This collection consists of correspondence, primarily from the time of F.L. Jackson as treasurer. Known as "Cash" Jackson, he was deeply involved with student finances as well as that of the college and also involved in the town of Davidson as a town commissioner from 1922 to 1925. The collection is grouped into several chronological series, 1916-1919, 1920-1936, 1937-1939, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Within each chronological group, the correspondence is arranged alphabetically, mostly by correspondent with some subject folders. The correspondence in the 1917-1919 files reflects the impact of World War I on the college as well as the day to day concerns of the office, including student housing and collection of fees. In the A folder, there is correspondence with Ursula Abbott about running a board house, with the Adams Laundry Machinery Company, with Thaddeus Adams about the Brown-Knox Mercantile company, with Robert Aiken and his mother about housing, with C.F. Allen about financial help inreturning to the college, and with professor Howard Arbuckle. The Ba-Bl folder primarily contains letters with students about rooms and fees but also has correspondence with Sallie Bailey about a boarding hous and with the Belk Brothers store about military uniforms. The Bo-By folder has correspondence with C. S. Brimley explaining the military training on campus, with L. B. Bristol, mayor of Statesville, NC about recruiting janitors, and with W. P. Burns about fund raising plans. The D-F folder contains the usual student letters about room deposits, furnishings and registration and also correspondence with James Ficklen about church donations from Georgia. There is a gap in this series, the next folder is for the letter M which contains correspondence with Robert Moton of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, with N. P. Murphy about his son Shannon and with LeRoy Mullen about local masonic lodges. The N folder contains correspondence with J. C.Nixon about repaying student loans to the Societas Fratum fund and with C. E. Neisler about fund raising. The O folder has correspondence with the Charlotte Observer, with H. B. Overcash about conditions at Camp Sheridan in Alabama and a teaching position at Davidson. The P-Q has correspondence with Re. P. D. Patrick about recruiting students in South Carolina, with Paul Penick of Washington and Lee about faculty salaries and with the Queen City Printing company. The S folder contains extensive correspondence with W. H. Sprunt about funding student loans, with Mrs. W. R. Stowe about plumbing and selling a house in Davidson, with M. E. Sentelle, dean of students about college matters, with the Southern School Book Depository about school supplies, with the State Food Administrator about special soldier certificates for boarding houses, with Henry Sweets, of the Education Department of the Presbyterian Church about students loans and YMCA programs, and with Robert Smallwood, alumnus and architect of the college's alumni gymnasium. There is a separate folder of correspondence with J. C. Shive who served as a fund raiser for the college. The T folder is primarily correspondence with students. The U folder has correspondence with J. H . Underwood concerning students who received ministerial scholarships but did not enter the ministry. There is also correspondence with C. G. Vardell concerning the re-establishment of a student dining hall, with Matthew Virgil about employment as a janitor,a nd with C.V. Voils about college finances. The W--Y folder has a letter from "Somewhere in France" from C. H Watt about war experiences, with A. G. Wielder of Berea College about student employment,and with Alfred Withers about rental housing and the condition of the college. The files for 1920-1936 are arranged by subject. Topics include plans for the new Chambers building, fraternities and fraternity houses, a Mason Loan Fund, the Synod of North Carolina's Million Dollar Campaign for Christian Education, construction of Richardson Field, the college's building and grounds committee, and the Centennial fund raising campaign. In additon, there is one file (Mc) of general correspondence that includes letters with R. E. McClure about a recruiting trip by Dr. Lingle to New Bern, with James McCutchen about coaches, with Alex McGeachy and James McCutcheon about installment payment plans, with the mothers of B. F. McClendon and Percy McElrath about financial constraints of families and school policies, with George McClenaghan about the Alumni Secretary position, with D. P. McGeachy about efforts to help students, including Dean Rusk, pay for college and with B. B. McCoy about public schools in the Davidson area. The 1937-1939 files make up the bulk of the collection. Along with letters to students about room reservations and general college business, the files have letters of particular note. he A correspondence file contains letters to and from the Addressograph-Multi-graph corporation & the American Credit Bureau about college business practices and a dispute over a bill and student overdue accounts, with A.N. Adams about the Davidson Fire Department and college/town relations, with Richard Arnold encouraging him to remain at Davidson,with James Allen of the Vicks Chemical Co. about church-related college educations and with the Armstrong family