Massey Business College

Massey Business College was a chain of business colleges in the southern United States in the late 19th and 20th century.

Richard W. Massey established the first Massey Business College in Birmingham, Alabama in 1887.^[1] He served as president of the "Massey System" of colleges for fifty years, and died in Birmingham in 1949.^[2]

A 1900 school directory lists Massey's located in Houston, Birmingham, Montgomery (Alabama), and Columbus, Georgia.^[3] By 1914, locations had been added in Richmond, Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, and Jacksonville, Florida.^[4] A 1973 school directory also listed locations in Lufkin, Texas and Nacogdoches, Texas.^[5]

Locations

• The original Birmingham college closed in 1960.^[6]
• The Richmond location was opened in 1897. In 1932, it merged with the Smithdeal Business College (founded in 1867) to form Smithdeal-Massey Business College,^[7] which closed in 1982^[8] after its accreditation was withdrawn.^[9]
• The Atlanta location was opened in 1949 and became the Art Institute of Atlanta in 1975.^[10]
• The Jacksonville location lasted into the 1970s.^[11]

References

1. Birmingham and Jefferson County Alabama, p. 114 (1998)
2. (6 August 1949). Richard W. Massey (brief obituary), The New York Times (subscription required)
3. American School Guide, p. 32 (1900)
4. Patterson's American Education, Volume 24, p. 748 (1914)
5. Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, p. 84 (1973)
6. Tomberlin, Michael (15 July 2014). Historic downtown Birmingham building being sold to highest offer among renovation plans, The Birmingham News
7. (22 October 1965). Proctor, Eileen. Education for the Business World Offered, The Monocle, Vol. 36, No. 4
8. Close Insitutions, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Retrieved 4 May 2016
9. "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
10. Insiders' Guide® to Atlanta, p. 291 (2010)
11. Jacksonville in Vintage Postcards, p. 42 (2001)