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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
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
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
Collection
Identifier: DC0349s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of his course notebook for Political Science 306, spring 2012
Dates:
2012
Collection
Identifier: DC0288s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a announcements and catalogs including a flyer soliciting charter subscriptions for the magazine "Briarpatch," a letter from Moreland Hogan to Chalmers Davidson following Mrs. Hogan's death, and copies of Briarpatch publications. The magazine issues contain excerpts from letters written by Mrs. Drury Lacy 1856-1859, poetry by Gill Holland and Tony Abbot, short tales by Moreland Hogan as well as pieces by other regional writers. For copies of Rough Beast, another...
Dates:
1979 - 1992
Collection
Identifier: DC079
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 24 books, including store ledgers, private account books, and recordings of Brown, Johnston, and Torrence family histories. The store ledgers primarily relate to businesses in which members of the Brown family were involved, primarily the Knox and Brown Store. A majority of the ledgers are organized alphabetically by the purchaser's last name, with the description and cost of goods purchased by that individual on a particular date. Beyond Brown family businesses, the...
Dates:
1875 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: DC0214s
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a store ledger for 1909, a deed for 2 shares of Brown-Knox stock, an advertisement, and a broadside notice of a Commissioner's Re-Sale of Real Estate. The store ledger lists the names of Davidson residents and their purchases. The broadside describes the land on which the building stood and the history of ownership of the land. See also DC079 for more store ledgers
Dates:
1906 - 1919