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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

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

Munholland United Methodist Church (Metairie, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-132
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Munholland United Methodist Church (Metairie, La.). The collection includes membership records, charge conference records, committee records, financial records, a church history, and correspondance.

Dates: 1969 - 2023

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

Pelican United Methodist Church (Pelican, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2024-015
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Pelican United Methodist Church (Pelican, La.). The collection includes membership records, audit records, committee records, administrative board records, financial records, photographs, bulletins, directories, and Sunday School records.The collection also includes quarterly conference, charge conference, church conference, and audit records. The quarterly conference books and records from the 1880s to 1960s contain references to...
Dates: 1887 - 2022

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

Saint James United Methodist Church (Hahnville, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2012-031
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Saint James United Methodist Church (Hahnville, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, property records, committee records, and historical records.Membership records consist of church register books, certificates of baptism, Sunday school records, and member lists. The church registers include names of pastors, members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.Administrative records include the congregation’s...
Dates: 1873 - 2014

David Olcott Shattuck correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 48
Scope and Contents Collection consists of letters addressed to David Olcott Shattuck, who served as president of Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1844 to 1848. Correspondence from J. L. Riddell and William Marbury Carpenter, both professors at the Medical College of Louisiana (New Orleans, La.), recommend Norman K. Leslie as a science professor at Centenary. Letter from W. H. Potter and John Caldwell Doremus relates to their employment operating Centenary College of Louisiana’s...
Dates: 1846

Robert Edward Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 24
Scope and Contents

Robert Edward Smith papers contain correspondence, speech material, pamphlets, and printed material about the Shreveport Local Option Election of 1952, temperance, and the Four Square Bible Class (1937-1954).

Dates: 1920 - 1964