Scope and Contents The volumes of the Lenoir High School Band Scrapbook contain the history of the Lenoir High School Band. The scrapbooks contain all programs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs of the band and subsidiary organizations, snap shots and letters commending the band and its work. Several volumes were also donated to the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Significant letters, photographs, and other materials are found throughout the collection. VOLUME I...

Scope and Contents The collection is organized in the following series: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Addresses; 3) Correspondence; 4) Interviews; 5) Notebooks; 6) Appointment Books; 7) Printed Material; 8) Photographs; and 9) Oversize. The biographical information includes tributes made to him during his life and after his death, information on Dr. Martin's family and information about his wife Louise and her family, including a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Martin's mother. The addresses include...

Scope and Contents The files consist of administrative records: correspondence, reports, memorandums and related records. Materials in box 1 relate to organizing events, the 1987 campaign and the Presbyterian Synod and its relationship to college. Materials in box 2 include correspondence on changes to the lyrics of the collage alma mater, All Hail, O Davidson photocopies of original correspondence of Samuel Williamson, second president of Davidson College, and memo on the college's acquisition of the...

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Interview of Dr. Alexander J. McKelway by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. McKelway describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. McKelway discusses student-faculty relations, activism, the fraternity issue, civil rights, Spencer’s presidency, faculty oaths, conscientious objectors, and compulsory ROTC.

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Interview of Dr. Ernest F. Patterson by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Patterson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Patterson discusses his perception as the most left-leaning faculty member, student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

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Interview of Dr. Frontis W. Johnston ‘30 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Johnston describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnston discusses faculty-admin relations, activism, civil rights, the fraternity issue, and compulsory ROTC.

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Interview of Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr. ‘40 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Spencer describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Spencer discusses his presidency, coeducation, integration, activism, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

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Interview of Dr. William Holt Terry ‘54 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Terry describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Terry discusses student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, fraternities, ROTC on campus, compulsory vespers and chapel attendance, faculty oaths, and his own shifting perspective regarding the war.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection contains records from the position of treasurer for the Board of Trustees. Four of these folders contain legal documents, promissory notes, and receipts related to endowed professorships created during the time period. The Maxwell Chambers Estate folder contains documents detailing an effort by the First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury to expand the sanctuary without disturbing the burial site of Maxwell Chambers.. The Subscription book is a ledger containing pledges made...

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The vast majority of the files include correspondence with various persons or organizations. Fund-raising was a major aspect of Dr. Cunningham's presidency and letters to various donors are found throughout the files under the donor's last name. Information on each of the new buildings constructed under Dr. Cunningham's adminstration are found under the file heading of the building's name. Coorespondence with Charles F. Gillette is located under the file Landscape Architecture.