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Albert Franklin Simpson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0331s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the scrapbook Simpson kept as a Davidson student. The scrapbook begins with quotes and comments from fellow students, Simpson's reflections on the faculty and classes he took. It also contains numerous candid photographs of college life, tickets and programs for college events, newspaper clippings for sports events, including coverage of races at the new Charlotte Speedway. It also contains a comic section on coeducation with Simpson using magazine cutouts and...
Dates:
1921 - 1925
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Archibald Campbell McIntyre Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0275s
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook chronicles McIntyre's time at Davidson, encompassing college, home, and vacation memories. The scrapbook opens with McIntyre's hand- written list of class contacts that includes names, hometowns, nicknames, "ambitions," and other reflections. McIntyre also pens his class's yell along with words to the song "O Davidson." Additionally, he kept track of athletic team members and scores in scrapbook entries. Anecdotal profiles of professors James Douglas, Frazer Hood, Mark E....
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Athletics - Club Sports. Records, 2008-2009
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-8
Scope and Contents
The general collection contsists of the 2008-9 Davidson College club sports manual. Additional records can be found for individual sports: RG 8/8.1 Crew; 8/8.2 Sailing; 8/8.3 Watersking; 8/8/4 Swimming; 8/8.5 Baseball; 8/8.6 Badmintion; 8/8.7 Ultimate Frisbee; 8/8.8 Water Polo; 8/8.9 Women's Tennis
Dates:
2008
Found in:
College Archives
Athletics - Compliance. Records
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-3
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the NCAA Rules and Regulations for Alumni, Boosters, and Friends of Davidson issued by the Athletic Department.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
College Archives
Athletics - Sports Information Office. Administrative and General Publicity
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-2
Scope and Contents
The administrative and general publicity records include materials created for athletic offices and posters. The coupon book is an example of the tickets given to Davidson students in the 1940s. The Wildcat Jet Set folder has promotion materials for a college-sponsored trip to West Virginia and New York. The 1977 publications include an invitation and an admissions style recruiting handout for athletes. The NCAA Division 1 Decision is a FAQ style document explaining the college's decision...
Dates:
2017
Found in:
College Archives
Aubrey Neblett Brown, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0241s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, Aubrey Neblett Brown, Jr. kept a scrapbook of his experiences. Of particular note is his documentation of a trip that he and three friends made by car from Davidson to Mineral Springs, Texas. Information and photographs from the trip may be found on pages 43 and 53-55 of the scrapbook. Also, Brown was an amazing correspondent and kept copies of many of his letter home, describing events at Davidson and his student experience, particularly as a freshman....
Dates:
1924 - 1929
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Benjamin Ulysses Ratchford Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC024
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, speeches, research notes and files, printed materials, and a student scrapbook. The biographical material includes an article written at the time of his retirement, citations and certificates. The research materials primarily relate to his speeches and contain his notes and copies of articles used. The printed material includes pamphlets as well as Ratchford's original masters and Doctoral theses. The file folder marked...
Dates:
1932 - 1967
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Davidson Athletic Fund (Athletic Foundation). Records, 1922-
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG5-10
Scope and Contents
The files contain a description of the members of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Foundation and information on the Athletic Hall of Fame. The ledger from 1922-26 lists the names of persons who recieved complimentary tickets to various athletic events and the list of all expenses of the athletic teams for those years. The ledgers or account books from 1933-1940 list the salaries of the athletic coaches; athletic travel expenses; equipment expenses of the football, basketball, track,...
Dates:
1922
Found in:
College Archives
Edward Armfield Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC073
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and telegrams for commencement exercises (1934-1937). Also includes correspondence (1942-1950) primarily relating to the Wildcat Club and development activities, programs (1936-1992) and publications recognizing his achievements and two scrapbooks. The correspondence documents the athletic boosterism by alumni and the creation of the Wildcat Club. There are letters from the Alumni Office, the President's office and from Davidson coaches. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936 - 1992
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Edward Benton Hale Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0237s
Scope and Contents
As a student, Hale kept an ongoing scrapbook of his college memories. The vast majority of the scrapbook contains photographs of student life during the early 1900's. Hale also kept detailed accounts of various athletic events -- i.e., the scrapbook contains the scores of all basketball, track, and football games from 1917. Hale also cut out photographs of the Davidson College football players and included the players' weights, nicknames, and football positions alongside the photographs. In...
