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Twentieth Century Club Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC037
Scope and Contents
The collection consists Minutes, 1927-1963; Correspondence, 1951; Membership and History files, 1942-1948 and undated; and Programs, 1929-1962. The minutes contain lists of members, copies of the constitution and by-laws, descriptions of programs and social events, and lists of books. The correspondence mostly concerns membership, while the membership and history files contain clippngs and a description of the 1946 Christmas party. The programs are the annual program booklets listing...
Dates:
1927 - 1963
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Vereen McNeill Bell Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC010
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into the following series: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Correspondence; 3) Printed Material; 4) Photographs; and 5) Vereen Bell Awards. The biographical information includes materials Mr. Bell's family. The correspondence dates from 1937 to 1991, some of which is from Mr. Bell but most of which is from his family. The printed materials include a mostly complete bibliography of Mr. Bell's works, reviews, and general articles about him. There are also memorials...
Dates:
1932 - 2015
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Vihar Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0319s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two notebooks with writings and sketches by visitors to the Vihar. Included among the pages are some articles. Most of the writings are unsigned.
Dates:
1997 - 2006
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Wade Hampton Allison Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0351s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of his Davidson College scrapbook. The scrapbook contains pages of autographs and notes from classmates, brief diary entries, photographs of campus, newsclippings, along with some correspondence and postcards, programs, and intelligence test and annotated maps of the Middle East. The Sophomore Banquet program is signed by members of the class and there is a Junior Speaking program booklet for the class of 1926. Extra materials not pasted into the scrapbook are housed...
Dates:
1922 - 1929
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Wallace B. Scherer Sketch
Collection
Identifier: DC0260s
Scope and Contents
The sketch is of "Indian Bill." The name "Indian Bill" was given by Davidson students to an older gentlemen who frequently stood at the corner in Charlotte where students would wait to catch rides back to Davidson. As Mr. Scherer describes him, "he was always very friendly to the students . . He was adorned with pins and buttons proclaming many interests but he always seemed to have the interest of the Davidson students at heart."
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Walter Alexander Goodman Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0036s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Goodman's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1897.
Dates:
1897
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Walter Alexander Johnson Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0236s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of memorabilia from Johnson's student days and his photograph album. Items in the memorabilia collection include a Yell and Song booklet, a program for a 1913 debate between Davidson College and the University of South Carolina, a program booklet for the class of 1916 Sophomore Class banquet, and a photographic negative of the decorations for a class of 1917 banquet or class day. The photograph album is housed with photographs and is indexed in the photograph...
Dates:
1913 - 1916
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Walter Lee Lingle Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC014
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized as follows: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Correspondence; 3) Speeches (including sermons); 4) Literary Materials (published and unpublished); 5) Notebooks; 6) Biography by LeGette Blythe; 7) Photographs; 8) Printed Material; 9) Oversize. The biographical information includes obitiaries, an autobiography, and family information. There is correspondence with the Presbyterian General Assembly Training School, Presbyterian Churches, Union Theological Seminary,...
Dates:
1901 - 2004
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Walter Pharr Caldwell Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0018s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 3 speeches: Caldwell's valedictory address to the Philanthropic Society, his graduation speech, "A Defense of Phrenology," and a speech made before the Society as an alumnus in 1843.
Dates:
1841 - 1843
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Warren Murdock Cox Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC070
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials from Cox's student days, from Hang Chow Christian College, and a high school humanities curriculum. Student materials include copies of football, theatre, debate and commencement programs for events in which Cox participated, articles about Cox's student activities, and a transcript issued in 1927. Hang Chow Christian College materials include a yearbook which contains handwritten annotations about students and facilities and Cox's passport for the years...
Dates:
Existence: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1979
Found in:
Manuscript Collections