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Benjamin Franklin Watkins Speech
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Benjamin Ulysses Ratchford Collection
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Black Student Coalition (BSC). Records, 1972-
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
Found in:
College Archives
Board of Trustees. President's Correspondence, 1840-1963
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
Found in:
College Archives
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Campus Club. Records, 1948-1952
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-29
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a copy of the constitution of the group, newsletters from 1952, rush publications from 1951, and invitations and programs from 1948-1952. There is also a letter to Davidson College Treasurer Grier Martin about renovating Eumenean Hall and a scrapbook with photographs, programs and newsclippings from 1947 to 1953.
Dates:
1948
Found in:
College Archives
Captain James Cunningham Harper Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC051
Scope and Contents
The volumes of the Lenoir High School Band Scrapbook contain the history of the Lenoir High School Band. The scrapbooks contain all programs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs of the band and subsidiary organizations, snap shots and letters commending the band and its work. Several volumes were also donated to the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Significant letters, photographs, and other materials are found throughout the collection. VOLUME I...
Dates:
1924 - 1995
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Chalmers Gaston Davidson Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC059
Scope and Contents
Dr. Davidson corresponded with a variety of different persons. The first three boxes contain letters written to and from Dr. Davidson to authors, politicians, businessmen, educators, etc. Persons with a great amount of correspondence were given their own folder. Box 4 contains copies of tests, lecture notes and class outlines for two of Dr. Davidson's history courses that he taught at Davidson College. The two courses are "Social & Intellectual History to 1860" and "Social &...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Charles Augustus McGirt Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0103s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of McGirt's Respondent's Speech for the 1919 Davidson Commencement.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Charles Carroll Alexander Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0003s
Scope and Contents
The speeches include "The Fate of the Gifted" (1851) and his valedictory address (1853).
Dates:
1851 - 1853
Found in:
Manuscript Collections