Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Belcher United Methodist Church (Belcher, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, property records, printed items, photographs, a scrapbook, and guestbooks. Quarterly conference records contain information about the nearby congregation of Gilliam Methodist Church (Gilliam, La.). Also included are records of the congregation’s Sunday schools and Women’s Society of Christian Service. The printed items consist of bulletins,...

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...