about a student loan and also family history. The B file contains correspondence with John J. Barnhardt and G. A. Batte of Cannon Mills about alumni support for the college's athletic program, especially football recruiting and the establishment of a scholarship fund, with Alvin Burns about his son's scholarhip, with Lamar Burton, an alumnus about help with housing, with E. T. Brown, president of the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers about faculty pensions and other fiscal matters, with Thurman Barrier about college policies and fund raising practices, with Peter C. Baker, president of Wofford College about fraternity housing, with Anna M. Baker, Dean of Meredith College about telephones and telephone calls in dormitories, with John C. Barnhardt about solicitation for a major donation, with W. E. Birmingham about a position in the Student Store, with Warren Booker, about student pranks protesting faculty regulations and with Cage Brewer about Rhodes Scholarship. The C file includes correspondence with J. Harvey Cain of the American Council on Education on investment income for 1938-1939, Joseph Calvin, president of Kappa Alpha about fraternity issues or rushing dates and house renovations, with Joseph Caldwell, president of the Lenoir-Rhyne student body about the student fee structure at Davidson, with David Colvin's mother about help for her son, with L. M. Currie, orginator of the "Living Endowment Fund" about college funding, with J. H. Covington about the football team, with William C. Crowe about the business side of the starting Davidson-VMI football games, and with Carl C. Clark about a recommendation for Duke Law School. There is separate folder for the Centennial Fund. The file contains fund raising letters, a long letter to Curtis Johnson of the Charlotte Observer and planning documents. The D file contains correspondence with Spright Dowell, president of Mercer College on the cost of building a fraternity court, with R. A. Dunn of Commerical National Bank about loans to W. A Jetton for town real estate along with college trustee issues and placement of college portraits, and with John Davis about college president qualifications, the centennial fund and Rhodes Scholarship. The E folder has correspondence with F. H. Edmister on the college's allowance for retired faculty and with E. B. Ernshaw, bursar at Wake Forest on establishing an alumni organization and the role of football at colleges. The F folder has correspondence with the Federal Home Loan Board with details on making loans from a college fund, with W. M. Fairley on Davidson as a "rich man's college" and a bequest, with John R. Funkhouser on student-faculty interactions and with W. W. Flowe on football recruiting prospects. The G folder has correspondence with Bennette Geer, president of Furman College abuot recruiting athletes and Davidson's use of an agency to gather information about prospective students, with S. W. Garrett of Furman about the college's purchasing system, with Joseph Gamble about his work, with Francis Gaines about the new Social Security legislation, and with Edward Gwathmey, president orf Converse College about faculty retirement policies. The H folder contains correspondence with B. F. Hall about designs for inexpensive housing for local African-Americans, with William H. Hamilton about a system for granting scholarships, with Mrs. J.A. Hartness about the history of the Living Endowment fund, with Thomas Harrison at NC State about taxable businesses on college property, with Dan Hodges about installment payments and an itemized list of expenses, and with F. H. Hobart, the college's director of buildings and grounds about summer work being done at the college. The I folder has an invitation from George Ivey to Jackson for membership in the Executive Club of Charlotte. The J folder has correspondence with Frank Jeter about students returning to college after military service, with J. D. Jordan about Kappa Alpha's debt, with Thomas Johnston, president of Kings College about student accident insurance, with J. Edward Johnston about the reorganization of alumni and trustee committees, with Laurence Johnston about his post-college experience at Air Cadet School in Florida, with and with Curtis Johnson about Omicron Delta Kappa. The K folder has correspondence about football recruiting and athletic scholarship funds. The L folder has correspondence with Dan L.LaFar about the athletic council, with Edward N. Linker, campus police officer about his duties and problems with weekend parties, and with Ben Lacy about roommates and fraternities. There is a separate folder with correspondence between Jackson and Davidson College president Walter Lingle. The Mc folder has correspondence with J. Caldwell McDonald with recommendations for handing future football arrangements on a business-lke basis, with S. J. McCallie, headmaster of the McCallie School about the college's decision to stay out of "big time" football, with Charles MacArthur about the college's policy on repeated courses, with A. A. McLean about working at a boarding house as part of the college's work-study program, with R. N. McLeod about dormitory blueprints, with I. W. McLean about college policy on student cars, with John McSween about the trustees and alumni council, and with T. S. McPheeters about Jetton and Potts