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Anne E.Sampson Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: DC0156s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Davidson College in the 1880s.
Dates:
1920
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Calvin Brice McKeown Letters
Collection
Identifier: DC0133s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by McKeown to friends describing college life and student unrest. There are also typescripts of the letters.
Dates:
1871
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Colin Alexander Munroe Letters
Collection
Identifier: DC0129s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two letters written by Munroe. The first written in 1869 while Munroe was a student describes Davidson College and the faculty. There is also a typescript of the letter. The second letter was written in 1917 to Miss Cornelia Shaw and gives his memories of college life.
Dates:
1869 - 1917
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Daniel Patrick McGeachy Letters
Collection
Identifier: DC0197s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two letters written after the burning of the Old Chambers building. McGeachy lived in Old Chambers and the letters describe the fire and the conditions immediately after the fire.
Dates:
1921
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Elijah Frink Rockwell Papers
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Franklin Brevard McDowell Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0160s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence (1903-1920) and literary materials (1903-1912). The correspondence includes letters from family and Miss Cornelia Shaw as well as letters written by McDowell. The letters mostly discuss Davidson College history, including the Civil War period. The literary materials are copies of articles written by McDowell on Davidson College.
Dates:
1903 - 1920
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: DC0141s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw, librarian of Davidson College. The letter gives some family history and describes college life and the faculty in the 1860s. For the typescript of "The Chambers Family of Iredell County" by Henry Chambers, see the Farmville file in Chalmer Davidson's Plantation files (DC058).
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Hugh Wilson Scott Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: DC0155s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Scott's college experiences.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Parks McCombs Letters
Collection
Identifier: DC0117s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by McCombs to his brother about family matters and college life. The majority of the letters date from 1854 to 1856. There are four letters from the period 1870 to 1885. Several letters in 1855 discuss the student unrest at Davidson over student suspensions and the donation by Maxwell Chambers.
Dates:
1854-1885 and undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Jethro Rumple Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0222s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence concerning the Concord Presbytery, the manuscript of a biography of Rev. John Bunyan Shearer by Rumple, and manuscript notes about Davidson College in the 1840s.
Dates:
1878 - 1905
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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