St 1899, c 299-300 (Massachusetts) authorized the establishment of Bradford Durfee Textile School of Fall River as a municipal textile school. St 1918, c 248 transferred the school's property to the Commonwealth and reconstituted its board of trustees accordingly. St 1919, c 350, s 56 placed the trustees within the Department of Education. St 1946, c 257 renamed the school the Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Fall River; St 1957, c 347 renamed it the Bradford Durfee College of Technology. St 1964, c 495 consolidated the college (along with the New Bedford Institute of Technology) into the Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (later Southeastern Massachusetts University).
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