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President. Dr. John Rood Cunningham. Records, 1940-1958

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Identifier: RG02-13
Scope and Contents

The vast majority of the files include correspondence with various persons or organizations. Fund-raising was a major aspect of Dr. Cunningham's presidency and letters to various donors are found throughout the files under the donor's last name. Information on each of the new buildings constructed under Dr. Cunningham's adminstration are found under the file heading of the building's name. Coorespondence with Charles F. Gillette is located under the file Landscape Architecture.

Dates: 1940 - 1958
Found in: College Archives

President. Dr. John Wells Kuykendall

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Identifier: RG02-16
Scope and Contents Please note that Presidential records are closed fifty years prior to the current year. The records in this collection overlap with the files of President's Spencer and Vagt as some files were kept across administrations before being transferred to the archives. The files follow the subject listings of the office and because of the storage and transfer patterns, the subject lists are repeated several times. For example, all files after the Admissions, 1995-1997 may...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1997
Found in: College Archives

President. Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer. Records

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Identifier: RG02-15
Scope and Contents Please note that Presidential records are closed fifty years prior to the current year.The files from President Spencer's office consist primarily of correspondence and reports. These files cover all aspects of his administration including information on coeducation, minority students, self-selection for fraternities, the college's relationship with the Presbyterian Church, integration, student unrest and the Vietnam War, the changing role of athletics, College Bowl competitions,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1968-1983, 2010
Found in: College Archives

President. Dr. William Joseph Martin, Jr. Records, 1913-1929

 folder
Identifier: RG02-11
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence including both incoming and copies of outgoing letters. As president, Martin corresponded with parents of students, students, and alumni. The correspondence with parents and students generally concerns academic preparation, discipline, and student activities. These letters also discuss conditions at the college during World War I and the Student's Army Training Corps. Correspondence with alumni frequently concerns references for jobs...
Dates: 1913 - 1929
Found in: College Archives

President. Executive Assistant. Records

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Identifier: RG02-30
Scope and Contents This collection deals primarily with the activities of the Facilities Planning Committee. Projects planned and reviewed by the committee include the Computer Services Center (renamed Information Technology Services), a new college union, the Visual Arts Center, a new Life Sciences building (Baker-Watts complex/ Watson Building), renovation of classroom space, and proposals for Music and Theatre. There are also files on fundraising campaigns and grant proposals. The Union Planning,...
Dates: 1976 - 1991
Found in: College Archives

President. Frontis W. Johnston Records Interim

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Identifier: RG02-22
Dates: 1984
Found in: College Archives

President. John Rennie Blake Records, 1870-1884

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Identifier: RG02-06
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists primarily of Blake's letters to the Board of Trustees concerning relations between the college and the Presbyteries. It also includes Blake's letter of resignation in 1884. The notebooks contains descriptions of Davidson College during the Civil War and research notes on energy, the Holtz machine, and astronomy.

Dates: 1870-1884
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. Andrew Dousa Hepburn. Records, 1875-1884

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Identifier: RG02-07
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning faculty positions at the college and Hepburn's resignation. Materials relating to his resignation include his original letter to the Board and responses from the Board. There is also a receipt for college expenses in 1880.

Dates: 1875 - 1884
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. Drury Lacy. Records

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Identifier: RG02-03
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one receipt signed by Lacy (1856), at letter concerning the delivery of mail to Davidson College (1857), and a letter to Lacy from James B. White recommending a faculty appointment (1860).

Dates: 1856 - 1860
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. John Bunyan Shearer. Records, 1892-1896

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Identifier: RG02-09
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter concerning the publication of the Semi-Centennial Catalog, a letter discussing symbolism of candlesticks and christmas trees, a petition by nonfraternity students requesting the abolition of fraternities, and Shearer's letter of resignation.

Dates: 1892 - 1896
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev Luther McKinnon. Records, 1887

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Identifier: RG02-08
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of McKinnon's 1887 resignation letter.

Dates: 1887-06-06
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. Robert Hall Morrison. Records

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Identifier: RG02-01
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of an orginial receipt and copies of letters written by Morrison. The letters discuss the hiring of faculty and the election of Morrison as president of Davidson. The receipt is for James Franklin Stimpson's tuition payment.

