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Davidson (NC)

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Davidson Civic Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC025
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, programs, histories, reports, memorials, a cookbook, and minutes. The correspondence (1911-1957) is primarily between the club and the Davidson town government. There is a copy of the 1941 by-laws, brief club histories, programs for 1914 and 1925, annual reports, memorials to deceased members, and newspaper clippings. The cookbook was printed around 1928. This copy contains handwritten annotations and recipes. The minutes are in two ledgers,...
Dates: 1911 - 1959

Interviews with Town of Davidson residents, 2004

 Item — Dvd box 2: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02, Optical Disc sleeve: DVD 213
Identifier: OHI-0209
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group:

The Davidson College Community-Based sub-group consists of oral histories and interviews that explore the history and culture of the Town of Davidson and other local communities. The sub-group contains interviews with long-time Davidson residents, select college faculty and staff, alumni/ae who called the area home, and representatives from community organizations.

Dates: 2004

Louise Withers Sloan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC098
Scope and Contents The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, school work, financial records, clippings and invitations. The biographical information includes newsclippings, a copy of her eulogy and also information about William Richardson, a long-time suitor. The correspondence from 1907 to 1911 is primarily between Louise and her family while she was attending Peace College. She discusses college life and gets news about Davidson events. The correspondence between 1911 and 1917 is...
Dates: 1906-1992

Lucy Martin Currie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0193s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Currie's reminiscences of growing up in Davidson (1922), notes for a talk on Davidson history for the Tuesday Club, a typescript "Fact and Fiction About Old Davidson" written for the Thelemite Book Club (1955), a typescript of a talk on "Our Foreign Alumni, copies of newspaper clippings relating to Currie and 2 photographs. See also DC028, Dr. William J. Martin Collection for family information and DC040, Thelemite Book Club for an original typescript with...
Dates: 1922 - 1967

Mrs. Goudyloch Erwin Dyer Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0142s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a typescript of a program presented to the Davidson Historical Society. The program was entitled,"Growing Up In Davidson and the typescript includes photographs of Davidson

Dates: 1992

Scofield Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0190s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of printed materials and photographs. The printed materials include invitations, newspaper clippings, a sketch of Stephen Charles "Skits" Scofield by Linwood Black and receipts. The photographs are of buildings in Davidson and of the Scofield family. See also DC0165s, the Mary Scofield Clifford Papers.

Dates: 1883-1962 and undated

Sparrow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0204s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of corrrespondence. The letters from 1847 to 1857 discuss family life. The letters from 1956 to 1981 were written to Dr. Chalmers Davidson about the family history and property. Typescripts for some of the early letters have been added to the collection

Dates: 1847 - 1981

Town Commission. Davidson (N.C.). Minutes and Committees

 Collection
Identifier: DC074
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photocopies minutes beginning February 17, 1879. There is also a copy of the Ordinances of the Town of Davidson, 1912 and minutes for the Bicentennial Committee, 1975-76 and Parks and Recreation Committee, 1972-1973. The minutes for 2007 are primarily Planning Board minutes. The Receipts file contains examples of receipts for telephone service and a petty cash voucher. A CD(CD#98) housed with the CD collection is also a text copy of the 2001 Planning Ordinance.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1879 - 2017

William Alexander Jetton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0198s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, and financial materials. The correspondence concerns Jetton's license as a Registered Pharmacist, invitations, and voter registration. The printed materials include a 1922 directory of Druggists in North Carolina, soft drink tickets, and a newsletter, "The Dixie Queen," issued by William Leslie Harvey in Iredell County. The financial materials are cancelled checks for 1903 to 1906.

Dates: 1903 - 1922