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Laban Miles Hoffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0192s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence with Cornelia Shaw (1917-1920) and a 32 page memoir, "Reminiscences of Davidson College, 1862-1870."

Dates: 1917 - 1920

Lacy Donnell Wharton Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0097s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Wharton's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1890.

Dates: 1890

Larkin McLaurin Blue Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0009s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a speech, The Tower of London presented in 1885.

Dates: 1885

LeRoy Tate Newland Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0151s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence with M. E. Sentelle, Dean of Students at Davidson College.

Dates: 1931 and undated

Leslie Gilliam Dick Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0134s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written by Dick to E. L. B. Davidson describing college life.

Dates: 1874

Lewis Teague Morse Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0128s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written by Morse while a student at Davidson. The letter discusses family news and college life.

Dates: 1870

Louis Edgar Boston Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0010s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Boston's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1892.

Dates: 1892

Malcolm McNair McKay Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0059s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two speeches: McKay's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1874 and a Representation Oration,"The Power of Truth" given in 1873.

Dates: 1873 - 1874

Marshall W. Doggett, Jr. Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: DC0276s
Scope and Contents The scrapbook contains materials related to Dr. Doggett's time as a student at Davidson. Contents include: class contacts and notes, a report from the Absence Committee, a report on class standing and attendance, an account book, a class assignment card, family pictures, addressed envelopes, ROTC photographs, a 1919 student body photograph, a page dedicated to the third floor of Watts dormitory that includes pictures and a letter, campus photographs of a dorm room, Old Chambers, Rumple...
Dates: 1919 - 1922

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

Miles Costin Martin Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0066s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Martin's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1888 and his Respondent's Address delivered as part of the College's semi-centennial celebrations.

Dates: 1887 - 1888

Neill Alexander Smith Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0126s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written by Smith in 1859 describing college life at Davidson.

Dates: 1859

Oni Davis McNeely Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0120s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written by McNeely. The letter dated November 8, 1837 describes college life while the October 1, 1856 letter discusses family matters.

Dates: 1837 - 1856

Patrick Redd Law Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0049s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a speech, "Be a Man" given as a representative of the Philanthropic Society (1873) and Law's Inaugural Address as president of the Society in 1874.

Dates: 1873 - 1874

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

Peter Marshall Brown Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0013s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Brown's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1879.

Dates: 1879

Pinckney Brown Chambers Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0111s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter from Chambers to John M. Sample (1843) describing the Caldwell Institute in Greensboro, NC.

Dates: 1837

Reynolds Bascomb Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0181s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Price's student notebooks. The notebooks include Mathematics with an account ledger, 1841-1842 and a collection of poetry and quotations from 1843. There are three books belonging to Price: The Early History of the South by Lily Lambert; The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier by Richard Mason; McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader. There is also a family letter describing his Philanthropic Society badge and the badge (A-548 - on display in archives reading room). See...
Dates: 1841-1843, 1957

Richard Ellis Sherrill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0077s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Sherrill's Valedictory Address given in 1841 and a photocopy of his diary from September 1837 to January 1852. The diary begins on the first day of his second term at Davidson and covers his time at Davidson, his early career as a teacher, his time at Columbia Seminary, and the early years of his ministry. Much of the journal is personal reflections on the state of his faith but he also includes references to visits with friends, travel and church matters.

Dates: 1837 - 1852

Richard Morrison King Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC016
Scope and Contents The collection is organized as follows: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Correspondence; 3) Davidson College; 4) North Carolina Medical College; 5) Jefferson Medical College; 6) Certificates; 7) Photographs. The biographical information includes material about Dr. King's work with the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital and the Concord National Bank. The correspondence discusses his medical career, including his transfer to Jefferson Medical College from the North Carolina Medical College and his...
Dates: 1898 - 1984

Risden Bennett Gaddy Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: DC0183s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Gaddy's college notebook. The first entry indicates the notebook is intended to be record of his college experiences. A second note dated 1859 indicates that only a few speeches were ever added to the notebook. The speeches are on Cheap Literature, the Acquisition of Cuba, and Gaddy's valedictory address.

Dates: 1854 - 1859

Robert A. Davidson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0125s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters Davidson wrote while a student at Davidson College describing college life.

Dates: 1859 - 1860

Robert E. Hayes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC019
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, printed materials, and literary materials. The correspondence is primarily personal letters from friends (1955-1959). The printed materials are copies of articles about Hayes. The literary material from his years as a student at Davidson College includes poetry and prose. The post-Davidson material includes an epic poem, a short story, a paper he gave on "Aphasia," a bound copy of his various publications, and a poetry journal.

Dates: 1951 - 1965

Robert Eugene Little Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0052s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Little's inaugural address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1873.

Dates: 1873

Robert Gordon Sparrow Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0084s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of six issues of the newspaper and a speech on Charles Egbert Craddock given April 29, 1887. The newspapers are housed with oversize materials. Issues include 11 May 1883 (no. 16), 8 June 1883 (no.20), 21 June 1883 (no. 22), 29 June 1883 (no23), 18 January 1884, and 1 February 1884 (no 27). The paper began as the Weekly Enterprise, by January 1884 it was known as the Davidson College Enterprise.

