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Jeremiah Chamberlain Papers

Educator and Presbyterian minister, Jeremiah Chamberlain served as president of Centre College from 1822 until 1826.

Folder 1Correspondence, 1823-1826
Folder 2Correspondence, 1830-1845
Folder 3Correspondence, 1846-1851
Folder 4Announcement for the opening of Louisiana College (under President Jeremiah Chamberlain) Jan. 1, 1827; pencil sketches of the designs of monuments to Jeremiah and James Chamberlain at Oakland College, 1852
Folder 5Newspaper clippings on the murder of Chamberlain; consists of one copy of The Daily Picayne (New Orleans) Sept. 13, 1851, "The tragedy at Oakland College" and "The late tragedy in Mississippi"
Volume 1 "Momentos", a volume of speeches, addresses, sermons, catalogs, and miscellaneous materials concerning Jeremiah Chamberlain and Oakland College; newspaper clippings concerning the Chamberlain family, 1831-1854