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James Parks McCombs Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0117s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written by McCombs to his brother about family matters and college life. The majority of the letters date from 1854 to 1856. There are four letters from the period 1870 to 1885. Several letters in 1855 discuss the student unrest at Davidson over student suspensions and the donation by Maxwell Chambers.

Dates: 1854-1885 and undated

Jethro Rumple Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0222s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence concerning the Concord Presbytery, the manuscript of a biography of Rev. John Bunyan Shearer by Rumple, and manuscript notes about Davidson College in the 1840s.

Dates: 1878 - 1905

Kirkpatrick Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0252s
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two pieces; a typescript and manuscript of a letter written to the mother of William S. Bailey, of Petersburg, VA reporting to her the details of her son's sickness and death at Davidson. Bailey entered Davidson in 1863, but died of a sudden illness in April of 1864. The second piece is a photocopy and typescript of a letter written by Dr. Kirkpatrick to an unknown recipient in April of 1866. In it, Kirkpatrick gives news of the family and details conditions in...
Dates: 1864 - 1866

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

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

McKendree Robbins Long Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0158s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written by Long to his family describing college life in 1906.

Dates: 1906

Mrs. Goudyloch Erwin Dyer Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0142s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a typescript of a program presented to the Davidson Historical Society. The program was entitled,"Growing Up In Davidson and the typescript includes photographs of Davidson

Dates: 1992

Paul Whitlock Cobb Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0164s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter describing college life in the years after World War II.

Dates: 1987

Student Work. Collection

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Identifier: RG10-1
Scope and Contents This collection consists of student papers given to the Archives by several academic departments. With the exception of two undated and unsigned papers from the earliest days of the school, these examples of student work are all from the 1970s forward. While most of the files are research papers, there are also examples of creative writing. The research papers address a wide range of topics including Davidson town history, housing in the town of Davidson, the black experience at Davidson...
Dates: 2017
Found in: College Archives

Thomas Perrin Harrison Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0163s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence and literary materials. The correspondence includes a letter from Louis T. Wilds, a Davidson College graduate of 1906 and former student of Thomas P. Harrison, Sr and letters of Harrison, Jr. to Mary Beaty. The literary material is an article by Harrison, Jr. about his childhood in Davidson.

Dates: 1944 - 1982

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Names
Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah 4
Common Ground 2
Gable, Ralph William, 1929-2019 2
Houston, Ruby 2
Tapia, Brenda Howard, 1949-2020 2
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Wertheimer, Loretta C. 2
Applewhite, Isaac 1
Bailey, William S. 1
Baker, Archibald, 1733-1811 1
Baker, Heather L. (Class of 2000) 1
Baucom, Bessie 1
Blodgett, Jan, 1954- 1
Brown, Josephine, 1918-2011 1
Caldwell, David Alexander, 1799-1891 1
Chambers, Caroline 1
Chambers, Henry Alexander, 1841-1925 (Class of 1864) 1
Chambers, Maxwell (1780-1855) 1
Clifford, Mary Scofield 1
Cobb, Paul Whitlock (Class of 1950) 1
Cricket, Carl 1
Cumming, Elizabeth "Betty" 1
Davidson, John, Major, 1735-1832 1
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 1
Dewey, Mary 1
Driesell, Charles "Lefty" 1
Dyer, Mrs. Goudyloch Erwin 1
Erwin, Edward Jones, 1885-1954 (Class of 1906) 1
Falls, Edna 1
Fishburne, Clement D. 1
Griffith, Thomas Moore, Mayor, 1891-1940 1
Harrison, Thomas Perrin Jr., 1897- 1
Helper, Hanson Pinckney, 1825-1902 1
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1
Holt, John 1
Howard, James William, 1929-2021 1
Ivory, Darnell 1
Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall", 1824-1863 1
Jenkins, Ada , 1882-1945 1
Johnson, Esther, 1910-2005 1
Johnson, Hattie 1
Kaylor, Dorothy, 1934 - 2018 1
Kincaid, Randall, Jr., 1940-2023 1
Kinsey, Peggy 1
Kirkpatrick Family 1
Kirkpatrick, John Lycan, 1813-1885 1
Kirkpatrick, Mary Elizabeth 1
Lacy Family 1
Lacy, Agnes 1
Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 1
Lacy, Mary Rice, 1816-1880 1
Lacy, William Sterling, 1842-1899 1
Leland, John Adams, 1817-1892 1
Long, McKendree Robbins, 1888-1976 (Class of 1910) 1
Martin, David "Dave" 1
Martin, David Grier, 1910-1974 (Class of 1932) 1
McCombs, James Parks, 1836-1902 (Class of 1859) 1
McDowell, Franklin Brevard, 1849-1927 (1869) 1
McGeachy, Daniel Patrick, 1901-1970 (Class of 1922) 1
McKay, Wilson James, 1848-1921 (1870) 1
McKeown, Calvin Brice, 1854- (1874) 1
McLean, William, Dr. , 1791-1843 1
McMillen, Bruce 1
McMillen, Sally 1
Meredith, Patti 1
Munroe, Colin Alexander, 1844-1919 (1872) 1
Norton, Kenneth (1928-2023) 1
Norton, Lois, 1930-2021 1
Rice, Mary Catherine 1
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, 1809-1888 1
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, 1809-1888. 1
Rumple, Jethro, 1827-1906 (Class of 1850) 1
Sampson, Anne E. 1
Scott, Hugh Wilson, 1845- (Class of 1867) 1
Shannon, Janet 1
Shearer, J. B. (John Bunyan), 1832-1919 1
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1
Smith, James C. (Class of 1997) 1
Smith, W. A. (William Alexander), 1843-1934 (Class of 1865) 1
Student Work 1
Thornbury, John W. (Class of 2000) 1
Unknown, "Aunt" Amy 1
Unknown, "Aunt" Maria 1
Vinson, Maude, 1887-1971 1
Wally, Joseph T. 1
Wilds, Louis Trezevant, 1885- (Class of 1906) 1
Williams, Ann 1
Williams, Margo 1
Withers, Bob, 1934-2021 1
YMCA - Reachout - Service Council 1
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