Lafayette Society
Organization
Biography
Centenary College of Louisiana’s Lafayette Society formed circa 1854. This organization is described in the college’s course catalog dated 1856-1857: “There is also connected with the Institution a Society, the object of which is to aid its members in the acquisition of the French language. The exercises of this, the Lafayette Society, are conducted exclusively in French, and they have, we believe, proved eminently successful in the promotion of the object for which the Society was established.”
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Y. Young family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 111
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of correspondence to and from members of the Dr. John Y. Young family.Series 1: John Smith Young correspondence, 1853-1855. This series consists of letters written by John Smith Young to his siblings and parents. During this time, Young was a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. Many letters contain details about life at Centenary, his personal views on religion, and news of family members, especially his cousin...
Dates:
1848 - 1868
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- Subject: Correspondence X