Massey Business College
Massey Business College was a chain of business colleges in the southern United States in the late 19th and 20th century.
Richard W. Massey established the first Massey Business College in Birmingham, Alabama in 1887.[1] He served as president of the "Massey System" of colleges for fifty years, and died in Birmingham in 1949.[2]
A 1900 school directory lists Massey's located in Houston, Birmingham, Montgomery (Alabama), and Columbus, Georgia.[3] By 1914, locations had been added in Richmond, Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, and Jacksonville, Florida.[4] A 1973 school directory also listed locations in Lufkin, Texas and Nacogdoches, Texas.[5]
Locations
- The original Birmingham college closed in 1960.[6]
- The Richmond location was opened in 1897. In 1932, it merged with the Smithdeal Business College (founded in 1867) to form Smithdeal-Massey Business College,[7] which closed in 1982[8] after its accreditation was withdrawn.[9]
- The Atlanta location was opened in 1949 and became the Art Institute of Atlanta in 1975.[10]
- The Jacksonville location lasted into the 1970s.[11]
References
- ↑ Birmingham and Jefferson County Alabama, p. 114 (1998)
- ↑ (6 August 1949). Richard W. Massey (brief obituary), The New York Times (subscription required)
- ↑ American School Guide, p. 32 (1900)
- ↑ Patterson's American Education, Volume 24, p. 748 (1914)
- ↑ Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, p. 84 (1973)
- ↑ Tomberlin, Michael (15 July 2014). Historic downtown Birmingham building being sold to highest offer among renovation plans, The Birmingham News
- ↑ (22 October 1965). Proctor, Eileen. Education for the Business World Offered, The Monocle, Vol. 36, No. 4
- ↑ Close Insitutions, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Retrieved 4 May 2016
- ↑ "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ↑ Insiders' Guide® to Atlanta, p. 291 (2010)
- ↑ Jacksonville in Vintage Postcards, p. 42 (2001)
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