Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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 President's Office records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-President's Office
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Louisiana governors consist of letters (1849-1869) identifying students selected
by the governor’s office to receive a free education at Centenary College. Act 179, Section 3 of the
first session of the second legislature of the state of Louisiana on January 17, 1848, states: “That it
shall be the duty of the faculty of said Centenary College to have at all times in the said institution, and
to education gratuitously ten indigent young men, to be designated by the...
Dates:
1849 - 1869
Compton family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 491
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of eight letters (1848-1861). Six letters were composed by Thomas Wilber Compton and Walter Sidney Compton during their time as students at Centenary College of Louisiana. Subjects include: class assignments and study habits, recreation (football, picnic, magic lantern slideshow), health, the David O. Shattuck family, and seeing General Zachary Taylor. Two letters addressed to Thomas Alexander Compton were written by Centenary’s President, John C. Miller.
Dates:
1848 - 1861