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Harvey Mudd College
(Encyclopedia)Harvey Mudd College: see Claremont Colleges. ...Morris Brown College
(Encyclopedia)Morris Brown College: see Atlanta Univ. Center. ...North College Hill
(Encyclopedia)North College Hill, city (1990 pop. 11,002), Hamilton co., SW Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati; inc. as a city 1940. It is mostly residential. The Clovernook Center for the Blind there has a braille print...Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown)
(Encyclopedia)Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (Brown), 1825–1921, American Unitarian minister, b. Henrietta, N.Y., grad. Oberlin College, 1847, and Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1850. One of the first women to recei...Medical College of Pennsylvania
(Encyclopedia)Medical College of Pennsylvania, formerly in Philadelphia; chartered and opened 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania; became Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 1867, Medical College...Franklin and Marshall College
(Encyclopedia)Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa.; United Church of Christ (Evangelical-Reformed); coeducational; est. 1787 as Franklin College, reorganized 1853 when it merged with Marshall College (c...Saint Mary's College
(Encyclopedia)Saint Mary's College, at Notre Dame, Ind., near South Bend; Roman Catholic; for women; est. 1844 as St. Mary's Academy, chartered 1850 at Bertrand, Mich.; moved and chartered 1855. The school shares c...Randolph-Macon Woman's College
(Encyclopedia)Randolph-Macon Woman's College: see Randolph College. ...Mary Washington College
(Encyclopedia)Mary Washington College, mainly at Fredericksburg, Va.; state supported; chartered 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women; first given its present name in 1938; coeducational since 1...Trinity College Library
(Encyclopedia)Trinity College Library, in Dublin, the library of the Univ. of Dublin and the largest library in Ireland, est. 1592. Its Old Library building (1712–32) by Thomas Burgh includes the Long Room, housi...Browse by Subject
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