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| College Name | City | State | Start Date | End Date | Affiliation | Other Information | Source |
| Abilene Baptist College | Abilene | Texas | 1891 | Baptist | renamed Simmons College in 1891; Simmons University in 1925; and Hardin-Simmons University in 1934 | Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher
Education in the United States. 1996. Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| Add-Ran Jarvis College | Thorp Spring | Texas | 1896 | 1909 | Church of Christ | property sold to trustees of Thorp Spring Christian College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/kbt26.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Add-Ran Male and Female College | Thorp Spring | Texas | 1873 | 1896 | Disciples of Christ | founded by Addison and Randolph Clark; came under control of Disciples of Christ in 1889; moved to Waco in 1895 and name changed to Texas Christian University in 1902; fire led to move to Fort Worth in 1910 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/kbt26.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Alexander College | Jacksonville | Texas | 1854 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South | founded in 1854 as New Danville Masonic Female Academy near Kilgore; in 1873 moved into Kilgore as Alexander Institute; in 1875 became part of East Texas Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, South; moved to Jacksonville in 1894 to property of the Sunset Academy and operated under name of Alexander Collegiate Institute; began offer junior college curriculum in 1909; name changed to Lon Morris College in 1924 | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/LL/kbl15.html |
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| Alta Vista College | Burleson | Texas | 1885 | 1899 | founded in 1879 as Red Oak Academy; re-established as Alta Vista College in 1885; transferred to Presbyterian Church in 1893 and renamed Red Oak Academy | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | |
| Alta Vista College | Prairie View | Texas | 1876 | name change to Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College in 1889; to Prairie View University in 1945; to Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical College in 1947; to Prairie View A&M University in 1973 | Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. | ||
| Ambassador University | Big Sandy | Texas | 1947 | 1997 | |||
| Andrew Female College | Huntsville | Texas | 1852 | 1879 | Methodist | erected on site of present Huntsville High School; Named for Bishop James Osgood Andrew; after closure building moved to house school for black children | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/kball.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Annunciation College | Texas | Congregation of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament | founded for the education of Sisters, probably never enrolled lay students | Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. | |||
| Arlington College | Arlington | Texas | 1895 | private | founded by William M. Trimble and Lee M. Hammond, co-principals of Arlington Public Schools; the two men served as co-principals of the college until 1897; became Carlisle Military Institute in 1901, Arlington Training School in 1913, Grubbs Vocational College in 1917, North Texas Junior Agricultural, Mechanical and Industrial College in 1923, Arlington State College in 1949, and University of Texas at Arlington in 1967 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/ftr31.html Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
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| Bacon College | Texas | 1862 | www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Evans.htm | ||||
| Bay View College | Portland | Texas | 1893 | 1916 | Christian Church | founded by Alice and Thomas M. Clark, members of the family that established Texas Christian University (then called Add-Ran College) in Thorp Springs. The Clarks took over a vacant twenty-room hotel in Portland, built during a land boom that fizzled. During the first two years of operation students from the public school system in Portland attended the college, a move approved by the local school board to help the college get started. The state granted a charter in 1897 authorizing the school to grant degrees. As the institution grew, additional buildings were built–dormitories for boys and girls, a chapel, a gymnasium, and a number of utility buildings. In 1903 tuition and board were listed at fifteen dollars a month. At its peak the college had 164 boarding students enrolled from twenty-two Texas counties. Over 2,000 students went through the school in its twenty-three years of operation. The chapel was used by the community for church services and as a meeting place for community events. Enrollment declined as public schools in Texas began to fill educational needs. The school was closed after the storm of 1916 seriously damaged the college buildings | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/idc5.html |
| Bee County Junior College | Beeville | Texas | 1966 | public | name changed to Coastal Bend College after September 1998 | http://vct.coastalbend.edu | |
| Belle Plain College | Baird | Texas | 1881 | 1892 | Methodist | Established by the Northwest
Conference of the Methodist Church. John Day gave the new school ten acres of
land in Belle Plain. During its first year (1881-82) the college operated in
conjunction with the public school. F. W. Chatfield served as its first
president. After a state charter was granted to the institution in the spring
of 1882, Rev. J. T. L. Annis took over as president for two years. During his
administration enrollment reached 122. Other presidents at Belle Plain
College were John W. McIllhenny (1884-85), C. M. Virdel (1885-87), and I. M.
