Mary Manse College was a

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institution of higher education located in Toledo,

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from 1922 until 1975. The college was founded in 1922 at the request of the

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. Operated by the Ursuline Order of

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s, Mary Manse opened in September 1922 with thirty students. The

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recognized the school as degree-granting institution in 1926, and received

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by the

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in 1933. Mary Manse offered degrees in arts and sciences, music, medical technology, and nursing education. The school operated as a

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until 1971, at which time it became

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. The college was hard hit by the

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, and was forced to declare

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in 1975.

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lists Mary Manse College as having accreditation status of "inactive." Collingwood Arts Center and Saint Angela Hall are remaining buildings of Mary Manse. Bowling Green State University's office of Registration and Records offers transcript services for graduates of Mary Manse College.

The Mary Manse College Collection

In May 1976,

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's Center for Archival Collections received "administrative records, correspondence, subject files, literary productions, legal and financial documents, scrapbooks, printed material, and audio-visual materials" from Mary Manse College. For the first twenty-five years, the collection was only open to researchers with written permission from the

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of th
Ursuline Sisters of Toledo
however, on 1 July 2001 the collection was opened to the public.

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