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The Della Upton Law papers contain material about Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). Law’s manuscript map and paper titled “And This Is How It Was In 1900-1905, Centenary College Of Louisiana, Jackson, Louisiana” describe the buildings and life on campus; both were created in 1981. Also included are newspaper clippings (1979-1981) about renovations and excavations at the Centenary College State Commemorative Area.

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Collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of newspaper clippings about the formation and opening of McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium at the former campus of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).

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...

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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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Collection contains facsimile newspaper clipping of Samuel Milton Thomas’s obituary as published in the Bossier Banner (Bellevue, La.), December 22, 1910.