Onins (1887-92). Enrollment reached peak of 300 and students attended from throughout the region. College developed a superior course of study, with special strength in music. It had an orchestra and a brass band. A girl's dormitory was built soon after founding, and in 1885 a 3-story stone building was erected. School also had a military branch in town. Pupils wore blue and gray uniforms. After town lost both county seat and many citizens to Baird. By 1887 the trustees were unable to make mortgage payments. Judge I. M. Onins took over the school with its debts in 1887, after a successful school year, but the mortgage company foreclosed on the property in 1889. The company allowed the school to continue to operate until the president's death in 1892. |
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/kbb26.html |
| Bishop College | Marshall | Texas | 1881 | 1988 | American Baptist Home Mission Society | S.W. Culver served as president from 1881 to 1891; in 1925 began a two-year program for ministers; in 1929, elected Joespeh J. Rhoads as first black president; also in 1929 discontinued high school department and attained status as senior college from state; accredited by Souther Association of Colleges in 1948; moved Dallas in 1961; blacklisted by AAUP in 1970; initiated M.Ed. program in 1947; accreditation revoked by Southern Association of Colelges and Schools in 1986; facilities occupied by Paul Quinn College, originally from Waco | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/kbb11.html Egar, Emmanuel Edame. Development and Termination of Bishop College Between 1960 and 1988. Ph.D. dissertation. 1990. Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Blanco Masonic University | Blanco | Texas | not clear a program was offered, two teachers were employed for a time; in 1875 plans were drawn up for a building and the Texas legislature was petitioned; in 1883, resources were transferred to Blanco Masonic High School that continued to function until 1893; | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/kbb12.html | |||
| Blum Male and Female College | Newton | Texas | 1880 | 1905 | Chartered February 26, 1880, by 36 incorporators; named for Leon Blum, Galveston merchant, largest holder in $20,000 capital stock -- $5 per share. First directors were: R. J. Brailsford, H. J. Casey, W. W. Downs, W. A. Droddy, T. W. Ford, M. D. Hines; First president was Joseph Syler. Pupils ranged in age from 5 to 50 years; those under 12 met in downstairs of 2-story building; older pupils and adults met upstairs. Average enrollment per term was 100 resident and boarding pupils. Soon was called Burkeville School, and after expiration of College Charter on February 20, 1905, the building served that purpose until torn down in 1912. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | |
| Bosque College and Seminary | Bosque | Texas | 1858 | 1865 | It succeeded Bosque Academy and
also Waco Female Seminary which held its last term in 1856-57. The same
faculty and virtually the same board of trustees that had managed the Waco
seminary were involved in establishing the school which received its charter
on February 16, 1858. John C. Collier, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister who
had headed Bosque Academy in 1854 and taught at the Waco Female Seminary
during its last year, became president of the college. Among the trustees who
served both institutions were Herman Aiken, Noah T. Byars, George Bernard
Erath, and Amos Morrill. The prospectus for the female division announced an
annual session extending from September 1 to July 1, with the only break
being a one-week holiday at Christmas. The school would encompass primary and
preparatory departments, in addition to the "regular course"
(freshman through senior levels). Classes would include Latin, Greek, French,
Spanish, German, and Italian; music (melodeon and piano); drawing and
painting; and lessons in wax, fruit, flowers, and embroidery. Other studies
included algebra, trigonometry, chemistry, astronomy, rhetoric, logic,
political economy, and mental and moral philosophy. By 1858 Hebrew and the
guitar, violin, and flute had been added to the curriculum. Although the
school was nonsectarian, tuition was to be free for daughters of full-time
clergymen, or clergy of limited means. The school was the first coeducational college in McLennan County, though the male and female departments were originally located a mile apart. In 1860 Collier sold the Bosque Male College to the trustees but continued to teach and serve as president. The school prospered and had as many as 400 students in 1861, but the Civil War thinned its ranks: that year a company of 100 male students left to enlist, and in 1863 Collier resigned to become a scout in Ross's Brigade. In late 1863 or in 1864 Solomon G. O'Bryan took over as president of Bosque Male and Female College, a position he held for two years. (O'Bryan had taught in either the Bosque academy or the college while he was pastor of the First Baptist Church, Waco, in the 1850s.) The school, also was known as Bosqueville Male and Female College. |
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/kbbjk.html | |
| Buffalo Gap College | Buffalo Gap | Texas | 1885 | 1906 | Presbyterian | Founded 1885 by Presbyterian Church, institution previously operated as a high school. In peak year, over 300 pupils, many from distant places, attended. First president was W. H. White. College had greatest success under J. M. Wagstaff. Presidents later were J. W. Melton, R. W. Benge, E. W. Doran, J. N. Ellis, John Collier, J. B. Clay and (again) W. H. White. The two-story, red sandstone building had four classrooms on the first floor, an auditorium on the second, and a belfry. The curriculum included courses in Latin, Greek, Christian evidence, physics, calculus, and music. | www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Evans.htm http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/kbb19.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Burleson College | Greenville | Texas | 1895 | 1930 | Baptist | successor to Greenville College;
college initiated by Hunt County Baptist Association on October 1, 1894; The
following February Burleson College, named after Rufus C. Burleson, was
incorporated by the state of Texas as an educational institution with $50,000
in capital stock. The trustees met and elected S. J. Anderson, pastor of
First Baptist church in Greenville, president of the college on May 27, 1895.
