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Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Mississippi) clippings
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 536
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of newspaper clippings about Centenary College while it existed in Brandon Springs, Mississippi. Also included is an inventory containing brief notes and citations for the clippings. The clippings include advertisements, announcements, articles, editorials, letters about the college, and descriptions of the campus property.
Various clippings from October 1841 to July 1843 document the challenges of incorporating the college and...
Dates:
1838 - 1845
Jane Carr Chapman Thornton letter
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 53
Scope and Contents
Typescript of letter about Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Mississippi). Thornton writes of
travelling with her family from Virginia and arriving in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1841. She
describes Centenary College’s campus, dormitory, cottages, and a nearby medicinal spring. One of the
college’s buildings is the home of her son, Thomas Chapman Thornton, who serves as the president of
Centenary. She also mentions the people enslaved by her family who have traveled with the...
Dates:
1842
Thomas Chapman Thornton correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 54
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerns financial matters and building construction at Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.). Includes one letter from Thomas Chapman Thornton to an unknown person and one letter from a Mr. Hunt to W. Robert Keyworth of Washington D. C.
Dates:
1844
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