Sound recordings
Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:
Interview with Eliot Wigginton [interview 2], 1975
Interview with Eliot Wigginton, the creator of Firefox Magazine.
Interview with Emil Parker, 1999 April 12
Interview with Ernest Finney Patterson, 1989 January 25
Interview of Dr. Ernest F. Patterson by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Patterson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Patterson discusses his perception as the most left-leaning faculty member, student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.
Interview with Ernest Jeffries, 2007 March 19
Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.
Interview with Erving McClain, 2001 March 30
Erving McClain, a Davidson-born and raised inhabitant, shares many details about her elementary and high school years in Ada Jenkins and Torrence-Lytle. She talks about her further studies, her work as a nurse, and her family. Moreover, McCain mentions her involvement with the community through different committees and her efforts to keep the Ada Jenkins Center open as a school. She also talks about the social environment on Main Street, its businesses, and people.
Interview with Ethel Rhodes, 2007 March 22
Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.
Interview with Eugene Lang, 1986 January 24
Eugene Lang, founder for the "I have a dream foundation" and Project Pericles talks about Davidson's mission and the work of Trustees.
Interview with Evelyn Carr, 2002 September 04
Interview with Fabian Lara '16, 2021 December 07
This oral history collection explores the history of Latinx students at Davidson College and includes both the work of Dr. Jane Mangan's spring 2019 HIS 259 course and student workers who collected and transcribed oral histories of Davidson alumni who identify as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx.
Interview with Fairman P. Cumming '58, 2008 April 25
This series contains interviews with Davidson College students and alumni/ae. These interviews document various aspects of Davidson College's history and culture. Some of the alumni/ae listed in this series also worked for Davidson College in various capacities. While this series primarily focuses on student and alumni/ae interviewees, similar interviews can also be found in the other oral history series and sub-groups.