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John Alexander McGeachy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC069
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Correspondence, 1930-1968, Literary materials 1834-1937, Humanities, 1962-1975, Printed Materials, 1920-1977. The correspondence is primarily from Davidson College president Walter Lingle about McGeachy's appointment to the college faculty. There is also a postcard to McGeachy from fellow professor Charles Eberhart The literary materials include McGeachy's valedictory address and papers written in graduate school. The Humanities materials include annotated syllabi,...
Dates: Existence: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1977
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John B. Graham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC013
Scope and Contents The collection consists of research materials for an article on Morrison Hall written for the Davidson Journal. The article appeared in the Fall 1990 issue. Included in the collection are two versions of the article, photographs, correspondence, and research notes. The correspondence was primarily with Davidson classmates, James Herbert Batte, William Adams Flinn, Ross Gladdin, Reuben Arthur Torrey, Richard Orne Flinn. Additional materials from W. W. Telford have been added to the...
Dates: 1988 - 1990
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John C. Johnston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0207s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of biographical information, a personal ledger, selections from his personal library, and the flute he used as a Davidson College student. The biographical information includes an obituary, photocopies of information from the family Bible, and a typed copy of an address given by Johnston on "The Standard of Moral Character in Teachers." The ledger contains personal notes and the original handwritten copy of the speech. The books and flute are housed separately. The...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Chambers Rankin Cannon Speeches

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Identifier: DC0019s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 3 speeches presented to the Philanthropic Society and his Philanthropic Society and college diplomas. There are two manuscript copies of "The West - A Field for Enterprise" (1851), and one copy each of "Ex Parvis Magna Orientur (1852), and "Unaided Genius" (undated).

Dates: 1851 - 1852
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John David Arnold Speech

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Identifier: DC0004s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Arnold's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1894.

Dates: 1894
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Edwin Purcell Notebook

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Identifier: DC0179s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Purcell's chemistry notebook from 1906-1907.

Dates: 1906 - 1907
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Espy Watts Speech

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Identifier: DC0094s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Watts's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in April 1886.

Dates: 1886
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John James Stringfellow Collection

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Identifier: DC0153s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence (1859-1930 and printed materials (1912-1928). The correspondence includes letters written while he was a student at Davidson and a letter written in 1930 describing his student days. The printed material includes an article written by Stringfellow on his student days and an article from the Charlotte Observer about Stringfellow.

Dates: 1858 - 1930
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Laban Lineberger Speech

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Identifier: DC0050s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Lineberger's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1891.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Levi Scott Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0075s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Scott's Representative Speech, "The Rise of the Swiss Confederacy," and his Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1880.

Dates: 1880
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John McCoy Alexander Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0001s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscript copies of six speeches given by Alexander while a student at Davidson. The speeches are on a variety of topics including literature, education, England, Napoleon and history.

Dates: 1844 - 1846
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John McMillan Clark Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0021s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 2 speeches: Clark's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1884 and a speech awarded the Orator's Medal, "Industrial Progress of the South" (1885).

Dates: 1884 - 1885
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Miller Faison Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0027s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Faison's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1883.

Dates: 1883
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Murdock Mckinnon Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0060s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of McKinnon's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society.

Dates: 1898
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John R. Howard Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0230s
Scope and Contents

The letter recounts a story about Dean Sentelle and student discipline.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Richard Schenck Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: DC0176s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Schenck's student notebook. The notebook includes a paper of the Battle of Guilford Court House with correction marks and honor oath and essays on Camp Pender, "A Week on the Rail," and the Maxwell Chambers Day races.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Thomas Roberts Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0074s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Robert's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1881.

Dates: 1881
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Wakefield Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0092s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Wakefield's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1892.

Dates: 1892
Found in: Manuscript Collections

John Wilson Lafferty Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0195s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter recounting Lafferty's career and a copy of an article based on the letter.

Dates: 1902
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Alexander McArthur Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0053s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of McArthur's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1889.

Dates: 1889
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Alexander Tillinghast Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0091s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Tillinghast's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1891.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Lenoir Chambers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0020s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Chamber's graduation oration "The Teacher as the Hope of the Country" and a letter written in 1920 about the history of the college in relation to the Chambers family and the bequest of Maxwell Chambers to the college.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1873; 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Neill McPherson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0121s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written in 1858 by McPherson discussing family and friends.

Dates: 1858
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0090s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence 1859-1861 and speeches. The correspondence includes letters written to Thompson from W. N. Dickey, Drury Lacy, and others. The speeches include a manuscript copy of an essay "Music" given in 1859 and a printed copy of Thompson's Valedictory Address given in 1860.

Dates: 1859 - 1861
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Joseph Wardlaw Norwood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC045
Scope and Contents

The collection contains biographical information and information about Norwood's family, diaries from his trip to the west in 1925, general printed material about his business accomplishments and contributions, a photo album which contains some photographs of the Davidson College campus, including the burning of Watts dormitory, numerous photographs of Mr. Norwood and his family and a framed copy of his Davidson College diploma. There is also a pocketknife which belonged to Mr. Norwood.