Dates: 1836 - 1839
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. Sam Williamson. Records

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Identifier: RG02-02
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists of letters to Williamson concerning the college and a correspondence relating to Samuel B. Wilson's decision not to accept the presidency of Davidson College in 1841. The financial material consists of receipts for faculty salaries. The sermons inclue a printed pamphlet of Williamson's "Sermon on Baptism" printed in Charlotte, NC in 1838, a handwritten version of his 1851 Baccalaurate Address at Davidson College and an undated sermon based on Galatians 3:29.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1795 - 1882
Found in: College Archives

President. Rev. Walter Lee Lingle. Records

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Identifier: RG02-12
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, dealing with the administration of Davidson College and its relationship the Presbyterian Church of the US. The collection also includes copies of reports from committees and departments. Specific topics relating to the college in the files include the athletic program, the Alumni Association, the Duke Endowment, changes in curriculum, chapel programs, student health services, architects and buildings, the...
Dates: 1930 - 1941
Found in: College Archives

President. Robert F. Vagt. General File

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Identifier: RG02-17
Scope and Contents

Please note that Presidential records are closed fifty years prior to the current year.

Only a poster thus far. Waiting on records from the office.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1975 - 2017
Found in: College Archives

President. Smith, Henry Louis. Records, 1901-1912, 1943

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Identifier: RG02-10
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence from the years 1911 and 1912, with only a few items from the 1907 to 1910 period. Some of the correspondence from the president's office is signed by Miss Cornelia Shaw, who acted as the president's assistant. Topics covered in these records include advertising for the college, athletics, fraternities, the code of honor system, hazing, apple orchards, the Davidson Cemetery, honorary degrees, faculty housing, the College's 75 anniversary...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1901 - 1943
Found in: College Archives

President. Thomas W. Ross, J.D.

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Identifier: RG02-18
Dates: 2007 - 2011
Found in: College Archives

Presidents. Awards - Convocation

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Identifier: RG02-34
Dates: Majority of material found within 1981 - 2019
Found in: College Archives

Presidents. Legal Oversize

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Identifier: RG02-23
Dates: Majority of material found within 1901 - 1928
Found in: College Archives

Proctor Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0323s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters. One was written in April 1941 to Elizabeth Proctor by her mother and discusses clothing and health. The other was written in October by G.D. Proctor to his mother while he was in the VA hospital in Roanoke, VA with references to war news and conditions.

Dates: 1941

Project Life. Records, 2003-

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Identifier: RG12-91
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence regarding scheduling volunteers to assist and organize the bone marrow typing for the National Marrow Donor Program. There are also printed materials, primarily publicity flyers and Be the March brochures. Posters produced by Project Life are housed in oversize storage and t-shirts in the Artifact Collection (A-726, A-727).

Dates: 2003
Found in: College Archives

Project of the Americas (PRAM). Records, 1966

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Identifier: RG12-58
Scope and Contents

The file contains the report to the trustees as issued by PRAM and the brochure that describes the Student Exchange programs in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia in 1966.

Dates: 1966
Found in: College Archives

P.S. Ney Student Run Restaurant. Correspondence, 2006-

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Identifier: RG12-119
Scope and Contents

This folder contains e-mail correspondence concerning meetings and annoucements. Also, a postcard to potential members from 2007.

Dates: 2006
Found in: College Archives

Public Health Society. Records, 2007-

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Identifier: RG12-122
Scope and Contents

This collection contains society correspondence.

Dates: 2007
Found in: College Archives

Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). Records, 1973-1981

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Identifier: RG12-57
Scope and Contents

The file contains a brochure describing PIRG, several newspaper articles about the organization, and a copy of "A Guide to Off-Campus Housing in the Davidson College Area" that was written by the organizaiton.

