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Anne E.Sampson Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0156s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Davidson College in the 1880s.

Dates: 1920

Calvin Brice McKeown Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0133s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written by McKeown to friends describing college life and student unrest. There are also typescripts of the letters.

Dates: 1871

Colin Alexander Munroe Letters

 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

Common Ground oral history and interview collection

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG19-06
Scope and Contents Common Ground was formed in August 1995. The purpose of this grass-roots organization is to promote communication and understanding and improve relations among people of all races in Davidson. The following interviews and meeting records chronicle the work of Common Ground and the challenges they worked to overcome. To learn more about Common Ground please review the maunscript collection, DC056: Common...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

Common Ground Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC056
Scope and Contents Series Description: The collection consists of minutes of both public meetings and the Executive Council, as well as the Community Relations Task Force. Also included are agendas, correspondence, and email correspondence. Additionally, the collection includes records from the Mediation Committee, SWAT, Committee for Affordable Housing, and the Drug and Alcohol Committee, publicity files, news clippings, copies of an annotated bibliography on race relations prepared by Heather Baker, Jim...
Dates: 1995 - 2003

Daniel Patrick McGeachy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0197s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written after the burning of the Old Chambers building. McGeachy lived in Old Chambers and the letters describe the fire and the conditions immediately after the fire.

Dates: 1921

Elijah Frink Rockwell Papers

 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

Franklin Brevard McDowell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0160s
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1903 - 1920

Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences

 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

Hugh Wilson Scott Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0155s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Scott's college experiences.

Dates: 1917

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Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah 4
Common Ground 2
Bailey, William S. 1
Baker, Heather L. (Class of 2000) 1
Chambers, Henry Alexander, 1841-1925 (Class of 1864) 1
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Chambers, Maxwell (1780-1855) 1
Clifford, Mary Scofield 1
Cobb, Paul Whitlock (Class of 1950) 1
Cumming, Elizabeth "Betty" 1
Driesell, Charles "Lefty" 1
Dyer, Mrs. Goudyloch Erwin 1
Erwin, Edward Jones, 1885-1954 (Class of 1906) 1
Harrison, Thomas Perrin Jr., 1897- 1
Helper, Hanson Pinckney, 1825-1902 1
Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1
Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall", 1824-1863 1
Kincaid, Randall, Jr., 1940-2023 1
Kirkpatrick Family 1
Kirkpatrick, John Lycan, 1813-1885 1
Kirkpatrick, Mary Elizabeth 1
Lacy Family 1
Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 1
Lacy, Mary Rice, 1816-1880 1
Long, McKendree Robbins, 1888-1976 (Class of 1910) 1
Martin, David Grier, 1910-1974 (Class of 1932) 1
McCombs, James Parks, 1836-1902 (Class of 1859) 1
McDowell, Franklin Brevard, 1849-1927 (1869) 1
McGeachy, Daniel Patrick, 1901-1970 (Class of 1922) 1
McKay, Wilson James, 1848-1921 (1870) 1
McKeown, Calvin Brice, 1854- (1874) 1
Munroe, Colin Alexander, 1844-1919 (1872) 1
Norton, Kenneth (1928-2023) 1
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, 1809-1888 1
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, 1809-1888. 1
Rumple, Jethro, 1827-1906 (Class of 1850) 1
Sampson, Anne E. 1
Scott, Hugh Wilson, 1845- (Class of 1867) 1
Shearer, J. B. (John Bunyan), 1832-1919 1
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1
Smith, James C. (Class of 1997) 1
Smith, W. A. (William Alexander), 1843-1934 (Class of 1865) 1
Student Work 1
Tapia, Brenda Howard, 1949-2020 1
Thornbury, John W. (Class of 2000) 1
Wertheimer, Loretta C. 1
Wilds, Louis Trezevant, 1885- (Class of 1906) 1
YMCA - Reachout - Service Council 1
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