General Surveys
Brubacher, J. S. Higher Education in Transition: an American History, 1636-1956. New York: Harper, 1958. LA226.B75 1958
Earnest, E. P. Academic Procession: an Informal History of the American College, 1636-1953. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. 378.73 E12a
Rudolph, F. The American College and University: a History. New York: Knopf, 1962. LA226.R72
Thelin, J. R. A History of American Higher Education. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2004. LA226.T45 2004
Vesey, L. R. The Emergence of the American University. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1965. LA226.V47 1965
Books about the History of American Higher Education
Universities and colleges -- United States -- History.
Journal Articles and Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Making of America (Cornell University)
Making of America (University of Michigan)
The Nineteenth Century in Print (Library of Congress)
Online and Electronic Resources
[Look under the names of individual colleges]
