Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois)

Illinois State University of Springfield, Illinois has no connection with the present Illinois State University located in Normal, Illinois.

The school was founded as the Lutheran Hillsboro College in Hillsboro, Illinois in 1847.[1] The college moved to Springfield in 1852, obtaining a new charter, receiving generous funding from the city residents, and changing the name to Illinois State University. Among the students at the institution during the period it was in Springfield were Robert Todd Lincoln and John Hay.[2][3] Abraham Lincoln was briefly a member of the Board of Trustees. [4]

The college relocated again in 1870, moving to Carthage, Illinois and assuming the present name of Carthage College. It remained in Carthage until 1964, when the school moved to its current campus in Kenosha, Wisconsin which had opened in 1962.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois".
  2. ↑ "Historical Manuscript Collections (J-N) - Archives and Illinois Regional Archives Depository".
  3. ↑ Evjen, Harry (1 January 1938). "Illinois State University, 1852-1868". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984). 31 (1): 54–71. JSTOR 40187499. doi:10.2307/40187499 (inactive 2017-01-20).
  4. ↑ "Illinois State University Board of Trustees Minutes - Carthage College Staubitz Archives".
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Carthage College".


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