Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Collection of James B. Dodd materials
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 17
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily consists of photocopied material about James B. Dodd. It includes a letter
appointing him professor of mathematics at Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.) dated 1841.
Also included are the following publications by Dodd: “Address, delivered at the opening of the
Centenary College, on the 9th of November, 1841,” (Jackson, MS: Southron Office, 1841); “An essay
on the nature of arithmetical science and the proper method of teaching this science, in opposition...
Dates:
1841 - circa 1970
William Winans family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 105
Scope and Contents
The William Winans family papers consist of photocopy facsimiles of documents. A letter dated 1836
from William Winans to his wife Martha concerns his trip to Ohio for the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. A letter dated 1845 from Wesley P. Winans to his mother Martha
includes Wesley’s report card from Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.), comments on the
newly-formed Methodist Episcopal Church South, and mentions the possible move of Centenary to
Jackson,...
Dates:
1836 - 1897