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A. W. Bannerman Letter
Collection
Identifier: DC0109s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter from Bannerman to his father in 1854 on college expenses.
Dates:
1854
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Adam Brevard Davidson Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0184s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Confederate bank and bond certificates. Companies represented include the Bank of the State of North Carolina (1854), Merchants Bank of South Carolina, Cheraw (1859), Bank of Chester, South Carolina (1855), Commercial Insurance Company (1855), Exchange Bank of Columbia (1859-1862), North Carolina Volunteer Navy Company (1864), Western Plank Road Company (1854), Steamship Rattlesnake (1862), and Joint Stock Confederate Publishing Company (undated). For biographical...
Dates:
1854-1871 and undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Albert Allison James Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0046s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a handwritten copy of Jame's valedictory address (last speech before the Eumenean Society as president) and the response given by R.H. Johnston, James' diary kept from 5 April 1847 to 18 December 1847, with an addition 18 March 1848 and another update written in 1852, a photocopy and typescript of a speech delivered before the Eumenean Society at Davidson College in 1875 and a typescript of his 50th anniversary sermon given in July 1901. The diary was written...
Dates:
1847 - 1875
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Albert Crossley Wildman Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0242s
Scope and Contents
During his collegiate years at Davidson, Wildman kept a scrapbook of his experiences. On pages 12-13, one will find inscriptions by four women, stating their names, birthdate, residence and "happy thought." On page 37, one will find a photograph of the college nurse in 1922. During his college years, Wildman was invited to a number of social events -- these invitations are included on page 45. Wildman, who eventually becamse a minister, must have missed Sunday School several days because his...
Dates:
1920 - 1928
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Albert Franklin Simpson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0331s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the scrapbook Simpson kept as a Davidson student. The scrapbook begins with quotes and comments from fellow students, Simpson's reflections on the faculty and classes he took. It also contains numerous candid photographs of college life, tickets and programs for college events, newspaper clippings for sports events, including coverage of races at the new Charlotte Speedway. It also contains a comic section on coeducation with Simpson using magazine cutouts and...
Dates:
1921 - 1925
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Albert Gallatin Buckner Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0014s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 3 speeches, including Buckner's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1878, his commencement address and an address to the society.
Dates:
1877 - 1878
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Alexander Graham Little Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0051s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Little's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1894.
Dates:
1894
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Alexander M Bogle Letter
Collection
Identifier: DC0110s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter from Bogle to Abner P. Webber in 1839 describing student life at Davidson College.
Dates:
1839
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Alexander Martin Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0065s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Martin's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1894.
Dates:
1894
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Alexander Wilson Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0100s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Wilson's Inaugural Address as president of Philanthropic Society in 1883.
Dates:
1883
Found in:
Manuscript Collections