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Ann M. Mills Letter
The collection consists of a letter dated July 8, 1869. The letter, written to family members, describes her life and the Davidson College 1869 graduation.
Charles Augustus McGirt Speech
This collection consists of McGirt's Respondent's Speech for the 1919 Davidson Commencement.
Charles Carroll Alexander Speeches
The speeches include "The Fate of the Gifted" (1851) and his valedictory address (1853).
Evelyn Harris Hamilton Speech
This collection consists of Hamilton's Eumenean Valedictory address given at the Davidson College commencement in 1917.
Harlee Morrison Speech
This collection consists of Morrison's salutatory address for the Davidson College Commencement of 1916.
Henry Theodore Burke Speech
The collection consists of a manuscript copy and a typescript of Burke's valedictory speech.
James Bayliss Smith Papers
This collection consists of letters written by Smith to family and friends while a student at Davidson, a letter from J. R. Blake offering a position as tutor at Davidson and the manuscript of Smith's valedictory address. In his student letters, Smith describes his religious conversion and college life. There are also typescripts of some of the letters.
James Ernest Thacker Speeches
This collection consists of Thacker's "Respondent's Address" given before the Philanthropic Society in 1888 and his Inaugural Address as president of the Society in 1890.
James Franklin Houston Papers
The collection consists of two essays: "Literary Attractions of the Bible" and "Philosophy of the Ages," receipts and a fund-raising appeal for the Philanthropic Society (1847-1848), attendance and grade reports (1846-1847), and Davidson College commencement programs for 1848 and 1849.
James Hampton Gibson Speech
The collection consists of a manuscript copy and a typescript of Gibson's commencement oration, "The Triumphs of American Genius."