Some of the land that was given to the college was sold to build and furnish
it. The institution took the faculty and pupils of Greenville College, which
had closed in April, and the eight seniors of that school became the first
graduating class of Burleson College in May. Ownership of Burleson College
property passed to the Hunt County Baptist Association in September. Since
the administration building was not completed by school time, Burleson
College was officially opened in September in the Central Public School
building. The five-acre college campus was located one mile from Greenville, and the three-story, brick administration building was completed in October 1895. A group of interested men organized the Dormitory Stock Company in 1895 and built a three-story, wooden dormitory building by early 1896. Anderson resigned the presidency on September 28, 1898, and sold the dormitory, which he had owned, in November 1899. This transaction left Burleson College without a dormitory until late 1900, when the college purchased the dorm from J. S. Hill. The Hunt Association decided to place the college under the Education Commission of the Baptist General Convention in December 1899. In June 1907 the trustees and the Baptist Educational Commission decided to make Burleson College a junior college. The three-story, brick girls' dormitory was completed in June 1916, and a similar boys' dormitory was completed by the fall semester of 1917. On April 8, 1925, the girls' dormitory was destroyed by fire, and a similar three-story building was completed by the fall semester of 1926. In 1929 Burleson College had 325 students and nineteen teachers. The college closed on December 5, 1930, due to debt and competition with tax-supported schools. |
www.rootsweb.com/~txhunt/h_e_burleson.txt http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/kbb20.html |
| Burnetta College | Venus | Texas | 1896 | 1909 | Disciples of Christ | named for Burnetta Barnes; four-story frame building was built with contributions of $500 by the citizens of Venus and a $5,000 gift from A. D. Leach, who became the school's first president; opened with 250 students on September 7, 1896; at its largest there were 350 day students, some boarders, and from eight to ten teachers; main building burned and was rebuilt, but the college was later abandoned, and the building became the property of the Venus public schools | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Butler College | Tyler | Texas | 1905 | 1972 | Baptist | coeducational school for blacks | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/kbb23.html |
| Calhoun College | Kingston | Texas | 1887 | 1893 | private, nondenominational, coeducational; began in what had been Kingston High School, a two-story wooden building owned and operated by J. L. Clemmons and J. C. Todd; in 1885 apparently began offering college-level instruction in addition to primary and secondary courses; two years later the school was renamed and chartered as Calhoun College; first president, T. S. Sligh, was succeeded in 1889 by T. S. Wallis until the school closed; no entrance requirements, offered work leading to the bachelor of arts degree with courses in six departments: primary, preparatory, teachers', music, elocution, and scientific; though the building could accommodate up to 400 students, the enrollment never seems to have reached that level; tuition ranged from one dollar to four dollars a month, depending on the level of instruction; changed ownership a number of times during its existence...at one time a Professor Booth, who "loved whiskey and drugs," operated Calhoun College and severely lowered its reputation; discontinued college-level instruction after 1893 and continued as a private primary and secondary school until sometime around 1900. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc1.html |
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| Carlton College | Bonham | Texas | 1865 | 1916 | Church of Christ (Disciples) | Formally chartered in 1881,
Carlton College began under the direction of Charles Carlton (1821-1902) as
the Bonham Female Institute. Carlton, a native of England and a Disciples of
Christ minister, had come to Bonham in 1867 to take charge of the institute,
which soon became a coeducational school known as Bonham Seminary. Carlton,
several of his children, and his second wife, Sallie, taught many of the
classes at his Bonham schools. In 1882, the first of several Carlton College
buildings was constructed in this block of East Tenth St. Carlton College
admitted all young men and women who demonstrated a sincere desire for
education. As the Carltons grew older, they decided to limit enrollment, and
the college became an all-female school in 1887. By the time of Carlton's
death in 1902, approximately 3600 pupils had attended his schools in Bonham.
Carlton College declined with the death of its founder and in 1914 was merged
with a school in Sherman to form Carr-Burdette College. When that institution
closed in 1916, the graduates of Carlton were adopted into the alumni
fellowship of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. |
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/idc5.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Carr-Burdette College | Sherman | Texas | 1893 | 1914 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | private junior college; Cummins gives closing date of 1929 | http://www.nctc.cc.tx.us/General_Information/Intropage.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Centenary College | Lampasas | Texas | 1883 | 1895 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South | Centenary College Preparatory
School, Lampasas' first coeducational college, was founded 1883 by the local
Methodist Episcopal Church, on the centennial of the organization of
Methodism in the United States. First president was The Rev. Marshall
McIlhaney, at a salary of $125 per month. Two 3-story buildings comprised the
plant. First-year enrollment was 174 and tuition was $25 per 5-month
semester; Christmas break lasted 1-1/2 days. In 1894 the property was sold
and classes moved to the vacant Park Hotel; when the hotel burned a year
later, the college closed. St. Dominic's Villa, a Catholic boarding academy
for girls of all faiths, opened in 1900 in the former Centenary College
buildings. Under the able, spirited direction of the Dominican Sisters, it
made progress for two decades. Its former students recalled their villa days
as ones of "girlhood happiness". Sister Mary Catherine, director,
and her dedicated staff developed an atmosphere of home-like contentment and
high scholastic standards. The college had two 5-month semesters; to gain
school days, Easter vacation was not observed. Peak enrollment of 70 was reached in the second year. Anti-Catholic activity of the "Ku Klux Klan" helped influence the villa to close, 1925. |
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc53.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Central College | Sulphur Springs | Texas | 1877 | 1894 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South | began as Sulphur Springs District Conference High School. In 1882, President Rev. J. W. Adkisson drafted a charter to reorganize the school as Central College. Control of the college was transferred to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The college departments included arts and sciences, primary, preparatory, commercial, and music. The school had two literary societies, Kappa Tau and Belles Lettres. Enrollment ranged from 150 to 200. In 1894 a Central College professor, H. P. Eastman, purchased the college and continued operation under a new charter. At that time the name was changed to Eastman College and Conservatory of Music and Art. The institution operated under Eastman's leadership until it was destroyed by fire in 1900. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc9.html Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Central Nazarene University | Hamlin | Texas | 1910 | 1929 | Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene | initially offered bachelors degrees; after 1918 only offered junior college curricula; merged with Bethany-Peniel College | http://snu.edu/?p={42F09E01-0937-423D-B1A9-18183A4B3A4A} |
