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Centenary College of Louisiana

 Organization

Found in 49 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

Friends of the Centenary College Library records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 32
Scope and Contents

Friends of the Centenary College Library records include meeting minutes, correspondence, membership rosters, brochures, clippings, and financial records.

Dates: 1964 - 1974

Thomas Cage Gordon clippings

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 109
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two photocopy facsimile newspaper clippings about Thomas Cage Gordon. One clipping is about Gordon delivering the baccalaureate address at Centenary College of Louisiana – “Address Delivered at Centenary College in 1893 by T. C. Gordon Seems Like Echo From The Past,” State-Times (Baton Rouge, La.), February 2, 1927. The other clipping is Gordon’s obituary -- “Prominent Citizen of City Answers Summons,” unidentified newspaper, 1927.

Dates: 1927

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

Gilbert Lewis Hetherwick papers

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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

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

Della Upton Law papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 152
Scope and Contents

The Della Upton Law papers contain material about Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). Law’s manuscript map and paper titled “And This Is How It Was In 1900-1905, Centenary College Of Louisiana, Jackson, Louisiana” describe the buildings and life on campus; both were created in 1981. Also included are newspaper clippings (1979-1981) about renovations and excavations at the Centenary College State Commemorative Area.

Dates: 1979 - 1981