Thomas H. Matheny


Archival Collection


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Folder

Correspondence of 1961-1969

a) Southeastern Louisiana College Alumni News dated July, 1961

b) Card to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 12/30/66

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/7/67

d) Letter dated 3/10/67

e) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 7/28/69

Correspondence of 1970-1974

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4-9-70

b) Card to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 1/5/71

c) Letter to Mr. Louis Michot dated 10/31/72

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated l/3/73

e) Audenshaw Papers: Power in the Church No. 34 By Thomas H. Matheny dated January

1973 (xerox copy)

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 8/19/74

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/23/74

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/27/74

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/3/74

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/10/74

k) Program for Honors Convocation dated 10/14/74

Correspondence of 1975

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/75

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 1/6/75

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/23/75

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 1/27/75

e) Letter to C. Howard Sam Martin dated 2/28/75

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 3/11/75

g) Morning Advocated dated 3/22/75 picture of Dr. Netterville, Bishop Crutchfield, and Tom

Matheny (newspaper clipping)

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/28/75

i) Program for Memorial services of Honorable Ben N. Tucker dated 9/23/74

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/7/75

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 5/12/75

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/2/75

m) Letter to Mr & Mrs John O. Batson dated 6/20/75

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 6/23/75

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/1/75

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 7/13/75

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/14/75

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/30/75

s) Letter to Mr. Matheny dated 8/1/75

t) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/25/75

u) Card to C. Howard Nichols Postmarked 9/26/75

v) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/26/75

w) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/10/75

Correspondence of 1976 and 1977

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/26/76

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/11/76

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/76

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/6/76

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/19/76

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/23/76

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/26/76

h) Speech delivered 8/7/76 in memory of J. Chris Nungesser

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 8/25/76

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/1/76

k) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 1/24/77

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/1/77

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/14/77

n) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 3/28/77

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/2/77

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 11/29/77

5. Correspondence of 1978

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated1/9/78

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/25/78

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/30/78

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/9/78

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/10/78

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/15/78

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/30/78

h) Newspaper article from Hammond Daily Star dated 3/22/78 entitled Matheny to serve as

lecturer

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/3/78

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/28/78

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/5/78

l) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols and family dated 7/10/78

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 11/10/78

n) Newspaper article from the Hammond Daily Star dated 11/24/78 entitled Council slates

special meeting

o) Speech entitled Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Chief Justice Joe W.

Sanders dated 12/21/78

p) Card for C. Howard Nichols postmarked 12/27/78

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6. Correspondence of 1979

a) Letter to Friends of Dr. Mark Gibbs dated 1/16/79

b) Letter to Honorable Griffin Bell dated 2/6/79

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/13/79

d) Letter to Mr. Matheny dated 4/27/79

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/6/79

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/7/79

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/20/79

h) Newspaper article from Hammond Daily Star dated 5/27/79 entitled Matheny receives Dr.

of laws degree

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/29/79

j) Card to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 7/8/79

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/9/79

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/10/79

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/12/79

n) Card to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols postmarked 12/21/79

7. Correspondence of 1980

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/7/80

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/17/80

c) Letter to Major Dick Steiner dated 5/12/80

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/23/80

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/30/80

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/5/80

g) Copy of article entitled Religion and the 1980 Campaign postmarked 9/7/80 to C. Howard

Nichols

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 8/28/80

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/30/80

j) Letter to C. Howard Crain dated 9/11/80

k) Letter to C. Howard Crain dated 9/12/80

l) Letter to Mr. E. L. Bubba Henry dated 9/15/80

m) Letter to Mr. E. L. Bubba Henry dated 9/25/80

n) Article from the Hammond Vindicator dated 10/9/80 entitled Power Struggle on over SLU

Law Post

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/23/80

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/28/80

q) Newspaper article from the Hammond Vindicator dated 11/13/80 entitled "Silk stocking

war"

