Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:
Helen Louise Bailey scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 105
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of unbound scrapbook containing photographs taken by Helen Louise Bailey. The
photographs primarily depict the Bailey family and friends, students enrolled at Centenary College of
Louisiana, and scenes in and around Shreveport, Louisiana. This includes images of Shreveport's
Highland neighborhood, Centenary College campus, and Louisiana State Fairgrounds. Some
photographs were taken in other Louisiana communities nearby: Forbing, Oil City, Alexandria, and
Louisiana...
Dates:
1918 - 1920
Charles Moss Bannerman scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 185
Scope and Contents
The Charles Moss Bannerman scrapbook primarily consists of photographs documenting student activities and athletics at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1922 to 1923. Many photographs depict Centenary football players and games played during fall 1922. Newspaper clippings and ticket stubs from this football season also appear. Also included are photographs of Centenary’s campus, buildings, students, and faculty. This includes the college’s band and glee club; Bannerman was a member of...
Dates:
1922 - 1924
Edith Bailey Barisas scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 98
Scope and Contents
The Edith Bailey Barisas scrapbook includes material documenting her senior year at Centenary College of Louisiana, September 1934 to May 1935. It primarily contains newspaper clippings about Centenary football, basketball, and boxing, as well as Barisas serving as Homecoming Queen and a member of Alpha Xi Delta. Centenary football items also include game programs (1934 September 22, 1934 October 13, 1934 November 10, 1934 November 29), game tickets (1934 September 19, 1934 September 22,...
Dates:
1934 - 1935
Chris Thomas Barnette family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 108
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material related to the personal and professional life of Chris Thomas
Barnette and his family.Series 1: Chris Thomas Barnette papers, circa 1910-1983. This series primarily consists of material
documenting Barnette’s profession as a judge. This includes judicial opinions (1963-1970),
correspondence (1925-1983), a scrapbook (1937-1941), clippings (1930-1982), printed items
(1911-1982), photographs (circa 1910-1980), meeting minutes (1960-1964), and a...
Dates:
1888 - 2000
Zollie G. Bennett scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 171
Scope and Contents
The Zollie G. Bennett scrapbook primarily documents student life and athletics at Centenary College of Louisiana, where Bennett was enrolled from fall 1923 to spring 1928. Bennett played on the college’s football and baseball teams. The scrapbook includes many Centenary photographs depicting football, baseball, faculty members, students, cheerleaders, campus buildings, and the college’s May festival and carnival. Newspaper clippings document Centenary football, including the death of...
Dates:
circa 1910 - 1931
Beta Pi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-1990-075
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Centenary College of Louisiana’s Beta Pi Circle of Omicron
Delta Kappa (ODK) as well as its predecessor group, the Laurel Society. It consists of programs,
photographs, and annual administrative files (containing membership rosters, newspaper clippings,
by-laws, correspondence, ODK’s national newsletter, ODK printed items documenting the
organization’s history, purpose, and rituals). Correspondence frequently involves Centenary’s Beta Pi
Circle...
Dates:
1948 - 1962
Hayden LeMaire Boatner papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 2
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material from Hayden LeMaire Boatner about Centenary College of Louisiana
(Jackson, La.). It includes a clipping (circa 1944) with an image of Centenary that has handwritten
notes about the layout of campus and location of particular rooms within buildings. Also included is
an excerpt about the college originally published as: Arthur Marvin Shaw, Jr., “Rampant Individualism
in an Ante-Bellum Southern College,” Louisiana Historical Quarterly 31 (October 1948):...
Dates:
circa 1944-1948
Mary Booth letter
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 507
Scope and Contents
Letter from Mary Booth to her grandson, John C. White, dated 1848 November 9. At the time, White was enrolled as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. The letter, written from Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana, mentions the family’s struggles with sugarcane production. Booth also offers advice about selecting a suitable woman for marriage. A typed transcript of the letter is included.
Dates:
1848
Joseph Henry Bowdon Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 11
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a speech given by Joseph Henry Bowdon Sr. at Centenary College of Louisiana’s Founders Day address in 1964. Titled “Sidelights on the History of Centenary College,” it contains details about the college during the 19th century as well as Bowdon’s ancestors connected to Centenary. The collection also includes correspondence dated 1965 between Bowdon and Hugh D. McCool about the location of Centenary College in Brandon Springs, Mississippi, during the 1840s.
Dates:
1964 - 1965
Max Henry Bowerman papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 535
Scope and Contents
The Max Henry Bowerman papers primarily document his activities as a student athlete at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1935 to 1940. The collection consists of loose items, football publications, football programs, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings.The loose items include school certificates and report cards (1926-1940), Centenary football banquet program (1939), correspondence (1940), aviation cadet graduation program (1944), life insurance salesman certificate (1969),...
Dates:
1926 - 1969