PUBLIC "-//Virginia Union University::L. Douglas Wilder Library::Archives and Special Collections Department//TEXT (US::virvu::virvu00016::Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969)//EN" "virvu00016.xml" A Guide to the Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969 Hucles, Henry Boyd, Jr., Collection MS-0046 Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 (CC0 1.0)

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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2021-07-15 Description is in English Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969 A Collection in Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union UniversityMS-0046

Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 Processed by: Pearl Adzei-Stonnes, May 2016, Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Descriptive Summary Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. Collection, 1942-1969 MS-0046 168 items (0.5 linear feet) English Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. (1897-1979) Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

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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.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Archival Materials

The records of the Athletics Department, AR-0005

Index Terms Persons: Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. (1897-1979) Contents List Newspaper clippings 1 Letters 2 Richmond Coliseum 3 Archives 4 Letters of Congratulations 5 Alumni Banquet 6 Programs & Tickets of Alumni Banquet 7 Certificate of Recognition 8 Prairie View 9 Photographs of Henry B. Hucles 10 American Red Cross 11 Photographs of VUU Alumni 12 Coliseum Committee 1/2 13 Coliseum Committee 2/2 14