The institution was associated with the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Church and played an important role in the lives of young people for several decades.
According to the Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri[2] edited by Howard L. Conard, the building was completed in 1882. The college operated from 1894[3] until it burned down in April 26, 1925, after which its assets were merged with the Philander Smith College in 1933.[4] A photograph of George R. Smith College, with students, can be found among at the State Historical Society of Missouri.[5]
^"George R. Smith College". Tagwhat story. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
^Link to the Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri (1901)
^Nolen, Rose M. (February 4, 2010). "Nolen: Black residents were key in city's growth". Sedalia Democrat. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
^"Soul of America article on Philander Smith College". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
^Photograph of George R Smith College and students (c. 1900) Archived November 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine State Historical Society of Missouri
^Widder, Keith R. (2005). Michigan Agricultural College: The Evolution of a Land-Grant Philosophy, 1855-1925. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. pp. 94, 346–348. ISBN 0870137344.
^"Scott Joplin (c. 1868 – 1917)". State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.