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Article - Colleges in Montana that have closed, merged, or changed their names

College Name    City    State    Start Date    End Date    Affiliation    Other Information    Source
College of Montana    Deer Lodge    Montana    1878    
    
    
College of Montana    Bozeman    Montana    1882    1923    Presbyterian    merged in 1923 with Montana Wesleyan University to form Intermountain Union College    www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Eastern Montana College of Education    Billings    Montana    1927    
    state supported    founded as Eastern Montana State Normal School; name change to Eastern Montana College of Education in 1949; to Eastern Montana College in 1965; to Montana State University-Billings in 1995    Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Great Falls Junior College for Women    Great Falls    Montana    1932    1942    Ursuline Sisters    originally located at the Ursuline Academy on Central Avenue    http://www.ugf.edu/aboutUs/history.htm
Great Falls Normal College    Great Falls    Montana    1933    
    Sisters of Charity of Providence    founded as Great Falls Normal School and cooperated during early years with the Great Falls Junior College for Women; later the name of the normal school was changed to Great Falls College of Education and then to the College of Great Falls; in 1995 became the University of Great Falls    http://www.ugf.edu/aboutUs/history.htm
Intermountain Union College    Helena    Montana    1923    1947    
    buildings damaged by earthquake in 1935; after brief move to Great Falls, relocated to Billings; merged with Billings Polytechnic Institute in 1947 to form Rocky Mountain College    www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Montana State Normal College    Dillon    Montana    1893    
    state supported    name change to Montana State Normal College in 1903, to Western Montana College of Education in 1949, to Western Montana College in 1965, to Western Montana College of the University of Montana in 1989, to University of Montana Western in 2001    Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Montana Wesleyan University    Helena    Montana    1889    1923    Methodist Episcopal Church    merged in 1923 with College of Montana to form Intermountain Union College    www.rocky.edu/campus/history.shtml
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Mount Saint Charles College    Helena    Montana    1909    
    Diocese of Helena    now Carroll College after 1932    www.carroll.edu
Songe, Alice H.  American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.  1978.
Northern Montana College    Havre    Montana    1893    
    state supported    founded as Northern Montana Agricultural & Manual Training School; name change to Northern Montana School in 1929; to Northern Montana College in 1931; to Montana State University-Northern in 1994    Brenner, Morgan G.  The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.  2003.
Salish Kootenai College    Pablo    Montana    1977    
    tribal    began as a branch campus of Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) occupying office space donated by Polson School District;  in 1981, the college broke ties with FVCC and formally called itself Salish Kootenai College    http://www.skc.edu/?q=node/46

    
    
    

    

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