Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
John Bennett Entrikin papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 51
Scope and Contents
John Bennett Entrikin papers include clippings, correspondence, photographs, and writings that primarily document his time as professor of chemistry at Centenary College of Louisiana (1929-1966).
Dates:
1911 - 1975
Clarence Tilden Hamel papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 538
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Tilden Hamel papers primarily document his activities as a student athlete at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1925 to 1929. Also included are items that document his work as a coach at the College of Marshall (Marshall, Texas) from 1929 to 1939. The collection includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1926-1932) and additional loose newspaper clippings (1927-1939). Printed items include a Centenary commencement exercises announcement (1929), College of Marshall...
Dates:
1925 - 1939
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
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
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
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
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