Davidson College -- Students
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Gilmer Brenizer Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0011s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Brenizer's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1882.
Dates:
1882
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Gilmer Brenizer Speech
Gordon Clift Horton Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC020
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized in the following series: 1) Biographical; 2) Correspondence; 3) Manuscripts; 4) Sketches; 5) Photographs; 6) Printed Material; 7) Memorabilia; 8) Estate; 9) Oversize. The collection contains little biographical information. There are certificates from Gordon's confirmation and from his involvement in the Kappa Alpha fraternity. For more information, see his alumni file (1942). There is correspondence with his mother while he was a student at Davidson College,...
Dates:
1935 - 1977
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Gordon Clift Horton Collection
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Harlee Morrison Speech
Harris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0039s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two sets of documents. The documents related to Ervin Harris include his copy of the 1870 Davidson College catalogue and five handwritten speeches for the Philanthropic Society. The speeches are "Is War a Greater Evil than Intemperance?" (Novembe 24, 1871), his inaugural address as president of Philanthropic Society (December 2, 1871), "The Spirit of Discovery" (November 17, 1871), and "Life" (March 9, 1872) The final speech "Truth and My Country", dated June 27, 1872...
Dates:
1870 - 1885
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Harris Family Papers
Hay Watson Smith Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0082s
Scope and Contents
This collection consists Smith's Respondent Address delivered June 19, 1889 and his Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in December of 1889.
Dates:
1889
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Hay Watson Smith Speeches
Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: DC0141s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw, librarian of Davidson College. The letter gives some family history and describes college life and the faculty in the 1860s. For the typescript of "The Chambers Family of Iredell County" by Henry Chambers, see the Farmville file in Chalmer Davidson's Plantation files (DC058).
Dates:
1917
Henry Elias Fries Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC0029s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscript copies of 4 letters and photocopies of 22 letters written by Fries (1874-1876) and speeches given to the Philanthropic Society as vice-president and president in 1877. The letters discuss college life and Davidson faculty. The location of the original letters for the photocopies in unknown.
Dates:
1874 - 1877
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Henry Elias Fries Papers
Henry Neal Pharr Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0073s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Pharr's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1887.
Dates:
1887
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Henry Neal Pharr Speech
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
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Henry Theodore Burke Speech
Henry Tracy Lilly Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC047
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, literary materials, biographical information, and restricted information. The correspondence includes letters from family and aquaintances from 1936-1966, letters from students, 1956-1973, letters of condolence following Lilly's death in 1973, and letters he wrote to Mrs. Lilly, 1948-1965. There is also considerable correspondence between Lilly and Harriet Doar, Charlotte Observer Book Editor, 1962-1969 and with former student John McKnight, 1973-1974...
Dates:
1922 - 1995
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Henry Tracy Lilly Collection