Arthur Marvin Shaw scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 23

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Arthur Marvin Shaw scrapbooks (1941-1949) contain newspaper clippinings and pictures of Centenary College of Louisiana students and alumni in World War II.

Dates

1941 - 1949

Creator

Shaw, Arthur Marvin, 1896-1953 (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

Dr. Arthur Marvin Shaw, Jr., served as professor of English at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1927 to 1953. Shaw was the first president of the North Louisiana Historical Society which was formed in 1952. His publications include Centenary College Goes to War in 1861 (Shreveport, LA: Centenary College of Louisiana, 1940); William Preston Johnston, A Transitional Figure of the Confederacy (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1943); "Ante-Bellum Campus Life at Centenary College," The McNeese Review 4, no. 1 (Summer 1951): 45-66.