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Chalmers Gaston Davidson Plantation Files.
Collection
Identifier: DC058
Scope and Contents
These files contain the research materials collected by Dr. Davidson for his research in writing The Plantation World Around Davidson. The files contain a vast amount of information on local history including the areas of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Catawba County, Iredell County, and Gaston County. Information on well-known families of the 19th century in these counties is located here. Most of the files contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and genealogy research on the families of...
Dates:
1907 - 1994
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Lacy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0147s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence (1851-1859) primarily from Mrs. Mary Lacy to her stepdaugther Bess; an article on the letters (1980), and the manuscripts for seven of Dr. Lacy's sermons (1855-1860).
- 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...
Dates:
1851-1860, 1980
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Omar ibn Sayyid. Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0211s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of documents that accompanied the Bible when it was given to the College including a note from Mrs. Guion and two pages of Sayyid's handwriting. The Bible is in the college's Rare Book Collection. In addition, there is an exhibit catalog and poster for My Name Is Omar: A life in the struggle for liberation., an exhibit created for Clemson University, October 2014-April 2015.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1871 and undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Robert Zenas Johnston Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC022
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection concerns Robert Zenas Johnston (1834-1908) and includes school notebooks from Davidson College and Columbia Theological Seminary, student essays, correspondence, his sermons (1859-1907) and speeches, and a photocopy of his diary (1886-1908) as well as a small amount of financial and printed materials. There is also material on the estates of Rufus Johnston and Robert Caldwell, family correspondence, a copy of a scrapbook for James Davidson Johnston, (1915-1944),...
Dates:
1854 - 1963
Found in:
Manuscript Collections