Dates: 1901 - 1992
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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Names
Martin, William Joseph, Jr., 1868-1943 (Class of 1888) 3
Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah 3
Athletics - Baseball 2
Chambers, Maxwell (1780-1855) 2
Eumenean Society 2
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Kirkpatrick, John Lycan, 1813-1885 2
Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 2
Lingle, Thomas Wilson, 1871- (Class of 1893) 2
Lingle, Walter L. (Walter Lee), 1868-1956 (Class of 1892) 2
Morrison, Robert Hall, 1798-1889 2
Morrow, James, 1820-1865 (Class of 1843) 2
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) 2
Sentelle, Mark Edgar (Class of 1894) 2
Shewmake, Edwin F. 2
Abbot, William Wright, 1922- (Class of 1943) 1
Alexander, Charles Carroll, 1832-1866 (Class of 1853) 1
Alexander, John McCoy, 1828-1846 (Class of 1847) 1
Alexander, Thomas H. (Class of 1843) 1
Allison, Thomas Johnston, 1849-1919 (Class of 1871) 1
Arbuckle, Howard 1
Arnold, John David, 1869-1895 (Class of 1894) 1
Arrowood, Robert Sylvanus, 1854-1917 (Class of 1877) 1
Athletics - Basketball 1
Bailey, William S. 1
Baker, William Hoge, 1868-1932 (Class of 1888) 1
Bank of Davidson (Davidson, NC) 1
Bannerman, A. W. (Class of 1857) 1
Barnes, Frank Arthur (Class of 1895) 1
Barr, Julius McCann 1
Batte, James Herbert (Class of 1935) 1
Bean, Eugene Holmes, 1874-1933 (Class of 1897) 1
Belk, James Thomas Ketchen, 1825-1878 (Class of 1847) 1
Bell, Vereen McNeill, 1911-1944 (Class of 1932) 1
Blue, Larkin McLaurin, 1860-1939 (Class of 1886) 1
Bogle, Alexander M., 1822-1880 (Class of 1843) 1
Boston, Louis Edgar, d. 1901 (Class of 1892) 1
Brady, Archibald, 1852-1916. (Class of 1882) 1
Brenizer, Gilmer, 1864- (Class of 1882) 1
Brown, Aubrey Neblett (Class of 1929) 1
Brown, James Stephen, 1866-1958. (Class of 1889) 1
Brown, Peter Marshall, 1859-1913. (Class of 1880) 1
Buckner, Albert Gallatin, 1850-1941. (Class of 1879) 1
Burgess, Thomas Peterson, 1860-1942. (Class of 1883) 1
Burke, Henry Theodore, 1830-1894. (Class of 1850) 1
Burton, Samuel Smith, 1853-1880. (Class of 1873) 1
Burwell, Dandridge Spottswood, 1847-1929 (Class of 1865) 1
Bynum, William Preston, 1820-1909 (Class of 1842) 1
Cade, William A. (Class of 1937) 1
Caldwell, Walter Pharr, 1823-1888. (Class of 1841) 1
Campbell, William Henry Ruffner, 1889-1960 (Class of 1910) 1
Campus Club 1
Cannon, John Chambers Rankin, 1833-1908. (Class of 1852) 1
Carson, James Holmes. (Class of 1916) 1
Carter, William Franklin (Class of 1876) 1
Cassell, J. Erisman 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chambers, Henry Alexander, 1841-1925 (Class of 1864) 1
Chambers, Joseph Lenoir, 1854- (Class of 1873) 1
Chambers, Pinckney Brown, 1821-1905 (Class of 1840) 1
Charlotte Engraving Company 1
Clark, John McMillan, 1858- (Class of 1886) 1
Cobb, Paul Whitlock (Class of 1950) 1
Connor Women's Eating House 1
Cool Springs Academy (Croft, NC) 1
Cooper, William James (Class of 1923) 1
Cozart, William Hubbard, 1860-1901. (Class of 1879) 1
Crawford, James Pinckney, 1835-1861 (Class of 1856) 1
Cromartie, Robert Samuel, 1869-1965 (Class of 1895) 1
Currie, Archibald (Class of 1897) 1
D Club 1
Davidson College--Student organizations--Black Student Coalition (BSC) 1
Davidson, Edward Lee Baxter, 1958-1944 (Class of 1891) 1
Davidson, Robert A., 1842-1865 (Class of 1863) 1
Dick, Leslie Graham, 1857-1912 (Class of 1878) 1
Dickey, William Nathan, 1834-1905. (Class of 1860) 1
Doar, Harriet 1
Doggett, Marshall, Jr. (Class of 1922) 1
Doub-Kerr, William C., 1894-1960 (Class of 1915) 1
Douglas, James M. (Class of 1893) 1
Douglass, Charles Mobley, 1846-1872 (Class of 1872) 1
Eagleton, Davis Foute, 1861-1916. (Class of 1884) 1
Economics Department 1
Emanon Co-Ed Eating House 1
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 1
English, Thomas Reese, 1859-1915. (Class of 1872) 1
Eppo, David Samuel (Class of 1921) 1
Ervin, A.M. 1
Fairley, David, 1831-1912 (Class of 1856) 1
Faison, John Miller, 1862-1915. (Class of 1883) 1
Fleming, John Alexander, 1836-1864 (Class of 1859) 1
Fleming, William Scott (Class of 1878) 1
Flinn, Richard Orne (Class of 1929) 1
Flinn, William Adams, 1912- (Class of 1933) 1
Flora MacDonald College (Red Springs, NC) 1
Forsyth, William Kenneth, 1866-1901. (Class of 1893) 1
Fries, Henry Elias, 1857-1949. (Class of 1878) 1
Gaddy, Risden Bennett, 1838-1899 (Class of 1859) 1
Gaither, Ephraim Lash, 1850-1943. (Class of 1873) 1
Gamble, William Arnette, 1894-1973. (Class of 1923) 1
Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Chemical Fraternity 1
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