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Sub-Group
Identifier: RG11-2
Scope and Contents
The files include a list of Davidson faculty who are members of AAUP and the Davidson chapter minutes of meetings. Information concerning Davidson College committees and advisory councils are also contained in the files. The folders contain comments by committees on concentration of International Studies and Non-Western" courses. The Davidson College Chapter of AAUP held discussions on the subject of professorial inaugural vow at Davidson College. The committee concluded that the policy of...
Dates:
1963
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-40
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of printed copies of the Fall 1994 and Spring 1995 course evaluation guides.
Dates:
1995
Collection
Identifier: DC0156s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Davidson College in the 1880s.
Dates:
1920
folder
Identifier: RG01-05
Scope and Contents
These letters cover a wide range of topics. One folder contains general correspondence written between 1890-1900. The other folders include letters concerning the hiring of Paul Barringer as teh college physician, Scholarships, Presbytery Reports, and the Ott Lectureship. Of particular interest is the folder marked William Bingham, which details an incident in which a professor was forced to resign after striking a student.
Dates:
1851 - 1958
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
Collection
Identifier: DC0168s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written to Cornelia Shaw describing Burwell's memories of Davidson College faculty and students.
Dates:
1918
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
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-43
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence. There is also membership information, financial records, minutes, the constitution and by-laws of the society, and printed material. The correspondence is from 1925-1940. The majority of the correspondence (1935-1939) is with Dr. John F. Conn, Grand Visor for the fraternity. There is correspondence (1936-1939) with D.H. Howard, a Davidson professor and also Grand Recorder for the fraternity. There is correspondence with the Davidson...
Dates:
1925
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
Collection
Identifier: DC0029s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscript copies of 4 letters and photocopies of 22 letters written by Fries (1874-1876) and speeches given to the Philanthropic Society as vice-president and president in 1877. The letters discuss college life and Davidson faculty. The location of the original letters for the photocopies in unknown.
Dates:
1874 - 1877
Collection
Identifier: DC047
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, literary materials, biographical information, and restricted information. The correspondence includes letters from family and aquaintances from 1936-1966, letters from students, 1956-1973, letters of condolence following Lilly's death in 1973, and letters he wrote to Mrs. Lilly, 1948-1965. There is also considerable correspondence between Lilly and Harriet Doar, Charlotte Observer Book Editor, 1962-1969 and with former student John McKnight, 1973-1974...
Dates:
1922 - 1995
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
Collection
Identifier: DC0192s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence with Cornelia Shaw (1917-1920) and a 32 page memoir, "Reminiscences of Davidson College, 1862-1870."
Dates:
1917 - 1920
Collection
Identifier: DC0149s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence 1939-1992 primarily between Wharton and Dr. Chalmers Davidson, a copy of a 1934 Alumni Journal article on Wharton, and an essay on Caleb Richmond Harding, Davidson class of 1880 and faculty member, 1888-1935. The essay was written for Professor Ewrin and has his corrections on it.
Dates:
1934 - 1992
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG19-03
Scope and Contents
This sub-group consists of oral history interviews about the Vietnam Era at Davidson College. The interviews were conducted by John P. Scherer '89 as part of his senior project for the history department, culminating in an honors thesis entitled: "A Code of Civility: Antiwar Dissent at Davidson College During the Vietnam Era, 1964-1973." Researchers can request access to Scherer's thesis via ...
Dates:
1989
Collection
Identifier: DC100
Scope and Contents
The 1929 scrapbook contains postcards, photographs, clippings and Pfohl's application form for Wainright Band and Orchestra Camp in Lagrange, Indiana. The 1933-1934 scrapbook documents Pfohl's graduation, appointment as music director and first year at Davidson College. The 1934 scrapbook contains photographs and clippings about various Davidson College musical groups, including the Symphonic Band, Orchestra and Glee club and the Concert Series. There are two scrapbooks labeled 1934-1935 one...
Dates:
1929
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-07
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning faculty positions at the college and Hepburn's resignation. Materials relating to his resignation include his original letter to the Board and responses from the Board. There is also a receipt for college expenses in 1880.
Dates:
1875 - 1884
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an orginial receipt and copies of letters written by Morrison. The letters discuss the hiring of faculty and the election of Morrison as president of Davidson. The receipt is for James Franklin Stimpson's tuition payment.
Dates:
1836 - 1839
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-02
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists of letters to Williamson concerning the college and a correspondence relating to Samuel B. Wilson's decision not to accept the presidency of Davidson College in 1841. The financial material consists of receipts for faculty salaries. The sermons inclue a printed pamphlet of Williamson's "Sermon on Baptism" printed in Charlotte, NC in 1838, a handwritten version of his 1851 Baccalaurate Address at Davidson College and an undated sermon based on Galatians 3:29.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1795 - 1882
folder
Identifier: RG02-12
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, dealing with the administration of Davidson College and its relationship the Presbyterian Church of the US. The collection also includes copies of reports from committees and departments. Specific topics relating to the college in the files include the athletic program, the Alumni Association, the Duke Endowment, changes in curriculum, chapel programs, student health services, architects and buildings, the...
Dates:
1930 - 1941
Collection
Identifier: DC0161s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written by Lynch describing her father's teaching years at Davidson.
Dates:
1920
Collection
Identifier: DC0144s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one original letter and photocopies of three letters (location of the originals is unknown). The letters discuss Davidson College, its president, Samuel Williamson, and the Presbyterian church. Additional correspondence with Wilson can be found in RG 2/1.2, President Samuel Williamson records.
Dates:
1841
Collection
Identifier: DC0163s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and literary materials. The correspondence includes a letter from Louis T. Wilds, a Davidson College graduate of 1906 and former student of Thomas P. Harrison, Sr and letters of Harrison, Jr. to Mary Beaty. The literary material is an article by Harrison, Jr. about his childhood in Davidson.
Dates:
1944 - 1982
Collection
Identifier: DC0205s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence with Dr. George B. Watts on courses taught at Davidson (1926) and with L.M. Hoffman on college development (1916).
Dates:
1916 - 1926
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG06-01
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative files from the Vice President's office which include annual reports from divisions, committee files, planning files for orientation and hall counselor training, and files on student organizations and programs. The file on the 1984 Presidential search contains photographs of the announcement of the selection of Dr. John Kuykendall. Audiotapes of the 1994 Baccalaureate Ceremony and the 1984 announcement and acceptance speech of Dr. Kuykendall from the...
Dates:
1926
