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Hayden LeMaire Boatner papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 2
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material from Hayden LeMaire Boatner about Centenary College of Louisiana
(Jackson, La.). It includes a clipping (circa 1944) with an image of Centenary that has handwritten
notes about the layout of campus and location of particular rooms within buildings. Also included is
an excerpt about the college originally published as: Arthur Marvin Shaw, Jr., “Rampant Individualism
in an Ante-Bellum Southern College,” Louisiana Historical Quarterly 31 (October 1948):...
Dates:
circa 1944-1948
Mary Booth letter
Collection
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
Collection
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
Rutillius Pinkney Cates papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 87
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of material documenting Rutillius Pinkney Cates as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. Includes a Franklin Literary Society certificate (1858) and a diploma for Bachelor of Arts (1858). Also includes a biographical sketch about Cates (undated).
Dates:
1858, undated
Centenary College of Louisiana Board of Trustees records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-Trustees
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the board of trustees of Centenary College (Brandon Springs,
Mississippi) and Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, Louisiana). It includes administrative
records (1843-1882), minutes (1841-1906), resolutions (1842-circa 1905), and correspondence and
reports (circa 1845-1904).The administrative records include bylaws (1843), acts of incorporation (1848-1882), property records
(1845-1871), and a construction contract for the Center/Centre...
Dates:
1841 - 1906
Centenary College of Louisiana clipping
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 313
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping facsimile of W. E. Boggs, “A Brief History of Centenary,” Shreveport Times (Shreveport, La.), March 20, 1904. Article provides history of the college and biographical details about notable alumni.
Dates:
1904
Centenary College of Louisiana clippings
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 520
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of newspaper clippings about Centenary College of Louisiana during 1906, its last year of operation in Jackson, Louisiana. Topics include: college’s move to Shreveport, campus fire (1906 September), stabbing of President C. C. Miller by Professor W. F. Moncreiff (1906 October), student walkout and faculty resignations (1906 November).
Dates:
1906
Centenary College of Louisiana clippings
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 305
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of three newspaper clippings about Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.),
Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), and the Centenary State Commemorative Area
(Jackson, La.). “Centenary College, Louisiana, Originally Located Six Miles East of Brandon; Started
1841,” Brandon News (Brandon, Miss.), September 21, 1944. Hal Ledet, “Old Centenary Campus
Considered For State Park” Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), June 22, 1980. Karen Didier, “Graffiti Part
Of History,...
Dates:
1944 - 1982
Centenary College of Louisiana clippings
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 530
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of newspaper clippings about Centenary
College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). Most were published in the True Democrat (Bayou Sara, La.). Topics include: baseball (1893-1894), football (1896 December), yellow fever epidemic (1898 November), commercial department (1901 June), college cemetery (1908 May), hurricane damage on campus (1909 September), lawsuits concerning college property (1912-1914), discussion about reviving campus as normal...
Dates:
1893 - 1915
Centenary College of Louisiana Faculty records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-Faculty
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of faculty records of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, Louisiana). It
includes notes (1854-1887), minutes of meetings (1850-1905), and loose items removed from minute book 1900-1905.The notes (1854-1887) primarily consist of loose-leaf drafts containing information that also appears in
the minute books. Also included is a report about students throwing the college bell in a cistern (1867
January 18).The minutes of meetings are recorded...
Dates:
1850 - 1905
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- Compton family 1
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- Dalton, Daniel Newton, 1867-1942 1
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- East Louisiana State Hospital 1
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- Inman Williams Cooper family 1
- Jordan, John Tyler, 1840-1929 1
- Joyner, Nicholas Everett, 1871-1959 1
- Keener family 1
- Keener, John Christian, 1819-1906 1
- Lafayette Society 1
- Lessley, Samuel L., 1855-1873 1
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- Lowrey, Walter McGehee, 1920-1980 1
- Magruder, W. H. N. (William H. N.), 1815-1899 1
- Mansfield Female College (Mansfield, La.) 1
- Martindale, Daniel, 1827-1853 1
- Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (South Central Jurisdiction) 1
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- Miller, Charles Copeland, 1860-1935 1
- Miller, Richard Almerin, 1892-1969 1
- Millwood Female Institute (Jackson, La.) 1
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- Pugh, Richard Lloyd, 1837-1885 1
- Reily, John Dutart, 1882-1943 1
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- Saint Patrick's Hall (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Shaffer, Thomas Jefferson, 1842-1915 1
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- Thomas, Samuel Milton, 1833-1910 1
- Tomb, Carrie Virginia Schwing, 1874-1964 1
- Tomb, Charles Babington, 1888-1951 1
- Tucker, John Calhoun, 1862 (date of death) 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference. Commission on Archives and History 1
- University Publishing Company 1
- Varnado, Otto Stanley, 1890-1960 1
- White, John C. 1
- Woodward, James Robert, 1927-2003 1
- Wynn, Robert Henry, 1871-1931 1
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