a dream of Dr. Charles Banks King to establish a grade "A"
college under the auspices of the Lutheran church. He had the good will and
financial support of his father-in-law, Mr. Gerard Snowden Watts, wealthy tobacconist
of Baltimore. There was great elation, according to the Charlotte Observer
for May 28, 1896, because of the selection of Charlotte as the site of the
new college. Charlotte people provided $9,332 cash as an inducement, and the
Highland Park Land and Improvement Company donated $3,600 and twenty acres
for a campus, to top the offer made by Columbia, S. C.In an article about "Early Schools and
Education in Charlotte" in the Charlotte Observer for June 18, 1933,
Mrs. J. A. Yarbrough recalled that "In the fall of 1896, the doors of
Elizabeth College, under the presidency of Dr. Charles Banks King, were
opened. The efforts of administration and faculty met with a ready response
in the hearts and minds of parents of young girls. The handsome Gerard
Conservatory of Music was presented by Mrs. King's father, Mr. Gerard Snowden
Watts King, the
son of Dr. and Mrs. King. Ill health influenced Dr. King to move the
college
to Salem, Virginia (1915) where its name was retained after consolidation
with Roanoke College for Women. In 1921 Elizabeth College in Virginia
was burned to the ground and all records destroyed.
www.nclutheran.org/resources/history.html
www.cmhpf.org/essays/elizabeth.html
Solberg.Lutheran
Higher Education in North America.1985.
http://www.cmstory.org/history/hornets/educate.htm
first president was a prominent
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; closed during Civil War and
never reopened
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
Flora
MacDonald College
Red Springs
North Carolina
1896
1961
Presbyterian
name changed in 1903 to Southern
Presbyterian College and Conservatory of Music and back to Flora Macdonald
College in 1916; merged with Presbyterian Junior College to become Saint
Andrews College at Laurinburg
www.floramacdonald.org/history/history.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Floral
College
Maxton
North Carolina
1847
1887
Presbyterian
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
a high school was operated on
the former Graham College site following the Civil War; the name was changed
to Graham Normal in 1881; destroyed by fire in 1892; considered a predecessor
to Elon College
Stokes, Durward T.Elon College: Its
History and Traditions.Elon College Alumni Association, 1982.
Greensboro
Evening College
Greensboro
North Carolina
1953
merged with Guilford College
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Greensboro
Female College
Greensboro
North Carolina
1838
1903
Methodist Episcopal Church
closed after fire in 1863;
reopened in 1873
http://libweb.uncc.edu/archives/ncscenes/an11-7u.JPG
Blandin.History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
Highland
College
Hickory
North Carolina
1891
North Carolina Synod of Lutheran
Church in America
name changed to Lenoir Rhyne
College in 1923
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Holman
Christian University
Black Mountain
North Carolina
1905
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples
Colleges: A History.1987.
Immanuel
Lutheran College
Greensboro
North Carolina
1903
1960
Lutheran
founded in Concord, moved two
years later to Greensboro; N.J. Bakke, president with 8 teachers and 78
students in 1908; after 1930 operated as coeducational junior college
www.greensborohistory.org/archives/docs.htm
www.carolinacuzins.org/PC-Immanuelcoll.html
Solberg.Lutheran
Higher Education in North America.1985.
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/EraOfProgress/immanuellutheran.gif
Industrial
Christian College
Dawson
North Carolina
1907
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples
Colleges: A History.1987.
incorporated by the legislature
of North Carolina, March 7, 1887. The North Carolina Conference, presided
over by Bishop Dickerson, at its session in 1885, had authorized the
establishment of the school and purchase of property. Leading spirit was Rev.
R. H. W. Leak. The first teachers were Prof. B. B. Goines (principal), Mrs.
M. A. Goines (matron), and Prof. J. R. Hawkins (business manager). In 1888
the Virginia Conference agreed to aid Kittrell. The following have served as
principals since Prof. Goines: J. R. Hawkins, C. G. O'Kelly, J. S. Williams,
P. W. Dawkins, John L. Wheeler, W. H. Giles, D. J. Jordan and C. G. O'Kelly
(second time), but to no man does it owe more than to Prof. Hawkins, who has
been in intimate touch with it since the beginning. The courses given are
theological, classical, academic, normal, grammar, musical and commercial.
