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Ann M. Mills Letter
Collection
Identifier: DC0169s
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1869
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Charles Augustus McGirt Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0103s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of McGirt's Respondent's Speech for the 1919 Davidson Commencement.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Charles Carroll Alexander Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0003s
Scope and Contents
The speeches include "The Fate of the Gifted" (1851) and his valedictory address (1853).
Dates:
1851 - 1853
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Evelyn Harris Hamilton Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0105s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Hamilton's Eumenean Valedictory address given at the Davidson College commencement in 1917.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Harlee Morrison Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0104s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Morrison's salutatory address for the Davidson College Commencement of 1916.
Dates:
1916
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Henry Theodore Burke Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0016s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a manuscript copy and a typescript of Burke's valedictory speech.
Dates:
1850
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Bayliss Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0083s
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1868 - 1872
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Ernest Thacker Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0089s
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1888 - 1890
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Franklin Houston Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0140s
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1846 - 1848
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Hampton Gibson Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0031s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a manuscript copy and a typescript of Gibson's commencement oration, "The Triumphs of American Genius."
Dates:
1854
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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