Richard Henderson Rivers biography
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
- Holifield, E. Brooks (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
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.
Creator
- Holifield, E. Brooks (Person)
- 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