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Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin Brevard McDowell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0160s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence (1903-1920) and literary materials (1903-1912). The correspondence includes letters from family and Miss Cornelia Shaw as well as letters written by McDowell. The letters mostly discuss Davidson College history, including the Civil War period. The literary materials are copies of articles written by McDowell on Davidson College.

Dates: 1903 - 1920

Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0141s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw, librarian of Davidson College. The letter gives some family history and describes college life and the faculty in the 1860s. For the typescript of "The Chambers Family of Iredell County" by Henry Chambers, see the Farmville file in Chalmer Davidson's Plantation files (DC058).

Dates: 1917

Library. Administrative Records includes Library Director , 1841

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG14-01
Scope and Contents The collection begins with a copy of the Union Library constitution and rules. (NOTE: copies of the original catalogs are housed in the Davidsoniana Room). The records relating to Cornelia Shaw consist primarily of correspondence, 1903-1934; a scrapbook of bookplates and photos of the move from Carnegie Library to Grey Library; copies of the Union Library Constitution and Rules; and a journal entitled "Days and Decoration Hints, 1911-1922." The correspondence includes incoming and outgoing...
Dates: 1841

Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah Shaw Literary Files

 Collection
Identifier: DC071
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two bound volumes of the drafts of Shaw's history of Davidson College. One version includes typescripts of sources attached to pages within the text.

Dates: 1920

William Alexander Smith Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0154s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a handwritten account of Smith's recollections of his student days. The account was written for Miss Cornelia Shaw in 1920.

Dates: 1920

Wilson James McKay Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0159s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written to Cornelia Shaw. They discuss Board records and Davidson College history.

Dates: 1920

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Type
Collection 5
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Davidson (N.C.) -- History 5
Civil War 3
Davidson College -- Students 3
Davidson College - Board of Trustees 1
Davidson College - Faculty 1
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Library Director 1
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