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Rhyne Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC081

Scope and Contents The collection focuses on Rhyne family history, the history of the Mount Holly community, and the cotton mills owned and operated by the Rhyne family. Also included in the collection are numerous plot surveys and warranty deeds related to properties associated with the Rhyne family and its businesses. Highlights of the collection include the Civil War memoir of A.P. Rhyne; extensive research material related to the Rhyne family and the town of Mount Holly; and books related to cotton...

Dates: 1814 - 1974

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert Hall Morrison, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC0127s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of two letters written by Morrison. One letter, dated June 17, 1868 discusses his father's health and conditions at Davidson College. The second letter was written to Henry Louis Smith about Davidson after the Civil War. DC0225s contains related material about the Morrison family.

Dates: 1861-1868 and undated

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert Hervey Lafferty Sermon

Collection

Identifier: DC0315s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a printed sermon preached at Sugar Creek Church on February 28, 1862. The sermon speaks to conditions in the South during the Civil War. Lafferty sees the war struggles as evidence that the citizens of the South have fallen away from grace. He identifies as particular problems ingratitide towards God, converting the bounty of God into a curse, intemperance and profanity, unfair business practices, failure to support and serve in the army and a failure to trust in God.

Dates: 1862

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert Zenas Johnston Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC022

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection concerns Robert Zenas Johnston (1834-1908) and includes school notebooks from Davidson College and Columbia Theological Seminary, student essays, correspondence, his sermons (1859-1907) and speeches, and a photocopy of his diary (1886-1908) as well as a small amount of financial and printed materials. There is also material on the estates of Rufus Johnston and Robert Caldwell, family correspondence, a copy of a scrapbook for James Davidson Johnston, (1915-1944),...

Dates: 1854 - 1963

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Samuel Reece Neel Notebook

Collection

Identifier: DC0182s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of Neel's student notebook which later became his diary. The notebooks contains notes from D.H. Hill's mathematics class, an account of textbooks purchased by Price, a list of his classmates and their class standings, a diary of his Civil War experience, 1861-1865, a diary of his teaching at Cool Springs Academy, 1866-1868, and a diary of his teaching at Bethel Academy, 1869. The school diary portions include lists of students and expense accounts.

Dates: 1859 - 1869

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Stirewalt Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC0139s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of legal and financial materials, a student notebook, and family history files. The legal materials (1862-1883) include a will and a certificate of character for Valentine Stirewalt. The financial materials (1853-1878) include store receipts and a register of boarders at Catawba Springs. The student notebook (1842-1843) is Valentine Stirewalt's mathematics exercises. The family history is a photocopy of genealogical and family ancedotal information for several...

Dates: 1842-1883, 1982

Found in: Manuscript Collections

Student Work. Collection

Sub-Group

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

William Alexander Smith Reminiscences

Collection

Identifier: DC0154s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a handwritten account of Smith's recollections of his student days. The account was written for Miss Cornelia Shaw in 1920.

Dates: 1920

Found in: Manuscript Collections

William E. Ardrey Collection

Collection

Identifier: DC001

Scope and Contents The collection is organized into the following series: Biographical Information, Speeches ,Diaries, Petitions, Account Records, B. F. Morrow's Records. The Biographical Information includes copies of obituaries and newspaper articles, a family history and a photograph. The speeches are on James K. Polk and his political campaign. The account book contains records of estates administered by Ardrey. The record book of B.F. Morrow's Company lists individual soldiers' pay and quartermaster...

Dates: 1861 - 1907

Found in: Manuscript Collections

William Henry Verner Letter

Collection

Identifier: DC0130s

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a letter written by Davidson College President Kirkpatrick asking safe passage for Verner, who was returning home to join the army.

Dates: 1864

Found in: Manuscript Collections

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Rhyne Family Collection

Robert Hall Morrison, Jr. Collection

Robert Hervey Lafferty Sermon

Robert Zenas Johnston Family Collection

Samuel Reece Neel Notebook

Stirewalt Family Collection

Student Work. Collection

William Alexander Smith Reminiscences

William E. Ardrey Collection

William Henry Verner Letter

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