Davidson College -- Fraternities
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Aubrey Neblett Brown, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC0241s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, Aubrey Neblett Brown, Jr. kept a scrapbook of his experiences. Of particular note is his documentation of a trip that he and three friends made by car from Davidson to Mineral Springs, Texas. Information and photographs from the trip may be found on pages 43 and 53-55 of the scrapbook. Also, Brown was an amazing correspondent and kept copies of many of his letter home, describing events at Davidson and his student experience, particularly as a freshman....
Dates:
1924 - 1929
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
Board of Trustees. President's Correspondence, 1840-1963
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG01-02
Scope and Contents
This file consists of correspondence to and from the President (now the Chairman) of the Board of Trustees. The 19th century letters address topics such as presidential searches ( a letter of refusal from Aaron Whitney Leland, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary), Dr. Shearer's resignation, the evils of secret fraternities and the possibility of expanding the curriculum. The letters from 1963 concern the professorial oath (of Christianity) which was to be reaffirmed by members of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1840 - 1963
Found in:
College Archives
Chalmers Gaston Davidson Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC059
Scope and Contents
Dr. Davidson corresponded with a variety of different persons. The first three boxes contain letters written to and from Dr. Davidson to authors, politicians, businessmen, educators, etc. Persons with a great amount of correspondence were given their own folder. Box 4 contains copies of tests, lecture notes and class outlines for two of Dr. Davidson's history courses that he taught at Davidson College. The two courses are "Social & Intellectual History to 1860" and "Social &...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
David Gibson Wilson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0245s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, Wilson kept an extensive scrapbook of his memories. Of particular note, information is available on the Bachelor's Club, Camp Cherokee, Camp MacLellan, Reserved Officer Training Corps, Phi Gamma Delta, and Omicron Delta Kappa. Also included in the scrapbook are several photographs taken in Washington, D.C. in 1924. The scrapbook skips from page 13 to page 51, since the pages from 51-end were pre-numbered. For individual listings of items in scrapbook,...
Dates:
1922 - 1926
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
James Mason Westall Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: DC0240s
Scope and Contents
While a student at Davidson College, James Westall kept a scrapbook of his various memories. He included information from his high school, Asheville High School, as well as a vast amount of information on the Davidson Golf Team from 1932-1939. In the file folder marked "Photographs," one can find photographs of students playing golf in the mid-1930's and several photographs of Phi Delta Theta members in the mid-1930's. In the file folder marked "Miscellaneous," one can find the notations for...
Dates:
1933 - 1937
Found in:
Manuscript Collections
President. Rev. John Bunyan Shearer. Records, 1892-1896
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG02-09
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter concerning the publication of the Semi-Centennial Catalog, a letter discussing symbolism of candlesticks and christmas trees, a petition by nonfraternity students requesting the abolition of fraternities, and Shearer's letter of resignation.
Dates:
1892 - 1896
Found in:
College Archives
Student Athletic Leagues. Records
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-72
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two basketball score books from the 1950 season. One is from the Freshmen and the other charts Interfraternity play.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
College Archives
Student Work. Collection
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG10-1
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of student papers given to the Archives by several academic departments. With the exception of two undated and unsigned papers from the earliest days of the school, these examples of student work are all from the 1970s forward. While most of the files are research papers, there are also examples of creative writing. The research papers address a wide range of topics including Davidson town history, housing in the town of Davidson, the black experience at Davidson...
Dates:
2017
Found in:
College Archives