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founded by Billy James Hargis;
students looking for transcripts can contact Dr. David Noebel,
www.summit.org918-836-5501
Ringenberg, William C.The Christian College:
A History of Protestant Higher Education in America.
1984.
Ardery
College
Guthrie
Oklahoma
1901
Patterson gives location as
Oklahoma City in 1914 directory
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v028/v028p063.pdf
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917
Bartlesville
Wesleyan College
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
1959
Wesleyan Church
founded in 1959 after merger of
Colorado Springs Bible College, Pilgrim Bible College and Holiness
Evangelistic Institute; initially named Central Pilgrim College; renamed
Bartlesville Wesleyan College in 1968 following merger of Pilgrim Holiness
Church and Wesleyan Methodist Church; merged with Miltonvale Wesleyan College
in 1972; renamed Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 2001
http://okwu.edu/alumni/antecedents/antecedenthome.php
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Benedictine
Heights College
Tulsa
Oklahoma
1955
1962
Benedictine Sisters
www.tulsaosb.org/alumni.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Benedictine
Heights College/Catholic College of Oklahoma for Women
founded by Bristow Public
Schools while E. H. Black served as Superintendent; closed briefly during WW
II from 1942-1946; over 800 students attended at some point
"A Strong and Sturdy
Vessel:A History of Bristow Junior
College" by Letha Caudle, in The Chronicles of
Oklahoma, Vol. LXXXIII, Number 2, Summer, 2005,
pp.218-231.
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Brown's
Practical Business College
Tulsa
Oklahoma
1913
located at 510 South Main Street
www.rootsweb.com/~arpolk/okbrown.htm
Cameron
State School of Agriculture
Lawton
Oklahoma
1908
state supported
name changed to Cameron State
Agricultural College in 1927, to Cameron College in 1971, and to Cameron
University in 1975
http://www.cameron.edu/
Capital
City Business College
Guthrie
Oklahoma
1893
Patterson's College and School
Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917.
predecessor to Oklahoma
Christian College, Cordell, OK, and later,Oklahoma City, OK
www2.oc.edu/vision/stories_autumn99/50th/50th.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Central
State Normal School
Edmond
Oklahoma
1890
state supported
founded as The Normal School of
the Territory of Oklahoma; name changed to Central State Normal School in
1907, to Central State Teachers College in 1919, to Central State College in
1939, to Central State University in 1971, and to the University of Central
Oklahoma in 1990
http://www.ucok.edu/about_uco.htm
Central
Pilgrim College
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
1959
Wesleyan Church
result of series of mergers
which included Colorado Springs Bible College, Pilgrim Bible College, and
Western Pilgrim College; the name Bartlesville Wesleyan College was adoped in
1968 after merger of Pilgrim Holiness Church and Wesleyan Church; in August
2001 became Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978
Conners
State School of Agriculture
Warner
Oklahoma
1908
state supported
now Conners State College
Cordell
Christian College
Cordell
Oklahoma
1907
1931
Disciples of Christ
Young, M. Norvel. A History of Colleges Established and Controlled by Members of
the Churches of Christ. 1949.
Hunt and Carper, eds.Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996.
Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A
History. 1987.
Creek-Seminole
College
Boley
Oklahoma
1906
founded by J.C. Leftwich; after
building burned in 1916, moved to Clearview and reopened as Creek-Seminole
Agricultural College; Leftwich sold the institution to the Baptist Church in
1919; a year later, moved to Okmulgee and renamed Southwest Creek and Seminole
Baptist College
3rd St. & W. Okmulgee listed
as address 1906 through 1915; address listed at the Sayre Bldg, (s.w. corner
of 4th & Okmulgee) through 1925; in 1930 listed at 2nd floor Fite-Rowsey
Bldg. (101-107 N.2nd & 208 1/2 W. Okmulgee) corner lot; in 1930 listed at
2nd & W. Okmulgee; then through 1965 listed at 305 W. Okmulgee
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v029/v029p200.pdf
Muskogee City Directories
Droughan
Business College
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1900
proprietary
Grand and Harvey Streets listed
as address in Patterson's 1914 and 1917 directories
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v028/v028p063.pdf
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917.