| Central Plains College & Conservatory of Music | Plainview | Texas | 1907 | 1910 | www.snu.edu | ||
| Central Texas College | Blooming Grove | Texas | 1899 | 1912 | Methodist | In 1899, the Corsicana District of the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference established a college preparatory school. The following year, the University Training School opened at this site under the direction of the Rev. J. W. Adkisson, a respected Christian educator. In 1909, a junior college curriculum was added and the institution was renamed Central Texas College. The 15-acre campus included an ornate three-story Victorian main building. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Chapel Hill College | Daingerfield | Texas | 1852 | 1869 | Cumberland Presbyterian | Chartered 1850. Opened 1852 in brick building on land donated by Allen Urquhart, Republic of Texas surveyor. Founded by Marshall Presbytery of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to educate ministers. Also offered courses in medicine, law and liberal arts. Closed in 1869 for lack of students and funds. | http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/ChapHill.htm; http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/mcdonold/42-49.htm Blandin. History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Chapel Hill Male and Female College | Brenham | Texas | 1849? | 1856 | non-denominational | in 1854, state changed charter to allow trustees to transfer control; name changed to Soule University under influence of Texas Conference of Methodist Church | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/; www.southwestern.edu/about/history.html |
| Chappell Hill Female College | Chappell Hill | Texas | 1850 | 1912 | Methodist | Chappell Hill Male and Female Institute pioneered in higher learning in Texas. Under Methodist Church after 1854. Women's branch was chartered separately, 1856. Rebuilt after a fire in 1871; closed in 1912. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Cherokee Junior College | Cherokee | Texas | 1911 | 1918 | Methodist Episcopal South | housed in building that was previously used by West Texas Normal and Business College; after 1918, the building was purchased and used as a public school until it burned in 1945 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbcts.html |
| Christian College & Business Institute | Lingleville | Texas | 1903 | 1909 | Church of Christ | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |
| Christian College of the Southwest | Mesquite | Texas | 1962 | 1971 | Church of Christ | founded as Garland Christian College; closed due to financial difficulties and campus was acquired by Abilene Christian College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc19.html Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Christopher College of Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Texas | 1958 | 1968 | Sisters of Incarnate Word | junior college; successor to Mary Immaculate College; name changed in 1965 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/iwc1.html www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc20.html |
| Clebarro College | Cleburne | Texas | 1909 | 1917 | Church of Christ | Young, M. Norvel. A History of Colleges
Established and Controlled by Members of the Churches of Christ. 1949. www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/idc2.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
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| Cleveland College | Parker County | Texas | 1885 | later called The Training School. Granbury College later moved into the building and became Weatherford College | www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/edu/ | ||
| Clifton College | Clifton | Texas | 1896 | 1954 | Norwegian Lutheran | located on land donated by N.J. Nelson and T.T. Hogvold. Opened as a high school. Under the direction of Dr. Carl Tyssen, president, college courses first offered in 1922; accredited as junior college in 1924; high school discontinued in 1938; Solberg states it was absorbed by Texas Lutheran College | Solberg. Lutheran Higher
Education in North America. 1985. http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Cofer Bible College | Krum | Texas | 1909 | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |||
| Cold Springs Collegiate Institute | Cold Springs | Texas | 1852 | Blandin. The History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. | |||
| Colegio Jacinto Trevino | Mercedes | Texas | 1970 | The Mexican American Youth
Organizationqv voted unanimously at a statewide meeting during the Christmas
holidays of 1969-70 to found Colegio Jacinto Treviño. The mission of the
college was to "to develop a Chicano with conscience and skills, [to give]
the barrios a global view, [and] to provide positive answers to racism,
exploitation, and oppression." A core planning group of fifteen set the
initial goal-a bilingual, bicultural program to train teachers of Hispanic
children. Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, agreed to lend its name
to the development of a degree in education through its University Without
Walls graduate program. In partial fulfillment of master's degrees in
education from Antioch, fifteen students agreed to develop an undergraduate
training program for teachers. The group was instructed by an adjunct
volunteer faculty of university professors and others and supervised by a
full-time Ed.D. Colegio Jacinto Treviño received small grants from the
federal government, churches, and foundations. Income and expenses were
shared among the graduate students. Enrollment ranged from fifteen to fifty
students of high school and undergraduate age. Difficulties arose in the structure and governance of the college, criteria for selection of students and requirements for degrees. It was unclear how the school was to provide the broadest possible educational opportunities, compensate for past neglect, and also secure recognition of the school's degree. In addition to developing a teaching curriculum, the group proposed to provide a center of cultural dialogue encompassing a college press, a clearinghouse of information, and a distribution service for books in Spanish unavailable elsewhere in the country. To this end, members visited student groups and publishing houses in Mexico City. The first venture was to be a deluxe volume of art and poetry, "Semillas de liberación" ("Seeds of Liberation"). The college was managed by consensus, policy being set by a board of directors that met quarterly. The board's internal dynamics were political, intense, and eventually polarized in two identifiable camps. By the summer of 1971 irreducible tension resulted in the pulling away of one camp (some of whose members established another Hispanic center, Juarez-Lincoln University). Internal pressures were compounded by organized external efforts to close the college. Colegio Jacinto Treviño was closed in the mid-1970s. |
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/kbc51.html | ||
