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College
Name
City
State
Start Date
End Date
Affiliation
Other Information
Source
Albany
College
Albany
Oregon
1867
1942
Presbyterian
moved to Portland and name
changed to Lewis & Clark College
merged with Monmouth University
to form Christian College
www.wou.edu/wou/history2.html
Burke, Colin B.American
Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Blue
Mountain University
La Grande
Oregon
1873
1885
Methodist
occupied two blocks where
present high school and Cenral school are located; thirty men and
thirty-three women were registered in 1875 when new building completed;
failed to open in 1878, though some classes were taught in homes; George E.
Ackerman became president in 1879 and later served on the faculty of the
University of Chicago; A. Eads was president in 1881, G.M. Irwin in 1882, and
Mr. Van Pell in 1884;
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon.
1997.
www.oregongenealogy.com/union/lagrande2.htm
Cascade
College
Portland
Oregon
1994
2008
operated as a branch of Oklahoma
Christian College; occupied what had previously been Columbia Christian
College
Cascade
Christian College
Portland
Oregon
1918
1969
records located at Seattle
Pacific University
Songe, Alice H.American Universities and Colleges: A
Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
www.osac.state.or.us/oda/closedschools.html
Christian
College
Monmouth
Oregon
1865
1892
Disciples of Christ
formed from merger of Monmouth
University and Bethel College; Cummins provides 1855 as date of founding;
deeded to state of Oregon after running out of money; predecessor for Oregon
College of Education, now Western Oregon State University
www.wou.edu/wou/history2.html
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples Colleges: A History.
1987.
Colegio
Cesar Chavez
Mount Angel
Oregon
1973
1983
first independent, four-year
accredited Chicano college in U.S.; granted twenty-two degrees; structured as
a 'college-without-walls'
formed by group who split away
from Philomath College over doctrinal issues; after closing the main building
was purchased by Philomath College for use as a music building
http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Columbia.htm
Burke, Colin B. American Collegiate Populations. 1982.
Columbia
University
Portland
Oregon
1901
name changed to University of
Portland in 1935
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Coquille
College
Oregon
1890
1905
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon. 1997.
Corvallis
College
Corvallis
Oregon
1859
1885
Methodist Episcopal Church South
co-located for 20 years with
state agricultural college created under the Morrill Act; ultimately acquired
by the state
http://www.orst.edu/Dept/archives/archive/mss/finley.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Dallas
College
Dallas
Oregon
1900
1917
United Evangelical
http://www.open.org/~pchs/Photos.html
Eastern
Oregon College
La Grande
Oregon
1892
1898
conducted by O.B. Carper; moved
several times, operating on Depot Street, Adams Avenue and on Washington
Avenue;
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon.
1997.
www.oregongenealogy.com/union/lagrande2.htm
Eugene
Bible University
Eugene
Oregon
1895
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
founded as Eugene Divinity
School, Eugene Bible University in 1908, Eugene Bible College in 1930, merged
with Spokane University in 1933 and then adopted name of Northwest Christian
College; name changed to Northwest Christian University in July 2008
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
http://www.nwcc.edu/
Evangelical
Lutheran College
Portland
Oregon
1905
Lutheran
known as Concordia College after
1950 and Concordia University after 1995
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Judson
Baptist College
The Dalles
Oregon
1956
1985
Baptist
records located at Southwestern
College in Phoenix, AZ
Allen family worked with John E.
Hosmer to construct the university at Pine and Grant Streets
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon.
1997.
http://www.eastvalleynews.com/appeal/article.cfm?i=3485
McMinnville
College
McMinnville
Oregon
1855
1857
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
1850 given as year of founding
by Cummins; institution became bankrupt and was deed to the Baptists, now
Linfield College
www.linfield.edu
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples Colleges: A History.
1987.
