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Benjamin Ulysses Ratchford Collection
Collection
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
David Gibson Wilson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0245s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, Wilson kept an extensive scrapbook of his memories. Of particular note, information is available on the Bachelor's Club, Camp Cherokee, Camp MacLellan, Reserved Officer Training Corps, Phi Gamma Delta, and Omicron Delta Kappa. Also included in the scrapbook are several photographs taken in Washington, D.C. in 1924. The scrapbook skips from page 13 to page 51, since the pages from 51-end were pre-numbered. For individual listings of items in scrapbook,...
Dates:
1922 - 1926
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Paul Butterfield Freeland Scrapbook and Miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: DC0238s
Scope and Contents
As a student at Davidson, Paul B. Freeland kept an extensive scrapbook. This scrapbook documents the history of Davidson from 1921-1925. The scrapbook is divided into four time periods -- each according the the four years that Paul was a student -- his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year. Of particular note, there is a listing of the scores of football, basketball, track and tennis scores from 1921-1922. There is also a lot of information on the history of the class of 1925....
Dates:
1921 - 1925
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Philip Osborne Bethea Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0247s
Scope and Contents
During his student years at Davidson College, Osborne Bethea kept a scrapbook. Included in this scrapbook are student signatures and photographs of his friends. One interesting photograph shows a student (freshman?) going through "hazing" as he is being spanked by two other students with boards. There is also a good picture of a man holding an old camera.
Dates:
1920 - 1922
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Thomas McCall Lowry Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0171s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a certificate from the Army Training Corps at Davidson College (1918), correspondence from F. L. Jackson and Davidson College president, William J. Martin (1921), minutes of the meeting of the Student Body of Davidson College, (1921), and an invitation to a cadet supper (1922). The correspondence from Martin and the minutes relate to the question of hazing.
Dates:
1918 - 1922
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
William Stewart Buchanan Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0248s
Scope and Contents
During his student years (both at Davidson and prior), Buchanan kept a scrapbook. Included in this scrapbook are pictures taken in Japan and China, pictures of various women that he met, pictures of Buchanan with his friends, and a photograph of a man suffering "hazing." There is also an invitation to attend an event at Flora MacDonald College. Because Buchanan lived in Japan prior to attending Davidson, several of the pages of his scrapbook are donated to the island and contain picture of...
Dates:
1918 - 1923
Found in:
Manuscript Collections