| College of Marshall | Marshall | Texas | 1912 | Baptist | name changed to East Texas Baptist College in 1944 and to East Texas Baptist University in 1984 | www.cets.sfasu.edu/Harrison/history.htm Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996. Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| College of Our Savior | Texas | Franciscans of Mary Immaculate | founded for the education of Sisters, probably never enrolled lay students | Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. | |||
| Colorado College | Columbus | Texas | 1857 | Lutheran Synod of West Virginia | established by John J. Scherer, who later became president of Marion College in Virginia; Hermann Emil Mathias Jordt and Daniel Draub, both of whom had been associated with Hermann University for some years, were among the original 25 trustees of Colorado College. John J. Scherer replaced his half-brother, Gideon, as pastor of the local Lutheran church in early 1858. | Solberg. Lutheran Higher
Education in North America. 1985. http://www.columbustexas.net/library/history/footnote/part5-38.htm |
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| Columbia College | Van Alstyne | Texas | 1889 | 1906 | An association composed of merchants and landowners from the Van Alstyne area saw the need for quality education and established Columbia College. The school served all grades through college level, emphasizing vocational training as well as the arts and sciences. The institution was housed in a three-story frame structure on this four-acre fenced site. There were 40 students in the first class and the enrollment increased to 578 by the 1893-1894 school year. Students from a large section of North Texas studied at this coeducational facility. Howell Lake Piner (1858-1935) served from 1890-1895 as the school's first president. He was born in Kentucky, reared in Honey Grove, Texas, and received his education at Vanderbilt University. After selling his interest in Grayson College, Whitewright, Texas, Piner came to Columbia and skillfully directed the development of the institution. As the area grew, Van Alstyne residents recognized the need for a community high school. Columbia College became part of the Van Alstyne Public School System in 1906. The college building continued to serve the schools until 1915 when it was destroyed by fire. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | |
| Concrete College | Cuero | Texas | 1865 | 1881 | One of most respected schools in Texas in its day. Founded by the Rev. John Van Epps Covey (1821-1898), noted educator and minister. Embraced primary through collegiate levels, accepting only students over 12 years old for college work. Broad course offerings included classical and modern languages, penmanship, music (piano, guitar, violin, flute), plus homemaking and etiquette for girls. A well-attended business school taught bookkeeping, banking, commercial law, and letter-writing. Enrollment, including boarding and day students, averaged 100; peaked at 250 in 1873. On weekdays pupils rose at 5 a.m., took a brisk walk before breakfast, heard devotional services, and went to classes. Nights were reserved for study and discussion, with "lights out" at 9 p.m. Gambling, liquor, smoking, and profanity were strictly forbidden. Students wrote their lessons on slates, as paper was expensive, then recited them to the instructor. June graduation was the ceremonious occasion of public speeches and oral examinations. In 1881 the college closed after epidemics broke out and the railroad bypassed town of Concrete. Years later rock walls of main building were crushed and used to surface roads. Only rubble marks site today. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | |
| Crowell College | Crowell | Texas | http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10 | ||||
| Cumberland College | Leonard | Texas | 1911 | 1918 | Cumberland Presbyterian | coeducational institution. J. W. Pearson was first temporary president; campus included a three-story, twelve-room brick classroom building and a two-story, thirteen-room dormitory for women; opened with thirty-four students; DeCosta Howard Dodson, president and professor of mathematics in first year; enrollment for the 1912-13 school year was twenty-two; in 1914-15 W. J. Jackey became the president, and the following year W. A. Boone, took over. In 1914 the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly provided ministerial aid funds for Cumberland College with financial problems plagueing the institution from the beginning; in 1911 the Texas Synod formulated plans to obtain funding through donations, and the trustees of the synod were granted a loan of $6,000. The loan and outside donations enabled the synod to purchase the college; on December 28, 1917, at a meeting of the Texas Synod, the board of trustees of Cumberland College recommended that the school be closed on January 8, 1918, and the property be sold. The campus was sold to the city of Leonard, and the classroom building became Leonard High School. This building and the women's dormitory were subsequently demolished. The site is now the location of the Leonard public schools. | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc48.html |
| Cy-Fair College | Cyprus | Texas | 2003 | public | name change to Lone Star College-CyFair in 2008; one of five colleges that comprised the North Harris Montgomery Community College District and now operate as the Lone Star College System | http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/29618/ | |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Texas | 1878 | 1881 | Baptist | possibly a successor to Dallas Male and Female College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/kbd3.html |
| Dallas Female College | Dallas | Texas | Methodist Episcopal South | Don W. Holter. Fire on the Prairie: Methodism in the History of Kansas. 1969. | |||
| Daniel Baker College | Brownwood | Texas | 1888 | 1953 | Presbyterian | founded by B.T. McClelland; became Episcopal College of the Southwest in 1950; merged with Howard Payne University in Brownwood in 1953 | www.hputx.edu/hpuhome/index.html Hunt and Carper, eds. Religious Higher Education in the United States. 1996. Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Decatur Baptist College | Decatur | Texas | 1891 | Baptist | Closely linked to Northwest Baptist College, which operated from 1891 to 1897, Decatur Baptist College opened its doors in 1898. The college was the result of an effort by Texas Baptist leaders to consolidate all Texas Baptist Schools under the direction of Baylor University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The college, which initially served primary and secondary school students in addition to the junior college program, had an enrollment of 105 in the fall of 1898. J. L. Ward, president of the college from 1900 to 1907 and 1914 to 1950, was most influential in the development and expansion of the college. By 1959 the school offered courses in religion, fine arts, business, languages, and vocational training. Increasing financial challenges and decreasing enrollment led the college to accept an invitation to move to Dallas. The school's name was changed to Dallas Baptist College in February 1965; its first classes were held that fall, with an enrollment of 941. The college became a four-year institution in 1968. Renamed Dallas Baptist University in 1985. | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/kdb1.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
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| Dominican College | Houston | Texas | 1945 | 1975 | Dominican Sisters | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/iwc1.html Schier and Russett. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002. |
