Colorado Division of Private Occupational Schools

The Colorado Divison of Private Occupational Schools offers forms for requesting transcripts of closed institutions in the state. There is also a link to a .pdf of available records and whether the records are maintained by the DPOS or by the Colorado State Archives.

Western New England College (MA)

Western New England College in Springfield, MA will become Western New England University on July 1, 2011. A .pdf of the first history of the College, Western New England College: A Calling to Fulfill, is available for download. The author is Dr. Beaumont A. Herman President Emeritius. The book covers the period from the founding in 1919 as the Springfield Division of Northeastern College, through a name change to become Western New England College in 1951, and ends with 1980.

Lambuth University (TN)

Inside Higher Ed published an April 15, 2011 article covering the announcement that Lambuth University will be closing at the end of the current academic year. Founded as the Memphis Conference Female Institute in 1843, it later moved to Jackson, TN in 1928. The institution became co-ed and changed it's name to Lambuth College at the time of the move. A final name change to Lambuth University occurred in 1991.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal posted an article written by Richard Morgan highlighting a proposed acquisition of Lambuth University by the University of Memphis.

An earlier April 4th article also focused on survival efforts at the institution. Another February 25th article covers a temporary delay in the loss of accrediation that permits the institution to pursues alternatives.

Bishop College (TX)

The Bishop College alumni association maintains a web site at http://www.bishopcollegealumni.com/. A historically black college, the institution operated from 1881 to 1988. It was founded in Marshall, Texas and later moved to Dallas. The Bishop College article at Wikipedia offers more information.

St. John's College (Kansas)

The St. John's College operated in Winfield, Kansas from 1893 to 1986. The city of Winfield maintains the campus as Baden Square and has successfully repurposed a number of the building for other community activities. Alumni maintain a web site at http://www.stjohnsalumni.org/.

There is also an unofficial web site at www.chuvala.com/sjc/.

Miltonvale Wesleyan College (Kansas) #2

Several pictures of the Miltonvale Wesleyan campus as it appeared in May 2002 on a beautiful spring day. This was thirty years after the 1972 merger with Bartlesville Wesleyan College.

Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Kansas

Selected images from a few yearbooks [1915-25 and 1948] of Miltonvale Wesleyan College are available for viewing. The institution was founded by the Wesleyan Connection, later known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1909. The college merged with Bartlesville Wesleyan College, now Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 1972.