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Centenary College of Louisiana

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bettie Rea Fox Hollingsworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 104
Scope and Contents Bettie Rea Fox Hollingsworth papers primarily consist of printed items, clippings, and photographs. This material documents Hollingsworth’s personal and professional connections to Centenary College of Louisiana and the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church. This includes items connected to Hollingsworth attending Centenary during the late 1940s and working as the Conference Director of Youth Work during the early 1950s. Also included are the memoirs of Hollingsworth’s colleague,...
Dates: 1931 - 2008

Della Upton Law papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 152
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1979 - 1981

John Lytle Scales memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 367
Scope and Contents Typescript of John Lytle Scales’ memoirs covering his life from the 1870s until approximately 1960. The memoirs were originally handwritten from approximately 1949 to 1960. They include details about his childhood in Mansfield (Louisiana), attending Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1889 to 1892, teaching private school near Barbreck (Saint Landry Parish, La.) in 1893, medical education at the University of Nashville from 1894 to 1897, working as a doctor in northern Caddo...
Dates: 2012