Dates:
1916 - 1919
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Francis Parks Harrison Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0271s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Harrison's scrapbook, which includes an athletic certificate and a series of photos, and four oversize football photographs. The scrapbook photographs are mostly generic in nature, mostly pictures with friends in unidentified locations. The scrapbook does contain a few photographs of individuals wearing Davidson uniforms/apparel. The collection also contains four photographs of the Davidson College football team: 1926, 1927, 1930, and one undated photograph.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Hugh Hollingsworth Smith Scrapbook and Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0191s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence (1919-1985), Pi Kappa Alpha files(1921-1922), class reports (1918-1923), and printed materials (1918-1923). The correspondence from 1919 to 1923 primarily relates to Smith's activities as student, while the letters dating 1942-1985 relate to Smith's career and family. The Pi Kappa Alpha materials include notes, invitations, and photographs, the class records include reports from the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Davidson College. The...
Dates:
1918 - 1985
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Mason Westall Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0240s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, James Westall kept a scrapbook of his various memories. He included information from his high school, Asheville High School, as well as a vast amount of information on the Davidson Golf Team from 1932-1939. In the file folder marked "Photographs," one can find photographs of students playing golf in the mid-1930's and several photographs of Phi Delta Theta members in the mid-1930's. In the file folder marked "Miscellaneous," one can find the notations for...
Dates:
1933 - 1937
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Paul Butterfield Freeland Scrapbook and Miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: DC0238s
Scope and Contents
As a student at Davidson, Paul B. Freeland kept an extensive scrapbook. This scrapbook documents the history of Davidson from 1921-1925. The scrapbook is divided into four time periods -- each according the the four years that Paul was a student -- his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year. Of particular note, there is a listing of the scores of football, basketball, track and tennis scores from 1921-1922. There is also a lot of information on the history of the class of 1925....
Dates:
1921 - 1925
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
President. Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer. Records
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-15
Scope and Contents
Please note that Presidential records are closed fifty years prior to the current year.The files from President Spencer's office consist primarily of correspondence and reports. These files cover all aspects of his administration including information on coeducation, minority students, self-selection for fraternities, the college's relationship with the Presbyterian Church, integration, student unrest and the Vietnam War, the changing role of athletics, College Bowl competitions,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1968-1983, 2010
Found in:
College Archives
Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC). Records, 2008-
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-144
Student Athletic Leagues. Records
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-72
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two basketball score books from the 1950 season. One is from the Freshmen and the other charts Interfraternity play.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
College Archives
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
Thomas Thweatt Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0243s
Scope and Contents
The file folder titled "Brochures" contains program brochures from the Carolina Theater, the School of Music of the Flora Macdonald College in Red Springs, N.C., an essay defending America's involvement in wars, and the Junior Speaking brochure from 1924. The file folder marked "Correspondence" contains a letter providing information on the college class ring; a letter from W.E. Bowman, Registrar for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1928; a letter from a girl accepting an...
Dates:
1924 - 1927
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
William James Cooper Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0244s
Scope and Contents
During his student years at Davidson College, Cooper kept a student scrapbook. The scrapbook covers the years from 1919-1923. Information on various R.O.T.C. camps including Camp Henry Knox (Kentucky) and Camp Jackson (South Carolina) is available in the scrapbook. The book also contains some superb photographs of Golf in the 1920's and of Egg Rock, Table Rock and the Gullies near Davidson, N.C. Please see the individual listings for further information. In addition to the scrapbook, the...
Dates:
1919 - 1923
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
William Rule III Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0239s
Scope and Contents
During his years as a student at Davidson, William Rule kept a scrapbook of significant events. Information is available on the scores of football/basketball/baseball/track/wrestling games from 1929-1932. Rule also kept his membership card to the Y.M.C.A. In addition, there are several ticket stubs to the Mid-Winters Dances. Rule really followed football in the 1930's, and there are a whole slew of newspaper articles on this sport. On page 45, there is a ticket stub from the Southern Railway...
Dates:
1929 - 1935
Found in:
Manuscript Collections