This collection primarily consists of photocopied material about James B. Dodd. It includes a letter appointing him professor of mathematics at Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.) dated 1841. Also included are the following publications by Dodd: “Address, delivered at the opening of the Centenary College, on the 9th of November, 1841,” (Jackson, MS: Southron Office, 1841); “An essay on the nature of arithmetical science and the proper method of teaching this science, in opposition to the prevailing inductive systems,” (s.l., s.n.: 1858); title page only for “Key to Dodd’s Arithmetics,” (New York: Pratt, Oakley & Company, 1860). Also included are James B. Dodd obituary newspaper clippings (1872). The collection also features excerpts from the following publications about Dodd: “The Biographical encyclopædia of Kentucky of the dead and living men of the nineteenth century,” (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878); “Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky,” (Covington, KY: Collins & Co, 1882); James Hal Ross, “Moved to Louisiana: Centenary College Founded in State,” Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), August 25, 1968. Also included is Walter N. Vernon’s biography of Dodd written circa 1970.