Last year there were 311 pupils and 12 teachers; 290 have graduated, among
whom are Rev. G. W. Adams, Drs. L. E. McCauley, S. L. Warren and J. L. Mills,
J. M. Avery and W. S. King. There are 6 buildings, 62 acres of land, the
property valued at $75,000. The income is about $15,000 per year, the term,
eight months. (Wright)
North Carolina Synod of Lutheran
Church in America
see also entry for Highland
College; name changed to Lenoir-Rhyne University August 2008
http://www.lrc.edu/
Littleton
Colege
Littleton
North Carolina
1882
1919
http://www.lib.unc.edu/highered/list.html
Louisburg
Female College
Louisburg
North Carolina
1826
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
Mecklenburg
Female College
Charlotte
North Carolina
1867
1869
The N. C. Military Institute
closed at the start of the Civil War and was used as a hospital during the
war.It was later occupied by the
Mecklenburg Female College. Rev. A. G. Stacy was the founder and president during
its brief existence. An advertisement for this school states that there were
155 students from five states who paid $103 per term of 10 months for board,
tuition, fuel, light, and contingent fees. The only remaining source of
information concerning this college is a complete set of four issues of a
magazine entitled, The Carrier Dove or Mecklenburg Female College
Magazine.
established as Oberlin Home and
School in 1885 near Lenoir, NC; became Mitchell Home School in 1903; moved to
Misenheimer in 1910, became Mitchell Junior College in 1928, Pfeiffer Junior
College in 1935 and name changed to Pfeiffer College in 1954
www.pfeiffer.edu/About/history.cfm
Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A
Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Methodist
College
Fayetteville
North Carolina
1960
North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Church
name changed to Methodist
University in 2006
http://www.methodist.edu/Home/history.htm
Mount
Pleasant Female Seminary
Mount Pleasant
North Carolina
1859
North Carolina Synod of
Evangelical Luteran Church in America
later known as Mont Amoena
Seminary; survived the war, won Synod adoption in 1869, received state
charter authorizing academic degrees
Negro
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
Greensboro
North Carolina
state supported
now North Carolina A&T
North
Carolina College
Mount Pleasant
North Carolina
1855
1902
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America
Solberg gives starting date as
1859, closed during Civil War, reopened in 1867
www.nclutheran.org/resources/history.html
Solberg.Lutheran
Higher Education in North America.1985.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/report1869/report1869.html
North
Carolina College for Negroes
Durham
North Carolina
1919
established as National
Religious Training School and Chatauqua; sld and reorganized in 1915 as
National Training School; became Durham State Normal School in 1923; control
assumed by state and became North Carolina College for Negroes n 1925, North
Carolina College at Durham in 1947 and now North Carolina Central University
after 1969
www.nccu.edu
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
North
Carolina College for Women
Greensboro
North Carolina
1891
state supported
established as State Normal and
Industrial School, became State Normal and Industrial College in 1897, North
Carolia College for Women in 1919, Women's College of the University of North
Carolina in 1932, and now University of North Carolina-Greensboro after 1963
www.uncg.edu/home/Text/hist-txt.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
North
Carolina Medical College
Davidson
North Carolina
1887
1914
In 1886 the Presbyterian women
of Charlotte equipped a small infirmary for the use of Davidson College
students under treatment of Dr. Paul B. Barringer, the college physician, who
also had some private classes in anatomy and physiology which were attended
by students preparing for northern medical schools. When Dr. Barringer left
in 1889 to become associated with the University of Virginia, he sold his
"Medical School," as it had come to be known, to Dr. John Peter
Munroe, who had succeeded him as college physician.Though never a member of the faculty of
Davidson College, Dr. Munroe had long been identified with it as a student
(1882) and physician, and his pre-medical classes became an important part of
the village activities. These classes formed the basis for the North Carolina
Medical College, chartered in 1892. In 1903 the upper classes of the Medical
College were removed to Charlotte where the students could take advantage of
the facilities offered by the newly-organized Presbyterian Hospital. In 1907
the entire student body of the Medical College came to Charlotte where it
occupied its own building on
the southeast corner of Sixth and Church Streets, a building known since
1913 as the Churchill Apartments.During its lifetime, the North Carolina
Medical College had on its faculty many of the leading medical men of
Charlotte, who were instrumental in awarding the degree of Doctor of
Medicine to 340 men. A complete history of this institution, listing
faculty
members and students, is contained in The North
Carolina Medical College,
written by Dr. Robert H. Lafferty, published 1946. When it became evident
that the college could not longer meet the increasingly exacting demands
of modern medical training, the college suspended operation. The entire
student body was transferred in 1913 to the Medical College of Virginia
in Richmond where they were entered in the regular classes and the
diplomas conferred in the name of the North Carolina Medical College.
