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This sub-group consists of oral history interviews conducted by Warren J. Soule (Class of 1978) about the St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson, NC.

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The Davidson College Community-Based sub-group consists of oral histories and interviews that explore the history and culture of the Town of Davidson and other local communities. The sub-group contains interviews with long-time Davidson residents, select college faculty and staff, alumni/ae who called the area home, and representatives from community organizations.

Scope and Contents In this interview, Mattie Fletcher, born in 1937 in South Carolina, talks about different aspects of her life around the areas of Davidson, Huntersville, and Mooresville. She mentions attending the Rosenwald School in Huntersville, which later becomes the Torrence-Lytle center, as well as Morrow’s Chapel in Iredell County. Ms. Fletcher recalls settling in Davidson after her dad began working at the college. She describes some of her experiences working as a Nursing Assistant at the Lawrence...

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This oral history collection explores the history of Latinx students at Davidson College and includes both the work of Dr. Jane Mangan's spring 2019 HIS 259 course and student workers who collected and transcribed oral histories of Davidson alumni who identify as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx.

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This oral history collection explores the history of Latinx students at Davidson College and includes both the work of Dr. Jane Mangan's spring 2019 HIS 259 course and student workers who collected and transcribed oral histories of Davidson alumni who identify as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mbye Njie, Davidson College class of 2004. This oral history was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. In his interview, Njie discusses his overall experience at Davidson College, his entrepreneurial work to combat police violence after graduation, when he and Jason Ford were falsely accused of a crime by a fellow student and college administration towards the end of his undergraduate years, racially-motivated inequities in the...

Scope and Contents Meg Kimmel came to Davidson with her husband who landed his first job as a psychology professor. During the interview Meg discusses what it was like being a part of the first coed graduating class of Davidson. Her unique experience includes interactions with both students and faculty as a wife of a professor and what it was like being both pregnant and a mom while going to school at Davidson. Meg’s experiences add a distinctive glimpse into the life of one of the original female students at...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Meleena Phillips, Davidson College class of 2020. This interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. In the interview, Phillips discusses the support she found in the student group Freeword, the need for better mental health support on campus, feelings of social isolation, student flagpole protests, the differences in culture between New York and North Carolina, the mentorship of Dr. Multhaup, and her work on her book...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group:

This oral history collection explores the history of Latinx students at Davidson College and includes both the work of Dr. Jane Mangan's spring 2019 HIS 259 course and student workers who collected and transcribed oral histories of Davidson alumni who identify as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx.

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Oral history interview and transcript with Melissa Guzman, physics major and member of the Davidson College class of 2011. Guzman discusses her experiences as a biracial Colombian-American woman, freshman orientation programs like STRIDE and Davidson Odyssey, exploring personal identity through academics (including anthropology courses with Dr. Matt Samson), and her work as a founding member of FreeWord (a student group for poetry and performance).