Droughan
Business College
Tahlequah
Oklahoma
1913
proprietary
acquired by Lee O. Brown and
name changed to Brown Business College in 1912; moved to Tulsa the following
year
www.rootsweb.com/~arpolk/okbrown.htm
Durant
Presbyterian College
Durant
Oklahoma
1846
Presbyterian
founded as Calvin Institute;
name change to Durant Presbyterian College in 1900; name later changed to
Oklahoma Presbyterian College in 1910
name changed to East Central
State Teachers College in 1919, to East Central State College in 1939, to
East Central Oklahoma State University in 1974, and to East Central
University in 1985
http://www.ecok.edu/
Eastern
University Preparatory School
Claremore
Oklahoma
1909
state supported
Eastern University Preparatory
School closed in 1917;restarted as
the Oklahoma Military Academy (OMA) in 1919 and from 1923 to 1971 it offered
secondary and collegiate education; In 1971, the name changed to Claremore
Junior College and to Rogers State College in 1982; in 1996, Rogers State
College and the University Center at Tulsa (UCAT) merged to form Rogers
University, with campuses in Claremore and Tulsa; in 1998, Rogers State
College became a member of the OU Board of Regents, and was renamed Rogers
State University with permission to seek accreditation as a four year,
bachelor degree granting university
Thirtieth commencement program
had inscription, "Founded at Silver City, Indian Territory, September
8th, 1899, closed-Minco, Okla., May 28, 1920"; Cummins has listed as El
Neta Christian College with 1896 for date of founding
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples
Colleges: A History.1987.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v017/v017p184.html
now Oklahoma City University;
Patterson's gives 1904 start date
www.rootsweb.com/~oklcgs/epworth.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905.
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917.
Hargrove
College
Ardmore
Oklahoma
1895
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914.
Henry
Kendall College
Muskogee
Oklahoma
1894
moved to Tulsa in 1907 and
adopted name of University of Tulsa in 1920
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Hill's
Business College
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1905
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v028/v028p063.pdf
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1914 and 1917
Holy
Family College
Langston
Oklahoma
1892
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and
1917.
Indian
University
Muskogee
Oklahoma
1880
Baptist
begun at Cherokee Baptist
Mission at Tahlequah; moved to Muskogee in 1885; renamed Bacone Indian
University after its founder and first president, later changed to Bacone
College
www.bacone.edu
Indianola
College
Wynne Wood
Oklahoma
Cumberland Presbyterian
Patterson's College and School
Directory, 1914 and 1917.
Kingfisher
College
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
1895
1927
Congregational Church
records transferred to
University of Oklahoma; Davison has closure in 1922;
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v028/v028p063.pdf
Patterson's College and School Directory, 1905, 1914, and 1917.
Methodist
University of Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth College from 1910-1919;
later Epworth University joined with Fort Worth University, TX to form
Methodist University of Oklahoma in 1911; that later became Oklahoma City
College in 1919; and Oklahoma City University in 1924
www.rootsweb.com/~oklcgs/epworth.html
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/kbf6.html
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Midwest
Christian College
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1985
consolidated with Ozark Bible
College in Joplin, MO under the name Ozark Christian College
name changed to Northeastern
Oklahoma Junior College in 1924 and to Northeastern Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical College after 1939
http://www.neo.edu/
Northeastern
State Normal School
Tahlequah
Oklahoma
1909
state supported
established as Cherokee National
Female Seminary in 1851; state assumed control in 1909; name changed to
Northeastern State Teachers College in 1919, to Northeastern State College in
1939, to Northeastern Oklahoma State University in 1974, and to Northeastern
State University in 1985
name changed to Northwestern
Normal School in 1904, to Northwestern State Normal School in 1907, to
Northwestern State Teachers College in 1919, to Northwestern State College in
1939, and to Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1974
http://www.nwosu.edu/pubrel/history.htm
Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Oklahoma
1890
state supported
changed to Oklahoma State
University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences in 1957. Technical branches
were established in Okmulgee
in 1946 and in Oklahoma City in 1961. In 1990 these two technical
branches were renamed OSU-Okmulgee and OSU-Oklahoma
City. OSU-Tulsa was formed from a consortium of universities that
were originally established in 1982. In July of 1988, the Oklahoma
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (in Tulsa) became the
College of Osteopathic Medicine of OSU. In 2001, it became part
of the OSU Center for Health Sciences which also has an affiliation
with its primary teaching hospital, the OSU Medical Center
the name changed to Southwestern
College of Christian Ministries in 1981 and to Southwestern Christian
University in 2001
www.swcu.edu
www.ncahlc.org
Oklahoma
College for Women
Chickasha
Oklahoma
1908
state supported
founded as Industrial Institute
and College; became Oklahoma College for Women in 1916, Oklahoma College of
Liberal Arts in 1965, and University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma in 1974
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Oklahoma
College for Young Ladies
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1907
Patterson's College and School
Directory, 1914 and 1917.
