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Development Planned For Site Of One-Time Leland College


An article past times Olivia McClure inward The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana focuses on efforts to convey novel life to site of the old Leland College inward Louisiana that shut inward 1960 subsequently 110 years of service to the percentage grooming pastors too teachers. The endeavor underscores the emotional purpose institutions play inward the lives of people they serve too how their sites are oftentimes sacred places that people experience compelled to preserve.

 An before ship service from final twelvemonth highlighted an endeavor to opened upward a museum devoted to Leland College too includes to a greater extent than historical information nigh the institution.  

University Of Louisiana At Monroe History Featured

The history of the University of Louisiana at Monroe is featured inwards a five-minute video segment from KNOE-TV that aired Jan 29, 2015.  The video features an seat out of interesting historical photographs as well as highlights half dozen advert changes for the establishment next the founding inwards 1931 equally Ouachita Parish Junior College.


Catholic Higher Didactics Inwards The American South, 1830-1930

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education inwards the American South:  Essays on Sources in addition to Context, is available for those interested inwards the history of southern colleges.  The writer identified fifty-five Catholic institutions that opened during the catamenia betwixt 1830-1930.  Ten of these are withal operating in addition to the others tended to unopen later on brief periods due to the isolation in addition to poverty of the areas served.

 Wrightson begins amongst an overview of 19th century religious life inwards the region.  The 3rd chapter provides brief historical sketches of the Catholic colleges founded inwards nine states.  The 4th in addition to 5th chapters focus respectively on the structures in addition to "souls" of Catholic colleges.  She concludes past times analyzing institutional success in addition to closure inwards a multifariousness of ways.  Wrightson equally good includes comments on the acre of available sources for data in addition to offers useful suggestions for additional research.
Louisiana Colleges That Convey Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

Louisiana Colleges That Convey Closed, Merged, Or Changed Names

This tabular array below includes institutions that convey closed, merged, or changed their names.  If you lot banknote a request for changing or updating information, delight notify ray01brown@gmail.com or function out a comment below.

An index amongst links to course of teaching pages for other states in addition to countries is available.

There is a College History Garden Facebook grouping or you lot tin halt persuasion and follow multiple boards on Pinterest or at that spot is a board specifically devoted to Louisiana colleges.

Thanks for your involvement in addition to suggestions!

Sacrifice In Addition To Survival: Identity, Mission, In Addition To Jesuit Higher Educational Activity Inward The American South


Eric Platt's mass is available through Amazon and volition move a expert improver to your reading listing if you lot desire to know about Jesuit colleges of the New Orleans Province.  Institutions included for Platt's written report include: the College of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleans, Louisiana; Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama; St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana; St. Mary’s College, Galveston, Texas; College of the Sacred Heart, Augusta, Georgia; Loyola College, New Orleans, Louisiana; too Loyola University New Orleans.

Supporters Promise For A Museum To Save Leland College (La) History

An article past times Steven Ward inwards the March 24, 2014 final result of The Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA] focuses on Leland College as well as hopes for a museum to save the history of the institution.  The article includes a dozen electrical flow as well as historical images every bit a slideshow.

Leland was founded past times Holbrook Chamberlain inwards the basement of Tulane Avenue Baptist Church inwards New Orleans inwards 1870.  It later on located to St. Charles Avenue on nearly 10 acres of land.  The establishment hence moved to Baker, LA after a 1915 hurricane destroyed the campus.

 The Southern University as well as A&M College Archives offers a photo of the college edifice inwards New Orleans as well as a 15 page .pdf history of the institution.



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.
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