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| East Texas Normal College | Cooper | Texas | 1889 | moved to Commerce, TX in 1894; name change to East Texas State Normal College in 1917; to East Texas State Teachers College in 1923; to East Texas State College in 1957; to East Texas State University in 1965; to Texas A&M-Commerce in 1996 | Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. | ||
| Eastern Texas Female College | Tyler | Texas | 1857 | 1865 | Baptist | Fannin and Charnwood streets; originally the female department of Tyler University, which was founded in 1853 by the Cherokee Baptist Association, and was under the direction of G. C. Baggerly and his wife in 1855; two years later fire destroyed the main building, and only the women's classes were conducted that year. The female department was renamed Eastern Texas Female College and also known as Tyler Female Seminary; it was one of two Baptist female seminaries in Smith County. The college consisted of a sizable two-room frame building for regular classes and a separate large building in the schoolyard for music lessons and practice. J. T. Hand became president in 1860, when the enrollment reached eighty-seven. unsuccessful attempt was made in 1861 to transfer the school to the Eastern Baptist Convention. Heavy debts and poor enrollment caused the college to operate at a loss. A fire destroyed much of the facility in 1862, and Hand conducted classes in his home for over two years. In 1865 the regents leased the building and equipment to Hand, who continued to operate the school as Charnwood Institute. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/EE/kbe4.html |
| Eastman College | Sulphur Springs | Texas | 1894 | 1900 | see entry for Central College | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc9.html | |
| Edinburg College | Edinburgh | Texas | 1927 | established as Edinburg Junior College, Edinburg Regional College in 1948, Pan American College in 1951, state control I 1965 and then in 1989 became Univ of Texas-Pan American | www.panam.edu/about/brief-history.html Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
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| El Paso Christian College | El Paso | Texas | records located at Dallas Christian College | http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/uhri/certauthhist.cfm | |||
| El Paso Junior College | El Paso | Texas | 1920 | first municipal junior college in Texas; absorbed by College of Mines and Metallurgy, a branch of University of Texas in 1927; later became University of Texas-El Paso | http://www.nctc.cc.tx.us/General_Information/Intropage.html | ||
| Emerson College | Campbell | Texas | 1903 | 1906 | named for Ralph Waldo Emerson; opened in facilities of Henry College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/kbh4.html www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/hlc4.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
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| Evangelical Lutheran College | Brenham | Texas | 1891 | 1912 | Texas Synod, Lutheran | affiliated with Iowa Synod in 1896; in 1912 moved to Seguin, TX as Lutheran College of Seguin, predecessor to Texas Lutheran University | Solberg. Lutheran Higher
Education in North America. 1985. http://www.texas-settlement.org/markers/guadalupe/61.html |
| Evangelical Lutheran College | Rutersville | Texas | 1870 | 1878 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod | The Online Handbook states buildings were bought for $600 in 1870 and Rev. H. Mertz became supervisor and instructor. The institution met with small success and in 1878 was forced to close. Another Evangelical Lutheran College was a predecessor of Texas Lutheran College. The Atlas states Synod bought an existing campus at Rutersville in 1872 and operated her German-American College there until 1881 with Pastor H. Merz as president. In 1891 the Synod acquired a school plant on this site and established her Evangelical Lutheran College here. The courses were preparatory, commercial, teacher training, and classical. A dormitory for boys stood at Pecan and Clinton. Successive administrators were Pastors G. Langner, O. Hartmann, J. H. Romberg, E. Gerfen, F. Zimmermann. Synod closed the college in 1906, then founded an Evangelical Lutheran Pro-seminar on this campus to specialize in training students for entrance to a theological seminary. Launched Sept. 18, 1906, it prospered for six years under leadership of Pastor C. Weeber. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/EE/kbe9.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Evangelical Theological Seminary | Dallas | Texas | 1924 | name changed to Dallas Theological Seminary in 1936 | www.tsha.utex.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/kbd5.html | ||
| Ewing Collge | La Grange | Texas | 1848 | 1850's | Cumberland Presbyterian | The Handbook of Texas
Online; http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/mcdonold/42-49.htm |
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| Fairemont Female Seminary | Weatherford | Texas | The Handbook of Texas Online | ||||
| Fairfield Female College | Fairfield | Texas | Opened in 1859 with Dr. Henry Lee Graves as president. Chartered February 8, 1860. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | |||
| Fort Worth Christian College | Fort Worth | Texas | 1956 | 1971 | Church of Christ | campus acquired by Abilene Christian College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/kbf5.html Songe, Alice H. American Colleges and Universities: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Fort Worth University | Fort Worth | Texas | 1881 | 1911 | Methodist Episcopal Church | founded as Texas Wesleyan College; renamed FWU in 1889; school of law started in 1893 and school of medicine in 1894; presidents included A.A. Johnson, P.M. White, Oscar L. Fisher after 1891; merged with Methodist Episcopal University at Oklahoma City | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/kbf6.html Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Fredericksburg College | Fredericksburg | Texas | 1876 | 1884 | German Methodist Church | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/kbf9.html | |
| Gail Business College | Abilene | Texas | www.ladytexian.com/txtaylor/memory/postcards2.htm | ||||
| Gainesville Junior College | Gainesville | Texas | 1924 | founded as municipal junior college; became North Central Texas College | http://www.nctc.cc.tx.us/General_Information/Intropage.html | ||
| Galveston Medical College | Galveston | Texas | 1865 | 1873 | first medical school in Texas; associated with Soule University; when closed, G.S. Dowell and others founded Texas Medical College | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/daybyday/07-17-004.html | |
| Galveston University | Galveston | Texas | 1840 | 1844 | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg5.html | ||
| Garland Christian College | Mesquite | Texas | 1962 | Churches of Christ | name changed to Christian College of the Southwest in 1963 | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/kbc19.html | |
| Girls' Industrial College | Denton | Texas | 1901 | state supported | became College of Industrial Arts in 1905, Texas State College for Women in 1935 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. | |
| Gladstone College | Celeste | Texas | successor to Perrin School founded in 1890; operated briefly as Gladstone College and later as Hawthorne College; by 1899 was a college prep called Elmwood Institute | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/kbe7.html | |||
