Thomas H. Matheny
Archival Collection
THOMAS H. MATHENY COLLECTION
BOX 1
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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19. Continued
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
