The
Alabama Pioneers website offers a number of posts on higher education institutions that include historical sketches written by Donna R. Causey. Each post includes photographs and notes on sources for the information.
- Judson College in Marion, Alabama is the fifth oldest women’s college in the United States opened its doors on January 7, 1839
- Here is the way young women attending college dressed around 1900 when they went on an outing
- May 23, 1973 – one of the oldest university buildings in Alabama was destroyed by a tornado -- Old Southern University founded in 1856 and later merged with Birmingham College to form Birmingham Southern College
- Troy once burned to the ground in 1901 and was rebuilt, now it’s a thriving college town
- Summerfield – Beautiful, rare of a forgotten college and community in Alabama -- Centennary Institute and Summerfield College
- Do you know the name of the college in Alabama (still exists) that was once the leading college in the South? -- LaGrange College
- Northport, suburb of Tuscaloosa once had two female colleges -- Central Female College and Tuscaloosa Female College
- Stafford Hotel in Tuscaloosa sits on land of female college dating back to 1830 -- Alabama Female College
- Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast
- Oakman in Walker County, Alabama was of the finest colleges in Northern Alabama -- includes a photograph of Oakman Male and Female College
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