American Medical Missionary College (MI & IL)

The Loma Linda University Digital Archives includes a number of images related to the American Medical Missionary College (AMMC), Battle Creek, MI, a co-educational medical school affiliated with Seventh-day Adventists from 1895 to 1906 in both Battle Creek and Chicago, IL.  AMMC offered a four year curriculum and conferred 194 MD degrees.  It later merged with Illinois State University in 1910.  

The web site of the Willard Library in Battle Creek offers the following image of AMMC. 

The Seventh-day Adventists founded the College of Medical Evangelists, now Loma Linda University, in Loma Linda, California in 1906.

National Normal University (OH)

The Warren County Ohio GenWeb Project page offers a large number of images and other resources related to National Normal University.  The page includes links to a Roster of Alumni, Commencement Programs [from 1887, 1888, and 1890], and a Bulletin from 1910-11.

The Southwestern State Normal School was founded in Lebanon, OH in November, 1855.  The school acquired a building used by the Lebanon Academy.  The institution later used the name of Southwestern Normal School.  The name was changed to National Normal School in 1870 and National Normal University in 1881.  Alfred Holbrook served as President for 42 years, resigning in 1897.  The name was changed to Lebanon University in 1907 and closed in 1918, merging with Wilmington College in Wilmington, OH.  The main building was used by Lebanon High School from 1920-1930.  Alfred Holbrook College opened in 1933 before moving to Manchester, OH in 1934 and closing in 1941.

Underground Railroad & Eleutherian College (IN)

The friends of Historic Eleutherian College, Inc. posted a link to an interesting video clip on the abolition movement in Madison, Indiana and the role of people associated with the former Eleutherian College.  The video features Jae Breitweiser, President of Board of Directors for the Eleutherian College Museum and Jeannie Regan-Dinius, Coordinator for Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Franklin College in New Athens, OH

Franklin College in New Athens, OH was a successor of Alma College [1818-1825].  Franklin College operated for almost a century until 1921 and was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.  After closing, the institutional charter was transferred to Muskingum University in New Concord, OH.  A museum is housed on the former campus.

Old Franklin, The Eternal Touch:  A History of Franklin College, written by Erving E. Beauregard offers a fascinating and detailed view of the institution.  Beauregard documented the success of alumni in a variety of professions from the ministry to medicine to law.  With respect to education, he noted, "Franklin merits fame as the first college in Ohio to graduate a black.  It was the third coeducational college in Ohio to admit women.  Its total faculty of 196 included 62 females.  Its alumni were among the principal founders of four colleges--Muskingum, Geneva, Monmouth (Ill.), and Westminster (Pa.).  One alumnus founded Hardin Institute for Colored Youths at Allendale, South Carolina.  In addition to furnishing eight presidents to their alma mater, herself, Old Franklin graduated twenty-one persons who eventually headed these colleges:  Amity, Beverly, Cedarville, Curry of Pennsylvania, Highland, Hopedale (two presidents), Howard Female, Madison of Ohio (four presidents), Muskingum, Ohio Central (two presidents), Oskaloosa, Richmond of Ohio, Sharon, Westminster of Pennsylvania, Woodward, and the University of Washington."

Franklin College in Albany, OH

The Ohio Memory College includes the first catalog of Franklin College in Albany, Ohio.  The Meigs County Christian Cooperation purchased the Albany Manual Labor University that had previously been founded in 1851.  The institution was renamed Franklin College.  It later moved to Wilmington, Ohio in 1865 and was purchased by the Society of Friends to become Wilmington College.  The catalog includes information on institutional history, courses of study, and students.

Logansport, IN Colleges in the Late 1800's

The Cass County Historical Society offers a very nice video history of several institutions that operated in Logansport, IN in the late 1800's.  The video initially focuses on Smithson College [1872-1878] and the large impressive building constructed on a hill overlooking the town.  The site was vacant for a time before use by American Normal College from 1883-1888.  It was vacant again before the opening of Michael's Business College in 1895.  A fire destroyed the building within a year and Michael's closed. 

Valparaiso Male and Female College (IN)

A Porter County historical images page, part of the Indiana GenWeb Project, features over two dozen historical images of Valparaiso Male and Female College.  The institution was founded by the Methodist Church as the Valparaiso Male and Female College and operated between 1859 to 1871. The college was closed for approximately two years, reopening in 1873 as the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute. The name was changed to Valparaiso College in 1900 and it was rechartered in 1906 as Valparaiso University.  In 1925, the Lutheran University Association, an independent organization promoting higher education purchased the institution.