Centenary Nursery School records

Collection

Identifier: CCL-Nursery

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Centenary Nursery School records consist of printed items and photographs. The printed items include programs for plays, a brochure with details about the school, and student rosters. The photographs include candid classroom scenes, children in costumes, posed group images, and children visiting a firetruck on Centenary’s campus.

Dates

1954 - 1956

Creator

Centenary Nursery School (Organization)

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

The Centenary Nursery School opened in January 1950, and its kindergarten opened in September 1953. According to a brochure about the school, it served a three-fold purpose: 1) providing opportunities for play with children ages two to five years old, 2) meeting the needs of students in child development from the Home Economics Department and Education and Psychology Department as well as providing opportunities for work with children to the music, art, physical education, and other departments in the college, 3) serving parents of Shreveport. The nursery school closed in May 1958.