SHIMER COLLEGE

MOUNT CARROLL SEMINARY WAS FOUNDED AS A COEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN 1853 BY FRANCES ANN WOOD (LATER MRS. SHIMER). AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, ENROLLMENT WAS LIMITED TO WOMEN RECHARTERED IN 1895 AS THE FRANCES SHIMER ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE SCHOOL PIONEERED A JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAM IT BECAME COEDUCATIONAL AGAIN IN 1950 AND ADOPTED A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM IN LIBERAL EDUCATION IN 1958. IN THAT YEAR THE CHICAGO AFFILLIATION WAS DISSOLVED AND THE PRESENT NAME BECAME OFFICIAL

ERECTED BY THE MOUNT CARROLL COMMUNITY CLUB

THE CARROLL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIET,

AND THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1968