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Franklin Brevard McDowell Collection
The collection consists of correspondence (1903-1920) and literary materials (1903-1912). The correspondence includes letters from family and Miss Cornelia Shaw as well as letters written by McDowell. The letters mostly discuss Davidson College history, including the Civil War period. The literary materials are copies of articles written by McDowell on Davidson College.
Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences
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).
Hugh Wilson Scott Reminiscences
The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Scott's college experiences.
James Parks McCombs Letters
The collection consists of letters written by McCombs to his brother about family matters and college life. The majority of the letters date from 1854 to 1856. There are four letters from the period 1870 to 1885. Several letters in 1855 discuss the student unrest at Davidson over student suspensions and the donation by Maxwell Chambers.
Jethro Rumple Collection
The collection consists of correspondence concerning the Concord Presbytery, the manuscript of a biography of Rev. John Bunyan Shearer by Rumple, and manuscript notes about Davidson College in the 1840s.
John William Stuart Gilchrist Letter
The collection consists of a letter written to Glichrist from his mother describing a visit to Davidson College in May of 1917.
Kirkpatrick Family Papers
Lacy Family Papers
Lucy Phillips Russell Reminiscences
The collection consists of a handwritten account of life in Davidson in the 1870s and copies of newspaper articles "A Girl of the Seventies" written by Russell. No date is given for the newspaper articles, the handwritten account was probably done in 1920 at the request of Cornelia Shaw as she researched her history of the College.
Mary Hamilton Stephens Memoirs
The collection consists of Stephen's memoirs, "Living Through the Changes of the 20th Century