University of Wyoming
The Reverend George Dalzell, a Congregational minister serving in Lusk, Wyoming, founded this Christian college to help settle the surrounding area. Dalzell secured 320 acres of land west of Manville, Wyoming, and the land was organized and settled under the Jireh Land Company starting in 1908. Ground was broken for Jireh College in 1909 and classes began that summer. The Jireh Land Company sponsored the College until 1916, when the College was incorporated and the Land Company was dissolved. A lack of funding from the Congregational denomination after World War I caused the school and the surrounding town of Jireh to close in 1920.
Collection contains materials relating to the Jireh Land Company and Jireh College, including record book of meetings of the Jireh Land Company (1908-1912, 1916); record book of sale of stock by the Jireh Land Company (1909-1910); record book of meetings of the Board of Trustees of Jireh College (1910-1912); record book of students, courses and grades of the College (1910-1920); an unpublished history of the College (1942); and commencement programs from Jireh College (1917).
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Jireh College at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container list)s to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list.