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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

Alpha Book Club Records

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Identifier: DC0250s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of programs for the club.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1990-1991; 1993-1999
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Ann M. Mills Letter

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Identifier: DC0169s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter dated July 8, 1869. The letter, written to family members, describes her life and the Davidson College 1869 graduation.

Dates: 1869
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Aplian Book Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC031
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of annual program booklets, minutes and by-laws. The program booklets list members, officers, and the topics for each meeting. Some of the booklets also identify specific books read. The minutes describe individual meetings and also include some book lists, attendance records and treasurer's reports. The Club is still active.

Dates: 1949 - 2021
Found in: Manuscript Collections

As You Like It Book Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC032
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of annual program booklets. The booklets list members, officers, and program topics for meetings.

Dates: 1953 - 1974
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Athenaeum Book Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC038
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of copies of the Constitution and By-laws, 1952-1996 minutes, 1951-2008; programs, 1954- ; correspondence, 1956-1990; and a club cookbook, 1965-1966. The minutes list members, describe club activities and contain financial reports. The correspondence is primarily thank you notes and membership accecptances or resignations. The programs are annual program booklets that list officers, members, books read, and program topics.

Dates: 1952 - 2008
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Benjamin Ulysses Ratchford Collection

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Identifier: DC024
Scope and Contents The collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, speeches, research notes and files, printed materials, and a student scrapbook. The biographical material includes an article written at the time of his retirement, citations and certificates. The research materials primarily relate to his speeches and contain his notes and copies of articles used. The printed material includes pamphlets as well as Ratchford's original masters and Doctoral theses. The file folder marked...
Dates: 1932 - 1967
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Booklovers' Club of Davidson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC039
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a copy of the Constitution and By-laws, undated; minutes, 1901-1907, 1924-1969; membership lists, 1916-1976; correspondence, 1944-1994, histories, 1923, 1958-1960; programs, 1907-1996; clippings, 1948; and photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1901 - 2019
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Centennial Book Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC033
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of annual program booklets, minutes, and corresponedence. The booklets include member lists, officer lists, and the topics for programs. The dates covered are 1939 to 2023; some programs from the 1940s are missing. The minutes date from 1937 to 1942 and 1987 to 1997. Correspondence and clippings about the club are filed within the minutes.

Dates: 1939 - 2023
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Daughters of the American Revolution. Battle of Cowan's Ford Chapter (Mecklenburg County, NC) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC021
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, by-laws, annual reports, financial records, yearbooks, scrapbooks and memorabilia. The correspondence deals with chapter activities and the publication of Seventy Five Years of Service. The annual reports are from 1961-1965, 1970-1975. The yearbooks are from 1962-1968. The financial records are for the Seventy Five Years of Service. The scrapbooks are housed in Oversize.

Dates: 1961 - 1976
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Davidson Civic Club Records

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Identifier: DC025
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, programs, histories, reports, memorials, a cookbook, and minutes. The correspondence (1911-1957) is primarily between the club and the Davidson town government. There is a copy of the 1941 by-laws, brief club histories, programs for 1914 and 1925, annual reports, memorials to deceased members, and newspaper clippings. The cookbook was printed around 1928. This copy contains handwritten annotations and recipes. The minutes are in two ledgers,...
Dates: 1911 - 1959
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Davidson College Presbyterian Church - Women of the Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC023
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of minutes and financial reports from 1880 to 1980, and 2005 to the present. The collection is organized as follows: 1) General; 2) Constitution; 3) Minutes; 4) Reports; 5) Financial; 6) Membership Book; 7) Annual "History of Presbyterian Women" Reports 8) Scrapbook. The general file contains information about the history of the group as well as lists of members of the church. The collection also contains a copy of the original constitution of the Ladies...
Dates: 1880 - 1980; 2006
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Davidson Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC062
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of programs from 1971 to 1997 and a copy of the 1996 By-laws. Copies of articles published in the Mecklenburg Gazette by members of the club are available in the club's Davidsoniana File.

Dates: Other: 1972 - 2006
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Eighteen Book Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC034
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of annual program booklets. The booklets list members, officers, and program topics.

Dates: 1953 - 1990
Found in: Manuscript Collections

James Thomas Ketchen Belk Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0008s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscript copies of speeches given by Belk in Philanthropic Society meetings and a photostat of a letter written as a student. The speeches include Valedictory and Farewell addresses to the Philanthropic Society, addresses on Female Education and British Poets, and a poem "Marry."

Dates: 1845 - 1847
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Lacy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0147s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of nine handwritten, double-sided correspondence letters (1851-1859) from Mrs. Mary Lacy to her stepdaughter Elizabeth 'Bess' Dewey, typed transcripts of the letters, copied pages of a ledger, reproductions of a Reverend Dr. Drury Lacy photograph (possibly from a book or catalog), seven of Mr. Lacy's hand-bound sermons (1855-1860), one handwritten invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, and a copy of an article about the letters (1980). This collection of...
Dates: 1851-1860, 1980
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Literatae Book Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC0299s
Scope and Contents

The collection contains one folder of by-laws and committee lists and a series of annual folders which contain minutes, news clippings, membership lists, and program lists.

Dates: 1990 - 2016
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Lucy Martin Currie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0193s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Currie's reminiscences of growing up in Davidson (1922), notes for a talk on Davidson history for the Tuesday Club, a typescript "Fact and Fiction About Old Davidson" written for the Thelemite Book Club (1955), a typescript of a talk on "Our Foreign Alumni, copies of newspaper clippings relating to Currie and 2 photographs. See also DC028, Dr. William J. Martin Collection for family information and DC040, Thelemite Book Club for an original typescript with...
Dates: 1922 - 1967
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Mary Scofield Clifford Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0165s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written by Clifford to Cornelia Shaw describing her memories of Davidson College. She describes a visit by Stonewall Jackson and her experiences being tutored by the Davidson faculty. See also DC0190s - the Scofield Family Collection, 1883-1962 and undated.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Sorosis Club (Davidson, NC). Collection, 1927-1973

 Collection
Identifier: DC035
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the annual program booklets for the club, 1927-1973. The booklets list club officers, members, and program topics.

Dates: 1927
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Student Wives Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC0148s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of minutes, 1946-1949 and an article on the "Cardboard Village," the student housing for married students.

Dates: 1946 - 1949
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Tarbelles Book Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC0180s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a history of the club.

Dates: 2005
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Thelemite Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC040
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a copies of the constitution, undated and 1982; histories and club policies, minutes, 1922-1996; correspondence 1940-2001; literary materials, 1947 and undated; photographs, 1947; programs, 1922-2006; and placecards used circa 1954-1957. The minutes list members, describe programs and have some financial records. In the folder for the minutes of 1951-1953, the 1953 minutes consist solely of two loose sheets; the Treasurer's Report 1952-1953 and the minutes of April...
Dates: 1922 - 2001
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Thomas Thweatt Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0243s
Scope and Contents The file folder titled "Brochures" contains program brochures from the Carolina Theater, the School of Music of the Flora Macdonald College in Red Springs, N.C., an essay defending America's involvement in wars, and the Junior Speaking brochure from 1924. The file folder marked "Correspondence" contains a letter providing information on the college class ring; a letter from W.E. Bowman, Registrar for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1928; a letter from a girl accepting an...
Dates: 1924 - 1927
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Tuesday Club (Davidson, NC). Collection, 1940-1992

 Collection
Identifier: DC036
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of annual program booklets, 1940-1992 and a typescript of a lecture, 1959. The booklets list officers, members and program topics. The lecture was given in 1959 by Mary Black on "Religion in Davidson."

Dates: 1940
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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