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Atchison County Universities

Institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names. 

 

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College Name City State Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Atchison Institute Atchison Kansas 1870 1884   Conard, Erik Paul.  A History of Kansas' Closed Colleges.  Ph.D. dissertation, 1970.
Midland College   Atchison Kansas 1887 1919 General Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church later Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska (1919-1962) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/1044.html#105304
Conard, Erik Paul.  A History of Kansas' Closed Colleges.  Ph.D. dissertation, 1970.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/m/midland_college.html
Solberg. 
Lutheran Higher Education in North America.  1985.
Mount Saint Scholastica College Atchison Kansas 1924 1971 Benedictine Sisters merged with St. Benedict's College to form Benedictine College http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/1044.html#105304
Schier and Russett.  Catholic Women's Colleges in America.  2002.
Roger Williams University Atchison Kansas 1860     chartered in one county, never opened; sometimes noted as predecessor of Ottawa University Conard, Erik Paul.  A History of Kansas' Closed Colleges.  Ph.D. dissertation, 1970.
Brenner, Morgan G. 
The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Saint Benedict's College Atchison Kansas 1858 1971   merged with Mount St. Scholastica College to form Benedictine College http://www.benedictine.edu/
Western Theological Seminary Atchison Kansas 1893     later located in Fremont, Nebraska (1919-1949) http://www.mlc.edu/midlandlutheran.aspx?pgID=1157