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College
Name
City
State
Start Date
End Date
Affiliation
Other Information
Source
Adger
College
Walhalla
South Carolina
1877
1887
American
Management College
Spartanburg
South Carolina
1989
previously associated with
Limestone College; records were at Bristol University, TN, since also closed
name changed to Charleston
Southern University in 1990
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Barhamville
School
Columbia
South Carolina
1817
1861
collegiate program after 1832
Blandin. History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
Beaufort
College
Beaufort
South Carolina
1796
1861
The school opened at Bay and
Church Sts. but closed in 1817 after a yellow fever epidemic, then reopened
in 1820 at Newcastle and Craven Sts. The college closed its doors in 1861
when Beaufort was occupied by Federal troops. For the rest of the Civil War
it was a school for former slaves and part of a hospital complex serving both
freedmen and Federal soldiers. It also served as headquarters for the
Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction, then became a public elementary
school in 1909. In 1959 the University of S.C. acquired this building for its
new Beaufort campus.
founded as Wesleyan Methodist
Bible Institute; name change to Wesleyan Methodist College in 1909; to
Central Wesleyan College in 1959; to Southern Wesleyan College in 1994
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Chicora
College for Women
Columbia; Greenville
South Carolina
1890
1930
consolidated with Queens
College, Charlotte, NC
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Clinton
College
Clinton
South Carolina
1880
Presbyterian
became Presbyterian College of
South Carolina in 1890
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978
Cokesbury
(Masonic) Female College
Cokesbury
South Carolina
1854
1876
Cokesbury College was started in
1854 by Bascomb Lodge No. 80, Ancient Free Masons and was chartered as the
Masonic Female Institute of South Carolina. The institution closed in
1874.The Cokesbury Presbyterian Church
ultimately acquired the property and the Conference School moved to the
College Building. Cokesbury Elementary School operating until June 1954 in
the building.
Columbia
Bible College
Columbia
South Carolina
name changed to Columbia
International University in 1994
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Friendship
College
Rock Hill
South Carolina
1891
1982
Baptist
Friendship Junior College was
founded as Friendship Institute; the first class, with an enrollment of
eleven pupils, was held October 11, 1891. Rev. Mansel P. Hall was the
teacher; when the Office of the President was later was established, he was
elected to fill it. He served in
this position until his death in 1922. Although the purpose for founding
Friendship Institute was to train preachers and teachers, the Institute was
by necessity an elementary school. Since there were no public schools for
Negro's in Rock Hill until 1920, friendship served as an elementary school
for the city as well as for the county. High school grades were gradually
added as the needs demanded, and in 1906, Friendship Institute was chartered
as Friendship Normal and Industrial College. After a curriculum for
ministerial training was organized, the Institute gave emphasis to the
purpose for which it was founded- training preachers and teachers. A movement
to reorganized Friendship as a junior college was begun 1933. A gradual
elimination of the elementary grades was begun then and competed in 1938. An
elimination of the high school department was begun in 1945 and completed in
1949, with the exception of the twelfth grade, which continued until 1951. A
new program in Management Training with night as well as day classes was
inaugurated in November 1974. In 1978, Friendship College was approved by the
South Carolina Department of Education to offer Bachelors Degree in
Accounting, Business Administration and Economics. The College closed its
doors in 1981 after an investigation revealed financial mismanagement and
misappropriation of funds.
Blandin.History
of Higher Education of Women in the South.1909.
King
Memorial College
Columbia
South Carolina
1976
1978
Laurensville
Female College
Laurensville
South Carolina
b1858
Leesville
College
Leesville
South Carolina
1890
1930s
Limestone
College
Gaffney
South Carolina
1845
Baptist
established as Limestone Spring
School; Cooper-Limestone Institute after 1881; name changed to Limestone
College in 1899; control by South Carolina Baptist Convention in 1921;
transfer to private control after 1942
name change to University of
South Carolina in 1866; to South Carolina College of Agriculture &
Mechanical Art in 1880; to South Carolina College; closed from 1877-1880;
reopened and known as University of South Carolina since 1906
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Spartanburg
Female College
Spartanburg
South Carolina
1855
1871
State
College of Agriculture & Mechanics
Orangeburg
South Carolina
1872
state supported
established as a college of
Claflin University; separated in 1896 becoming eventually South Carolina
State University
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
name change to Lander College
with move to Greenwood, SC in 1904
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
