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Davidson College - Philanthropic Society

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:

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

John Adams Gilmer Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0033s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Gilmer's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1880.

Dates: 1880

John Chambers Rankin Cannon Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0019s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 3 speeches presented to the Philanthropic Society and his Philanthropic Society and college diplomas. There are two manuscript copies of "The West - A Field for Enterprise" (1851), and one copy each of "Ex Parvis Magna Orientur (1852), and "Unaided Genius" (undated).

Dates: 1851 - 1852

John David Arnold Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0004s
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1894

John Espy Watts Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0094s
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Watts's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in April 1886.

Dates: 1886

John Laban Lineberger Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0050s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Lineberger's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1891.

Dates: 1891

John Levi Scott Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0075s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Scott's Representative Speech, "The Rise of the Swiss Confederacy," and his Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1880.

Dates: 1880

John McCoy Alexander Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0001s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscript copies of six speeches given by Alexander while a student at Davidson. The speeches are on a variety of topics including literature, education, England, Napoleon and history.

Dates: 1844 - 1846

John McMillan Clark Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: DC0021s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 2 speeches: Clark's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1884 and a speech awarded the Orator's Medal, "Industrial Progress of the South" (1885).

Dates: 1884 - 1885

John Miller Faison Speech

 Collection
Identifier: DC0027s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Faison's Inaugural Address as president of the Philanthropic Society in 1883.

Dates: 1883