RG/RG02. Presidents
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
President. John Rennie Blake Records, 1870-1884
The correspondence consists primarily of Blake's letters to the Board of Trustees concerning relations between the college and the Presbyteries. It also includes Blake's letter of resignation in 1884. The notebooks contains descriptions of Davidson College during the Civil War and research notes on energy, the Holtz machine, and astronomy.
President. Rev. Andrew Dousa Hepburn. Records, 1875-1884
The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning faculty positions at the college and Hepburn's resignation. Materials relating to his resignation include his original letter to the Board and responses from the Board. There is also a receipt for college expenses in 1880.
President. Rev. Drury Lacy. Records
The collection consists of one receipt signed by Lacy (1856), at letter concerning the delivery of mail to Davidson College (1857), and a letter to Lacy from James B. White recommending a faculty appointment (1860).
President. Rev. John Bunyan Shearer. Records, 1892-1896
The collection consists of a letter concerning the publication of the Semi-Centennial Catalog, a letter discussing symbolism of candlesticks and christmas trees, a petition by nonfraternity students requesting the abolition of fraternities, and Shearer's letter of resignation.
President. Rev Luther McKinnon. Records, 1887
The collection consists of McKinnon's 1887 resignation letter.
President. Rev. Robert Hall Morrison. Records
The collection consists of an orginial receipt and copies of letters written by Morrison. The letters discuss the hiring of faculty and the election of Morrison as president of Davidson. The receipt is for James Franklin Stimpson's tuition payment.
President. Rev. Sam Williamson. Records
The correspondence consists of letters to Williamson concerning the college and a correspondence relating to Samuel B. Wilson's decision not to accept the presidency of Davidson College in 1841. The financial material consists of receipts for faculty salaries. The sermons inclue a printed pamphlet of Williamson's "Sermon on Baptism" printed in Charlotte, NC in 1838, a handwritten version of his 1851 Baccalaurate Address at Davidson College and an undated sermon based on Galatians 3:29.
President. Rev. Walter Lee Lingle. Records
President. Robert F. Vagt. General File
Please note that Presidential records are closed fifty years prior to the current year.
Only a poster thus far. Waiting on records from the office.