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Davidson College -- Students

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:

Pinckney Brown Chambers Letter

 Collection
Identifier: DC0111s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter from Chambers to John M. Sample (1843) describing the Caldwell Institute in Greensboro, NC.

Dates: 1837
Found in: Manuscript Collections

President. Rev. Walter Lee Lingle. Records

 folder
Identifier: RG02-12
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, dealing with the administration of Davidson College and its relationship the Presbyterian Church of the US. The collection also includes copies of reports from committees and departments. Specific topics relating to the college in the files include the athletic program, the Alumni Association, the Duke Endowment, changes in curriculum, chapel programs, student health services, architects and buildings, the...
Dates: 1930 - 1941
Found in: College Archives

Registrar. Administrative Records, bulk: 1927 - 2010

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG13-01
Scope and Contents The Administrative files contain Reports to the President (1927-1989), Academic Regulations (1971-1995), memoranda, and printed materials. The annual reports contain statistics about the student body, faculty teaching loads, and honorary degrees. The Academic Regulations detail procedures for registration, examinations, grading, honors, transfer credits, transcripts and foreign study requirements. The memoranda and printed materials include grade forms, flyers, and announcements about...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1927 - 2010
Found in: College Archives / Registrar

Reynolds Bascomb Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0181s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Price's student notebooks. The notebooks include Mathematics with an account ledger, 1841-1842 and a collection of poetry and quotations from 1843. There are three books belonging to Price: The Early History of the South by Lily Lambert; The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier by Richard Mason; McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader. There is also a family letter describing his Philanthropic Society badge and the badge (A-548 - on display in archives reading room). See...
Dates: 1841-1843, 1957
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Richard Ellis Sherrill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0077s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Sherrill's Valedictory Address given in 1841 and a photocopy of his diary from September 1837 to January 1852. The diary begins on the first day of his second term at Davidson and covers his time at Davidson, his early career as a teacher, his time at Columbia Seminary, and the early years of his ministry. Much of the journal is personal reflections on the state of his faith but he also includes references to visits with friends, travel and church matters.

Dates: 1837 - 1852
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Richard Morrison King Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC016
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...
Dates: 1898 - 1984
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Risden Bennett Gaddy Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: DC0183s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Gaddy's college notebook. The first entry indicates the notebook is intended to be record of his college experiences. A second note dated 1859 indicates that only a few speeches were ever added to the notebook. The speeches are on Cheap Literature, the Acquisition of Cuba, and Gaddy's valedictory address.

Dates: 1854 - 1859
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert A. Davidson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0125s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters Davidson wrote while a student at Davidson College describing college life.

Dates: 1859 - 1860
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert E. Hayes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC019
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, printed materials, and literary materials. The correspondence is primarily personal letters from friends (1955-1959). The printed materials are copies of articles about Hayes. The literary material from his years as a student at Davidson College includes poetry and prose. The post-Davidson material includes an epic poem, a short story, a paper he gave on "Aphasia," a bound copy of his various publications, and a poetry journal.

Dates: 1951 - 1965
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Robert Eugene Little Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0052s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Little's inaugural address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1873.

Dates: 1873
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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