Hamilton College was a private women's college in Lexington, Kentucky, operating from 1869 to 1932. It was taken over in 1903 by Transylvania University and operated as an affiliated junior college until its closing during the Great Depression.
Hamilton College was a private women's college in Lexington, Kentucky, operating from 1869 to 1932. It was taken over in 1903 by Transylvania University and operated as an affiliated junior college until its closing during the Great Depression.
Hamilton was founded by banker James M. Hocker in 1869 as the Hocker Female College. In 1878, a substantial donation by William Hamilton was recognized by the school changing its name to Hamilton College. In 1889, the nearby Kentucky University, which later changed names to Transylvania University, bought a stake in Hamilton, taking total control in 1903. The school became a junior college for women, the state's first, still with its own president and faculty, though affiliated with Transylvania. [1] By 1912, under the leadership of Dr. Richard Henry Crossfield, Jr., Transylvania incorporated the College of the Bible (later Lexington Theological Seminary) - also affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. [2]
Under Crossfield's leadership, Transylvania continued to gather up new faculty and students through assimilation with struggling private schools around the state, including Bourbon Female College in Paris, Kentucky. [3]
Some presidents of Hamilton College were:
The school closed in 1932, during the Great Depression, when the number of students declined. The main building was used as a women's dormitory for students at Transylvania until it was demolished in 1962.
The only remaining building from Hamilton College is the Graham Cottage Alumni House, the alumni reception center on the Transylvania campus. Built in 1863 for James M. Hocker, it was acquired by the college in 1869 as a residence for Robert Graham, its first president. Graham took on this role after leaving his previous position as the president of Kentucky University's College of Arts and Sciences.
A notable alumna of Hamilton was Maurine Dallas Watkins, the journalist and playwright who wrote the play Chicago (1926). It served as the basis for the musical of the same name, first produced in 1975. [10] Another notable alumna was actress Isabel Jewell, who played the seamstress in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) and Emmy Slattery in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky the county seat. It lies 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020, it had a population of 10,171.
Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780 and is the oldest university in Kentucky. It offers 46 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Its medical program has graduated 8,000 physicians since 1859.
Lexington Theological Seminary is a private Christian seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. Although it is related to the Christian Church, it is intentionally ecumenical with almost 50 percent of its enrollment coming from other denominations. Lexington Theological Seminary is accredited by Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada to award Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Pastoral Studies, and Doctor of Ministry degrees.
Campbell–Hagerman College was a private, women's college located in Lexington, Kentucky. Affiliated with the Disciples of Christ, the school was founded in 1903. It closed in June 1912.
Edgar Dewitt Jones (1876–1956) was an American clergyman, ecumenist, and author, born December 5, 1876, at Hearne, Tex., and educated at Transylvania University where he was a member of the Alpha-Omicron chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity, University of Missouri and Illinois Wesleyan University. He first studied law but later turned to theology, studying at the College of the Bible, now Lexington Theological Seminary. After completing his seminary education, he was ordained at Independence Boulevard Christian Church in Kansas City, MO, which was served as pastor by Dr. George Hamilton Combs. He was married in 1902 to Frances Willis. The couple had six children, five of whom lived to maturity—Edgar Dewitt Jones, Jr.; Mrs. Thomas Sherrard; Mrs. John R. Walker; Willis R. Jones, and W. Westbrook Jones.
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Robert Hamilton Bishop was a Scottish-American educator and Presbyterian minister who became the first president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A professor of history and political science, he wrote about the history of the early churches in the United States, as well as theology.
John Bryan Bowman was an American lawyer and educator, most notably as the founder of Kentucky University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. He was the grandson of Kentucky frontiersman Abraham Bowman, as well as the grandnephew of Isaac, Joseph and John Jacob Bowman. His great-grandfathers were noted Virginia colonists George Bowman and Jost Hite.
John William McGarvey was a minister, author, and religious educator in the American Restoration Movement. He was particularly associated with the College of the Bible in Lexington, Kentucky where he taught for 46 years, serving as president from 1895 to 1911. He was noted for his opposition to theological liberalism and higher criticism. His writings are still influential among the heirs of the conservative wing of the Restoration Movement, the Churches of Christ and Christian churches and churches of Christ.
Mary E. Sweeney was a home economics professional who was head of the home economics section of the United States Food Administration during World War I. Sweeney was President of American Home Economics Association.
The following is a timeline of the history of Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
The Christian Woman's Board of Missions (CWBM) was a missionary organization associated with the Restoration Movement. Established in 1874, it was the first such group managed entirely by women. It hired both men and women, and supported both domestic and foreign missions.
Sannie Louise Overly is an American lawyer, engineer, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Overly served in the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 72nd district. She was the Democratic caucus chair from 2013 to 2017, and is the first woman to serve in a leadership role in the Kentucky House. She was the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 2015, and was elected chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party in 2016.
William Milton Gant was an associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1976 to 1982 and the Kentucky Supreme Court from 1983 to 1991.
Elise Clay Bennett Smith, President of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association from 1915–1916, also served as an Executive Committee member for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her last name changed several times as she married three men in succession: from her birth surname of Bennett she became Smith, then Jefferson, and finally Gagliardini.
Richard Henry Crossfield, Jr. was a leader in the Christian Church as a minister, theologian and an educational reformer. He was installed as president of Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky in 1908 and then oversaw its merger with the College of the Bible in 1912 which created the Transylvania University. In 1922 Crossfield became president of another Christian Church-affiliated school, William Woods College of Missouri. He was a member of the Board of Education of the Disciples of Christ, served as Executive Secretary of the ecumenical and pro-temperance Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Luella Wilcox St. Clair Moss was an American educator and suffragist. She was one of the first female college presidents in the United States.
James McChord or M'Chord was an American Presbyterian minister and educator. He was educated at Transylvania University and the Associate Reformed Theological Seminary and began his ministry in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1813. Two years later, he founded what would later become Lexington's Second Presbyterian Church and served as its pastor until 1819. He taught and was a member of the Board of Trustees at Transylvania from 1813 to 1819, and he was elected to serve as the first president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in March 1820 but died nearly three months later before officially assuming the position.
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