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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

Bartholomew United Methodist Church (Morehouse Parish, La.) records

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Identifier: LACUMC-1986-016
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the Bartholomew United Methodist Church (Morehouse Parish, La.). The collection includes membership records, quarterly conference records, administrative records, financial records, bulletins, and insurance policies. Also included are the congregation’s Epworth League records (1939-1941); this young adult association’s meeting minutes describe the group organizing events at the church and coordinating projects such as a fundraiser to paint the...
Dates: 1847 - 2021

Bayou Scie United Methodist Church (Bayou Scie, La.) records

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Identifier: LACUMC-2021-004
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Bayou Scie United Methodist Church (Bayou Scie, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, quarterly conference records, church histories, church directories, committee records, and United Methodist Women's records.The church histories include two binders assembled circa 2005 containing a wide variety of materials going back to 1834 – property records, membership records, photographs, programs, cemetery records,...
Dates: 1834 - 2015

Beta Pi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa records

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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

Elias Boatner letter

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 9
Scope and Contents

Photocopy facsimile of a letter from Elias Boatner to his son, Mark Boatner, who was a student at the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) during the 1830s. Describes parents’ disappointment and advice about Boatner’s poor student behavior as reported from the college president.

Dates: 1837

Nancy Fuqua Boone letter

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 10
Scope and Contents

Photocopy facsimile of a letter from Nancy Fuqua Boone to her sister, Phebe Olds Fuqua Woods Peirce. Includes news about family and friends as well as information about the community of Jackson, Louisiana. Nancy writes that her nephew, Van Woods, stopped attending the College of Louisiana, and she does not recommend the school at present. Nancy also invites her sister to attend the college’s exhibition taking place in July 1844.

Dates: 1844

Mary Booth letter

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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

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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

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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

Business Girls' Inn records

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Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 41
Scope and Contents Business Girls' Inn records include legal documents, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, and tape recordings. The legal documents include charters, articles of incorporation, changes effected in 1946-1971, and donation documents. The Account Book for Building Fund (1948) includes loose committee reports, financial reports, and miscellaneous notes found in the volume. The photographic slides include an identification list. The scrapbooks contain...
Dates: 1928 - 1974

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Centenary College of Louisiana 43
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United Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference 13
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (South Central Jurisdiction) 11
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Miller, John Copeland, 1822-1878 4
College of Louisiana 3
Rivers, R. H. (Richard Henderson), 1814-1894 3
First United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.) 2
Joyner, Sarah Baker Austin, 1876-1968 2
Keener family 2
Keener, John Christian, 1819-1906 2
Mansfield Female College (Mansfield, La.) 2
McTyeire, Holland Nimmons, 1824-1889 2
Shattuck, David Olcott, 1800-1892 2
Thornton, T. C. (Thomas C.), 1794-1860 2
United Methodist Women (U.S.). Louisiana Conference 2
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 1
Barnette, Chris Thomas, 1905-1982 1
Barnette, William Chappelle, 1875-1939 1
Bartholomew United Methodist Church (Morehouse Parish, La.) 1
Baskin Methodist Church (Baskin, La.) 1
Bayou Scie United Methodist Church (Bayou Scie, La.) 1
Beta Pi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa 1
Blue Mountain Female College 1
Boatner, Annie Eliza Young, 1833-1896 1
Boatner, Elias Jr., 1793-1839 1
Boone, Nancy Fuqua, 1787-1857 1
Booth, Mary 1
Bowden, Joseph Henry, Sr., 1896-1980 1
Bowerman, Max Henry, 1917-1991 1
Business Girls' Inn 1
Centenary College of Louisiana Athletic Department 1
Centenary College of Louisiana Board of Trustees 1
Centenary College of Louisiana Chaplain's Office 1
Centenary College of Louisiana Choir 1
Centenary College of Louisiana President's Office 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Franklinton, La.) 1
Centenary Women's Club 1
Compton family 1
Compton, Thomas Wilber, 1836-1867 1
Compton, Walter Sidney, 1831-1875 1
Crowville United Methodist Church (Crowville, La.) 1
Davis, James Jones, 1836-1883 1
Dodd, James B., 1807-1872 1
Drake, B. M. (Benjamin Michael), 1800-1860 1
Drake, William Winans, 1843-1870 1
Drake, Winbourne Magruder, 1914-2011 1
Entrikin, John Bennett, 1899- 1
Epworth League (U.S.) 1
Fairview United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La.) 1
First United Methodist Church (Campti, La.) 1
Four Square Bible Class (Shreveport, La.) 1
Friends of the Centenary College Library 1
Harper family 1
Harper, Jacob Dick, 1846-1922 1
Harper, Robert Henry, 1882-1965 1
Harrell, George Lott, 1875-1959 1
Hetherwick, Gilbert Lewis, 1920-2008 1
Holcombe, Armistead Richardson, approximately 1813-1879 1
Inman Williams Cooper family 1
Jefferson United Methodist Church (Jefferson, La.) 1
John Y. Young family 1
Jubilee Community United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La.) 1
Kappa Alpha Order. Alpha Iota Chapter (Centenary College of Louisiana) 1
Kappa Chi. Beta Chapter (Centenary College of Louisiana) 1
Keener, Mary Anna Spencer, 1821-1903 1
Lafayette Society 1
Law, Della Upton, 1892-1990 1
Lessley, Samuel L., 1855-1873 1
Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church (Williana, La.) 1
Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 1790-1870 1
Magruder, W. H. N. (William H. N.), 1815-1899 1
Maroon Jackets 1
Martindale, Daniel, 1827-1853 1
McKinley, Ida Saxton, 1847-1907 1
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 1
McVea, John, 1820-1876 1
Meadows Museum of Art 1
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (Central Jurisdiction) 1
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference. Woman's Society of Christian Service 1
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference. Woman's Missionary Society 1
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mississippi Conference 1
Methodist Episcopal Church. General Conference 1
Methodist Episcopal Church. Louisiana Conference 1
Mickle, Joe J., 1898-1965 1
Mill Creek United Methodist Church (Saline, La.) 1
Miller, Charles Copeland, 1860-1935 1
Mystic Seven. Temple of the Wreath (Centenary College of Louisiana) 1
Parker, Curtis, 1901-1982 1
Pugh, Richard Lloyd, 1837-1885 1
Raymond, Helen Marbury, 1886-1983 1
Robert Hunter McGimsey family 1
Saint James United Methodist Church (Hahnville, La.) 1
Smith, Robert Edward, 1874-1965 1
Smith, William Angie, 1894-1974 1
Spencer, Anna Baker Spencer, 1800-1853 1
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