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The Tulane board of trustees ultimately affirmed the status of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College and established a Board to administer the Newcomb Endowment. During this period, Mignon Faget , a New Orleans jewelry artist and a member of the committee, suggested establishing an art museum to maintain the legacy of Newcomb's art program and to ensure the permanence of Newcomb College.
The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute remembers all of our alumnae who have passed away over the last year. Shirley Anne Grau (1929-2020) Shirley Anne Grau graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Newcomb in 1950 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English.
27. Apr. 2017 · In his book, "A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College 1887-1919: A Personal Reminiscence," President Dixon mentioned that the move to the Broadway campus was a good thing, as the new buildings were better adapted for college use, but that the school was still missing many vital elements, including an assembly hall and a chapel. College benefactress, Josephine Louise ...
Tulane University Seal of Tulane University Motto Non Sibi Sed Suis (Latin) Motto in English Not for oneself, but for one s own
Harriott Sophie Newcomb, 1855-1870. Sophie, as she was always called, was Josephine and Warren Newcomb’s second child. A boy had been born in 1853 but died at birth. She was close to both parents and also to other family members and her mother’s letters tell of a joyful child with many friends.
In 1886, Josephine Louise Newcomb donated funds to Tulane University for the founding of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College. Her contribution created the nation's first degree-granting coordinate college for women. For more than a century, Newcomb College educated thousands of young women in the liberal arts and sciences, preparing them for positions in the civic and economic world of New ...
The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, named in honor of Newcomb’s daughter, Harriott Sophie, opens on October 13, 1887 in a former residence on Camp and Delord Streets. The art faculty consists of William and Ellsworth Woodward and Miss Gertrude Roberts, soon to become Mrs. Gertrude Roberts Smith. The art curriculum includes Mechanical and Architectural Drawing as well as design, color ...
