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Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 28

Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families as well as the college’s library book collection.

Dates

  • circa 1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner (1876-1968) lived in Jackson, Louisiana, from her birth until 1897. She is the granddaughter of Centenary College of Louisiana professor A. R. Holcombe (d. 1879). In 1897, she married Rev. Nicolas E. Joyner (1871-1959).

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unidentified.

Title
Finding Aid to the Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter
Author
Chris Brown
Date
2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository

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