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William G. Phelps scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 22

Scope and Contents

William G. Phelps scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings on topics related to Centenary College of Louisiana. Topics include sports (football, baseball, and basketball), music performances, festivals, and debate competitions. Consists primarily of clippings from Shreveport newspapers such as Shreveport Times, Shreveport Journal, and The Caucasian.

Dates

  • 1927 - 1940

Creator

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

William G. Phelps served as professor at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1923 to 1949. He taught Greek, Latin, German, Classical Literature, History, and Philosophy. Phelps is the author of The Glory That Was Greece and Other Sketches (Shreveport, LA: Published by Rev. James Lolakas, 1937), Lessing, the Champion of Universal Brotherhood (Shreveport, LA: Centenary College, 1939), Two Roman Papers (Shreveport, LA: Centenary College of Louisiana, 1939).

Extent

4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection appears to have been donated before 1976.

Title
Finding Aid to the
Author
Created by Diane Kaplan approximately 1975, updated by Chris Brown in 2020.
Date
2020
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

Contact:
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport LA 71104 US
(318) 869-5462