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Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-7
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
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG04-05
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1936 - 2011
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-070
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a sign-up sheet, a General Ledger Detail Transact, and publicity materials.
Dates:
2012
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-96
Scope and Contents
This folder contains an e-mail explaining the organization, the application for the Bonnor Community Funding, BESTdance registration form, Parental Consent form, Medical Information Sheet, a Medical Authorization/Release form, a graphic for the t-shirt design, and a few more e-mails recruiting volunteers.
Dates:
2005
Collection
Identifier: DC015
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into the following series: 1) Samuel Bell- Biographical; 2) Samuel Bell- Family; 3) Samuel Bell - Diary; 4) Samuel Bell- Genealogy; 5) Marcia Smith Bell Papers; 6) Photographs; and 7) Memorabilia. The biographical information includes materials about Samuel Henry Bell and his family. There is a small diary/notebook containing notes and thoughts about World War I. There is much information about the Bell family history and genealogy. There is a small amout of...
Dates:
1873 - 1957
Collection
Identifier: DC0093s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Watkins's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in Feburary 1876.
Dates:
1876
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
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-12
Scope and Contents
The collection contains historical information, including a copy of the fraternity history from the 1897 Quips and Cranks and the manuscript "Milestones Backward Run," a detailed history of the fraternity to 1940. There are copies of the constitution, including a copy of the original constitution written by Robert Hall Morrison Jr. in 1858. This notebook also contains Morrison's notes for Dr. McPhail's "Lectures on Logic" course. There is also a notebook containing the ritual of initiation...
Dates:
1858
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-97
Scope and Contents
This file contains a copy of the 2001 constitution, but the majority of the file contains e-mail correspondence within the organization dealing with event planning, meetings, the Annual Bioethics Resource Group conference, speakers, and newspaper articles. There is also a file of printed materials.|http://www.davidson.edu/student/organizations/bioethics/Bioethics.htm
Dates:
2000
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-30
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a copy of the charter. Also included is a letter to Kappa Alpha fraternity requesting that they not flaunt their "Old South" practice and a newspaper article about the black population at Davidson. There are also numerous flyers and posters inviting people to events sponsored by the group, and minutes (some copied for the organization's webpage). The Newsletters folder contains copies of the newsletter "The Rainbow Revue," as well as an unnamed 1979-1980 newsletter,...
Dates:
1972
Collection
Identifier: DC102
Scope and Contents
The collection consists correspondence, financial documents, notebooks, and printed materials. The correspondence folders include letters written to Mrs. Nancy Blanton, primarily by family members and letters to Samuel Lacy Black. The letters in the Black folder include personal correspondence along with military, financial and work-related papers. There are forms from the Bank of Davidson (checks and receipts) in this folder. The folder of Cadwell, Wharey, Overton and Lowrance letters...
Dates:
1830
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-06
Scope and Contents
These records contain information on the charter and constitution, including revisions and correspondence. There are also reports from the college physician detailing the health of the student body, records of land leases, the Ansley Park Golf Club, Shearer Hall, the Danville House, scholarship lists, a student response to President Spencer's Advisory Committee Reports and publications. The Golf Club stock certificates are at Mapstand C9.
Dates:
1867 - 2008
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-08
Scope and Contents
These are trustee committe reports addressing auch issues as the size of the college, the size of the student body, Societas Fratrum, college finances, and John Kuykendall's retirement and scholarships.
Dates:
1874 - 2000
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
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-01
Scope and Contents
Minutes of general board meetings record actions taken during meeting and reports from college president, treasurer, faculty and board committees. Executive Committee minutes have been maintained separately and interfiled or bound together with regular minutes. Having an Executive Committee was first proposed in August 1854 and established in 1856.
Dates:
1837
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-04
Scope and Contents
The best source of a general overview of the 1996 Presidential Search is the file: Timetable, 1995-97. This file contains information on the overall process of the search and how it was performed. For information on searches prior to the 1996 search, please see the files located in Box 2 entitled Search History - 1983" or "Search History - 1968." A great wealth of information that is summed up in a neat report on previous searches is located in the file: "Nancy Covington Search...
Dates:
1996
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-02
Scope and Contents
This file consists of correspondence to and from the President (now the Chairman) of the Board of Trustees. The 19th century letters address topics such as presidential searches ( a letter of refusal from Aaron Whitney Leland, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary), Dr. Shearer's resignation, the evils of secret fraternities and the possibility of expanding the curriculum. The letters from 1963 concern the professorial oath (of Christianity) which was to be reaffirmed by members of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1840 - 1963
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-07
Scope and Contents
This is correspondence sent and received by Reverend J. Rumple, Secretary of the Board of Trustees between 1878-1905. It relates to such matters as college scholarships,real estate sales, and contributions to the college.
Dates:
1868 - 1902
Record Group
Identifier: RG18
Scope and Contents
The files consist of annual meeting information beginning in 1956 and newsletters beginning in 1983. The Trustee Correspondence file contains a letter sent to the Trustees with a proposal to create a board of visitors. The annual meeting folders contain by-laws and membership information. Some folders also include agendas, correspondence and the president's report to the Board of Visitors. Some files also contain information about the Ne Ultra Society which recognizes significant donors to...
Dates:
1956 - 2010
Collection
Identifier: DC0347s
Scope and Contents
The talk "Uncle Lester and Me" was given by Bob Wynn to the Spectator Club in Spartanburg, South Carolina in May 2011. In it, Wynn reflects on his memories of his uncle Lester Maddox in the 1960s.
Dates:
2011
Collection
Identifier: DC039
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a copy of the Constitution and By-laws, undated; minutes, 1901-1907, 1924-1969; membership lists, 1916-1976; correspondence, 1944-1994, histories, 1923, 1958-1960; programs, 1907-1996; clippings, 1948; and photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1901 - 2019
Collection
Identifier: DC0348s
Scope and Contents
The collection contains reproductions of postcards and family photographs related to the college and town. There is one oversize postcard of an aerial view of front campus, a postcard showing the children of Oscar Gant and photographs of the Sample home on Concord Road.
Dates:
2017
Collection
Identifier: DC095
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of research materials used by Pete Bradshaw in the writing of his book on Peter Stuart Ney, Execution Denied and also some materials he created. The materials include books, posters and artifacts. The posters are include promotional materials for the book, maps and a timeline of Napoleon's march to Moscow. The artifacts are balls of shot similat to what would have been used by soldiers in Ney's time.
Dates:
1843
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-98
Scope and Contents
This folder contains correspondence from Minh Nguyen to the club concerning planning events, practice, and ATC proposals. One e-mail contains a rough draft of the ATC cover letter and budget proposal. The 2007-8 emails from Blake Evitt announce meeting dates and agendas.
Dates:
2006
