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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 6
Scope and Contents The Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a student and faculty member at Centenary College of Louisiana. This includes his Franklin Literary Society certificate (1882), diploma (1882), and a typescript English translation of the Latin text on the diploma. A letter dated 1886 from Thomas Albert Smith Adams, the president of Centenary College of Louisiana, offers McGimsey a job to serve as the college’s professor of mathematics. A...
Dates: 1854 - 1919

John McVea letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 35
Scope and Contents

John McVea's letter proposes to award a gold medal to a member of Centenary College of Louisiana’s sophomore class for the best examination on the history of England.

Dates: circa 1850

Meadows Museum of Art records

 Collection
Identifier: CCL-1996-048
Scope and Contents

The Meadows Museum of Art records primarily contain printed items, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs. This material documents the origins and activities of the museum at Centenary College of Louisiana. Some of the collection’s pre-1975 material relates to art exhibits held in the college's library lobby.

Dates: 1940 - 2014

Joe Mickle papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 19
Scope and Contents

Joe Mickle papers consist of personal files including correspondence, speeches, photographs, and clippings.

Dates: 1935 - 1964

Mill Creek United Methodist Church (Saline, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-1989-26
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Mill Creek United Methodist Church (Saline, La.). It includes membership records (records of baptisms, marriages, membership, and deaths), administrative records (quarterly conference and charge conference), financial records, Sunday School records, correspondence, and bulletins.

Dates: 1880 - 1988

Charles Copeland Miller correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 37
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of letters addressed to Charles Copeland Miller (1860-1935), who served as president of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1903 to 1906. A. Turner’s letter (1906 October 22) concerns the move of the college to Shreveport, Louisiana. A. Timon’s letter (1906 October 22) discusses the tuition of student Bert Kouns. Centenary professor W. F. Moncreiff’s letter (1906 October 23) reports student demerits.

Dates: 1906

Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 92
Scope and Contents The Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath collection relates to a student organization at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). The collection includes meeting minutes as well as three histories about the organization. A facsimile of the "First Book of the Chronicles of the Mystic Seven, Temple of the Wreath" (1849-1861) includes meeting minutes and a membership list. Also included is a typescript containing excerpts from the 1849-1861 volume. One typescript history was published –...
Dates: 1849 - 1981

Richard Lloyd Pugh letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 527
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of digital facsimile printout of letter from Richard Lloyd Pugh to his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Foley Pugh. Includes request for his father to attend commencement at Centenary College of Louisiana. Also mentions news regarding family and friends.

Dates: 1852

Helen Marbury Raymond collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 5
Scope and Contents

The Helen Marbury Raymond papers consist of her research materials and articles about William Marbury Carpenter (1811-1848), his family, and his connection to John James Audubon. The research materials include typescript correspondence from Lucy Audubon in 1827 and 1869. Articles written by Raymond are: “My Grandmother Knew Mrs. Audubon,” Times-Picayune Sunday Magazine (New Orleans, La.), May 9, 1937, and “How Audubon Dismissed School,” St. Nicholas Magazine, October 1937.

Dates: 1827 - 1937

Richard Henderson Rivers correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 46
Scope and Contents Collection consists of letters addressed to Richard Henderson Rivers, who served as president of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1849 to 1853. Letter dated 1851 from Daniel Martindale, Centenary faculty secretary, contains details about students suspended during the past year. Letter dated 1853 from Henry Tutwiler expresses thanks for being awarded an honorary degree. Letter dated 1854 from Thomas Coffee (with additional note from E.R. Porter) contains details...
Dates: 1851 - 1854