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| Collection Description |
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This collection contains rolled diplomas and certificates awarded by Centre College and various other institutions. The diplomas and certificates do not include all of the years in which the College graduated students, but is a representational collection primarily of gifts. Series 58.1 contains only diplomas and certificates directly awarded by Centre College or issued by a College group or organization. Series 58.2 has materials which were awarded to Centre alumni from other institutions.
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CC-58.1 Centre College
Series A Diplomas |
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| Armstrong, Philip Norris | BA | 1922 |
| Arnold, Bernice | BA | 1929 |
| Bagby, Charles Chauncey | BS | 1894 |
| Bagby, Charles Chauncey | BL (law) | 1896 |
| Barbour, J. Foster | BA | 1864 |
| Barbour, James | BA | 1837 |
| Boyd, Leslie Randolph | BA | 1936 |
| Bruce, James Henry | BA | 1857 |
| Cheek, Samuel R. | BA | 1920 |
| Chinn, Col. Philip Thompson | Certificate | 1894 |
| Craft, Addison | BA | 1855 |
| Davis, Joseph LeCompte | BA | 1884 |
| Douglas, Francis Breckinridge | Certificate | |
| Douglas, Francis Breckinridge | BA | 1893 |
| Dunlap, Jacob Bailey | | 1875 |
| Ellis, Charles Henry | BA | 1915 |
| Fackler, Calvin M. | Certificate | 1892 |
| Faulconer, Elija Potter | BA | 1910 |
| Garrard, Toulmin J. | | 1857 |
| Goben, Thomas Dewey | BA | 1928 |
| Hendrick, James P. | BA | 1849 |
| Irvine, Abram Walter | BA | 1854 |
| Irvine, Harry Beverly | BS | 1892 |
| Johnson, William Woolfolk | BS | 1892 |
| Lapsley, James T., Jr. | BA | 1899 |
| Lawrence, Eugene Caldwell | BS | 1919 |
| McDowell, Caleb W. | BA | 1831 |
| Moss, Ruby L. | BA | 1929 |
| O'Neil, Paul Cornelius | BA | 1929 |
| Parkhill, John H. | | 1840 |
| Reid, Raymond | BA | 1927 |
| Robenstein, Elmer William | BA | 1926 |
| Savage, Jane Warren | BA | 1952 |
| Scull, Henry W. | BA | 1858 |
| Snowday, Terry Hall | BA | 1923 |
| Thomas, James H. | | 1855 |
| VanWinkle, Edwin Lafayette | Certificate | 1892 |
| Wesley, Ned Grandison | BA | 1922 |
| Williams, Samuel | | 1839 |
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| Blank diplomas from Centre, undated, but signed by President John C. Young, Ormond Beatty, Thomas C. Nichols, and William Dod (ca. 1836-1846) |
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| Blank diploma from Centre, undated, but signed by President William C. Young and several professors (ca. 1891-1894) |
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| Voided diploma - to have been awarded to Patrick Pope Nichols, 1889. The old diploma is signed by Ormond Beatty |
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| Blank certificate, dating ca. 1891-1894 |
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| Series B Certificates - General |
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| Boyd, Leslie R. | 25th Reunion | 1961 |
| Boyd, Leslie R. | Omicron Delta Kappa | 1935 |
| Chinn, Philip Thompson | Class of 1894, 65th Anniversary | 1959 |
| Coleman, W. Hunter | Class of 1919 (45th? 50th Anniversary) | |
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| Series C Certificates - Literary Societies |
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| Barbour, James | Chamberlain | 1837 |
| Barbour, James Foster | Chamberlain | 1864 |
| Bruce, James Henry | Athenaean | 1857* |
| Craft, Addison | Deinologian | 1855* |
| Dunlap, James Bailey | Chamberlain | 1875 |
| Garrard, Toulmin J. | Athenaean | 1857 |
| Hendrick, James P. | Chamberlain | 1849* |
| Scull, Henry W. | Chamberlain | 1858(?) |
| Thomas, James Howard | Chamberlain | 1855* |
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| Blank certificate from the Chamberlain Literary Society, undated; and a document with the signed draft of the certificate. William R. Thompson, Professor of Latin and Greek Languages at Centre (1824-1831) designed the diplomas |
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| Blank certificate from the Deinologian Literary Society, 1846 |
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| *Signatures, probably other members of the Society, appear on back of document |
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CC-58.2 Other Institutions
Series A Diplomas |
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| Arnold, Bernice | Certificate - KCW | 1925 |
| Bedinger, Everette Wade | Central University (BA) | 1879 |
| Blanton, Katherine Randolph | Certificate - Physiology | 1895 |
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| Blanton, Katherine Randolph | Certificate - Zoology/Botany | 1895 |
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| Boyd, Leslie R. | Brown College Prep | 1932 |
| Cheek, Samuel R. | University of Virginia (BL) | 1925 |
| Griffith, Graves | Central University (BA) | 1891 |
| Grimes, Carolyn Hardin | Beaumont College (BA) | 1916 |
| Grimes, Haldon | Harrodsburg High School | 1919 |
| Hewlett, James Howell | Birmingham College (BA) | 1912 |
| Hewlett, James Howell | Vanderbilt University (MA) | 1913 |
| Joplin, T. Vaughan | Louisville Boy's High School | 1917 |
| Lee, Frank W. | Certificate - Danville
Classical and Military Academy | 1876 |
| Lucas, Fanny H. | Caldwell Institute | 1868 |
| Newlin, Berta S. | Caldwell Female College | 1885 |
| Tomlinson, Elizabeth R. | Caldwell College (BS) | 1893 |
| Tomlinson, Mary Ellen | Caldwell College | 1897 |
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| Series B Certificates |
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| Dunlap, J.B. | Certificate allowing him to practice law in the State Courts of California, 1887 |
| Dunlap, J.B. | Certificate allowing him to practice law in the Circuit Courts of California, 1888 |
| McLeod, Robert L. | Certificate from the Ohio State College at Columbus commemorating the inauguration of McLeod as President of Centre College, 1939 |
| McLeod, Robert L. | Certificate from Columbia University (in Latin) commemorating McLeod's inauguration as President of Centre College, January 1939 |
| McLeod, Robert L. | Certificate (in Latin) from Maryville College, 1939 |
| McLeod, Robert L. | Certificate from the U.S. Army and Navy in recognition of patriotic sacrifices of Centre College allowing McLeod to serve as Chaplain in the Armed Forces, May 8, 1946 |
| Todd, John A. | Certificate of election to County Attorney, Davis County, Kentucky, 1851 |
| Williams, Major General | Certificate of membership into the Society, Sons of the Revolution, in the State of California, 1966 |
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