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

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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

Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). American Association of University Professors Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure Box 3, 1967

 Sub-Series
Identifier: RG03-01-02-005
Scope and Contents

The file contains a letter sent to President Grier Martin from the committee addressing the proposed changes in the Trustees stand on faculty tenure.

Dates: 1967

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Davidson College - Student Protests 5
Oral histories 5
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Vietnam War 5
College students -- Religious life 4