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Centenary College of Louisiana

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Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Carr Chapman Thornton letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 53
Scope and Contents Typescript of letter about Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Mississippi). Thornton writes of travelling with her family from Virginia and arriving in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1841. She describes Centenary College’s campus, dormitory, cottages, and a nearby medicinal spring. One of the college’s buildings is the home of her son, Thomas Chapman Thornton, who serves as the president of Centenary. She also mentions people enslaved by her family that have traveled with the Thorntons;...
Dates: 1842

Thomas Chapman Thornton correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 54
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerns financial matters and building construction at Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.). Includes one letter from Thomas Chapman Thornton to an unknown person and one letter from a Mr. Hunt to W. Robert Keyworth of Washington D. C.

Dates: 1844

Charles Babington Tomb examination

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 55
Scope and Contents

Charles Babington Tomb’s examination in college algebra while enrolled as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana.

Dates: 1906

Edward Thomas Townson papers

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 201
Scope and Contents The Edward Thomas Townson papers primarily document his activities at Centenary College of Louisiana as a football player during the 1931 and 1932 seasons. The collection consists of newspaper clippings (1931-1970), photographs (circa 1932), printed items (1932), and a scrapbook (1928-1932).The printed items include a Centenary football booklet documenting the 1932 season. It includes many inscriptions from teammates as well as Wallace “Boots” Lewis, a Black employee of...
Dates: 1928 - 1970

Union Literary Society financial records

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 93
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a financial record book for the Union Literary Society at Centenary College of Louisiana. The book includes fees and fines paid by society members as well as expenses paid by the society. Also included are two receipts (1888-1889).

Dates: 1883 - 1889

Union Literary Society records

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 67
Scope and Contents The Centenary College of Louisiana Union Literary Society records include a banner (circa 1859), printed items (1856, 1887), manuscript volumes (circa 1880-1915), and meeting minutes (1908-1925). The printed items include a program (1856) and invitations (1887). The earliest manuscript volume (circa 1880-1897) contains membership lists and the society’s constitution, which outlines the duties of officers. Another manuscript volume (1908-1909, 1915) contains membership lists and meeting...
Dates: 1856 - 1925

University Publishing Company stock certificate

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 56
Scope and Contents

Certificate to Centenary College of Louisiana as an owner of four-tenths of one share of stock in the University Publishing Company (New York, New York).

Dates: 1898

Otto S. Varnado thesis excerpt

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 260
Scope and Contents

Photocopy facsimile of an excerpt of Otto Stanley Varnado’s thesis, “A History of the Early Institutions of Higher Learning in Louisiana,” which was written for his master of arts degree at Louisiana State University. The excerpt contains a history of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.).

Dates: 1927

Norma Stewart Winegeart papers

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Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 102
Scope and Contents

Norma Stewart Winegeart papers include clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, and printed items. The material primarily relates to Winegeart’s activities within the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church and topics related to Centenary College of Louisiana.

Dates: 1844 - 2006

Jim Woodward essay

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 294
Scope and Contents

Jim Woodward’s essay, “A Brief History of Centenary College of Louisiana,” provides information about the College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.), and Centenary College of Louisiana (Shreveport, La.).

Dates: 1956