Gem City Business College

Gem City Business College (1874–1961) was in Quincy, Illinois. It was founded by DeLafayette Musselman in 1870.[1]

Letter from college president D. L. Musselman in Spencerian script

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]

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  1. ^ a b "Once Upon A Time in Quincy: Gem City Business College educator saved the American bluebird". Herald-Whig. November 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Gem City Business College". www.idaillinois.org.
  3. ^ Brown, Timothy P. "A Different Type of Football: Gem City Business College". www.footballarchaeology.com.
  4. ^ A History of the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois. Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. 1958.