Dates: 1973
Found in: College Archives

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Names
Board of Trustees 7
Ney, Peter Stuart, d. 1846 7
Eumenean Society 6
Lingle, Walter L. (Walter Lee), 1868-1956 (Class of 1892) 6
Martin, William Joseph, Jr., 1868-1943 (Class of 1888) 5
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Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah 5
Wilson, Woodrow (Thomas Woodrow), 1856-1924 (Class of 1877) 5
Davidson College (N.C.) 4
Davidson Family 4
Helper, Hanson Pinckney, 1825-1902 4
Martin, David Grier, Sr., 1910-1974 (Class of 1932) 4
Morrison, Robert Hall, 1798-1889 4
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) 4
Cunningham, John Rood, 1891-1980 3
D Club 3
Davidson College Presbyterian Church 3
Davidson, Chalmers G. (Chalmers Gaston), 1907-1994 (Class of 1928) 3
Erwin, Edward Jones, 1885-1954 (Class of 1906) 3
Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Chemical Fraternity 3
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 3
Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 3
Ney, Michel, duc d'Elchingen, 1769-1815. 3
Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Fraternity 3
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 3
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 (Class of 1931) 3
Smith, Henry Louis, 1859-1951 (Class of 1881) 3
United Community Action 3
YMCA 3
Abbott, Anthony "Tony" S. 2
American Chemical Society 2
Athletics - Baseball 2
Bank of Davidson (Davidson, NC) 2
Chambers, Maxwell (1780-1855) 2
Common Ground 2
Davidson, Edward Lee Baxter, 1958-1944 (Class of 1891) 2
Davidson, Robert F. (Class of 1923) 2
Economics Department 2
Flora MacDonald College (Red Springs, NC) 2
Freeland, Paul Butterfield, 1904-1976 (Class of 1925) 2
Gable, Ralph William, 1929-2019 2
Hamilton, Hugh Cunningham (Class of 1920) 2
Helper Family 2
Holshouser, James E. (Class of 1956) 2
Houston, Ruby 2
Johnston Family 2
Kappa Alpha Fraternity 2
Kirkpatrick, John Lycan, 1813-1885 2
Linden Manufacturing Company 2
Lingle, Thomas Wilson, 1871- (Class of 1893) 2
Long, Zachary F. (Zachary Fillmore), 1943-1991 (Class of 1965) 2
Martin, James Grubbs, 1935- (Class of 1957) 2
Martin, William Joseph, 1830-1896 2
McPhail, George Wilson (1815-1871) 2
Morrison, Robert Hall, Jr., 1843-1922 (Class of 1868) 2
Morrow, James, 1820-1865 (Class of 1843) 2
Perry, Jack R., 1930-2014 2
Pfohl, James Christian 2
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity 2
Philanthropic Society 2
Phillips, Charles, Rev. (Professor of Mathematics and Engineering) 2
Photography Club 2
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity 2
Piedmont Bank and Trust Company 2
Plott, Donald B. 2
President 2
President's Office 2
Robinson, Joseph L. (Class of 1962) 2
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, 1809-1888 2
Sentelle, Mark Edgar (Class of 1894) 2
Shearer, J. B. (John Bunyan), 1832-1919 2
Shewmake, Edwin F. 2
Sigma Upsilon Literary Honor Society 2
Simmons, Frank, Jr. (Class of 1940) 2
Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso), 1864-1924 (Class of 1884) 2
Smith, Egbert W. (Egbert Watson), 1862-1944 (Class of 1882) 2
Smith, Hay Watson, 1868-1940 (Class of 1890) 2
Sparrow, P. J. (Patrick Jones), 1802-1867. 2
Spencer, Samuel R., President (Samuel Reid), 1919-2013 (Class of 1940) 2
Tapia, Brenda Howard, 1949-2020 2
Thies, O. J., Jr. (Oscar Julius) (Class of 1918) 2
Tuesday Club (Davidson, NC) 2
Wertheimer, Loretta C. 2
Wharton, Don (Lacy Donnell), 1905-1998 (Class of 1927) 2
Wilson, Samuel Blain, 1783-1869 2
Workman, William "Bill" Gatewood, Jr., 1940-2019 (Class of 1962) 2
1972 - Davidson Women's Committee (DWC) 1
AAUP - Davidson Chapter 1
Abbot, William Wright, 1922- (Class of 1943) 1
Academic Review Board 1
Adachi, Hiroshi (Class of 1966) 1
Administrative Advisory Group 1
Adopt-A-Country AIDS Campaign (ACAC) 1
Adopt-a-Grandparent 1
Aiken, Bud (Class of 1985) 1
Alexander, Charles Carroll, 1832-1866 (Class of 1853) 1
Alexander, Isaac 1
Alexander, John McCoy, 1828-1846 (Class of 1847) 1
Alexander, Margaret E. Hampton, 1849-1939 1
Alexander, Thomas H. (Class of 1843) 1
Alexander, William Davidson (Class of 1862) 1
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