Lenora Waller Street papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 323

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Lenora Waller Street papers consist of scrapbooks documenting her high school and college days as well as her marriage. The Girl Graduate scrapbook covers her time at Shreveport High School during the years 1920 to 1923. It includes autographs and notes from classmates and teachers, newspaper clippings, photographs, tickets and event programs (football games and plays), invitations to graduations and parties, and a stamp collection. The My Memory Book scrapbook documents Waller’s time at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1923 to 1925. This scrapbook includes photographs (baseball players, football players, friends, and the Centenary Woman’s Athletic Association), newspaper clippings (sororities, debate team, and athletics), event programs (football games, plays, and debates), bridge score cards, and a stamp collection. The Bride’s Own Book scrapbook documents Waller’s wedding in 1928. It includes newspaper clippings about the wedding, a guest list, notes from guests, and a gift list.

Dates

1920 - 1946

Creator

Street, Lenora Waller, 1907–1986 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

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

Lenora Alma Waller Street (1907-1986) moved in 1920 from Haynesville, Louisiana to Shreveport, Louisiana with her parents, Aylmer Longino Waller (1882-1946) and Frances Ethel Shaw Waller (1887-1956), and brother, Roma Leslie Waller (1914-1986). She graduated from Shreveport High School in 1923 and attended Centenary College of Louisiana from the fall of 1923 to the spring of 1925. While at Centenary, she was a member of the Kappa Pi sorority, Pi Kappa Delta (Honorary Forensic Society), Centenary Woman’s Athletic Association, debate team, newspaper staff, and yearbook staff. After leaving Centenary, she graduated from the University of Colorado with an A.B. Degree. On May 8, 1928, she married John Ralph Street. The Streets relocated to Los Angeles, California.