Dr. and Mrs. Burwell headed
Charlotte Female Institute until 1872, when they were succeeded by Robert
Hett Chapman and Stephen Taylor Martin, jointly, and then by Dr. Martin
alone. In 1878 Dr. William Robert Atkinson bought the school and conducted it
until 1891, when it was closed.Charlotte would have been left without a school for girls had not Miss
Lily Long, with the aid of Mrs. Tinsley Junkin, Mrs. Bessie Dewey, and Miss
Rose Franklin organized the Charlotte Seminary for Girls which was located on
510 North Tryon Street. Some of Charlotte's best known women attended
Charlotte Female Institute and Charlotte Seminary for Girls, including: Mrs.
John VanLandingham, Mrs. Margaret Springs Kelly, Mrs. J. P. Durant, Mrs.
Bessie Myers, Mrs. I. W. Faison, Mrs. C. C. Kennedy, Mrs. w. A. Zweier, Mrs.
C. M. Carson, Mrs. George Fitzsimmons, Mrs. W. H. Twitty, Mrs. J. A. Durham,
Mrs. H. A. Murrill, and the Misses Alice Springs, Sallie Phillips, Laura Orr,
and Charlee Hutchison.The Charlotte
Seminary for Girls continued until 1896, at which time the Presbytery of
Concord and Mecklenburg established the
Presbyterian College for Women, acquiring and enlarging the building once
used by Charlotte Female Institute. When the college was ready to open,
Dr. J. R. Bridges was chosen as president. With Miss Lily Long as lady
principal, the good will and records of the Seminary which she had
organized were taken over by the new college. In 1912 the name
was changed to Queens College and the institution removed to the site
of the present campus.
www.queens.edu/queens/history.htm
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
http://www.cmstory.org/history/hornets/educate.htm
Presbyterian
Junior College
Maxton
North Carolina
1929
1961
Presbyterian Church purchased
property of Carolina College for Women in 1929; PJC merged with Flora
McDonald of Red Springs to become Saint Andrews College at Laurinburg in 1961
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Queens
College
North Carolina
1767
1780
http://www.lib.unc.edu/highered/list.html
Rutherford
College
Rutherford College
North Carolina
1853
1935
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
founded as Oak Hollow Academy;
name changed to Rutherford Academy in 1858 and to Rutherford College after
1870; merged with Weaverville College in 1934 and with Brevard Institute,
also in 1934, to become Brevard College
http://www.ci.rutherford-college.nc.us/rchsites.htm
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/college.htm
http://closedcollege.bizland.com
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Saint
Genevieve-of-the-Pines College
Ashville
North Carolina
1912
1956
Religious of Christian Education
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
www.cdschool.org/History.htm
college for women; established
junior college program in 1927
August 1, 1997 Chronicle of
Higher Education
Blandin.History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
Hunt and Carper, eds.Religious Higher Education in the United States.1996.
now the North Carolina Justice
Academy's eastern campus; established in 1875 as Salem Academy, the campus
has subsequently functioned as Pineland School for Girls, Pineland Junior
College, Edwards Military Institute and finally Southwood College; attended
by "Pistol" Pete Maravich in 1960's
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories. 2003.
Statesville
Female College
Statesville
North Carolina
1857
Presbyterian
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
Thomasville
Female College
North Carolina
1849
1889
successor to Sylva Grove Female
Seminary and Glen Anna Seminary; predecessor to High Point Female College
Blandin.The History of Higher
Education of Women in the South.1909.
Trinity
College
Randolph County
North Carolina
1838
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
founded as Union Institute;
after 1851, Normal College; in 1859, name changed to Trinity; in 1891 moved
to Durham and served as foundation for Duke University
http://www.duke.edu/web/Archives/history/narrativehistory.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Vardell
Hall
Red Springs
North Carolina
1964
1972
girls prepatory school and
junior college; operated on grounds of former Flora Macdonald College
