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Polytechnic Concern College, Oakland, Ca, On This Date, December 5, 1917

An advertisement for Polytechnic Business College of Oakland, CA was printed inwards The Carson City (Nevada) Daily Appeal on this engagement 1 hundred years ago, Dec 5, 1917.  The edifice ikon genuinely appears to hold out Polytechnic College of Engineering.  Both institutions were founded inwards 1898 as well as occupied buildings 1 block apart inwards Oakland.  The Polytechnic College of Engineering was located at 13th as well as Madison Streets, spell the Polytechnic Business College was on twelfth as well as Harrison Streets.  Willis E. Gibson as well as H.C. Ingram were listed equally owners of the institutions.
Five days later, The Daily Appeal equally good printed an advertisement for the Polytechnic College of Engineering, on Dec 10, 1917.
Advertisements amongst a brief description as well as 2 photographs of classrooms from the Polytechnic College of Engineering were included inwards the 1941 Polk's Guide to Oakland, constitute on the Oakland Wiki project.
Consider leaving a comment below if you lot know when these institutions unopen or tin indicate to other information virtually their history.

Commercial & Delineate Concern Colleges Inwards Nebraska, 1873-1950


The article yesteryear Oliver B. Pollak from Nebraska History, "Looking for 'Wide-Awake' Young People: Commercial Business Colleges inwards Nebraska, 1873-1950," is available equally a .pdf file.  The article includes a issue of images as well as the institutions mentioned include:   Aurora Business College, Boyles College (Omaha), Broken Bow Business College, Deshler Lutheran High School as well as Business College, Grand Island Business College, Great Western Business College (Omaha), Hastings Business College, Omaha Business College, Omaha Commercial College, Omaha Community College, Omaha School of Elocution, Van Sant School of Shorthand (Omaha), as well as York Business College as well as Normal School.

Helena Concern College 1884 Catalog

An 1884 catalog of the Helena Business College in addition to English linguistic communication Training School is available through the Montana Memory projection of the Montana Historical Society.  The establishment was founded inwards 1883.  The catalog includes data on the programs offered in addition to fees.  There is likewise a listing of students from the initial twelvemonth of operation.

Historical Sketch Of Lima (Oh) Trouble Organisation College

Mariane Dow has an interesting ship service on Lima Business College every mo business office of her Collecting Lima, Virtual Museum on the Ms. Dow Antiques blog.  The ship service includes a publish of images as well as a link to a college viewbook.  Dow likewise provides a historical sketch from the founding inwards 1890 yesteryear George Farnham to the early on 1920's.  


Aib College Of Concern Joins Alongside Academy Of Iowa

AIB College of Business in addition to the University of Iowa announced that AIB volition larn the Des Moines campus for the University of Iowa.  AIB was founded inward 1921 in addition to was known equally the American Institute of Business.  The establishment was reorganized equally a nonprofit inward 1941 in addition to moved from downtown Des Moines to the electrical current place inward 1972.

The Des Moines Register offers a lay out of historical images documenting AIB's history.


Soule Draw Organization College, Novel Orleans, La

The Old New Orleans spider web log offers a page of images highlighting Soule Business College.  The establishment was founded inward 1856 together with shut inward 1983.

The website of the Accounting Historians Journal has an interesting magazine article published inward 1976 [Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 8] on George Soulé written by Vahé Baladouni of University of New Orleans.

Academic files together with records are available through Tulane University's Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Special Collections.

Anderson Normal Academy (In)



Stephen T. Jackson authored a March 2012 article for The Herald Bulletin inward Anderson, IN on Anderson Normal University.  The establishment opened inward 1896 as well as unopen inward 1914.


Jackson's article includes a listing of faculty as well as too has notes on a couplet of other institutions founded inward the city.  The Anderson Business College was formed inward 1904 by the buy as well as consolidation of the Bliss Business University as well as the Anderson Business School. It was afterward operated every 2nd a branch of the Indiana Business College, right away Harrison College.


Another establishment was founded inward 1917 every 2nd the Anderson Bible Training School as well as changed its cite to Anderson College as well as Theological Seminary, as well as thence Anderson College as well as live Anderson University.

Video History Of Career Schools & Colleges


An interesting historical video covering the increase of career teaching is available on YouTube.  The video runs for only over vi minutes together with was produced for the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges together with Schools (ACICS).  ACICS accredits professional, technical together with occupational programs together with is recognized past times both the the U.S. of A. Department of Education together with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Wisconsin Job Organisation University


A Brief History of the Wisconsin Business University, La Crosse, Wisconsin is available every bit a .pdf file.  The author, Richard Rogers, completed the paper for a history seminar course.  Rogers reviewed paper archives, institutional publications, surveyed alumni, in addition to interviewed alumni, instructors, in addition to a graddaughter of the founder.  The establishment was founded past times Frank J. Toland in addition to operated from 1892-1941.  

The Toland identify unit of measurement operated institutions inward a expose of towns across the upper Midwest, including:  Fairmont, Mankato, in addition to Winona inward Minnesota, Mason City, Oelwein, in addition to Spencer inward Iowa, in addition to both Eau Claire in addition to La Crosse inward Wisconsin.
The Murphy Library of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers a digitized version of a 1902 prospectus for Toland's Business Universities.  The lxxx page document includes many photographs of onetime students alongside data on their positions inward businesses.  The prospectus too offers data on instruction methods in addition to courses of study.

