Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)

found: NUCMC data from Virginia Union University for Its Alumni records, 1941-1985 (Virginia Union University was formed by the merger of four institutions founded under the auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society: Wayland Seminary, founded in 1865 in the District of Columbia, merged in 1899 with Richmond Theological Institute, founded in 1865 in Richmond, Va.; Hartshorn Memorial College for women, founded in 1883 in Richmond, Va., merged in 1932; and Storer College, a 4-year liberal arts college in Harper's Ferry, W.V., founded in 1867, merged in 1964)

found: Its WWW Home page, Aug. 8, 2003 (National Theological Institute with branches in Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, split apart after 1865 with the Washington branch becoming Wayland Seminary; 1869 the Richmond branch was named Colver Institute; in 1876 school was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly under the name Richmond Institute; in 1883 a college for women named Hartshorn Memorial College was founded by the ABHMS; with no women attending the Richmond Institute it turned strictly to theological studies and re-established itself as Richmond Theological Seminary in 1886; by 1889 it was agreed that Wayland Seminary and Richmond Theological Seminary would come together to form Virginia Union University; in 1932 the merger of Hartshorn Memorial College made it the third school in the union; in 1964 Storer College of Harpers Ferry, W. Va., founded in 1867 by Free Will Baptists, merged it assets with Virginia Union to become the fourth component of the union)

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