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Black Student Coalition (BSC). Records, 1972-

Sub-Group

Identifier: RG12-30

Scope and Contents The collection contains a copy of the charter. Also included is a letter to Kappa Alpha fraternity requesting that they not flaunt their "Old South" practice and a newspaper article about the black population at Davidson. There are also numerous flyers and posters inviting people to events sponsored by the group, and minutes (some copied for the organization's webpage). The Newsletters folder contains copies of the newsletter "The Rainbow Revue," as well as an unnamed 1979-1980 newsletter,...

Dates: 1972

Found in: College Archives

College Relations. Administrative Files

Sub-Group

Identifier: RG05-01

Scope and Contents The files consist of correspondence and annual operating plans for Institutional Advancement. The correspondence concerns plans for a college magazine and a sample acknowledgement letter. The Operating Plans identify specific goals and objectives for each office and provide a detailed evaluation of the previous year's goals.

Dates: 2017

Found in: College Archives

Dorothy MacKay Quynn Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC042

Scope and Contents 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

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Edward William Phifer Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC0224s

Scope and Contents 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.

Found in: Manuscript Collections

E.L. Baxter Davidson Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC044

Scope and Contents 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

Found in: Manuscript Collections

George Wilson McPhail Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC061

Scope and Contents The files contain a copy of McPhail's Inaugural Address to the trustees of Davidson College upon receiving the office of presidency, handwritten copies of his lectures on religious topics, several miscellaneous papers, a handwritten copy of his prayer book with prayers for each hour of the day, and two folders full of handwritten copies of his sermons. McPhail had several of his sermons bound and put into volumes. His "Sermons on Important Topics" Volume I-II, VII-VIII, and X-XI were placed in...

Dates: Existence: 1815 - 1871

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Howard T. Wall, Jr. Memoir

Collection

Identifier: DC0292s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a bound typescript of Wall's memoir "A Minister in the South During a Time of Social Change, 1959-2001."

Dates: 1959 - 2001

Found in: Manuscript Collections

James Dickson McLean Biography

Collection

Identifier: DC0273s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a printed biography of McLean written by James Dickson McLean, III. The biography is titled: James Dickson McLean, First Lieutenant Confederate States Army, Commanding tow guns of Starr's Battery Company B 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery.

Dates: 2017

Found in: Manuscript Collections

James Edward Smoot Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC041

Scope and Contents The collection contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence, original manuscripts and documentation for his book and the supplemental edition, information about cotton manufacturing in Cabarrus County, NC, research material and notes, printed material and newspaper articles, and photographs. The incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by writer, except for a few instances where it is arranged alphabetically by subject. The outgoing correspondence is arranged alphabetically by...

Dates: 1926 - 1947

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Jim Junot - Cornwell Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC064

Scope and Contents The files contain information on the life of Patricia Cornwell from 1974 until the present. Most of the information is newspaper articles collected by Jim Junot. There also are copies of transcripts of talks and interviews by Patricia Cornwell and copies of her writings for the Charlotte Observer and while a student at Davidson College. The oversize materials include signed publicity posters for Postmortem and a bulletin board created by Cornwell for the Davidson College English Department in...

Dates: Existence: 1974 - 1998

Found in: Manuscript Collections

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