Scope and Contents The Henry Jefferson Boltz family papers primarily consist of documents and photographs related to the personal and professional lives of the Boltz family. Henry Jefferson Boltz’s life history details his activities as an itinerant minister in North Louisiana for the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. This features his accounts of traveling and working in rural North Louisiana during the late 19th century. Also included are items related to Emma Dubose, the...

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This collection documents the activities of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.). It includes membership records, financial records, committee records, historical records, printed items, photographs, and a commemorative plate.

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...

Scope and Contents This collection primarily documents the activities of the Lydia United Methodist Church (Lydia,La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, bulletins, church history, and photographs. The membership records and some administrative records are photocopied facsimiles.Also included is material from Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church (Lafayette, La.), which was on a shared pastoral charge with the Lydia congregations during the 1980s. This material consists...