Davidson College -- Students
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:
James Parks McCombs Letters
Collection
Identifier: DC0117s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by McCombs to his brother about family matters and college life. The majority of the letters date from 1854 to 1856. There are four letters from the period 1870 to 1885. Several letters in 1855 discuss the student unrest at Davidson over student suspensions and the donation by Maxwell Chambers.
Dates:
1854-1885 and undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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James Parks McCombs Letters
James Pinckney Crawford Letter
Collection
Identifier: DC0112s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written in 1854 from Crawford to his cousin, Miss Stinson, describing college life at Davidson.
Dates:
1854
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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James Pinckney Crawford Letter
James Stephen Brown Speeches
Collection
Identifier: DC0012s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 2 speeches; his inaugural address as president of the Philanthropic Society and a speech given to the society on the Catholic Church.
Dates:
1888 - 1889
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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James Stephen Brown Speeches
James Tate Murphy Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0070s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Murphy's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1878.
Dates:
1878
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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James Tate Murphy Speech
James Thomas Ketchen Belk Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0008s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscript copies of speeches given by Belk in Philanthropic Society meetings and a photostat of a letter written as a student. The speeches include Valedictory and Farewell addresses to the Philanthropic Society, addresses on Female Education and British Poets, and a poem "Marry."
Dates:
1845 - 1847
James Washington Alexander Kerr Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0162s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a fragment of a letter written to Hattie Thompson describing Kerr's experiences as a student and a poster of the McNeely-Kerr Homeplace with family information on it.
Dates:
1916
James William Milton Goodman Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0035s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Goodman's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1893.
Dates:
1893
Jerome Channing Horner Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0045s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Horner's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1874.
Dates:
1874
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Jerome Channing Horner Speech
Jesse Weimar Siler Speech
Collection
Identifier: DC0079s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Siler's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society for the first presidential term, 1884-1885.
Dates:
1884
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Jesse Weimar Siler Speech
Jethro Rumple Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0222s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence concerning the Concord Presbytery, the manuscript of a biography of Rev. John Bunyan Shearer by Rumple, and manuscript notes about Davidson College in the 1840s.
Dates:
1878 - 1905
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
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Jethro Rumple Collection