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Collection of Centenary State Commemorative Area materials

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 186
Scope and Contents Collection consists of material related to the Centenary State Commemorative Area, the former location of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). Included are items about the “Song of the Felicianas” pageant staged in 1984; the pageant concerned the history of Jackson, Centenary College, and the Feliciana parishes. A brochure (circa 1980) from the Feliciana Chamber of Commerce identifies historic sites in the region. Also included is a brief history (circa 1980) about East...
Dates: circa 1980-1984

Collection of William Marbury Carpenter materials

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 207
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of material about William Marbury Carpenter (1811-1848). It includes a photocopy facsimile of a botanical specimen collected by Carpenter in Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana, in 1842; original specimen is located at the United States National Herbarium. Also includes a photocopy facsimile of the journal article: R. S. Cocks, “William M. Carpenter, A Pioneer Scientist of Louisiana,” Tulane Graduates’ Magazine 3 (1914): 122-127.

Dates: 1842 - 1914

College of Louisiana records

 Collection
Identifier: CCL-COL
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the College of Louisiana (Jackson, Louisiana). It includes an act of incorporation (1825), property records (1816-1826), board of trustees minutes (1825-1851), faculty minutes (1828-1844), and a letter about student disciplinary problems (circa 1835).The board of trustees minutes of meetings (1825-1845) are recorded in a manuscript volume; the archives book collection contains a typescript of these minutes. The manuscript volume also...
Dates: 1816 - 1845

Compton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 491
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of eight letters (1848-1861). Six letters were composed by Thomas Wilber Compton and Walter Sidney Compton during their time as students at Centenary College of Louisiana. Subjects include: class assignments and study habits, recreation (football, picnic, magic lantern slideshow), health, the David O. Shattuck family, and seeing General Zachary Taylor. Two letters addressed to Thomas Alexander Compton were written by Centenary’s President, John C. Miller.

Dates: 1848 - 1861

Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.) records

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Identifier: LACUMC-1999-008
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Converse United Methodist Church (Converse, La.). It includes financial records, property records, and church record books.

Dates: 1933 - 1997

Inman Williams Cooper family papers

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 14
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopied facsimiles of correspondence to and about Inman Williams Cooper. A letter dated 1898 from John Christian Keener mentions Cooper being elected president of Centenary College of Louisiana, repairs to college buildings for damages caused by stabling students’ horses in dormitory rooms and baseballs breaking windows, reestablishment of the college’s preparatory school, and the construction of professors’ homes. A letter dated 1931 from William Hamilton Nelson...
Dates: 1898 - 1931

Cooper's Chapel United Methodist Church (Loranger, La.) records

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Identifier: LACUMC-2023-012
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Cooper's Chapel United Methodist Church (Loranger, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, and financial records. The Church Record and Roll Book acquired in 2009 -- with additional information documenting prior years -- contains members (1951-2015).

Dates: 1951 - 2022

Couley United Methodist Church (Couley, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-083
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Couley United Methodist Church (Couley, La.). The collection includes membership records, quarterly conference records, and charge conference records.

Dates: 1891 - 2023

Covenant United Methodist Church (Chalmette, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-127
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Covenant United Methodist Church (Chalmette, La.), as well as its predecessors Saint Bernard United Methodist Church, Saint Claude Heights United Methodist Church, and Arabi United Methodist Church. The collection includes membership records, charge conference records, audit records, administrative board records, administrative records, and committee records.

Dates: 1951 - 2023

Craps Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-Craps Street MECS
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a quarterly conference record book for Craps Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.). Administrative reports mention the church conducting religious services in German and English; older members favored German, younger members preferred English. The records dated 1892 also include information about Soraparu Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans). The records dated 1894 also include information about Gretna Methodist Episcopal...
Dates: 1891 - 1894

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Minutes (administrative records) 142
Administrative records 95
Financial records 80
Clippings (information artifacts) 76
Correspondence 69
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Photographs 59
Church bulletins 46
Property records 44
Membership lists 38
Scrapbooks 35
Church records and registers -- Louisiana 33
Histories (literary works) 28
Sunday schools 25
Certificates 22
Programs (documents) 22
Newsletters 14
Architectural drawings (visual works) 13
Football 12
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Caddo Parish 11
Diplomas 11
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Ouachita Parish 10
Speeches (documents) 10
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Bienville Parish 8
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Webster Parish 8
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Lincoln Parish 7
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Orleans Parish 7
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Sabine Parish 7
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Saint Tammany Parish 7
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Morehouse Parish 6
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Rapides Parish 6
Literature -- Societies, etc. 6
Women -- Societies and clubs 6
African American Methodists -- Louisiana 5
Cemeteries -- Louisiana 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Calcasieu Parish 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- East Baton Rouge Parish 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Franklin Parish 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Parish 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Richland Parish 5
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- West Carroll Parish 5
Diaries 5
Temperance 5
Audiocassettes 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Acadia Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Catahoula Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Claiborne Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Concordia Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- DeSoto Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- La Salle Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Saint Helena Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Vernon Parish 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Washington Parish 4
Commencement ceremonies 4
Education -- Louisiana -- History 4
Legal documents 4
Memoirs 4
Negatives (photographs) 4
Women -- Education (Higher) 4
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Avoyelles Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Beauregard Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Bossier Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Evangeline Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Grant Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Jackson Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Jefferson Davis Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Lafayette Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Livingston Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Saint Landry Parish 3
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Tangipahoa Parish 3
Fliers (printed matter) 3
Genealogy 3
Obituaries 3
Research notes 3
Sermons 3
Slavery 3
Slaves 3
Yellow fever 3
Biographies 2
Brochures 2
Charters 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Caldwell Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Iberia Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Iberville Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Red River Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Tensas Parish 2
Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Vermilion Parish 2
Examinations (documents) 2
Judges -- Louisiana 2
Louisiana -- Shreveport 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Sound recordings 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Writings (documents) 2
Abolitionists 1
Alcoholism 1
Autobiographies (literary works) 1
Autograph albums 1
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Language
English 370
German 2
 
