RG/RG02. Presidents
Record Group
Identifier: RG/RG02
This Record Group contains materials pertaining to the office of President, the chief administrative officer at the College, and those who report to this position. Materials include presidential correspondence and reports as well as commencement and convocation records including awards given at those occasions. In addition, the records of the Board of Visitors and Davidson offices such as Vice President and General Counsel, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, Institutional Research and SACS are also described in this record group. These records are currently restricted for 50 years from the date of creation; records created before and including 1969 are open for review.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
President. Annual Reports, 1880-1993, 2004-2008
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-27
Scope and Contents
The annual report files contain copies of reports made by Davidson Presidents to the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of the Trustees, and to the public. For the period 1923 to 1969 reports were made semi-annually. The first report intended for a public audience was issued in 1962, however no further public reports were made until 1977. The public reports (1977-1993) are issued through the Office of College Relations. After 1977 the reports to the Board of Trustees are...
Dates:
1880
Found in:
College Archives
Publications/Inaugural Addresses, 1838- 1941
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-26
Scope and Contents
Folder one contains a bound volume of four published inaugural addresses. The addresses are from first college president Robert Hall Morrison, and faculty members Patrick J. Sparrow, Elijah F. Rockwell and Daniel Harvey Hill. D. H. Hill's 1855 address on "College Discipline" was nationally recognized during a time when colleges faced student discipline issues. The Inaugural booklets for Presidents Lingle and Cunningham contain their speeches and the prayers, introductions and other...
Dates:
1838 - 1941
Found in:
College Archives