Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

Collection

Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 28

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families as well as the college’s library book collection.

Dates

circa 1960

Creator

Joyner, Sarah Baker Austin, 1876-1968 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner (1876-1968) lived in Jackson, Louisiana, from her birth until 1897. She is the granddaughter of Centenary College of Louisiana professor A. R. Holcombe (d. 1879). In 1897, she married Rev. Nicolas E. Joyner (1871-1959).