University of North Alabama

LC control no.	n 81138956
Corporate name heading	University of North Alabama *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Florence State University *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Its Catalog, 1975/76- University of North Alabama website, viewed Dec. 12, 2009: history (The University of North Alabama traces its roots to 1830 and LaGrange College, the first state-chartered college in Alabama. The school relocated to its current location in Florence from its original site in Franklin County in 1854. The institution would later become the first state-supported teachers college in the South) Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 12, 2009: Univ. of North Alabama history (LaGrange president Dr. R.H. Rivers... in late 1854 relocated [college] to Florence. The school was re-incorporated as Florence Wesleyan University. When the Methodist Church deeded Florence Wesleyan to the State of Alabama in 1872, the institution became the State Normal School at Florence. Florence State Teachers College... 1929, when it became a state teachers college. In 1956...the Alabama Legislature voted to change the institution's name to Florence State College... voted for another name change to Florence State University...on August 15, 1974, the university underwent another change of name to the University of North Alabama)