Gem City Business College
Gem City Business College (1874–1961) was in Quincy, Illinois. It was founded by DeLafayette Musselman in 1870.[1]
The Musselman Building was part of the school.[2] The five-story building opened in 1892.[3]
Robert O. Brown wrote a history of the college published by Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1958.[4]
Alumni[edit]
- D. W. Bell[1]
- Professor F. E. Wolf of Baker University
- Mable Mathews
- Virginia Irwin
- William H. Wheat
- Lloyd Morey
- Robert L. Hendershott
- Robert M. Danford
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Once Upon A Time in Quincy: Gem City Business College educator saved the American bluebird". Herald-Whig. November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Gem City Business College". www.idaillinois.org.
- ^ Brown, Timothy P. "A Different Type of Football: Gem City Business College". www.footballarchaeology.com.
- ^ A History of the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois. Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. 1958.