Simpson College

At the first session of the Western Iowa Methodist conference, August 26, 1860, it was resolved that a MALE & FEMALE SEMINARY be located in Indianola, Iowa. By Articles of incorporation in 1867, the name was changed to SIMPSON CENTENARY COLLEGE in honor of Bishop Matthew Simpson and commemorating the centennial of American Methodism. The name was changed simply to SIMPSON COLLEGE in 1885. HistoryLink toof Simpson College from 1935 Diamond Jubilee Zenith Classmates of 1864 GRADUATES of Simpson College 1870-1950 Simpson College Catalogue 1880-1881 (including freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and seniors) History of Simpson College from 1935 Diamond Jubilee Zenith
	Bishop Matthew Simpson 1811-1884

At the first session of the Western Iowa Methodist conference, August 26, 1860, it was resolved that a MALE & FEMALE SEMINARY be located in Indianola, Iowa. By Articles of incorporation in 1867, the name was changed to SIMPSON CENTENARY COLLEGE in honor of Bishop Matthew Simpson and commemorating the centennial of American Methodism. The name was changed simply to SIMPSON COLLEGE in 1885.

HistoryLink toof Simpson College from 1935 Diamond Jubilee Zenith

Classmates of 1864

GRADUATES of Simpson College 1870-1950

Simpson College Catalogue 1880-1881 (including freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and seniors)

History of Simpson College from 1935 Diamond Jubilee Zenith

Bishop Matthew Simpson 1811-1884


SIMPSON COLLEGE CAMPUS 1900

Sources: *Beneath Whispering Maples: The History of Simpson College, by Joseph W. Walt, Simpson College Press, Indianola, Iowa, 1995 History of Warren County, Iowa from its Earliest Settlement to 1908,* by Rev. W.C. Martin, D.D, Chicago, S.J. Clarke Pub. Co, 1908 *Zenith*, Simpson College yearbooks, 1896-1944