Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Henry Bowdon Sr. papers
This collection includes a speech given by Joseph Henry Bowdon Sr. at Centenary College of Louisiana’s Founders Day address in 1964. Titled “Sidelights on the History of Centenary College,” it contains details about the college during the 19th century as well as Bowdon’s ancestors connected to Centenary. The collection also includes correspondence dated 1965 between Bowdon and Hugh D. McCool about the location of Centenary College in Brandon Springs, Mississippi, during the 1840s.
William Young Dixon speech
“Intemperance – the Demon of Desolation” speech by Centenary College of Louisiana student William Young Dixon. Dixon, a member of the college’s Franklin Institute student literary society, delivered this speech at Centenary’s commencement exercises in 1866. Includes original manuscript and typescript copy.
Collection of James B. Dodd materials
John Thomas Heath speech
Manuscript photocopy facsimile of John Thomas Heath’s speech given in 1855 to the Alumni Association of Centenary College of Louisiana.
Nicholas Everett Joyner papers
The Nicholas Everett Joyner papers include his manuscript copy of an oration titled “The New Chivalry,” which he presented during Centenary College of Louisiana’s student oration contest in 1892. Also included is a medal that Joyner won for the oration.
Walter McGehee Lowrey papers
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