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...

Scope and Contents The Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a student and faculty member at Centenary College of Louisiana. This includes his Franklin Literary Society certificate (1882), diploma (1882), and a typescript English translation of the Latin text on the diploma. A letter dated 1886 from Thomas Albert Smith Adams, the president of Centenary College of Louisiana, offers McGimsey a job to serve as the college’s professor of mathematics. A...