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Shaw, Arthur Marvin, 1896-1953

 Person

Biography

Dr. Arthur Marvin Shaw, Jr., served as professor of English at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1927 to 1953. Shaw was the first president of the North Louisiana Historical Society which was formed in 1952. His publications include Centenary College Goes to War in 1861 (Shreveport, LA: Centenary College of Louisiana, 1940); William Preston Johnston, A Transitional Figure of the Confederacy (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1943); "Ante-Bellum Campus Life at Centenary College," The McNeese Review 4, no. 1 (Summer 1951): 45-66.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Arthur Marvin Shaw scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 23
Scope and Contents

Arthur Marvin Shaw scrapbooks (1941-1949) contain newspaper clippinings and pictures of Centenary College of Louisiana students and alumni in World War II.

Dates: 1941 - 1949