Robert Nicholls Sims address, 1903.

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Robert Nicholls Sims address, 1903.

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Typescript of an address delivered on the occasion of the groundbreaking of the Alumni Hall at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, La., in 1903. In the address, Sims pays tribute to fallen Confederate soldiers, whose bravery and grit, he claims, the new structure commemorates and celebrates, and to the late David F. Boyd, the recently deceased president of the university in whose honor Alumni Hall was erected.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Sims, Robert Nicholls, 1870-1944

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Robert Nicholls Sims was the father of Nita Sims Breazeale, and father-in-law to H. Payne Breazeale, prominent Baton Rouge residents. From the description of Robert Nicholls Sims diary, 1885-1886. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244632378 A native of Donaldsonville, La., Robert Nicholls Sims was an educator, lawyer, banker, businessman, and planter who was active in Louisiana politics during the early twentieth century. He managed the 1907 Louisiana guberna...

Boyd, David French, 1834-1899

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David French Boyd (1834-1899) was an officer in the Confederate Army who for a time was a prisoner of war on a Union boat moored in Alexandria, La. After the war, Boyd was instrumental in the founding of Lousiana State University. From the guide to the David French Boyd Letter, ., 1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Boyd graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, and later served in the Confederate Army. From ...