Charles Moss Bannerman scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 185

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Charles Moss Bannerman scrapbook primarily consists of photographs documenting student activities and athletics at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1922 to 1923. Many photographs depict Centenary football players and games played during fall 1922. Newspaper clippings and ticket stubs from this football season also appear. Also included are photographs of Centenary’s campus, buildings, students, and faculty. This includes the college’s band and glee club; Bannerman was a member of both groups. Photographs from a 1923 Centenary baseball game are included, as well. Other photographs depict the United States Sheet and Window Glass Company (Shreveport, La.), Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans in 1924, and images of Homer, Louisiana’s high school, oil fields, and Claiborne Parish Courthouse. Also included are photographs depicting a December 28, 1922, football game played at Centenary College by professional football teams, the Toledo Maroons and Milwaukee Badgers. Captions identify players on these teams, including Jim Thorpe and Centenary’s football coach, Bo McMillin.

Dates

1922 - 1924

Creator

Bannerman, Charles Moss, 1903-1981 (Person)

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

Charles Moss Bannerman (1903-1981) is the son of Moss McBride Bannerman (1865-1918) and Dessie Mae Boltz (1882-1963). Raised in Grand Cane, Louisiana, he attended Centenary College of Louisiana’s preparatory department from fall 1918 to spring 1921. He then enrolled in college at Centenary from fall 1922 until spring 1923. While at Centenary, Bannerman was a member of the college band and glee club. In the late-1920s and early-1930s, he performed in community theatre productions staged at Shreveport Little Theatre. Bannerman was an employee at Louisiana Oil Refining Company, Builders Supply Company, then worked as building superintendent at First Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.) from approximately 1950 to 1965. In 1934, he married Zula Gilcrease (1901-1980).