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 Zollie G. Bennett scrapbook primarily documents student life and athletics at Centenary College of Louisiana, where Bennett was enrolled from fall 1923 to spring 1928. Bennett played on the college’s football and baseball teams. The scrapbook includes many Centenary photographs depicting football, baseball, faculty members, students, cheerleaders, campus buildings, and the college’s May festival and carnival. Newspaper clippings document Centenary football, including the death of...

Scope and Contents The Max Henry Bowerman papers primarily document his activities as a student athlete at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1935 to 1940. The collection consists of loose items, football publications, football programs, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings.The loose items include school certificates and report cards (1926-1940), Centenary football banquet program (1939), correspondence (1940), aviation cadet graduation program (1944), life insurance salesman certificate (1969),...

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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).

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Collection consists of two certificates from Centenary College (Brandon Springs, Miss.). The certificates are regarding financial donations – one from Thomas J. Coffee in 1844 and one from Nancy Sessions in 1845. Both certificates indicate that scholarships will be named in honor of the donor.

Scope and Contents This collection primarily documents the activities of the First United Methodist Church (Campti, La.). It includes membership records, quarterly conference records, charge conference records, financial records, building and property records, bulletins, certificates, and a guest book. Quarterly conference as well as charge conference records contain information about other nearby congregations. During the 1930s this included: Davis Springs Methodist Episcopal Church South...

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...

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...

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This collection documents the activities of McIntyre United Methodist Church (McIntrye, La.). It includes membership records, newspaper clippings, certificates, and a guestbook.

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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.