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Martin, David Grier, 1910-1974 (Class of 1932)

 Person

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Captain James Cunningham Harper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC051
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...
Dates: 1924 - 1995

Common Ground oral history and interview collection

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG19-06
Scope and Contents Common Ground was formed in August 1995. The purpose of this grass-roots organization is to promote communication and understanding and improve relations among people of all races in Davidson. The following interviews and meeting records chronicle the work of Common Ground and the challenges they worked to overcome. To learn more about Common Ground please review the maunscript collection, DC056: Common...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

David Grier Martin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC006
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...
Dates: 1933 - 1991

Institutional Advancement - Executive Director. Records, 2017

 Series
Identifier: RG5-2-1
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...
Dates: 2017

Interview with Alexander J. McKelway '54, 1989 January 30

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 61
Identifier: OHI-0110
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989 January 30

Interview with Ernest Finney Patterson, 1989 January 25

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 60
Identifier: OHI-0109
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989 January 25

Interview with Frontis W. Johnston '30, 1989 January 25

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 59
Identifier: OHI-0108
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989 January 25

Interview with Samuel R. Spencer, Jr. '40, 1989 January 23

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0374
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989 January 23

Interview with William Holt Terry '54 , 1989 February 01

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 62
Identifier: OHI-0111
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989 February 01

Martin, David Grier US Navy Separation papers , 1945

 folder
Identifier: RG01-03-02
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...
Dates: 1945

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Chapel 3
Davidson College -- Fraternities 3
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Johnson's Barbershop 3
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Blue Sky Committee 2
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Ada Jenkins Center 1
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African American families--North Carolina--Social conditions--20th century 1
African American women teachers 1
African American women--North Carolina--History--19th century 1
African American women--Race identity 1
African American women--Social conditions 1
African American women--Social conditions--20th century 1
African Americans -- Davidson, N.C. 1
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century 1
African Americans--Segregation 1
African Americans--Social conditions Bias, Racial 1
Alzheimer's disease 1
Ambassador to Rumania 1
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Barber-Scotia College 1
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Buildings -- Belk Residence Hall 1
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Camp Lejeune 1
Capital of the Confederacy 1
Charlotte (NC) 1
Civil Rights Movement 1
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century 1
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History 1
Coeducation 1
College Union - Ovens 1
Community development -- North Carolina -- Davidson 1
Community dynamics -- North Carolina -- Davidson 1
Community dynamics--North Carolina--Davidson 1
Community leadership 1
Davidson (N.C.) -- History 1
Davidson (NC) - Organizations 1
Davidson (NC) --Churches 1
Davidson College 1
Davidson College - Endowments 1
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Davidson College - President's House 1
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Davidson College -- Alumnae and alumni 1
Davidson College Band 1
Davidson College Church 1
Davidson College Football 1
Davidson College Homecoming 1
Davidson College Library 1
Davidson College N.C. 1
Davidson College Orchestra 1
Davidson College Presbyterian Church (Davidson, N.C.) 1
Davidson College--Integration 1
Davidson Colored Elementary school 1
Davidson Colored School 1
Davidson Cotton Mill 1
Davidson County, N.C. 1
Davidson Music Clinic 1
Davidson, N.C. -- Race relations 1
Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center 1
Deferred Giving Committee 1
Discrimination in education 1
Discrimination in education -- North Carolina -- Davidson 1
Draft -- Compulsory military service -- Conscription, Military -- Military conscription -- Military draft -- Military service, Compulsory -- Military training, Universal -- Selective service -- Service, Compulsory military -- Universal military training 1
Economic disparities--North Carolina--Davidson 1
Emory Hall of Fame 1
Enrollment - Student Body size 1
Families--North Carolina--History--19th century 1
Grassroots movements -- North Carolina 1
Intersectionality 1
John Marshall Hotel 1
King of Denmark 1
King of Norway 1
Landscape Architecture 1
Lenoir High School Band 1
Lenoir, North Carolina 1
Library - Grey 1
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Louisville Seminary 1
Martin Scholarships 1
Martin Science Building 1
Mill families 1
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New York City 1
New York World's Fair 1
North Carolina--Davidson 1
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North Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century 1
North Mecklenburg Child Development Association 1
North Mecklenburg County 1
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