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Davidson College -- Students

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:

A. W. Bannerman Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0109s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter from Bannerman to his father in 1854 on college expenses.

Dates: 1854
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Albert Allison James Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0046s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a handwritten copy of Jame's valedictory address (last speech before the Eumenean Society as president) and the response given by R.H. Johnston, James' diary kept from 5 April 1847 to 18 December 1847, with an addition 18 March 1848 and another update written in 1852, a photocopy and typescript of a speech delivered before the Eumenean Society at Davidson College in 1875 and a typescript of his 50th anniversary sermon given in July 1901. The diary was written...
Dates: 1847 - 1875
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Albert Franklin Simpson Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: DC0331s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the scrapbook Simpson kept as a Davidson student. The scrapbook begins with quotes and comments from fellow students, Simpson's reflections on the faculty and classes he took. It also contains numerous candid photographs of college life, tickets and programs for college events, newspaper clippings for sports events, including coverage of races at the new Charlotte Speedway. It also contains a comic section on coeducation with Simpson using magazine cutouts and...
Dates: 1921 - 1925
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Albert Gallatin Buckner Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0014s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 3 speeches, including Buckner's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1878, his commencement address and an address to the society.

Dates: 1877 - 1878
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Alexander Graham Little Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0051s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Little's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1894.

Dates: 1894
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Alexander M Bogle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0110s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter from Bogle to Abner P. Webber in 1839 describing student life at Davidson College.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Alexander Martin Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0065s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Martin's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1894.

Dates: 1894
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Alexander Wilson Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0100s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Wilson's Inaugural Address as president of Philanthropic Society in 1883.

Dates: 1883
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Alston Davis Horah Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0043s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Horah's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1885.

Dates: 1885
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Andrew Walker White Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0099s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of White's Respondent's Address for Commencement 1878 and his Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1880.

Dates: 1878 - 1880
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Archibald Alexander McFadyen Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0054s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of McFadyen's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1899.

Dates: 1898
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Archibald Brady Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0210s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a speech, "Inter-Oceanic Canal" presented June 15, 1882.

Dates: 1882
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Archibald Campbell McIntyre Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: DC0275s
Scope and Contents The scrapbook chronicles McIntyre's time at Davidson, encompassing college, home, and vacation memories. The scrapbook opens with McIntyre's hand- written list of class contacts that includes names, hometowns, nicknames, "ambitions," and other reflections. McIntyre also pens his class's yell along with words to the song "O Davidson." Additionally, he kept track of athletic team members and scores in scrapbook entries. Anecdotal profiles of professors James Douglas, Frazer Hood, Mark E....
Dates: 2017
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Arthur Ernest Spencer Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0107s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Spencer's Junior Oration, "Florida" given on February 22, 1901.

Dates: 1901
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Benjamin Franklin Watkins Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0093s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Watkins's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in Feburary 1876.

Dates: 1876
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Benjamin Ulysses Ratchford Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC024
Scope and Contents The collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, speeches, research notes and files, printed materials, and a student scrapbook. The biographical material includes an article written at the time of his retirement, citations and certificates. The research materials primarily relate to his speeches and contain his notes and copies of articles used. The printed material includes pamphlets as well as Ratchford's original masters and Doctoral theses. The file folder marked...
Dates: 1932 - 1967
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Calvin Brice McKeown Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0133s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written by McKeown to friends describing college life and student unrest. There are also typescripts of the letters.

Dates: 1871
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Charles Edward Hodgin Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0042s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Hodgin's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1893.

Dates: 1893
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Charles Mobley Douglass Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0024s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a speech "The Hope of the Land" given by Douglass on June 30, 1871.

Dates: 1871
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Charles Newton Wharton Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0096s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Wharton's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1890.

Dates: 1890
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Charles Stewart Gilmer Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0032s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Gilmer's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1886.

Dates: 1886
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Colin Alexander Munroe Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0129s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written by Munroe. The first written in 1869 while Munroe was a student describes Davidson College and the faculty. There is also a typescript of the letter. The second letter was written in 1917 to Miss Cornelia Shaw and gives his memories of college life.

Dates: 1869 - 1917
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Dandridge Spottswood Burwell Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0168s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written to Cornelia Shaw describing Burwell's memories of Davidson College faculty and students.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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