Dates: 1887

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Names
Martin, William Joseph, Jr., 1868-1943 (Class of 1888) 3
Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah 3
Athletics - Baseball 2
Chambers, Maxwell (1780-1855) 2
Kirkpatrick, John Lycan, 1813-1885 2
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Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 2
Lingle, Thomas Wilson, 1871- (Class of 1893) 2
Morrison, Robert Hall, 1798-1889 2
Morrow, James, 1820-1865 (Class of 1843) 2
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) 2
Sentelle, Mark Edgar (Class of 1894) 2
Shewmake, Edwin F. 2
Abbot, William Wright, 1922- (Class of 1943) 1
Alexander, Charles Carroll, 1832-1866 (Class of 1853) 1
Alexander, John McCoy, 1828-1846 (Class of 1847) 1
Alexander, Thomas H. (Class of 1843) 1
Allison, Thomas Johnston, 1849-1919 (Class of 1871) 1
Arbuckle, Howard 1
Arnold, John David, 1869-1895 (Class of 1894) 1
Arrowood, Robert Sylvanus, 1854-1917 (Class of 1877) 1
Athletics - Basketball 1
Bailey, William S. 1
Baker, William Hoge, 1868-1932 (Class of 1888) 1
Bank of Davidson (Davidson, NC) 1
Bannerman, A. W. (Class of 1857) 1
Barnes, Frank Arthur (Class of 1895) 1
Barr, Julius McCann 1
Batte, James Herbert (Class of 1935) 1
Bean, Eugene Holmes, 1874-1933 (Class of 1897) 1
Belk, James Thomas Ketchen, 1825-1878 (Class of 1847) 1
Bell, Vereen McNeill, 1911-1944 (Class of 1932) 1
Blue, Larkin McLaurin, 1860-1939 (Class of 1886) 1
Bogle, Alexander M., 1822-1880 (Class of 1843) 1
Boston, Louis Edgar, d. 1901 (Class of 1892) 1
Brady, Archibald, 1852-1916. (Class of 1882) 1
Brenizer, Gilmer, 1864- (Class of 1882) 1
Brown, Aubrey Neblett (Class of 1929) 1
Brown, James Stephen, 1866-1958. (Class of 1889) 1
Brown, Peter Marshall, 1859-1913. (Class of 1880) 1
Buckner, Albert Gallatin, 1850-1941. (Class of 1879) 1
Burgess, Thomas Peterson, 1860-1942. (Class of 1883) 1
Burke, Henry Theodore, 1830-1894. (Class of 1850) 1
Burton, Samuel Smith, 1853-1880. (Class of 1873) 1
Burwell, Dandridge Spottswood, 1847-1929 (Class of 1865) 1
Bynum, William Preston, 1820-1909 (Class of 1842) 1
Cade, William A. (Class of 1937) 1
Caldwell, Walter Pharr, 1823-1888. (Class of 1841) 1
Campbell, William Henry Ruffner, 1889-1960 (Class of 1910) 1
Cannon, John Chambers Rankin, 1833-1908. (Class of 1852) 1
Carson, James Holmes. (Class of 1916) 1
Carter, William Franklin (Class of 1876) 1
Cassell, J. Erisman 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chambers, Henry Alexander, 1841-1925 (Class of 1864) 1
Chambers, Joseph Lenoir, 1854- (Class of 1873) 1
Chambers, Pinckney Brown, 1821-1905 (Class of 1840) 1
Charlotte Engraving Company 1
Clark, John McMillan, 1858- (Class of 1886) 1
Cobb, Paul Whitlock (Class of 1950) 1
Cool Springs Academy (Croft, NC) 1
Cooper, William James (Class of 1923) 1
Cozart, William Hubbard, 1860-1901. (Class of 1879) 1
Crawford, James Pinckney, 1835-1861 (Class of 1856) 1
Cromartie, Robert Samuel, 1869-1965 (Class of 1895) 1
Currie, Archibald (Class of 1897) 1
D Club 1
Davidson, Edward Lee Baxter, 1958-1944 (Class of 1891) 1
Davidson, Robert A., 1842-1865 (Class of 1863) 1
Dick, Leslie Graham, 1857-1912 (Class of 1878) 1
Dickey, William Nathan, 1834-1905. (Class of 1860) 1
Doar, Harriet 1
Doggett, Marshall, Jr. (Class of 1922) 1
Doub-Kerr, William C., 1894-1960 (Class of 1915) 1
Douglas, James M. (Class of 1893) 1
Douglass, Charles Mobley, 1846-1872 (Class of 1872) 1
Eagleton, Davis Foute, 1861-1916. (Class of 1884) 1
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 1
English, Thomas Reese, 1859-1915. (Class of 1872) 1
Eppo, David Samuel (Class of 1921) 1
Ervin, A.M. 1
Fairley, David, 1831-1912 (Class of 1856) 1
Faison, John Miller, 1862-1915. (Class of 1883) 1
Fleming, John Alexander, 1836-1864 (Class of 1859) 1
Fleming, William Scott (Class of 1878) 1
Flinn, Richard Orne (Class of 1929) 1
Flinn, William Adams, 1912- (Class of 1933) 1
Flora MacDonald College (Red Springs, NC) 1
Forsyth, William Kenneth, 1866-1901. (Class of 1893) 1
Fries, Henry Elias, 1857-1949. (Class of 1878) 1
Gaddy, Risden Bennett, 1838-1899 (Class of 1859) 1
Gaither, Ephraim Lash, 1850-1943. (Class of 1873) 1
Gamble, William Arnette, 1894-1973. (Class of 1923) 1
Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Chemical Fraternity 1
Gibson, James Hampton, 1828-1887. (Class of 1854) 1
Gilmer, Charles Stewart, 1864-1926. (Class of 1886) 1
Gilmer, John Adams, 1857-1912. (Class of 1880) 1
Gladden, Ross (Class of 1940) 1
Goldberg, William Victor, 1871-1910. (Class of 1889) 1
Goodman, James William Milton, 1867- (Class of 1894) 1
Goodman, Walter Alexander, 1869- (Class of 1897) 1
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