Names
United Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference 173
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (South Central Jurisdiction) 138
Centenary College of Louisiana 126
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference 121
Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) 76
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Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.) 10
College of Louisiana 9
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference. Woman's Society of Christian Service 7
Carpenter, William Marbury, 1811-1848 5
Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (Central Jurisdiction) 5
Methodist Episcopal Church. Louisiana Conference 5
Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939). Louisiana Conference 5
Miller, John Copeland, 1822-1878 5
Union Literary Society 5
United Methodist Women (U.S.). Louisiana Conference 5
Centenary State Historic Site (Jackson, La.) 4
Rivers, R. H. (Richard Henderson), 1814-1894 4
Shattuck, David Olcott, 1800-1892 4
Belle Bower Methodist Episcopal Church South (Belle Bower, La.) 3
First United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.) 3
Mansfield Female College (Mansfield, La.) 3
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mississippi Conference 3
Thornton, T. C. (Thomas C.), 1794-1860 3
Alexandria District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) 2
Antioch United Methodist Church (Antioch, La.) 2
Centenary College of Louisiana Faculty 2
Chi Phi (Fraternity). Beta Chapter (Centenary College of Louisiana) 2
Cooper's Chapel United Methodist Church (Loranger, La.) records 2
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Zeta Zeta Chapter (Centenary College of Louisiana) 2
Dixon, William Young, 1843-1874 2
Four Square Bible Class (Shreveport, La.) 2
Franklin Institute 2
French Mission District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South 2
Joyner, Sarah Baker Austin, 1876-1968 2
Keachi Methodist Episcopal Church South (Keachi, La.) 2
Keener family 2
Keener, John Christian, 1819-1906 2
Kentwood United Methodist Church (Kentwood, La.) 2
Lafayette Society 2
Law, Della Upton, 1892-1990 2
Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 1790-1870 2
Magruder, W. H. N. (William H. N.), 1815-1899 2
Maroon Jackets 2
McCormick Memorial Tubercular Sanatorium (Jackson, La.) 2
McTyeire, Holland Nimmons, 1824-1889 2
McVea, John, 1820-1876 2
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference. Woman's Missionary Society 2
Methodist Episcopal Church. Gulf Conference 2
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mississippi Conference 2
Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939). Arkansas Conference 2
Mystic Seven. Temple of the Wreath (Centenary College of Louisiana) 2
Palmetto United Methodist Church (Palmetto, La.) 2
Scales, John Lytle, 1871-1968 2
Shreveport District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) 2
Waldheim United Methodist Church (Waldheim, La.) 2
Young, John Smith, 1834-1916 2
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
Alco Methodist Church (Alco, La.) 1
Alexandria District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1
Alexandria District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church 1
Andrew Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
Andrews Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South (Webster Parish, La.) 1
Andrews, Stephen Pearl, 1812-1886 1
Antioch United Methodist Church (Eros, La.) 1
Arcadia Methodist Episcopal Church South (Arcadia, La.) 1
Asbury United Methodist Church (West Monroe, La.) 1
Athens Methodist Episcopal Church South (Athens, La.) 1
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 1
Ball United Methodist Church (Ball, La.) 1
Bannerman, Charles Moss, 1903-1981 1
Barisas, Edith Bailey, 1915-2016 1
Barksdale United Methodist Church (Bossier City, La.) 1
Barnette, Chris Thomas, 1905-1982 1
Barnette, William Chappelle, 1875-1939 1
Bartholomew United Methodist Church (Morehouse Parish, La.) 1
Basile United Methodist Church (Basile, La.) 1
Baskin Methodist Church (Baskin, La.) 1
Baton Rouge - Hammond District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church 1
Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church 1
Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction 1
Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church records 1
Bayou Blue Methodist Church (Bayou Blue, La.) 1
Bayou Chicot Methodist Episcopal Church South (Bayou Chicot, La.) 1
Bayou Chicot and White’s Chapel Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South 1
Bayou Scie United Methodist Church (Bayou Scie, La.) 1
Beekman United Methodist Church (Beekman, La.) 1
Belcher United Methodist Church (Belcher, La.) 1
Belle Chasse United Methodist Church (Belle Chasse, La.) 1
Bennett, Zollie G., 1905-1986 1
Beta Pi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa 1
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church South (DeSoto Parish, La.) 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Deville, La.) 1
Beulah Methodist Episcopal Church South (Marthaville, La.) 1
Beulah United Methodist Church (Marthaville, La.) 1
Blue Mountain Female College 1
Boatner, Annie Eliza Young, 1833-1896 1
Boatner, Elias Jr., 1793-1839 1
Boatner, Hayden LeMaire, 1900-1977 1
Boeuf Prairie United Methodist Church (Fort Necessity, La.) 1
Boeuf River Methodist Church (Goodwill, La.) 1
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