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Ann M. Mills Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0169s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter dated July 8, 1869. The letter, written to family members, describes her life and the Davidson College 1869 graduation.

Dates: 1869

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

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

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

Evelyn Harris Hamilton Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0105s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Hamilton's Eumenean Valedictory address given at the Davidson College commencement in 1917.

Dates: 1917

Harlee Morrison Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0104s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Morrison's salutatory address for the Davidson College Commencement of 1916.

Dates: 1916

Henry Theodore Burke Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0016s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a manuscript copy and a typescript of Burke's valedictory speech.

Dates: 1850

James Bayliss Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0083s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters written by Smith to family and friends while a student at Davidson, a letter from J. R. Blake offering a position as tutor at Davidson and the manuscript of Smith's valedictory address. In his student letters, Smith describes his religious conversion and college life. There are also typescripts of some of the letters.

Dates: 1868 - 1872

James Ernest Thacker Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0089s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Thacker's "Respondent's Address" given before the Philanthropic Society in 1888 and his Inaugural Address as president of the Society in 1890.

Dates: 1888 - 1890

James Franklin Houston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0140s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two essays: "Literary Attractions of the Bible" and "Philosophy of the Ages," receipts and a fund-raising appeal for the Philanthropic Society (1847-1848), attendance and grade reports (1846-1847), and Davidson College commencement programs for 1848 and 1849.

Dates: 1846 - 1848

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North Carolina--Race relations--History--19th century 2
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Lacy, Drury, 1802-1884. (Class of 1859) 2
Alexander, Charles Carroll, 1832-1866 (Class of 1853) 1
Bryson, John Henry 1
Burke, Henry Theodore, 1830-1894. (Class of 1850) 1
Common Ground 1