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Collection
Identifier: DC0041s
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The collection consists of Hill's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1888.
Dates:
1888
Collection
Identifier: DC0261s
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The collection consists of correspondence between Mr. Cathey and Chalmers Davidson and Baxter M. Davidson. The correspondence primarily concerns genealogical research for the Cathey family.
Dates:
1950 - 1983
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG5-11
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of printed materials, brochures, pamphlets, and stationary from the Friends of the Arts. There are also copies of the Advisory Board Handbook which contains information about the group and its activities. The handbook is updated annually.
Dates:
1990
Collection
Identifier: DC068
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a research report and bibliography, a copy of Cumming's photo essay and six oral history interview transcripts. The interviews are with Alex Barnette and Anne McElroy of Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Catherine Cowan, Margaret Cowan, and Robert Howard of Centre Presbyterian Church; and Wilton Meadors and Juanita Henderson Rann of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. The photo essay includes material on Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Centre Presbyterian Church, Mt. Olive Baptist...
Dates:
1998
Collection
Identifier: DC0284s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three booklets of reprinted photographs and documents for the Joseph and Connie Williamson Gamble Family and the Goodrum and Cooke Families. The booklets were printed from a DVD created by Cooke. The Gamble Family booklets contains photographs from 1900 to 2000 with some family charts and a family history written by Mary Gamble Brotherton. The Goodrum family booklet also contains family charts, documents and photographs. The Cooke family materials include a photo...
Dates:
1900 - 2005
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
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-142
Scope and Contents
The Printed Materials folder contains flyers and programs. The Records folder contains Gamut;'s history (as of 2009), consistution, and PE credit policy.
Dates:
2008 - 2009
Collection
Identifier: DC0277s
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a variety of materials related to James Oscar Gant and his family. The correspondence file (1950-1982) primarily concerns the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award given to Gant in 1950. There is also a file on the Davidson Fire Department with a copy of the minutes of the first meeting of the department in 1933 and a brief history of the department and the fire brigade, including lists of interesting facts, memorable events, and fire chiefs. There is also a file of...
Dates:
2017
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-83
Scope and Contents
This collection contains event announcements, meeting flyers, articles concerning the creation of the Gay-Straight Alliance, and flyers concerning the Day of Silence. The 2008-9 Correspondence and Records folder contains email correspondence and a summary of the year's events/activities.
Dates:
2001
Collection
Identifier: DC060
Scope and Contents
Box 1 contains information on General William Lee Davidson immediate family -- his parents, wife and children. Some of the information is genealogy-related and some biographical. There also is a file on the Battle at Colson's Mill. There is a monument erected to Gen. Davidson at this site and Dr. Chalmers Gaston Davidson delivered a speech on Gen. Davidson at this site. This same box also has biographical information on Gen. Davidson. Box 2 contains mostly genealogy-related information on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1777 - 1990
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-109
Scope and Contents
The first folder, entitled "Correspondence, 2006 & Website" contains an e-mail to the Archives Fellow in 2006, a Davidsonian article, and some printed pages from their website. The second folder contains flyers dating from 1996 to the present.
Dates:
1996
Collection
Identifier: DC0253s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a short letter from Parks to another trustee, Rev. B.S. Krinder, announcing a meeting of the Board on July 18, 1865.
Dates:
1865
Collection
Identifier: DC0072s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a debate speech, "Which contributes more to a man's happiness, Wealth or Literary Attainments," given in 1856.
Dates:
1856
Collection
Identifier: DC0188s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and school work. The letters are from family and friends in Lenoir, North Carolina to Harper while he was a student at Davidson College. The school work includes 2 essays and 2 grade reports. There is also a typescript of Harper's diary for 1855-1856 in his Alumni file. It was copied from records in the manuscript collections at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Dates:
1855 - 1856
Collection
Identifier: DC061
Scope and Contents
The files contain a copy of McPhail's Inaugural Address to the trustees of Davidson College upon receiving the office of presidency, handwritten copies of his lectures on religious topics, several miscellaneous papers, a handwritten copy of his prayer book with prayers for each hour of the day, and two folders full of handwritten copies of his sermons. McPhail had several of his sermons bound and put into volumes. His "Sermons on Important Topics" Volume I-II, VII-VIII, and X-XI were placed...
Dates:
Existence: 1815 - 1871
Collection
Identifier: DC0011s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Brenizer's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1882.
Dates:
1882
Collection
Identifier: DC020
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized in the following series: 1) Biographical; 2) Correspondence; 3) Manuscripts; 4) Sketches; 5) Photographs; 6) Printed Material; 7) Memorabilia; 8) Estate; 9) Oversize. The collection contains little biographical information. There are certificates from Gordon's confirmation and from his involvement in the Kappa Alpha fraternity. For more information, see his alumni file (1942). There is correspondence with his mother while he was a student at Davidson College,...
Dates:
1935 - 1977
Sub-Group
Identifier: 03-07
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981 - 2004
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-110
Scope and Contents
This folder contains e-mail correspondence announcing different dates for different builds in the Mooresville and Cornelius sites in the 2005-2006 academic year. The second folder contains a few pieces of correspondence, one agenda, and eight sign-up sheets from the 2007-2008 academic year.
Dates:
2005
Collection
Identifier: DC0312s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, notes and photographs related to Louise Hampton's research on the Blake house.
Dates:
1962 and undated
Collection
Identifier: DC0104s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Morrison's salutatory address for the Davidson College Commencement of 1916.
Dates:
1916
Collection
Identifier: DC0268s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the scrapbook Townsend kept as a student. It includes notes on athletic contests, social functions, professors and a daily diary for December 1921 through October 1922; photographs of athletic teams, campus buildings, and classmates; clippings on athletic events; programs and invitations. There are also autographs from friends.
Dates:
1920 - 1924
Collection
Identifier: DC094
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four term papers and one master's thesis from Old Dominion University. Sugg deals with race relations, particularly such conditions in North Carolina. Topics include free Negroes, slavery, the Fusion and Populist Movements and black and white farmers' alliances. The papers discuss political and social aspects of race relations in the South in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. Photocopies of documents, pamphlets and publications from the 1890s were removed....
Dates:
2017
Collection
Identifier: DC0039s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two sets of documents. The documents related to Ervin Harris include his copy of the 1870 Davidson College catalogue and five handwritten speeches for the Philanthropic Society. The speeches are "Is War a Greater Evil than Intemperance?" (Novembe 24, 1871), his inaugural address as president of Philanthropic Society (December 2, 1871), "The Spirit of Discovery" (November 17, 1871), and "Life" (March 9, 1872) The final speech "Truth and My Country", dated June 27,...
Dates:
1870 - 1885
Collection
Identifier: Dc0353s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of his scrapbook, certificates, correspondence, clippings and a framed photograph montage. The scrapbook primarily documents his college years and has a heavy emphasis on sports. The certificates are for lettering in sports, participation in ROTC, and membership in ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa). The correspondence is from 1926-1930 and the clippings are from the "Mystery Photo" feature of the Mecklenburg Gazette in 1981.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1923-1981
