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Davidson Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: DC089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 174 folders of correspondence between members of the Davidson family and their respective communities ranging from March 6, 1836 to June 20, 1913. The majority of the letters are from 1880 to 1912. The collection is arranged alphabetically by author's first name, with the correspondence arranged chronologically within the folders. The collection contains mostly handwritten letters, postcards, greeting cards, and invitations to and from various members of the family....
Dates:
1836 - 1913
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
E.L. Baxter Davidson Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC044
Scope and Contents
The collection contains biographical and family information, correspondence, notebooks, printed material, business information, memorabilia, photographs, and information pertaining to Mr. Davidson's bequest to Davidson College. The biographical information includes a grade report from Finley High School in Lenoir, NC, biographies of Mr. Davidson, and information about his family history. The correspondence contains both personal and business information from family members, from Davidson...
Dates:
1874 - 1988
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
General William Lee Davidson Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC060
Scope and Contents
Box 1 contains information on General William Lee Davidson immediate family -- his parents, wife and children. Some of the information is genealogy-related and some biographical. There also is a file on the Battle at Colson's Mill. There is a monument erected to Gen. Davidson at this site and Dr. Chalmers Gaston Davidson delivered a speech on Gen. Davidson at this site. This same box also has biographical information on Gen. Davidson. Box 2 contains mostly genealogy-related information on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1777 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
John M. W. Davidson Family Register
Collection
Identifier: DC0282s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of copies of the Family Register pages from a Davidson family bible. The majority of the information was written by John M. W. Davidson, son of Johan and Sarah Brevard Davidson and grandson of John and Violet Davidson. There are four pages listings births, marriages and deaths. The dates range from 1735 to 1956 with the bulk of the information , 1735 to 1875.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Manuscript Collections