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Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Records, 1858-1994
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-12
Scope and Contents
The collection contains historical information, including a copy of the fraternity history from the 1897 Quips and Cranks and the manuscript "Milestones Backward Run," a detailed history of the fraternity to 1940. There are copies of the constitution, including a copy of the original constitution written by Robert Hall Morrison Jr. in 1858. This notebook also contains Morrison's notes for Dr. McPhail's "Lectures on Logic" course. There is also a notebook containing the ritual of initiation...
Dates:
1858
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
Frank Simmons, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0306s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter sent from Walter L. Lingle, President of Davidson College to Frank Simmons, Jr., regarding his job as the assistant of President Williamson. There is also a letter from Dean C.K. Brown encouraging Mr. Simmons to apply for a job at Emory University (Dean Brown included a description of the positions available at Emory
Dates:
1939
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
John Alexander McGeachy Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC069
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Correspondence, 1930-1968, Literary materials 1834-1937, Humanities, 1962-1975, Printed Materials, 1920-1977. The correspondence is primarily from Davidson College president Walter Lingle about McGeachy's appointment to the college faculty. There is also a postcard to McGeachy from fellow professor Charles Eberhart The literary materials include McGeachy's valedictory address and papers written in graduate school. The Humanities materials include annotated syllabi,...
Dates:
Existence: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1977
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
President. Smith, Henry Louis. Records, 1901-1912, 1943
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-10
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence from the years 1911 and 1912, with only a few items from the 1907 to 1910 period. Some of the correspondence from the president's office is signed by Miss Cornelia Shaw, who acted as the president's assistant. Topics covered in these records include advertising for the college, athletics, fraternities, the code of honor system, hazing, apple orchards, the Davidson Cemetery, honorary degrees, faculty housing, the College's 75 anniversary...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1901 - 1943
Found in:
College Archives
Walter Lee Lingle Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC014
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized as follows: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Correspondence; 3) Speeches (including sermons); 4) Literary Materials (published and unpublished); 5) Notebooks; 6) Biography by LeGette Blythe; 7) Photographs; 8) Printed Material; 9) Oversize. The biographical information includes obitiaries, an autobiography, and family information. There is correspondence with the Presbyterian General Assembly Training School, Presbyterian Churches, Union Theological Seminary,...
Dates:
1901 - 2004
Found in:
Manuscript Collections