Butler In Addition To Sawyer Schools (Ct)

William Weir writes inward the Hartford Courant most closures of Butler Business School inward Bridgeport, CT together with 2 campuses of Sawyers Schools located inward Hartford together with Hamden.

Linda Conner Lambeck's article for the Connecticut Post at ctpost.com, "Butler Business School closes, students stunned," focuses on the ship upon for students enrolled at Butler.
Butler Business School was founded every bit Brown's Business College inward 1900 together with was renamed Gutchess College 10 years later. In 1917, Ernest M. Butler, who had been associated amongst Butler Business School inward New Haven, purchased the school. Three generations of the Butler identify unit of measurement managed the schoolhouse until 1999, when it was sold to Academic Enterprises, Inc.

Ethyl M. Sawyer founded the Sawyer School inward 1916 amongst the offset Sawyer School located inward downtown Los Angeles, CA.  International Industries, Inc., acquired Sawyer inward 1967, together with created The Sawyer Schools as a subsidiary organization.  A branch campus inward Providence, RI began performance inward September 1969. Then inward 1975, Academic Enterprises, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, acquired The Sawyer School.  A main campus was thence established inward Pawtucket, RI together with inward 1990, The Pelham Educational Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Academic Enterprises, d/b/a The Sawyer School was formed every bit a Connecticut corporation.  The Hamden together with Hartford branches of Sawyer were opened inward 1994.

In Service To America: Aics At 75


In Service to America: Celebrating 165 Years of Career in addition to Professional Education.

Petrello focuses on the history of the Association of Independent Colleges in addition to Schools to coincide amongst the 75th anniversary activities of the organization.  The mass includes many interesting photographs, an appendix amongst institutional members of AICS recognized for 100 years or to a greater extent than of service, AICS officials over the years, in addition to private recipients of diverse AICS awards.  AICS consolidated amongst the National Association of Trade in addition to Technical Schools (NATTS) to shape the Career College Association (CCA) inwards 1991.  CCA in addition to thence made to a greater extent than or less other mention modify inwards 2010 in addition to is directly the Association of Private Sector Colleges in addition to Universities (APSCU).

In Service To America...165 Years Of Career & Professional Person Education

The history written past times George J. Petrello together with published inwards 1988.

 


Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Ikon Archive

The Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive offers belatedly 19th too early on 20th century images from the collections of Augustana College, Davenport Public Library, too the Musser Public Library inward Muscatine, IA.                  

Images of buildings too students are included for:  AugustanaCollege (IL), Brown’s Business College (Davenport too Muscatine, IA too Galesburg, IL), Davenport Business College (IA), Davenport College of Chiropractic (IA), Galesburg Cottage Hospital Schoolof Nursing (IL), Hedding College (Abingdon, IL), Lombard College (Galesburg, IL), MuscatineBusiness College (IA), too Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport, IA).


Jones' Commercial College (St. Louis, Mo)

The 1854 Circular in addition to Catalogue of Jones' Commercial College inwards St. Louis, MO is available through Google Books.  The establishment was incorporated inwards 1849 in addition to offered teaching inwards bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial calculations, in addition to penmanship.  A item emphasis inwards the publication is placed on the training of bookkeepers for the steamboat industry.

The tuition is listed every mo $30 for a total plan amongst an additional accuse for nighttime pupils of $1 to encompass the toll of gas for lighting.

Enrollments are provided for a 5 twelvemonth period:


       Year # of Book-keeping Students
1849 163
1850 191
1851 216
1852 250
1853 258


The names in addition to source of students enrolled inwards 1852 are likewise provided in addition to a summary is copied below:

St. Louis 75%
Outstate MO 10%
Illinois 7%
Iowa 2%
Kentucky 1%
Louisiana 1%
Massachusetts 0.4%
Mississippi 0.4%
Montana 0.4%
New York 0.4%
Ohio 1%
Tennessee 1%
Wisconsin 1%


Scholfield's Commercial College (Ri)


Scholfield's Commercial College was founded inward Providence, RI inward 1846.  The Providence Public Library posted an image.

The Harvard University Library Open Collections Program offers digital versions of  four catalogues: 3rd edition 1863, fifth edition 1864, seventh edition 1866, as well as the ninth edition from 1867.

The Early On Component Subdivision Museum

The Early Office Museum web site offers a page amongst images from diverse draw concern schools as well as colleges.

Images are available for the next institutions:

  • Albany Business College, Albany, NY
  • Behnke-Walker Business College, Portland, OR
  • Bliss Business College, Lewiston, Maine
  • Broken Bow [Business] College," Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Bryant, Stratton & Folsom Commercial College, Albany, NY
  • Bryant & Stratton Commercial School, Boston, MA 
  • Cedar Rapids Business College, Cedar Rapids, IA 
  • Dakota Business College, Fargo, ND 
  • Davenport Business College, Davenport, IA 
  • Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY 
  • Elyria Business College, Elyria, OH 
  • Gem City Business College, Quincy, IL 
  • Grand Island Business College, Grand Island, NE 
  • Haverhill Business College, Haverhill, MA 
  • Heald-Dixon College, Oakland, CA 
  • Holmes Business College, Portland, Oregon 
  • Metropolitan Business College, Chicago, IL 
  • Michigan Business as well as Normal College, Battle Creek, MI 
  • Pawtucket Business College, Pawtucket, RI 
  • Pleasant View Business College, Ottawa, IL 
  • Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee, WI 
  • Strayer's Business College 
  • Washington School for Secretaries, Washington, DC 
  • Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, WA 
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