Correspondence from Louisiana governors consist of letters (1849-1869) identifying students selected by the governor’s office to receive a free education at Centenary College. Act 179, Section 3 of the first session of the second legislature of the state of Louisiana on January 17, 1848, states: “That it shall be the duty of the faculty of said Centenary College to have at all times in the said institution, and to education gratuitously ten indigent young men, to be designated by the Governor of the State.”

Correspondence to John C. Miller during his time as Centenary College of Louisiana president include the following: the college’s former president William B. Lacey discussing commencement and honorary degree recipients (1856), J. H. Muse writing about college land ownership (1858), faculty job opportunities and letters of recommendation (1860), and Amos Adams excusing himself from a board of trustees meeting (undated).