A Guide to the Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969 Hucles, Henry Boyd, Jr., Collection MS-0046

A Guide to the Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969

A Collection in
Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University
Collection Number MS-0046

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Processed by: Pearl Adzei-Stonnes, May 2016, Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University

Repository

Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University

Collection Number

MS-0046

Title

Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969

Physical Characteristics

168 items (0.5 linear feet)

Creator

Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. (1897-1979)

Language of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Biographical/Historical Note

Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. was an American football, baseball and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He studied Physics at Virginia Union University with honors and also earned all-Americans honors as a quarterback for Virginia Union University football team. He became a player and coach of the Panthers when he was a senior. He was the first student athlete to become a coach at Virginia Union University and also the first head football coach at Prairie View A&M University.

Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs of the largest homecoming of Prairie View A. & M. College of Texas in November 1966 and postcards of Prairie View in 1926, Virginia Union University Alumni Banquet in 1969, Virginia Union University Alumni Association in 1960 and Henry Boyd Hucles personal photographs. It also contains program and tickets for the Virginia Union Alumni Banquet in 1969. These materials reveal Mr. Hucles’ active participation in these organizations.

The congratulatory notes between 1964-1967 from Prairie View College, Maryland State College and North Carolina College at Durham are from friends and colleagues on the occasion of Mr. Hucles’ retirement. There are personal diaries between 1926 and 1963 and congratulatory notes from colleagues and friends between 1964 and 1967 and certificates of recognition as community service volunteer between 1957 and 1958. It also contains individuals’ resumes to Coliseum Committee for employment in 1968 and also photographs of Coliseum Committee members in 1956. There is a proposal document for the establishment of Richmond Coliseum in 1966 and a report from Coliseum Committee to Richmond City Council in 1965. These materials reveal Mr. Hucles’ active participation in this establishment.

It also contains certificates of recognition from American Red Cross between 1958 and 1971 and also from Virginia Union University Alumni Association (Philadelphia Chapter). The newspaper clippings are mostly photocopies of Mr. Hucles days as football and basketball coach of Virginia Union University between 1942 and 1969.