| Goodnight College | Goodnight | Texas | 1898 | 1917 | Baptist | Founded by first permanent Texas Panhandle ranchers, Col. and Mrs. Charles Goodnight. With 20 students, classes began in the Methodist church while donors' funds were being used to erect 3-story administration building, two dormitories, and dining hall. Enrolment grew to 200; school had good athletic program. College in 1905 became a Baptist-supported academy; a junior college, 1913. Presidents were: Dr. Marshall McIlhaney, C. H. Webb, the Rev. J. P. Reynolds, Dr. D. T. Sutherland, the Rev. A. H. Thornton, E. B. Moore, and R. B. Morgan. In World War I era the useful pioneer school closed. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Granbury College | Parker County | Texas | 1873 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South | W.P. Wilson first principal, followed by E.P. Williams | www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/edu/ Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
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| Grayson College | Whitewright | Texas | 1887 | 1912 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg16.html | ||
| Greenville College | Greenville | Texas | 1895 | www.rootsweb.com/~txhunt/h_e_burleson.txt | |||
| Grubbs Vocational College | Arlington | Texas | 1917 | state supported | founded on property of what had been Arlington College and a series of other private institutions; a junior college with a high school department that operated as a branch of Texas A&M; renamed North Texas Junior Agricultural College in 1923 and later North Texas Agricultural College; in 1949 name changed to Arlington State College and then after transfer to the University of Texas System in 1965, it was renamed the University of Texas at Arlington in 1967 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/UU/kcu8.html Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
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| Guadalupe College | Gonzales | Texas | 1841 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg17.html | |||
| Guadalupe College | Guadalupe City | Texas | 1848 | 1849 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg18.html | ||
| Guadalupe College | Seguin | Texas | 1887 | 1936 | Guadalupe Baptist Association | co-educational boarding school with preparatory, collegiate, normal, theological and industrial departments; J.H. Garnett was first president | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg19.html Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Gulf Coast Bible College | Houston | Texas | moved to Oklahoma City in 1985 and changed name to Mid-America Bible College | http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/uhri/certauthhist.cfm | |||
| Gulf Coast University of Industrial Arts | College Port | Texas | 1908 | Jonathan Edward Pierce and Abel Brown Pierce hired land developer Burton D. Hurd to sell off 9,000 acres of their ranch lands in 1908. The agreement with Hurd called for the development of a town that would include a college and a port on Trespalacios Bay. Advertising the venture in newspapers of northern states, Hurd promoted the area's mild climate and promising farming opportunities. A number of families relocated to Collegeport to purchase land, establish farms, and build new homes. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | ||
| Gunter Bible College | Gunter | Texas | 1903 | 1928 | Church of Christ (Disciples) | Junior college that opened with thre teachers and nine students and later reached twelve teachers and 190 students. Nimrod L. Clark was the first president, serving nine years. Alfred Ellmore served from 1912 t0 1922 and was succeeded by John R. Freeman. The college moved to Littlefield in 1928 before closing in 1930. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/kbg22.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Hawthorne College | Celeste | Texas | successor to Perrin School founded in 1890; operated briefly as Gladstone College and later as Hawthorne College; by 1899 was a college prep called Elmwood Institute | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/kbe7.html | |||
| Henderson Female College | Henderson | Texas | 1856 | Blandin. The History of Higher Education of Women in the South. 1909. | |||
| Henry College | Campbell | Texas | 1892 | 1901 | founded by Henry Bridges and Henry Eastman; in 1903 under new ownership opened as Emerson College | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/kbh4.html http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
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| Hereford Christian College | Hereford | Texas | 1902 | 1903 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Opened as co-educational public school in newly-built, 3-story main building. By 1903, college was transferred to Christian Church for needed financial support. Renamed Add-Ran College. The next year, name changed to Panhandle Christian College. Name reverted to Hereford Christian College during the last three years. College was forced to close in 1912. Housed Hereford High School, 1915-26. | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/kch6.html Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Hill College | Hillsboro | Texas | 1923 | 1950 | public | originally Hillsboro Junior College, operated as extension of Hillsboro High School | http://www.nctc.cc.tx.us/General_Information/Intropage.html |
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| Holy Trinity College | Dallas | Texas | 1905 | 1929 | Vincentian Fathers | chartered as University of Dallas after 1910; charter dormant after 1929 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/UU/kbu2.html Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
| Houston College for Negroes | Houston | Texas | 1927 | 1947 | later Texas State University for Negroes, now Texas Southern University since 1947 | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/ket27.html Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories. 2003. |
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| Houston International University | Houston | Texas | 1970 | 1990 | "a university without walls," was established Hispanic International University, to provide alternative postsecondary education for Mexican Americans. Leonel Castillo, Ben Reyes, and Hector García, were among the founders. Robert Navarro was the first president. Later, Castillo and May N. Paulissen also served as president. In its first several years HIU offered only a small number of seminars. In 1974 it gained admission to the Union for Experimental Colleges and Universities which gave it the authority to grant B.A. and B.S. degrees in social work and public administration. The union expressed concern that only 13 percent of HIU students were Mexican American and that the school had moved away from the Mexican-American section of the city. Enrollment in HIU progressed at a slow rate, and official reports noted that between 1970 and 1977 it awarded only a small number of degrees. Between 1978 and 1982 the graduation rate was reported at between ten and twenty-six per year. In 1983 the school changed its name to Houston International University and began to focus on older-than-average working adults. In 1985 HIU ended its affiliation with UECU, leaving it without legal authority to grant degrees in the state. In 1986 it enrolled 400 students, mostly in English-improvement classes. In April 1987 HIU was certified by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for a two-year period on the condition that it build its faculty, improve library services, and seek accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/HH/kch18.html | |
