Atchison County Universities
Institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names.
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| 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 |