Union Literary Society financial records

Collection

Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 93

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a financial record book for the Union Literary Society at Centenary College of Louisiana. The book includes fees and fines paid by society members as well as expenses paid by the society. Also included are two receipts (1888-1889).

Dates

1883 - 1889

Creator

Union Literary Society (Organization)

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

Centenary College of Louisiana’s Union Literary Society formed in 1842. This organization (and Centenary’s other literary society, the Franklin Institute) were described in the college’s course catalog dated 1845-1846: “These [societies] are of great utility to young men acquiring a liberal education — improving them in the art of public speaking, making them in some degree familiar with the proceedings of deliberative bodies, and cultivating systematic business habits. Each has a convenient hall and well selected library.”