Illinois State University (Springfield, Ill.)

found: The American origin of the Augustana Synod, 1942:p. 9, etc. (Hillsboro College; located at Hillsboro, Ill.; moved to Springfield, Ill., 1852, and name was to be ch. to Melancthon College, but Illinois State University was chosen instead)

found: Wikipedia, viewed March 28, 2021(Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois); Illinois State University was a private institution of higher learning in Springfield, Illinois. It began as The Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church in the Far West in Hillsboro, Illinois, in 1847. It soon became known as the Lutheran College, and, locally, as Hillsboro College. In 1852, it relocated to Springfield and changed its name to Illinois State University. It ceased operations in 1868, but reopened as Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois, in 1870; religious affiliation: Lutheran)