Centenary College of Louisiana
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clarence Tilden Hamel papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 538
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Tilden Hamel papers primarily document his activities as a student athlete at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1925 to 1929. Also included are items that document his work as a coach at the College of Marshall (Marshall, Texas) from 1929 to 1939. The collection includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1926-1932) and additional loose newspaper clippings (1927-1939). Printed items include a Centenary commencement exercises announcement (1929), College of Marshall...
Dates:
1925 - 1939
Walter Cottingham Hohmann papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 537
Scope and Contents
The Walter Cottingham Hohmann papers primarily document his time playing football at Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1930s. The collection includes two scrapbooks, a folder of loose items, and Centenary yearbooks with inscriptions from classmates.Both scrapbooks contain many newspaper clippings about Centenary football players, practices, and games. The America First Scrapbook (1930-1936) also includes photographs of Hohmann and other Centenary football players as...
Dates:
1930 - 1937
Albert Simon Lutz papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 16
Scope and Contents
The Albert Simon Lutz papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) during the 1890s. This includes commencement programs (1896-1899), photographs (circa 1899), and diplomas. The photographs depict Lutz and other students at Centenary including the college’s first female graduates, Carrie Virginia Schwing Tomb and Willie Schwing Campbell. Lutz’s diplomas include a New Orleans public school diploma (1891), three from...
Dates:
1889 - 1925
Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 6
Scope and Contents
The Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a
student and faculty member at Centenary College of Louisiana. This includes his Franklin Literary
Society certificate (1882), diploma (1882), and a typescript English translation of the Latin text on the
diploma. A letter dated 1886 from Thomas Albert Smith Adams, the president of Centenary College of
Louisiana, offers McGimsey a job to serve as the college’s professor of mathematics. A...
Dates:
1854 - 1919