Oklahoma
Holiness College
Bethany
Oklahoma
1909
1918
later Oklahoma Nazarene College
in 1918; merged with Texas Holiness University in 1920 with name changed to
Bethany-Peniel College; then other colleges merged Bethany-Central Holiness
College in 1929, Arkansas Holiness College in 1931, and Bresee College in
1940.In 1955 became Bethany Nazarene
College, and now Southern Nazarene University.SNU considers the founding date of Texas
Holiness (1899) as it's own.
http://snu.edu/?p={42F09E01-0937-423D-B1A9-18183A4B3A4A}
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.
Oklahoma
Junior College
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1995
began in Tulsa as the Oklahoma
School of Accountancy, Law and Finance in 1919.In 1949 the college became known as the
Oklahoma School of Business, Accounting, Law and Finance and, in 1952, was
accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Private Business
Schools. In November, 1982, the school was renamed Oklahoma Junior College of
Business and Technology of Tulsa.The
Association of Independent Colleges and Schools granted junior college status
to the institution in July, 1984, and the Oklahoma Board of Regents for
Higher Education authorized associate degree granting authority in applied
sciences. In January, 1985, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools'
Commission on Institutions of Higher Education granted initial candidacy to
the college.
In April, 1985, Oklahoma Junior College of Business and Technology of Tulsa
opened a branch campus in Oklahoma City, and it was known as Oklahoma Junior
College of Business and Technology of Oklahoma City.In 1989, the Oklahoma City campus was
officially designated Oklahoma Junior College.The Accrediting Council for Independent
Colleges and Schools (ACICS) granted full branch accreditation to the
Oklahoma City campus in April 1986. In April 1987, the Oklahoma City campus
established itself as independent of the Tulsa campus.The Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education
approved the college for the granting of the Associate of Applied Science
Degree in June of 1987.In August
1989, the ACICS granted free-standing status to the college.
The Tulsa school closed in January 1993 and the Oklahoma City school closed
in October 1995.
first accredited by Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and
Schools in 1985
http://admissions.ou.edu/oklajrcollege.html
Oklahoma
Methodist College
Muskogee
Oklahoma
1912
Methodist Episcopal Church
Patterson's gives name of
Oklahoma Woman's College in 1917 directory
Patterson's College and School
Directory, 1914 and 1917.
Oklahoma
Presbyterian College for Girls
Durant
Oklahoma
1896
Presbyterian
founded as Calvin Institute;
name change to Durant Presbyterian College in 1900; name change to Oklahoma
Presbyterian College in 1910
name change to Panhandle
Agricultural & Mechanical College in 1921, to Oklahoma Panhandle State
College of Agricultural & Applied Sciences in 1967, and to Oklahoma
Panhandle State University in 1974
Phillips
University
Enid
Oklahoma
1907
1998
Disciples of Christ
first accredited by NCA in 1919;
first named Oklahoma Christian University, changed to Phillips in 1913.
NCA web site; November 15, 1989,
June 21, 1996, April 10, 1998,
August 14, 1998 Chronicle of Higher Education;
www.phillips.edu; www.puafa.org
Sacred
Heart College
Sacred Heart Mission
Oklahoma
1883
relocated to Shawnee, OK and
renamed Saint Gregory College in 1916
www.sgc.edu
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003.
St.
Agnes College
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Patterson's College and School
Directory, 1914.
Sango
Baptist College
Muskogee
Oklahoma
1908
Baptist
J.C. Leftwich became president
in 1904; Rev. P.R. Neil accepted the presidency in 1905
founded under legislative
authorization which permitted public high schools to add a 13th and 14th year
of study to their curricula. In 1940, the college name was changed to
Oklahoma Western Junior College; however, the orginal name was soon adopted
again, and in May 1940 the first degree were conferred; closed during the
WWII, but reopened in 1946. In 1956, Sayre Junior College moved from
facilities occupied jointly with Sayre High School into separate facilities;
in July 1987 by act of the Oklahoma legislature, Sayre Junior College was
merged with Southwestern Oklahoma State University
name changed to Southwestern
State Teachers College in 1920, to Southwestern State College of Diversified
Occupations in 1939, to Southwestern Institute of Technology in 1941, to
Southwestern State College in 1949, and to Southwestern Oklahoma State University
in 1974
