Volume 11 , Issue 20

Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois

For those of you who would like to know more about Quincy, Illinois business college, Gem City Business College -- here is what we found online. The USGenWeb Project gives a short history of the Gem City Business College.

We know from John McClure's letters of the early 1900s that Gem City Business College was loacted in Quincy, Illinois. It was founded in 1870 by D. Lafayette Musselman and is still in existence today.

The Adams County ILGenWeb Project says, "Gem City Business College was founded in 1870 by D. L. Musselman, Sr." Musselman started the Gem City Business College with three students, which increased to 33 by the end of the year.

In September, 1892, the magnificent building was opened to students. The present enrollment numbered 1,400, coming from nearly every state in the Union. The $100,000 building, which was thoroughly modern was the home of a school that had a national reputation. Its successful graduates were numbered by the thousands and were located in every section of the globe. Bookkeeping, actual business practice, banking, shorthand, typewriting, mathematics and penmanship were thoroughly taught by a large faculty of experienced teachers.
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