Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: The collection consists of Davidson College catalogs from 1842 to the present. The earliest known catalog was printed in 1842. Photocopies of the catalogs for 1842-1847 have been bound and are also available in the Davidsoniana Room (Call number D 021 A18 1842-1850). The catalogs contain information about the Trustees, Faculty, Adminstration and students as well as descriptions of the courses of study offered, student activities, and scholarships. At several times throughout the history...

Scope and Contents The majority of the collection relates to John Frederick Nash but there are also records documenting the Nash and Floyd families. The materials relating directly to John Frederick Nash include correspondence, literary materials, medical ledger, insurance records, legal and financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and artifacts. The correspondence includes letters sent to Nash by family members while he was a student at Davidson College, letters written during World War...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of enrollment cards for students, published catalogs, and the 1914 commencement program. The enrollment cards include names, home addresses, parent information, place and date of birth, religion, educational history, classes taken at the medical college, and updates on the passing of medical boards. The catalogs includes lists of faculty and students, photographs of facilites and descriptions of classes. The oversize items include a set of mounted photographs of the...

Scope and Contents The collection is organized as follows: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Correspondence; 3) Davidson College; 4) North Carolina Medical College; 5) Jefferson Medical College; 6) Certificates; 7) Photographs. The biographical information includes material about Dr. King's work with the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital and the Concord National Bank. The correspondence discusses his medical career, including his transfer to Jefferson Medical College from the North Carolina Medical College and his...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of Lafferty's research materials on the North Carolina Medical College. He published "The North Carolina Medical College, Davidson and Charlotte, NC" in 1946. {See 378.75 N865l} The collection is arranged by correspondence and printed material; ledgers, and research notes. The correspondence includes lists of medical college students and the printed material consists of catalogs, brochures, stock certificates, and promotional proposals. The ledgers are account books...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of student papers given to the Archives by several academic departments. With the exception of two undated and unsigned papers from the earliest days of the school, these examples of student work are all from the 1970s forward. While most of the files are research papers, there are also examples of creative writing. The research papers address a wide range of topics including Davidson town history, housing in the town of Davidson, the black experience at Davidson...