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College of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-COL
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, Louisiana). It includes an act
of incorporation (1825), property records (1816-1826), board of trustees minutes (1825-1851), faculty
minutes (1828-1844), and a letter about student disciplinary problems (circa 1835).The board of trustees minutes of meetings (1825-1845) are recorded in a manuscript volume; the
archives book collection contains a typescript of these minutes. The manuscript volume also...
Dates:
1816 - 1845
Walter McGehee Lowrey papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 77
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to the professional life of history professor Walter McGehee Lowrey. This
includes research notes, writings and speeches, Centenary College of Louisiana material, and Louisiana
United Methodist material.Series 1: Research notes (1818-1989) contains seven indexes of notecards as well as additional folders with notes. Index Box 1 contains Centenary College of Louisiana and predecessor institutions’ board of trustees members (1825-1989).
Index Box 2 contains...
Dates:
1818 - 1989
Otto S. Varnado thesis excerpt
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 260
Scope and Contents
Photocopy facsimile of an excerpt of Otto Stanley Varnado’s thesis, “A History of the Early Institutions of Higher Learning in Louisiana,” which was written for his master of arts degree at Louisiana State University. The excerpt contains a history of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).
Dates:
1927