In a collaborative project between the Meadows Museum of Art and the college’s Archives and Special Collections, Centenary’s Legacy celebrates 200 years of preparing global citizens to live productive lives of vitality and purpose.
Arranged chronologically, archival items grouped by theme tell a variety of institutional and personal stories. In addition to highlighting campus organizations and departments, this exhibition includes moments when Centenary encountered and persevered through hardships. Throughout the exhibition, visitors are encouraged to interact with items such as reproduced publications, digitized motion pictures, and historic artifacts reinterpreted through modern technology.
Centenary’s past conflicts with its current values for human diversity in all its richly complex and multi-faceted forms. To share the stories of those historically marginalized by the institution, Centenary’s Legacy uses the school as a window into the South, placing the college’s history within the wider context of the nation and region within which it existed.
Unless otherwise noted, items are from Centenary’s Archives and Special Collections.
Thanks to the Centenary students, faculty, and staff who contributed to the creation of this exhibition. Exhibition funded in part by the Centenary Muses.
Interact with Centenary’s Legacy in the galleries
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A guitar arrangement dedicated to Centenary’s Mystical Seven chapter, performed by Centenary alumnus Daniel Ainsworth, class of 2016.
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A photograph of Centenary students playing tennis comes to life with artificial intelligence by Centenary alumnus Rev. Patrick D. Fertitta, class of 2003.
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Centenary’s alma mater, performed at President’s Convocation on August 22, 2023.
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A photograph of Centenary cadet nurse students comes to life with artificial intelligence by Centenary alumnus Rev. Patrick D. Fertitta, class of 2003.
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A Centenary fight song, "Centenary Gentlemen: Fight To Win That Fight" was written by Fred Waring in 1942.
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A painting from the Meadows Museum’s permanent collection comes to life with artificial intelligence by Centenary alumnus Rev. Patrick D. Fertitta, class of 2003.
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A photograph from the Samuel P. Peters Research Center dedication comes to life with artificial intelligence by Centenary alumnus Rev. Patrick D. Fertitta, class of 2003.
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A selection of books published by Les Éditions Tintamarre, Centenary’s French Press, are on display.
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Photographs from graduation over the years capture the excitement of the day.
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An audiotape from Alvin “Cheesy” Voran’s Choir Dinner Party in 1972.