Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:
Centenary State Historic Site collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 500
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of material documenting Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and its successor, the Centenary State Historic Site. Collection includes clippings (1972-2012), Friends of Old Centenary meeting agendas (2011-2013), and facsimile photographs with an identification sheet (circa 1880-1935). Printed items (1966-2012) include invitations, brochures, and a Centenary State Historic Site Tour Guide Manual. Typescripts include contracts for construction of the college's...
Dates:
circa 1880 - 2013
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
Chi Phi Fraternity, Beta Chapter collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 243
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of material about the Chi Phi fraternity, Beta chapter at Centenary College of Louisiana (1858-1861). A membership list includes each fraternity member’s city of residence and biographical sketch. This information was originally published in The Chi Phi Fraternity, Centennial Memorial Volume: Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of the Princeton Society of Chi Phi to Which the Fraternity Owes Its Existence and Dedicated to the Memory of Those of Our Membership Who...
Dates:
1924
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 Centenary State Commemorative Area materials
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 186
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of material related to the Centenary State Commemorative Area, the former
location of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). Included are items about the “Song of the
Felicianas” pageant staged in 1984; the pageant concerned the history of Jackson, Centenary College,
and the Feliciana parishes. A brochure (circa 1980) from the Feliciana Chamber of Commerce
identifies historic sites in the region. Also included is a brief history (circa 1980) about East...
Dates:
circa 1980-1984
College of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: CCL-COL
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, Louisiana). It includes an act
of incorporation (1825), property records (1816-1826), board of trustees minutes (1825-1851), faculty
minutes (1828-1844), and a letter about student disciplinary problems (circa 1835).The board of trustees minutes of meetings (1825-1845) are recorded in a manuscript volume; the
archives book collection contains a typescript of these minutes. The manuscript volume also...
Dates:
1816 - 1845
Compton family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 491
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of eight letters (1848-1861). Six letters were composed by Thomas Wilber Compton and Walter Sidney Compton during their time as students at Centenary College of Louisiana. Subjects include: class assignments and study habits, recreation (football, picnic, magic lantern slideshow), health, the David O. Shattuck family, and seeing General Zachary Taylor. Two letters addressed to Thomas Alexander Compton were written by Centenary’s President, John C. Miller.
Dates:
1848 - 1861
Inman Williams Cooper family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 14
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopied facsimiles of correspondence to and about Inman Williams
Cooper. A letter dated 1898 from John Christian Keener mentions Cooper being elected president of
Centenary College of Louisiana, repairs to college buildings for damages caused by stabling students’
horses in dormitory rooms and baseballs breaking windows, reestablishment of the college’s
preparatory school, and the construction of professors’ homes. A letter dated 1931 from William
Hamilton Nelson...
Dates:
1898 - 1931
Daniel Newton Dalton diploma
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 84
Scope and Contents
Daniel Newton Dalton’s Centenary College of Louisiana diploma for Bachelor of Science (1888).
Dates:
1888
Stephen Josephus Davies papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 124
Scope and Contents
The Stephen Josephus Davies papers primarily consist of material related to Davies attending
Centenary College of Louisiana. It includes his Franklin Institute ornamental pin (1882), Franklin
Institute certificate (1882), and Centenary College of Louisiana diploma (1882). Two photographs
(circa 1882) depict Davies with other Centenary students. A photocopy facsimile of a manuscript
written in 1882 by Davies describes the history of Centenary’s two literary societies, the Franklin
Institute...
Dates:
1882 - 1910