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Centenary College of Louisiana

 Organization

Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:

James L. Hendrickson collection of Centenary College of Louisiana photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 499
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of facsimile photographs depicting Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La). The images primarily depict Centenary’s buildings – the Centre Building, dormitories, and professor’s home. Also included is a photograph of students on campus (circa 1890). The photographs are scanned printouts from originals and reproductions collected and held by James L. Hendrickson.

Dates: circa 1890 - circa 1970

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

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

Felicia Cornelius Honeycut papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 3
Scope and Contents The Felicia Cornelius Honeycut papers consist of newspaper clippings and photographs connected to the McVea family and Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). The newspaper clippings include an obituary for Judge John McVea (1821-1876) and an article describing Centenary College of Louisiana’s commencement activities (1880 July). These clippings may have originally been published in the Southern Watchman (Clinton, La.). The photographs depict Charles McVea (1831-1886; Centenary...
Dates: circa 1860 - 1880

John C. Harrell Medal guidelines

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 66
Scope and Contents

Guidelines for awarding the John C. Harrell Medal for Hymn and Scripture Reading. According to Centenary College of Louisiana’s course catalog for 1903-1904, “The John C. Harrell medal, founded by Prof. George L. Harrell, is a handsome prize offered to the ministerial student, who shall excel in hymn and Scripture reading. The contest occurs during the Commencement exercises and the medal is awarded on the basis of force in expression, distinctness of speech, and self-composure.”

Dates: circa 1903

Nicholas Everett Joyner papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 72
Scope and Contents

The Nicholas Everett Joyner papers include his manuscript copy of an oration titled “The New Chivalry,” which he presented during Centenary College of Louisiana’s student oration contest in 1892. Also included is a medal that Joyner won for the oration.

Dates: 1892

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 28
Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families as well as the college’s library book collection.

Dates: circa 1960

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 291
Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families.

Dates: 1959

Keener family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 50
Scope and Contents The Keener family papers consist of approximately 100 letters, dating from 1825 to 1861, addressed to John Christian Keener or to his wife, Mary Anna Spencer Keener, by members of Mrs. Keener's family. Mrs. Keener's parents, Anna Baker and Richard Spencer, had moved from Maryland, settled first in Georgia, and later Alabama. At the time of the early letters, the Spencers were farming a plantation in Dallas County, Alabama, called Davenport Place. They raised cotton, corn, peaches, and...
Dates: 1825 - 1861

Della Upton Law correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 29
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters written by Della Upton Law. A letter dated 1953 describes the library and Centre Building at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) circa 1900. A letter from 1971 contains the words to the “Centenary College Yell.”

Dates: 1953 - 1971