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Diplomas

 Subject
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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Rutillius Pinkney Cates papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 87
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of material documenting Rutillius Pinkney Cates as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. Includes a Franklin Literary Society certificate (1858) and a diploma for Bachelor of Arts (1858). Also includes a biographical sketch about Cates (undated).

Dates: 1858, undated

Daniel Newton Dalton diploma

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 84
Scope and Contents

Daniel Newton Dalton’s Centenary College of Louisiana diploma for Bachelor of Science (1888).

Dates: 1888

Stephen Josephus Davies papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 124
Scope and Contents The Stephen Josephus Davies papers primarily consist of material related to Davies attending Centenary College of Louisiana. It includes his Franklin Institute ornamental pin (1882), Franklin Institute certificate (1882), and Centenary College of Louisiana diploma (1882). Two photographs (circa 1882) depict Davies with other Centenary students. A photocopy facsimile of a manuscript written in 1882 by Davies describes the history of Centenary’s two literary societies, the Franklin Institute...
Dates: 1882 - 1910

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

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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

Regina “Jennie” Lane May diploma

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Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 71
Scope and Contents

Jennie Lane May’s Centenary College of Louisiana diploma for Bachelor of Science (1904). Note: starting with its first female graduates in 1900, Centenary awarded women a certificate of completion rather than a diploma. In June 1905, the board of trustees approved granting diplomas to future and past female graduates.

Dates: 1904

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

John Lytle Scales diploma

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 90
Scope and Contents

John Lytle Scales’ Centenary College of Louisiana diploma for Bachelor of Science (1892).

Dates: 1892

Carrie Virginia Schwing graduation certificate

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 85
Scope and Contents

Carrie Virginia Schwing's Centenary College of Louisiana graduation certificate for Bachelor of Science (1900). Note: starting with its first female graduates in 1900, Centenary awarded women a certificate of completion rather than a diploma. In June 1905, the board of trustees approved granting diplomas to future and past female graduates.

Dates: 1900