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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Inman Williams Cooper family papers

 Collection
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

Crowville United Methodist Church (Crowville, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-022
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Crowville United Methodist Church (Crowville, La.). This collection includes membership records, administrative records, attendance records, financial records, correspondence, and bulletins. Administrative records from the 1960s also include information about the nearby Baskin Methodist Church (Baskin, La.).

Dates: 1962 - 2023

James Jones Davis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 26
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photocopy facsimiles of letters written by James Jones Davis while a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. In two letters written to his sister in 1856, Davis mentions coursework at Centenary, ongoing construction of the college’s Center Building, and the health of college students. The April 10, 1856, letter mentions religious revivals among Presbyterians and Methodists in Jackson, Louisiana. Also includes a history of the Davis family (1978).

Dates: 1856 - 1978

Collection of James B. Dodd materials

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 17
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of photocopied material about James B. Dodd. It includes a letter appointing him professor of mathematics at Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.) dated 1841. Also included are the following publications by Dodd: “Address, delivered at the opening of the Centenary College, on the 9th of November, 1841,” (Jackson, MS: Southron Office, 1841); “An essay on the nature of arithmetical science and the proper method of teaching this science, in opposition...
Dates: 1841 - circa 1970

William Winans Drake letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 18
Scope and Contents

Letter from Centenary College of Louisiana student William Winans Drake to his father, Rev. Benjamin Michael Drake, who served on Centenary’s board of trustees. Also includes a postscript to his sister, Jane. Letter discusses upcoming meeting of Centenary’s trustees, activities of the college’s literary societies and French Society, student enrollment and attendance, and classroom assignments.

Dates: 1859

Winbourne Magruder Drake family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 193
Scope and Contents The Winbourne Magruder Drake family papers consist of material about the family and their connections to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). A typescript copy of William Hezekiah Nathaniel Magruder’s letter (1845) to Benjamin Michael Drake concerns the move of Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.) to the site of the defunct College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.). A photocopy of William Winans Drake’s memoir appeared in the “Annual of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist...
Dates: 1845 - 1983

John Bennett Entrikin papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 51
Scope and Contents

John Bennett Entrikin papers include clippings, correspondence, photographs, and writings that primarily document his time as professor of chemistry at Centenary College of Louisiana (1929-1966).

Dates: 1911 - 1975

Fairview United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2019-040
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Fairview United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La.). The collection includes membership records, charge conference records, administrative records, financial records, property records, photographs, committee records, and subject files.

Dates: 1954 - 2017

First United Methodist Church (Campti, La.)

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2009-005
Scope and Contents This collection primarily documents the activities of the First United Methodist Church (Campti, La.). It includes membership records, quarterly conference records, charge conference records, financial records, building and property records, bulletins, certificates, and a guest book. Quarterly conference as well as charge conference records contain information about other nearby congregations. During the 1930s this included: Davis Springs Methodist Episcopal Church South...
Dates: 1898 - 2008

Fitzgerald United Methodist Church (Covington, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-148
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Fitzgerald United Methodist Church (Covington, La.). The collection includes membership records, charge conference records, administrative board records, committee records, property records, bulletins, directories, and church histories.The collection includes material about the nearby congregation of Waldheim United Methodist Church (Waldheim, La.); this primarily consists of charge conference records and administrative board...
Dates: 1973 - 2022