| Houston Junior College | Houston | Texas | 1927 | University of Houston after 1934 | Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. | ||
| Jefferson College | Jefferson | Texas | http://txgenes.com/TxMarion/HistoricalMarkersG-L.html | ||||
| Juarez-Lincoln University | Austin | Texas | 1971 | 1979 | emerged from a 1969 state
conference of the Mexican American Youth Organization. Shortly after the
conference, Jacinto Treviño College was established in Mercedes. Leonard
Mestas of Denver and André Guerrero served as codirectors. Political
differences led to a division in 1971, and Guerrero and Mestas left to form
their own school, Juárez-Lincoln. During the first year the school operated in Fort Worth, but in 1972 it was moved to Austin. The offices were initially located at St. Edward's University. In 1975, when enrollment increased to nearly 200, the school moved to its own campus at 715 East First Street. Juárez-Lincoln became an affiliate of the Antioch Graduate School of Education in Ohio. Until 1975 the school was known as Juárez-Lincoln Center, but with the addition of a bachelor of arts program to its master of education program, it changed its name to Juárez-Lincoln University. The institution had three programs: the master of education program, as part of the Antioch Graduate School of Education; the bachelor of arts program, in conjunction with Antioch College; and the National Farmworker Information Clearinghouse, a national resource center collecting data on migrant farm workers and migrant programs. Juárez-Lincoln's curricula emphasized the bilingual and bicultural environment and the school followed the "university-without-walls" model, in which students designed their own projects with the assistance of faculty advisors. Closed in 1979, when Antioch University withdrew its support. The building was demolished in 1983. |
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| Kidd-Key College | Sherman | Texas | 1866 | 1935 | Methodist Episcopal Church | J.C. Parks was first president and served 12 years. He was succeeded by J.R. Cole in 1878, W.C. Parham in 1880, E.D. Pitts in 1881, and J.M. Onins in 1883. Initally was non-denominational and became North Texas Female College in 1874. The institution closed for one year in 1886. Reopened with Mrs. Lucy Ann Kidd-Key as president and she served from from 1888-1916. Renamed Kidd-Key College in 1919 in her memory. | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/ http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us Lane, J.J. History of Education in Texas. 1903. |
| Kingwood College | Kingwood | Texas | 1984 | public | founded as East Campus of what had been known as the Union Junior College District; name change to Lone Star College-Kingwood in 2008; one of five colleges that comprised the North Harris Montgomery Community College District and now operate as the Lone Star College System | http://kingwood.lonestar.edu/19044/ | |
| Lagarto College | Lagarto | Texas | 1884 | 1895 | http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us | ||
| Lampasas College | Lampasas | Texas | 1879 | 1885 | Church of Christ (Disciples) | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
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| Larissa College | Larissa | Texas | 1855 | 1866 | Cumberland Presbyterian | A prominent school before the Civil War. Established in a log hut in 1848. Placed under the control of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1855. Chartered February 2, 1856. With splendid equipment, Larissa offered the strongest science work of the day in Texas. Dr. F. L. Yoakum, President, 1855-1866. | The Handbook of Texas
Online; http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/schools/Texas.htm; http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/mcdonold/42-49.htm http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |
| Liberty Bible College | Waco | Texas | http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/uhri/certauthhist.cfm | ||||
| Liberty Normal & Business College | Liberty Hill | Texas | 1885 | 1910 | a nonsectarian institution; the legislature chartered the school and granted it the credentials formerly issued to the defunct Oak Grove College; E. M. Coleman was the first president and there were four teachers and 166 students by 1892. The curriculum around 1900 included humanities and science courses, as well as telegraphy, music, and commercial training. The buildings were turned over to the public school system after closure. | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/kbl11.html | |
| Lingleville Christian College | Lingleville | Texas | 1901 | 1909 | Church of Christ | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook | |
| Littlefield College | Littlefield | Texas | 1916 | 1918 | Church of Christ | Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. | |
| Lockney Christian College | Lockney | Texas | 1894 | 1918 | Church of Christ | established by Chrles Walker Smith and St. Clair W. Smith, two evangelists. A frame building was built and the school opened with 16 students. George Henry Pryor Showalter became president in 1897. In 1899 enrollment reached 425. In 1902 Showalter resigned and helped St. Clair W. Smith establish another school in Bethel, NM. In 1902 the Lockney was purchased by W.O. Hines, Arthur S. Kennamer and N.L. Clark and the name was changed to Lockney College and Bible School. In 1904 Nimrod Lafayette Clark who had succeeded Showalter resigned to become president of Gunter Bible College. Showalter returned and restored the name of Lockney Christian College. He left in 1906 to become president of Sabinal Christian College. The college expanded to a four year curriculum during the presidency of James A. Sisco. James L. German, Jr. served as president from 1909-1911. John Cheatham was president 1911-1912, T.W. Croom 1913 and William F. Ledlow was the last president from 1914-1918. | www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/history/flyd/LOCKNEY%20CHRISTIAN%20COLLEGE.cfm Cummins, D. Duane. The Disciples Colleges: A History. 1987. |
| Loretto College | El Paso | Texas | 1923 | Sisters of Loretto | founded as academy in 1879 in San Elizario, TX; moved to El Paso in 1892; incorporated as college in 1923; continues to operate as an academy | http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/LL/kbl23.html | |
| Mansfield Male and Female College | Mansfield | Texas | 1870 | 1887 | founded by John C. Collier, a
college president and Presbyterian minister. The site was donated by
cofounder Julian Feild. The state legislature incorporated the college on May
2, 1871, and empowered it to confer degrees in arts and sciences. Classes met
in two small buildings when the first session opened in 1870. A two-story
frame building from Fort Belknap, dismantled and rebuilt on the college site,
was used for classes, church services, and lodging. The cornerstone for a
second two-story building was laid on June 24, 1875. In 1877 Collier built a
two-story brick and frame house on the west side of the school grounds for
his family. Five small rooms on the second floor served as dormitory rooms
for the female teachers and students. The house still stands and was
designated a state historic landmark in 1984. Offered instruction from the primary grades through the postsecondary level. Teachers included Smith Ragsdaleqv as professor of mathematics and Collier as professor of languages and literature. Promminent alums included John H. Stephens and Oscar W. Gillespie, who both served in the United States Congress. After closure, the main building burned in 1889 and the prop | ||