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/21/80

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8. Correspondence of 1981

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/19/81

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/4/81

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/8/81

d) Hammond Sunday Star dated 2/22/81 entitled Matheny gets top bank post

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/23/81

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/27/81

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/2/81

h) Letter to Shareholders of First Guaranty Bank dated 5/17/81

i) Letter to Shareholders of First Guaranty Bank dated 5/22/81

j) Letter to C. Howard& Mrs Nichols postmarked 6/25/81

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/25/81

l) Notice to Customers effective 7/1/81

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/21/81

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/11/81

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/14/81

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 9/1/81

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/10/81

r) Letter wrote by Mr. Matheny dated 9/23/81

s) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/1/81

t) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/19/81

u) Copy of newsletter The Methodist Window dated 10/28/81 Volume III, 167th Edition

v) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/5/81

w) Copy of article entitled The Third Degree Exposed from the Saturday Review dated 12/81

x) Copy of Around First Guaranty: Greetings from first Guaranty Bank dated 12/81

y) Copy of article entitled Thinking a Neglected Art dated 12/31/81

z) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/31/81

9. Correspondence 1982

a) Postcard to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols postmarked 1/5/82

b) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/31/82

c) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/28/82

d) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/1/82

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/4/82

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 7/20/82

g) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/26/82

h) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/8/82

i) Card to C. Howard& Mrs Nichols postmarked 8/82

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/3/82

k) Letter to Mrs. Mary Cefalu dated 9/14/82

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/8/82

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/19/82

n) Letter to Mr. Matheny dated 11/22/82

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/20/82

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols attached to 2 copies of Mr. Matheny’s schedule for 1982/83

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10. Correspondence from 1983 and 1984

a) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/20/83

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/26/83

c) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/1/83

d) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/8/83

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/27/83

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/5/83

g) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated Memorial Day 1983

h) Letter to Dr. Larry Crain dated 7/19/83

i) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols postmarked 8/20/83

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/7/83

k) Postcard to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols postmarked ? 1984

l) Postcard to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 1/14/84

m) Postcard to Miss Francis Nichols dated 1/44/84

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/23/84

o) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/24/84

p) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/6/84

q) Copy of article entitled A Commencement Address dated 8/14/84

11. Correspondence from 1985

a) Postcard to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols dated 2/17/85

b) Copy of the Speaking and Engagement Calendar for 1985 for Mr. Matheny

c) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/1/85

d) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/8/85

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/22/85

f) Copy of article entitled Quest for a Constitution: A Man Who Wouldn’t Quit by Elmer Gentz and Edward S. Gilbreth from the University Press of America postmarked 3/25/85

g) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/14/85

h) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/15/85

i) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/4/85

j) Card to the Nichols family dated 7/9/85

k) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/10/85

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/2/85

m) Card to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/4/85

n) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/6/85

o) Copy of the 1985 Speaking and Engagement Calendar for Mr. Matheny

p) Two copies of an article from the Morning Advocate dated 10/18/85

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/21/85

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/25/85

s) Copy of article How to Orevent False Charges from the Clergy Careers by Tom H.

Matheny dated November/December 1985

t) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/29/85

u) Copy of the 1985 Speaking and Engagement Calendar for Mr. Matheny revised

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12. Correspondence from 1986

a) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols dated 1986

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated Trinity Sunday, 1986

c) Letter to the Nichols Family dated 1/31/86

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/15/86

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/19/86 attached is a copy of an article entitled The two

faces of Huey Long on Film: Hero or Demagogue? By Ken Bode dated 3/3/86

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/26/86

g) Card to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/4/86

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/9/86

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/22/86

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/24/86

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/20/86

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/3/86

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/4/86

n) Letter entitled "Ginn’s Pen" from The Circuit Rider: First United Methodist Church by

Pat? dated 10/8/86

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/14/86

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/15/86

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated Thanksgiving Day, 1986

r) Copy of Speaking and Engagement Calendar for 1986/87

13. Correspondence for 1987 and 1988

a) Copy of Speaking and Engagement Calendar for 1987

b) Letter to Francis dated 1/2/87

c) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 1/22/87

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/4/87

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/31/87

f) Program from the Awards Banquet of the Louisiana Moral and Civil Foundation, Inc.

dated 4/20/87

g) Card to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/4/87

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/10/87

i) Three copies of the Speaking and Engagement Calendar for 1988 for Mr. Matheny

j) Card to the Nichols Family dated 1/1/88

k) Tom Matheny elected President,Hammond Vidicator dated 3/17/88

l) The St. Tammany News-Banner dated 3/27/88 Pathways Conference Had Something for all

m) Letter to Judicial Council of United Methodist General Conference dated 5/6/88

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/3/88

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/10/88

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/29/88

q) Letter to Members of the Judicial Council of United Methodist Church dated 10/7/88

