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Richard Henderson Rivers biography

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 280

Scope and Contents

Typescript of biographical essay on Richard Henderson Rivers (1814-1894), written by E. Brooks Holifield in 1992, and slated for publication in the "American National Biography." At Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), Rivers became a professor in 1848 and served as college president from 1849 until 1854.

Dates

  • 1992

Creator

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

E. Brooks Holifield is an American religious historian and the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of American Church History at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, where he taught from 1969 to 2011.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection donated by E. Brooks Holifield on 1992 October 12.

Title
Finding Aid to the Richard Henderson Rivers biography
Author
Chris Brown
Date
2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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Shreveport LA 71104 US
(318) 869-5462