properties in Davidson. The M folder has correspondence with William J. Martin about the college's financial condition, with Grier Martin about an alumni meeting in Atlanta, and with Robert Miles at Centre College about the fraternity court. The N -Ofolder has correspondence with Leroy Tate Newland describing his life as a missionary in Korea and with James M. Owens about law school. There is a separate folder for correspondence with the National Youth Administration including an annual report for North Carolina in 1934. The P-Q folder contains correspondence with Paul Penick, treasurer at Washington and Lee about enrollments, alumni and endowments, with Lois Phelps, treasurer of Grinnell College about recording alumni gifts and pledges, with the police chief in Bessemer City, NC about a burglary in a dormitory and community relations, with Robert Purvis at the Hampton Institute about retirement programs (TIAA), with Marshall Pickens of the Duke Endowment on college statistics, with R. D. Patrick about the college's policy for regulating complimentary tickets for football games, and with Hugh Query about the football program in general. There is a separate folder on the Preyer Infirmary with correspondence about fund raising and the naming of the building. The R folder has correspondence with Bradford Reed about his career after graudation, with William Regen about recruiting football players, with the Retail Credit Company about prospective college students, with members of the Richardson family about trustee business, with D. L. Ranck, treasurer at Bucknell College about Davidson's student accident insurance including football injuries, with Mary Clifford Ray about the Richard T. Brumby mineral and fossil collecton, with John S. Raynal about fraternity rushing rules, with Thomas Rankinn about football players and scholarships, and with Dean Rusk about his work at Mills College and Davidson's presidential search. There are separate folders for the Revision of the Trustee By-Laws and for Charlie Ruth, a local citizen who was involved in a murder in Davidson and went to prison. The S folder has correspondence with W. T. Spencer about college support for athletics, with T. F. Staley on Centennial fund and building projects, with Mrs. N. T. Smith, head of dormitories at Davidson, about student behavior and employee salaries, with Alton Sadler about designs and funds for fraternity houses, with Alfred Scarborough about a football game between Davidson and the University of South Carolina, with Conrad Smith, executive secretary of the Alumni Association about a proposal for a dark room in Chambers, with O. G. Sawyer of Duke University about town/college relationsa dnteh set up of a college bookstore, with Sam R. Spencer about the college's dormitory system, with Norman Shephard about the placement of athletic fields, and with R. C. Sadler and William Sayad about the football schedule. There is a separate folder for Student Publication finances. The T-V folder has correspondence with J. W. Todd with a football recruiting letter, with Robert Terry about his father's death, with William Telford about the student store, with Archibald B. Taylor about football and the college's commitment to academic quality, with W. M Thompson of Union Theological Seminary about recruiting qualified athletes, and with Eugene Vereein about his son's injury. There is a separate folder on the Town of Davidson with correspondence about federal help for housing for local African-Americans. The W-Z folder has correspondence with Mrs. T. A. Wadden describing student housing on and off-campus, with T. W. Wolfe about naming a Davidson highway, with Charles Worth about his missionary work and conditions in China in 1938, with C. R. Wilcox about teacher retirement program, and with S. H. Walker about fraternities. There is a separate folder with a proposal for Woodrow Wilson Library. There is also a separate folder of correspondence where the content is not of much value butwith examples of unusual or ornate letterheads. The folders for the 1940s include files on Athletics and Physical Education, the National Aviation College Program, post-WWII planning, the student store, taxes and treasurer's office protocals. In the general correspondence file there is information on the renovation of the Carnegie Library, the purchase of property (Carolina Inn) from Mrs. Sally Bohanan, a balance sheet for the Davidson Cotton Mills, descriptions of Davidson's buildings and equipment for the War Department, Buildings and Ground committee minutes, and reporte for the Masonic Loan Fund. Folders for the 1950s include Carnegie Guest House, Dedication of Little and Cannon Halls, and Social Security. The general correspondence file has information on a summer recreation program for school children and the creation of a parents orientation. The D. Grier Martin Correspondence, 1951 file originally was part of a Martin collection at the Presbyterian Historical Center in Montreal. Letters in the file address some finances and also the football program. The files for the 1960s and 1970s include admission , athletics and athletic scholarships, a housing program for African-American staff, fraternities, the library and student store. The General correspondence folder has a copy of the1971 questionnaire on financial status, and faculty rental housing.