Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Edith Bailey Barisas scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 98
Scope and Contents
The Edith Bailey Barisas scrapbook includes material documenting her senior year at Centenary College of Louisiana, September 1934 to May 1935. It primarily contains newspaper clippings about Centenary football, basketball, and boxing, as well as Barisas serving as Homecoming Queen and a member of Alpha Xi Delta. Centenary football items also include game programs (1934 September 22, 1934 October 13, 1934 November 10, 1934 November 29), game tickets (1934 September 19, 1934 September 22,...
Dates:
1934 - 1935
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 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
Joseph Lucius “Jake” Hanna, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 306
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Lucius “Jake” Hanna, Jr. papers primarily document his time playing and coaching football at Centenary College of Louisiana. The collection includes a scrapbook (1927-1993), clippings (1921-1985), a football program (1929), a fan’s memories of Centenary football (circa 1957), and photographs (circa 1915-1987). Also included are Hanna’s United States Navy Officer Service Record file (1942-1954) and navy photographs (1944).The scrapbook mostly consists of newspaper...
Dates:
1915 - 1993
Walter Cottingham Hohmann papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 537
Scope and Contents
The Walter Cottingham Hohmann papers primarily document his time playing football at Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1930s. The collection includes two scrapbooks, a folder of loose items, and Centenary yearbooks with inscriptions from classmates.Both scrapbooks contain many newspaper clippings about Centenary football players, practices, and games. The America First Scrapbook (1930-1936) also includes photographs of Hohmann and other Centenary football players as...
Dates:
1930 - 1937
Maroon Jackets scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: CCL-2013-015
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks containing membership rosters, photographs, clippings,
programs, and correspondence related to activities of Maroon Jackets from 1931 to 1996. The
photographs include group shots of members, pictures of Maroon Jackets at different events, and
photographs highlighting individual members for their accomplishments. The clippings originally
appeared in Centenary publications (student newspapers, yearbooks, and alumni magazines) as well as
local newspapers....
Dates:
1931 - 1998
Helen Ruffin Marshall papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 29
Scope and Contents
Helen Ruffin Marshall papers contain photographs, programs, and clippings relating to the Centenary Opera Workshop and the Shreveport Civic Opera Association.
Dates:
1948 - 1961
Lenora Waller Street papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 323
Scope and Contents
The Lenora Waller Street papers consist of scrapbooks documenting her high school and college days
as well as her marriage. The Girl Graduate scrapbook covers her time at Shreveport High School
during the years 1920 to 1923. It includes autographs and notes from classmates and teachers,
newspaper clippings, photographs, tickets and event programs (football games and plays), invitations
to graduations and parties, and a stamp collection. The My Memory Book scrapbook documents
Waller’s time at...
Dates:
1920 - 1946
Edward Thomas Townson papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 201
Scope and Contents
The Edward Thomas Townson papers primarily document his activities at Centenary College of Louisiana as a football player during the 1931 and 1932 seasons. The collection consists of newspaper clippings (1931-1970), photographs (circa 1932), printed items (1932), and a scrapbook (1928-1932).The printed items include a Centenary football booklet documenting the 1932 season. It includes many inscriptions from teammates as well as Wallace “Boots” Lewis, a Black employee of...
Dates:
1928 - 1970