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Collection
Identifier: DC0025s
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The collection consists of Eagleton's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1884.
Dates:
1884
Collection
Identifier: DC004
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The collection is arranged in the following series: Biographical Information; Addresses; Correspondence; Interviews; Printed Materials; Photographs; and Recordings. The biographical information includes information about Mr. Rusk and about his family. The addresses are copies of speeches given at Davidson College and at other functions. The correspondence dates from 1939-1994, most of which is between Davidson College and Dean Rusk. The correspondence, 1931-1942 with Professor G.R. Vowles...
Dates:
1930 - 1994
Collection
Identifier: DC042
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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, research material, printed material, and photographs relevant to her research about Peter Stuart Ney. The correspondence includes letters about her research and publication thereof. There are two manuscripts, "The Two Graves of Marshal Ney" and "Ney's Attempt to Escape." The research material includes photostats and typescripts of original documents. The Printed Material- Articles contains the following published by Quynn: French Libraries...
Dates:
1931 - 1966
Collection
Identifier: DC0061s
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The collection consists of a Representative Speech, "General Wolfe at Quebec" given in 1887.
Dates:
1887
Collection
Identifier: DC0317s
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The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material. The biographical material includes several resumes and newspaper clippings. There is one correspondence file for letters from Ross and Mary Abrams. A second correspondence file contains letters from friends and former students. The manuscript files contain papers and notebooks written by Houchens as a graduate student. There is a file for the Institute for Advanced Study in Arts and Humanities,...
Dates:
1947 - 2008
Collection
Identifier: DC0269s
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The collection consists of letters written to Professor John Douglass by Rev.W.J. McKay, D.D., from Sumter, S.C., photographs, receipts, and pamphlets. The letters generally reference meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee and provide brief outlines of issues discussed. The collection also includes receipts for Douglas' days as a student as well as commencement and reunion programs for the class of 1893. In addition, the collection contains a literary society speech...
Dates:
1890 - 1965
Collection
Identifier: DC0206s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence with Dr. Henry Louis Smith and Helen Louis Smith about Dr. Smith's involvement with X-rays.
Dates:
1950
Collection
Identifier: DC055
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of minutes, reports, and newsletters. There is also a file on correspondence and one on newsclippings related to the organization. The reports include a Downtown Revitalization Plan prepared by Greenberg Development Services in 1989, a revitalization study ini 1990 and a 1994 report on growth in Davidson.
Dates:
1987 - 2007
Collection
Identifier: DC0223s
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The collection contains material from the presidential search in which John Kuykendall was selected as president. There is also correspondence, some of which pertains to the Board of Trustees activities. There is a general file which contains reports presented to the Trustees and personal papers.
Dates:
1962 - 1990
Collection
Identifier: DC028
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into the following series: 1) Biographical Materials; 2) Correspondence; 3) Literary Materials; 4) Genealogical Materials; 5) Printed Materials; 6) Photographs; 7) Financial Materials; 8) Cookbook; 9) Scrapbook Materials. The Biographical Material includes Martin's last will and testament, as well as information about his family, including information about his wife and descendants. [For additional information about his father, Col. William J. Martin, see DC026.]...
Dates:
1858 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: DC003
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into the following series: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Addresses; 3) Correspondence; 4) Printed Material; 5) Scrapbooks; 6) Oversize; 7) Photographs; and 8) Restricted Material. The biographical materials include marriage records and family information. The addresses include several speeches given as president of Colgate-Palmolive, his Commencement address at Davidson College in 1953, an introduction of Mr. Williams Sims II at the American Newcomen Society in...
Dates:
1881-1981
Collection
Identifier: DC073
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and telegrams for commencement exercises (1934-1937). Also includes correspondence (1942-1950) primarily relating to the Wildcat Club and development activities, programs (1936-1992) and publications recognizing his achievements and two scrapbooks. The correspondence documents the athletic boosterism by alumni and the creation of the Wildcat Club. There are letters from the Alumni Office, the President's office and from Davidson coaches. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936 - 1992
Collection
Identifier: DC0237s
Scope and Contents
As a student, Hale kept an ongoing scrapbook of his college memories. The vast majority of the scrapbook contains photographs of student life during the early 1900's. Hale also kept detailed accounts of various athletic events -- i.e., the scrapbook contains the scores of all basketball, track, and football games from 1917. Hale also cut out photographs of the Davidson College football players and included the players' weights, nicknames, and football positions alongside the photographs. In...
Dates:
1916 - 1919
Collection
Identifier: DC0102s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Robinson's Inaugural Address as president of a literary society in 1899.
Dates:
1899
Collection
Identifier: DC0224s
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The collection contains no original material, only photocopies. There is a letter written in 1964 about the campaign for governor, three travel diaries, addresses on local history, reviews of his published works, and copies of his writing. Additional copies are on file in the Davidsoniana room.
Dates:
1964-1983 and n.d.
Collection
Identifier: DC0081s
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The collection consists of a prize essay, "Agnosticism in Religion," presented in 1882.
Dates:
1882
Collection
Identifier: DC034
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The collection consists of annual program booklets. The booklets list members, officers, and program topics.
Dates:
1953 - 1990
Collection
Identifier: DC044
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The collection contains biographical and family information, correspondence, notebooks, printed material, business information, memorabilia, photographs, and information pertaining to Mr. Davidson's bequest to Davidson College. The biographical information includes a grade report from Finley High School in Lenoir, NC, biographies of Mr. Davidson, and information about his family history. The correspondence contains both personal and business information from family members, from Davidson...
Dates:
1874 - 1988
Collection
Identifier: DC0152s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence (1850-1869), reports (1848-1857), literary materials (1851-1867), and a certificate (1783). The correspondence includes a letter to Benjamin Silliman (1850) and letters about Davidson College (1867-1869). The reports include a subscription book for the college (1848-1850), an account book (1854-1857) and a report of the Treasurer(1850). The literary materials include notebooks of clippings about church history and the American Revolution with...
Dates:
1783, 1848-1869
Collection
Identifier: DC0329s
Scope and Contents
The college consists of Feriba Thompson Stough's diary for 1935 to 1938. Daily entries include information about the weather and work or travel done that day. At the front of the diary, there are lists of family members and of deaths of friends and family. There is also a copy of a newletter with an article about the diary written by her granddaughter Mary Fetter Stough. (See DC0238s for her manuscript collection.)
Dates:
1935 - 1938
Collection
Identifier: DC0030s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Gaither's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1872.
Dates:
1872
Collection
Identifier: DC0101s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Hoffman's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1899.
Dates:
1899
Collection
Identifier: DC083
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While this collection is from Erving Elizabeth Johnson, most of the papers concern her brother, Ralph Walter Johnson and his barber shop on Main Street. The first folders consist of tax receipts from the Deweese Township and the Town of Davidson, made out to C. Walter and Bessie "Johnston," which date from 1906 until 1932. The next folder contains a mortgage certificate originally made in October 1909 and paid in full as by the date stamped. It also contains an invoice for shingles, checks...
Dates:
1906 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: DC0274s
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains interior and exterior photographs of Erwin Lodge along with pictures of the grounds surrounding the lodge. Highlights include a picture of Erwin Lodge during construction and alumni events held at Erwin Lodge. Most of the pictures have captions detailing date, subjects, and location.
Dates:
1946 - 1962
Collection
Identifier: DC0007s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Bean's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1896.
Dates:
1896
