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Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 387
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This typescript excerpt of William Dixon Young’s diary documents his personal life and college
activities in Jackson, Louisiana, from November 1867 to January 1870.Many entries relate to Young’s student experience at Centenary College of Louisiana. He mentions
participating in the college’s student literary societies, the Franklin Institute and the Union Literary
Society (1867 November 24, 1867 December 14, 1868 January 25, 1868 February 29). He also notes
speeches that he...
Dates:
1867 - 1870
Collection
Identifier: SC-Shreveport Misc. Mss. 19
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photocopy reproduction of Henry Gerard Hall's diary. Hall was a
Shreveport attorney, educated at Princeton University in the 1850s, and was later a Caddo Parish judge
in the 1870s. His diary (1870 January 1 - 1873 October) includes information on activities in
and around Shreveport and is particularly important for its account of the yellow fever epidemic (1873 August - October). Judge Hall himself succumbed to the fever.
Dates:
1870 - 1873
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 52
Scope and Contents
The Harper family papers consist of clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, diaries, photographs, and
writings. Much of the material relates to activities of Methodists in Louisiana during the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries.Series 1: Clippings (1915-1954) include material related to the 100th anniversary celebration of Louisiana Methodism in
1947, including a letter signed by United States President Harry Truman. Also included are newspaper
clippings about the Harper...
Dates:
1819 - 1974
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 17
Scope and Contents
William Hezekiah Nathaniel Magruder papers consist of lecture notes, writings, and a diary (1849-1850) during
Magruder's employment on the faculty of Centenary College of Louisiana. The lecture notes and writings include topics about philosophy and temperance. The collection also includes
printed items related to the Collegiate Institute of Baton Rouge.
Dates:
1828 - 1860
Collection
Identifier: SC-MCLC Misc. Mss. 240
Scope and Contents
Rev. John Andrew Miller’s diary documents his personal and professional life as a pastor in the
Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South from October 1856 to August 1859.
Many entries contain information about Miller’s congregations (their size, attendance rate, and spiritual
condition), traveling to visit specific members of his churches, preparing sermons, interacting with
other Methodist ministers, corresponding with family and friends in Mississippi, and noting...
Dates:
1856 - 1859
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