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/22/88

s) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/28/88

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14. Correspondence from 1989-1991

a) Copy of the Speaking and Engagement Calendar in 1989 for Mr. Matheny

b) Letter to C. Howard& Mrs Nichols dated 1/6/89

c) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated Easter 1989

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/30/89

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/30/89

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/24/89

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/17/89

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/6/89

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/21/89

j) Card to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/27/89

k) Copy of the Speaking and Engagement Calendar in 1990 for Mr. Matheny

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/6/90

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/15/90

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/25/90

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/8/90

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/13/90

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/3/90

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/14/90

s) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/26/90

t) Copy of the Calendar for Tom Matheny for 1991

u) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/1/91

v) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/3/91

w) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/4/91

x) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 9/5/91

z) Copy of the Calendar for Tom Matheny for 1991/92

15. Correspondence from 1992 and 1993

a) Copy of the Calendar for Tom Matheny for 1992

b) Letter to Mr. Matheny dated 4/9/92

c) Copy of the Speaking and Engagement Calendar for Tom Matheny for 1992

d) Letter to Dr. James Callier dated 4/2/92

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/6/92

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/15/93

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/9/93

h) Memorandum to friends dated 3/22/93

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/9/93

j) Memorandum to Friends dated 6/18/93

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/12/93

l) Letter to Mr. Andrian Couvillion dated 7/13/93

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/15/93

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/9/93

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/9/93

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16. Correspondence from 1994-1996

a) Letter to C. Howard& Mrs Nichols dated 4/11/94

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/13/94

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/14/95

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/5/95

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/5/95

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/11/95

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/2/96

h) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols dated 4/2/96

i) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols dated 4/4/96

j) Matheny re-elected president of Methodist judicial council, The Hammond Daily Star

dated 5/7/96

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/2/96

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/26/96

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/28/96

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/20/96

o) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/21/96

p) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/21/96

q) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 12/4/96

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/11/96

s) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 12/30/96

17. Correspondence from 1997

a) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 12/18/97

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/24/97

c) Judicial Council-The Church’s ‘Supreme Court by Robert Lear dated October 23-25, 1997

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/3/97

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 4/24/97

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/17/97

g) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/7/97

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/12/97

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/6/97

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 10/28/97

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 11/12/97

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18. Correspondence from 1998-2000

a) Campus Correspondence to C. Howard Nichols regarding Matheny Lecture dated 1/4/98

b) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/6/98

c) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 2/27/98

d) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/16/98

e) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/19/98

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 3/23/98

g) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols dated 3/27/98

h) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/29/98

i) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 5/18/98

j) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 6/5/98

k) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/1/98

l) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 7/15/98

m) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/10/98

n) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 8/20/98

o) Faxed copy of the Decision No. 833 faxed 8/20/98

p) Invitation to Mr. Matheny as recipient of an Honorary Doctorate reception dated 12/12/98

q) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/14/98

r) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 12/28/98

s) Program entitled In Loving Memory of Reverend Louis M. Coppage, Jr., September 6,

1932-January 25, 1999

t) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/28/99

u) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/28/99

v) Letter to C. Howard Nichols dated 1/29/99

w) Memorandum to "Friends" dated 8/27/99

x) Program entitled A Service of Death and Resurrection Thomas H. Matheny June 30, 1933-

August 30, 2000

19. Miscellaneous items without date

a) Map to "Pul’s Camp" by Cherokee Beach

b) Copy of the sermon entitled The Better Part

c) Two copies of First Guaranty Bank’s Annual Report 1980

d) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs. Nichols

e) Copy of a possible partial resume

f) Letter to C. Howard Nichols

g) Copy of article entitled Matheny shows expertise in many areas by Maureen Footlick

h) Copy of a paper entitled On the Occasion of the Funeral of George Harkins

i) Copy of a paper entitled Young Americans Division, Charles L. Weltner, Dupty Chairman

j) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols

k) Copy of paper from Marquis World Press Service dealing with Mr Matheny’s resume

l) Copy of a court case in Eastern District of Louisiana entitled United States of America vs.

Michael E. Compton

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m) Letter to C. Howard & Mrs Nichols

n) Card to C. Howard& Mrs Nichols

o) Birthday card to C. Howard Nichols

p) Card to C. Howard Nichols

q) Card to C. Howard Nichols

r) Postcard to C. Howard Nichols

s) Letter to C. Howard Nichols

t) Card to C. Howard Nichols dated the day after Christmas no year

u) Birthday card to C. Howard Nichols

v) Note to C. Howard Nichols

w) Letter to C. Howard Nichols

x) Birthday card to unknown person

y) Card to C. Howard Nichols

z) Birthday card to unknown person

aa) card to C. Howard Nichols

bb) Card to C. Howard Nichols

cc) Letter to C. Howard Nichols