Correspondence
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Compton family papers
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.
Inman Williams Cooper family papers
Crowville United Methodist Church (Crowville, La.) records
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.).
James Jones Davis family papers
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).
Collection of James B. Dodd materials
William Winans Drake letter
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.
Winbourne Magruder Drake family papers
John Bennett Entrikin papers
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).
Epps United Methodist Church (Epps, La.) records
Fairview United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La.) records
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.