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Chalmers Gaston Davidson Plantation Files.
Collection
Identifier: DC058
Scope and Contents
These files contain the research materials collected by Dr. Davidson for his research in writing The Plantation World Around Davidson. The files contain a vast amount of information on local history including the areas of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Catawba County, Iredell County, and Gaston County. Information on well-known families of the 19th century in these counties is located here. Most of the files contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and genealogy research on the families of...
Dates:
1907 - 1994
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Albert Wallace Sermon
Collection
Identifier: DC0304s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an original printed copy and a photocopy of the sermon Wallace preached in the Davidson College Chapel on 26 October 1845. The sermon was entitled "Diligence and Perseverance" and was published at the request of a student committee comprised of John W. McRae (class of 1846), Samuel Z. Williamson (Class of 1846) and Richard H. Johnston (class of 1849).
Dates:
1845
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Thomas Thweatt Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0243s
Scope and Contents
The file folder titled "Brochures" contains program brochures from the Carolina Theater, the School of Music of the Flora Macdonald College in Red Springs, N.C., an essay defending America's involvement in wars, and the Junior Speaking brochure from 1924. The file folder marked "Correspondence" contains a letter providing information on the college class ring; a letter from W.E. Bowman, Registrar for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1928; a letter from a girl accepting an...
Dates:
1924 - 1927
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
YMCA - Reachout - Service Council. Records, 1928-1991
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG6-13
Scope and Contents
The records date from 1928 to 1991, with the period 1930-1950 having the most complete coverage. Prior to 1928, information about the YMCA appears in the Wildcat Handbooks, the Davidson College Magazine, the Davidsonian and the yearbooks. The minutes include the meetings of the Board of Control 1928-1949 and the YMCA Cabinet, 1924-1948. The Board of Control was comprised of faculty and students and was responsible for approving budgets and overseeing the programs of the YMCA. The Cabinet...
Dates:
1928
Found in:
College Archives