College History Garden

Alcorn State University will be celebrating its sesquicentennial in 2021. The institution was founded in 1871 on the campus of the former Oa...

The Education Corporation of America headquarter in Birmingham, AL  announced today that it will close more than 75 sites  that enroll rou...

Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi is celebrating the centennial of its founding in 1917 as Hinds County Agricultural High ...

I saw this short YouTube video over the weekend with campus images of Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs, Mississippi .  Th...

WCBI-TV of Columbus, MS posted an interesting short video by reporter Victoria Bailey with reflections on the history and important role...

Andrew Hazzard reports for The Dispatch on the tenth anniversary of the closing of Mary Holmes College .  The institution was founded in...

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education in the ...

This table below includes institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you note a need for changing or updating inform...

Lena Mitchell has an article from July 27, 2014 on the djournal.com web site covering the unveiling of a roadside marker commemorating ...

Pamela Foster posted a fascinating history of Mary Holmes S eminary at HBSCUStory .  The institution was founded in Jackson, MS in 1892 ...

Walter Howell, Clinton (MS) Historian, is providing three presentations this month on the history of Clinton and Mississippi College.   L...

I stumbled across a reference to James T. Dawson's hardcover history of John Wesley Beeson several days ago and am delighted to learn ...

Chickasaw Female College in Pontotoc, MS was initially founded as Pontotoc Female Academy in 1836.  The institution was later affiliated ...

Okolona Industrial School was founded in Okolona, MS in 1902 by Wallace A. Battle to provide normal and industrial education for African...

Alumni and friends of Gulf Park College for Women maintain a web site with links to a variety of resources for people interested in th...

Michael David Cohen comments on the Civil War and the impact on colleges for the New York Times .  South Carolina College (Columbia, SC)...

Gulf Park College was founded in 1919 and closed in 1971.  The institution was located in Long Beach, MS and was also known as Gulf Park ...

Five linked videos are available from YouTube to form a tour of the campus of the Clarke Memorial College.  The Baptist institution ope...

Sarah B. Gilliam posted several haunting images of Mississippi Industrial College on her blog in February 2012.  The institution operat...

The Mississippi State University Library offers a number of catalogs as part of their digital collection .  Those from institutions that ...