Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Chris Thomas Barnette family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 108
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material related to the personal and professional life of Chris Thomas
Barnette and his family.Series 1: Chris Thomas Barnette papers, circa 1910-1983. This series primarily consists of material
documenting Barnette’s profession as a judge. This includes judicial opinions (1963-1970),
correspondence (1925-1983), a scrapbook (1937-1941), clippings (1930-1982), printed items
(1911-1982), photographs (circa 1910-1980), meeting minutes (1960-1964), and a...
Dates:
1888 - 2000
Beta Pi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-1990-075
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Centenary College of Louisiana’s Beta Pi Circle of Omicron
Delta Kappa (ODK) as well as its predecessor group, the Laurel Society. It consists of programs,
photographs, and annual administrative files (containing membership rosters, newspaper clippings,
by-laws, correspondence, ODK’s national newsletter, ODK printed items documenting the
organization’s history, purpose, and rituals). Correspondence frequently involves Centenary’s Beta Pi
Circle...
Dates:
1948 - 1962
Max Henry Bowerman papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 535
Scope and Contents
The Max Henry Bowerman papers primarily document his activities as a student athlete at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1935 to 1940. The collection consists of loose items, football publications, football programs, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings.The loose items include school certificates and report cards (1926-1940), Centenary football banquet program (1939), correspondence (1940), aviation cadet graduation program (1944), life insurance salesman certificate (1969),...
Dates:
1926 - 1969
Centenary College of Louisiana Choir collection
Collection
Identifier: CCL-1996-044
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of histories, programs, newsletters and clippings about the Centenary College Choir. The material includes items created by the choir as well as others.
Dates:
1945 - 2008
Centenary Women's Club records
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 11
Scope and Contents
Centenary Women's Club records include administrative and financial records, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, and a scrapbook.
Dates:
1927 - 1964
Collection of Centenary College of Louisiana football materials
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 221
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Centenary College of Louisiana football materials consists of a scrapbook, photographs, and correspondence. The scrapbook (1935-1936) consists of newspaper clippings about Centenary football games. The photographs (1926-1936) depict Centenary football teams and players; also included is one photograph of Centenary boxing team member Jeff Newman. The correspondence (1936) consists of a letter from sports writer Norman L. Sper to Curtis Parker, Centenary’s Director of...
Dates:
1926 - 1936
Collection of James B. Dodd materials
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 17
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...
Dates:
1841 - circa 1970
John Bennett Entrikin papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 51
Scope and Contents
John Bennett Entrikin papers include clippings, correspondence, photographs, and writings that primarily document his time as professor of chemistry at Centenary College of Louisiana (1929-1966).
Dates:
1911 - 1975
Friends of the Centenary College Library records
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 32
Scope and Contents
Friends of the Centenary College Library records include meeting minutes, correspondence, membership rosters, brochures, clippings, and financial records.
Dates:
1964 - 1974
Gilbert Lewis Hetherwick papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 325
Scope and Contents
Gilbert Lewis Hetherwick (1920-2008) was the son of Septimus and Addie Gilbert Hetherwick. The
family moved from Winnsboro, Louisiana, to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1921. He graduated from C. E.
Byrd High School (class of 1938) and Centenary College of Louisiana (class of 1942). At Centenary,
he served as president of the Student Government Association, president of the Kappa Alpha Order
(Alpha Iota chapter), and editor of the school newspaper. After graduating from college,...
Dates:
1935 - 1947