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Collection contains photocopy facsimiles of documents about John McVea. Includes an application for United States citizenship (1842), an oath of office for becoming a Louisiana judge (1859), and his last will and testament (1876).

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Collection consists of letters addressed to Charles Copeland Miller (1860-1935), who served as president of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1903 to 1906. A. Turner’s letter (1906 October 22) concerns the move of the college to Shreveport, Louisiana. A. Timon’s letter (1906 October 22) discusses the tuition of student Bert Kouns. Centenary professor W. F. Moncreiff’s letter (1906 October 23) reports student demerits.

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Newspaper clippings about members of the Miller family and their connections to Centenary College of Louisiana. Includes: John Copeland Miller obituary (1878), Almerin G. Miller obituary (1888), Charles Copeland Miller article (1931) and obituary (1935), Genevieve Miller article (1935).

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Richard Almerin Miller’s college algebra examination while enrolled as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana.

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Receipt to Ellenora Keene Price Moss (1832-1921) from Centenary College of Louisiana about a donation from her deceased husband, Dr. Benjamin Hart Moss (1817-1873). Receipt created by John Christian Keener, Centenary College of Louisiana’s board of trustees president.

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Mystic Schottisch sheet music for guitar, composed by William O. Teirs, published by Phillip Werlein in New Orleans, Louisiana. The music is dedicated to the Mystic Seven society at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).

Scope and Contents The Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath collection relates to a student organization at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). The collection includes meeting minutes as well as three histories about the organization. A facsimile of the "First Book of the Chronicles of the Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath" (1849-1861) includes meeting minutes and a membership list. Also included is a typescript containing excerpts from the 1849-1861 volume. One typescript history was published –...

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Collection consists of digital facsimile printout of letter from Richard Lloyd Pugh to his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Foley Pugh. Includes request for his father to attend commencement at Centenary College of Louisiana. Also mentions news regarding family and friends.

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Photocopy facsimile of John Dutart Reily family genealogy. Provides birth, marriage, and death dates for family members spanning approximately 1830 to 1965. John Dutart Reily attended Centenary College of Louisiana circa 1903.

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Typescript of biographical essay on Richard Henderson Rivers (1814-1894), written by E. Brooks Holifield in 1992, and slated for publication in the "American National Biography." At Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), Rivers became a professor in 1848 and served as college president from 1849 until 1854.