Mineral
Springs College
Sodaville
Oregon
1892
1908
Cumberland Presbyterian
www.usgw.org/or/linn/sodaville.html
Monmouth
University
Monmouth
Oregon
1856
1864
merged with Bethel College of
Rickreall, OR to form Christian College in 1865, Oregon State Normal School
in 1882, Oregon Normal School in 1911, and Oregon College of Education in
1939
www.wou.edu/wou/history2.html
Songe, Alice H.American
Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Mount
Angel College
St. Benedict
Oregon
1887
1973
Benedictine
Benedictine Fathers, at the
invitation of Archbishop Seghers, established their community first at
Gervais, and two years later at Mt. Angel. A college for young men at Mt.
Angel was opened in 1888. The destruction of the monastery by fire in 1892
was the occasion of building the magnificent monastery and college in its
present commanding position. While Mt. Angel's theological department is
intended primarily for the education of young men for the order, it has been
the Alma Mater of a number of priests of the archdiocese. In 1904 the priory
was raised to the dignity of an abbey. At Mt. Angel, too, has been located
since 1883 an academy for girls conducted by the Benedictine Sisters, and the
mother-house of the Sisters of St. Mary
www.mtangel.edu/Monastery/history.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11288a.htm
see entry for Tacoma College of
Dental Surgery; institution moved to Portland and and opened as North Pacific
Dental College on corner of N.W. 15th & Couch; merged with Oregon College
of Dentistry in 1900; in 1908 renamed North Pacific College; moved to N.E.
6th & Oregon in 1911; name change in 1924 to North Pacific College of
Oregon; joined Oregon State System in 1945 as University of Oregon Dental
School; moved to Marquam Hill in 1956; name change to University of Oregon
Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry in 1974 and to OHSU School of
Dentistry in 1981;
merged with a college in
McMinnville in 1858 to become Baptist College at McMinnville; rechartered as
McMinnville College; later renamed Linfield College in 1922 after a donor
Hunt and Carper, eds.Religious Higher
Education in the United States.1996.
Songe, Alice H.American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name
Changes.1978.
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Oregon
College of Dentistry
Portland
Oregon
1898
merges with Tacoma College of
Dental Surgery to form North Pacific Dental College in 1900, later renamed
North Pacific College of Oregon
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed:
Influence that Encouraged Founding and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon. 1997.
St.
Joseph College
Oregon
1844
1849
Catholic
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon. 1997.
St.
Joseph College
Baker
Oregon
1883
1885
Canadian Victorian Order
located on Main Street, north of
Campbell Street
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon.
1997.
www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/historybc/private_parochial.htm
Saint
Mary's Academy & College
Portland
Oregon
Academy is still operating
Saint
Mary's College
Marylhurst
Oregon
1859
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary
founded as St. Mary's Academy in
Portland, became St. Mary's Academy and College in 1893, Marylhurst College
in 1930 after move to Marylhurst, OR, Marylhurst Education Center in 1974,
Marylhurst College for Lifelong Learning in 1980, Marylhurst College in 1992,
and Marylhurst University in 1998
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Songe, Alice H.American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name
Changes. 1978.
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
St.
Michael's College
Portland
Oregon
1871
1928
Christian Brothers
the Catholic Encyclopedia states
that the name was subsequently changed to that of Blanchet Institute in
honour of the first archbishop. This school has since been superseded by the
modern and ample structure of the Christian Brothers Business College
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed: Influence that Encouraged Founding
and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon.
1997.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11288a.htm
Sublimity
College
Sublimity
Oregon
1857
1860
Church of the United Brethren in
Christ
Milton Wright, father of Wilber
and Orville Wright, was the first teacher and principal; reopened in 1863 and
closed again in 1871;in 1882 building purchased by Catholic church for use as
convent
Burke, Colin B.American Collegiate
Populations. 1982.
http://www.open.org/~sublime/subhist.html
Kanlins, Craig. From Willamette to Reed:
Influence that Encouraged Founding and Survival of Early Colleges in Oregon. 1997.
http://www.archdpdx.org/schools/deptschools.html#History_of_Catholic_Education_in_Oregon
Tacoma
College of Dental Surgery
Takoma
Oregon
1893
moved to Portland in 1899 and
changed name to North Pacific Dental College
