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Centenary College of Louisiana

 Organization

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Walter McGehee Lowrey papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 77
Scope and Contents This collection relates to the professional life of history professor Walter McGehee Lowrey. This includes research notes, writings and speeches, Centenary College of Louisiana material, and Louisiana United Methodist material.Series 1: Research notes (1818-1989) contains seven indexes of notecards as well as additional folders with notes. Index Box 1 contains Centenary College of Louisiana and predecessor institutions’ board of trustees members (1825-1989). Index Box 2 contains...
Dates: 1818 - 1989
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Walter McGehee Lowrey papers

Albert Simon Lutz papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 16
Scope and Contents The Albert Simon Lutz papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) during the 1890s. This includes commencement programs (1896-1899), photographs (circa 1899), and diplomas. The photographs depict Lutz and other students at Centenary including the college’s first female graduates, Carrie Virginia Schwing Tomb and Willie Schwing Campbell. Lutz’s diplomas include a New Orleans public school diploma (1891), three from...
Dates: 1889 - 1925
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Albert Simon Lutz papers

William Hezekiah Nathaniel Magruder papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 17
Scope and Contents

William Hezekiah Nathaniel Magruder papers consist of lecture notes, writings, and a diary (1849-1850) during Magruder's employment on the faculty of Centenary College of Louisiana. The lecture notes and writings include topics about philosophy and temperance. The collection also includes printed items related to the Collegiate Institute of Baton Rouge.

Dates: 1828 - 1860
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / William Hezekiah Nathaniel Magruder papers

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
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Maroon Jackets scrapbooks

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
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Helen Ruffin Marshall papers

Regina “Jennie” Lane May diploma

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 71
Scope and Contents

Jennie Lane May’s Centenary College of Louisiana diploma for Bachelor of Science (1904). Note: starting with its first female graduates in 1900, Centenary awarded women a certificate of completion rather than a diploma. In June 1905, the board of trustees approved granting diplomas to future and past female graduates.

Dates: 1904
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Regina “Jennie” Lane May diploma

McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium circular

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 329
Scope and Contents

Photocopy facsimile of a circular for the McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium in Jackson, Louisiana. The circular provides details about the facility’s method of treating tuberculosis patients. It also includes information about the sanatorium’s managers.

Dates: 1929
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium circular

McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium clippings

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 526
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of newspaper clippings about the formation and opening of McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium at the former campus of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).

Dates: 1929 - 1940
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium clippings

Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 6
Scope and Contents The Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a student and faculty member at Centenary College of Louisiana. This includes his Franklin Literary Society certificate (1882), diploma (1882), and a typescript English translation of the Latin text on the diploma. A letter dated 1886 from Thomas Albert Smith Adams, the president of Centenary College of Louisiana, offers McGimsey a job to serve as the college’s professor of mathematics. A...
Dates: 1854 - 1919
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers

John McVea letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 35
Scope and Contents

John McVea's letter proposes to award a gold medal to a member of Centenary College of Louisiana’s sophomore class for the best examination on the history of England.

Dates: circa 1850
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / John McVea letter

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