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Davidson (N.C.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Geographic LC

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Anne E.Sampson Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0156s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Davidson College in the 1880s.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Calvin Brice McKeown Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0133s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written by McKeown to friends describing college life and student unrest. There are also typescripts of the letters.

Dates: 1871
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Colin Alexander Munroe Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0129s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written by Munroe. The first written in 1869 while Munroe was a student describes Davidson College and the faculty. There is also a typescript of the letter. The second letter was written in 1917 to Miss Cornelia Shaw and gives his memories of college life.

Dates: 1869 - 1917
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Common Ground Meeting: "Ada Jenkins and Beyond", 2000 April 17

 Item — Audiocassette box 6: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-06-02, Cassette case: Audio 123
Identifier: OHI-0141
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of the “Ada Jenkins and Beyond” program for the April 17, 2000 Common Ground meeting. Speakers offer their remembrances of the Ada Jenkins School. Speakers include Ruby Houston, Marjean Torrence, and Frances Houston Beale. The first speaker incorrectly notes that the date of the meeting was April 15, 2000.

Dates: 2000 April 17
Found in: College Archives / Common Ground oral history and interview collection / Common Ground meetings

Common Ground Meeting: "Davidson Stories", 1997 September 15

 Item — Audiocassette box 6: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-06-02, Cassette case: Audio 112
Identifier: OHI-0140
Scope and Contents

Recorded at Common Ground meeting.

Dates: 1997 September 15
Found in: College Archives / Common Ground oral history and interview collection / Common Ground meetings

Common Ground Meeting: "Voices From Davidson's Past", 1998 May 18

 Item — Audiocassette box 6: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-06-02, Cassette case: Audio 116
Identifier: OHI-0142
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of the “Voices from Davidson's Past” program for the May 18, 1998 Common Ground meeting. Speakers offer their remembrances of Davidson, NC. Speakers include Blanche Knox Parker, Robert M. Withers '48, and Ken Norton.

Dates: 1998 May 18
Found in: College Archives / Common Ground oral history and interview collection / Common Ground meetings

Common Ground oral history and interview collection

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG19-06
Scope and Contents Common Ground (1995-2003) was a grass-roots organization that aimed to promote communication and understanding and improve relations among people of all races in Davidson. This oral history collection contains interviews conducted with men and women who lived in the town of Davidson and was recorded by the Common Ground organization. The recordings provide insight into the complexities of race relations and racism in Davidson, NC, and at Davidson College during the 20th century by...
Dates: 1997 - 2000
Found in: College Archives

Daniel Patrick McGeachy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0197s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written after the burning of the Old Chambers building. McGeachy lived in Old Chambers and the letters describe the fire and the conditions immediately after the fire.

Dates: 1921
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Davidson Fire Department: In a Moment of Transition, 2007

 Item — Box 1 (OHI Transcripts): Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04
Identifier: RG19-05-02
Scope and Contents

Student paper on the Davidson Fire Department. The oral history interviews were used to construct the thesis of the paper.

Dates: 2007
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Davidson Fire Department

Davidson (N.C.) Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC091
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of runs, some incomplete, for 10 local papers. These papers have been digitized and are available on the Archives and Special Collections website.

Dates: 1930 - 2001
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Davidson Senior Center. Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC078
Scope and Contents The collection consists of scrapbooks, minutes and newsletters. The scrapbooks contain newsclippings, programs, flyers and photographs. The minutes are of the monthly Board of Directors meetings. The newsletters were issued monthly and contain reports about center activities, volunteer programs, birthdays, and often recipes and book reviews. The files for individuals contain clippings and a biography sheet. The photograph cd contains black and white portraits of members of the Senior Center...
Dates: 1977 - 2004
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Douglas Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0269s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of letters written to Professor John Douglass by Rev.W.J. McKay, D.D., from Sumter, S.C., photographs, receipts, and pamphlets. The letters generally reference meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee and provide brief outlines of issues discussed. The collection also includes receipts for Douglas' days as a student as well as commencement and reunion programs for the class of 1893. In addition, the collection contains a literary society speech...
Dates: 1890 - 1965
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Elijah Frink Rockwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0152s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence (1850-1869), reports (1848-1857), literary materials (1851-1867), and a certificate (1783). The correspondence includes a letter to Benjamin Silliman (1850) and letters about Davidson College (1867-1869). The reports include a subscription book for the college (1848-1850), an account book (1854-1857) and a report of the Treasurer(1850). The literary materials include notebooks of clippings about church history and the American Revolution with...
Dates: 1783, 1848-1869
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Franklin Brevard McDowell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0160s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence (1903-1920) and literary materials (1903-1912). The correspondence includes letters from family and Miss Cornelia Shaw as well as letters written by McDowell. The letters mostly discuss Davidson College history, including the Civil War period. The literary materials are copies of articles written by McDowell on Davidson College.

Dates: 1903 - 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0141s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw, librarian of Davidson College. The letter gives some family history and describes college life and the faculty in the 1860s. For the typescript of "The Chambers Family of Iredell County" by Henry Chambers, see the Farmville file in Chalmer Davidson's Plantation files (DC058).

Dates: 1917
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Hugh Wilson Scott Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0155s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw describing Scott's college experiences.

Dates: 1917
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Interview about The Ada Jenkins Center, 2002 August 17

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0105
Scope and Contents

Interviewees: Peggy Brown, Nancy Abasiekong, Dora Dubose, and Isaac Applewhite. Interviewer: Jan Blodgett. Transcriber: Emily Hammock.

Dates: 2002 August 17
Found in: College Archives / Davidson Stories: Community-Based oral history and interview collection

Interview with Adeline H. Ostwalt, 2007 April 19

 Item — Cd box 1: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04, Optical Disc sleeve: CD 30
Identifier: OHI-0191
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 April 19
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Ada Jenkins Center

Interview with Adeline H. Ostwalt, 1997 April

 Item — Audiocassette box 6: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-06-02, Cassette case: Audio 105
Identifier: OHI-0136
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the ENG 201 course in 1997.

Dates: 1997 April
Found in: College Archives / Common Ground oral history and interview collection / Common Ground oral history project (ENG 201)

Interview with Adeline H. Ostwalt and Paula Kelton, 2007 March 30

 Item — Cd box 1: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04, Optical Disc sleeve: CD 30
Identifier: OHI-0117
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 March 30
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Ada Jenkins Center

Interview with Aileen Cantrell, 2001 January 08

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0084
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: 2001 January 08
Found in: College Archives / Davidson Stories: Community-Based oral history and interview collection

Interview with Annie Mildred Lowery, 2007 March 21

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0119
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 March 21
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Ada Jenkins Center

Interview with Annie Mildred Lowery, 2007 March 14

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0187
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 March 14
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Westside Stakeholders

Interview with Annie Mildred Lowery, 2003 September 16

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0093
Scope and Contents In this interview Annie Mildred Lowery talks about her life in Davidson throughout the years and her deep involvement with the community. She gives valuable accounts about the beginnings of Town Day and the Community Development club, which later turned into the Piedmont Development Club. Lowery also mentions the William Werthis Club and other community members such as Reverend Pritchett and Ms. Maggie Smith. She similarly discusses many efforts to offer recreational activities for the Black...
Dates: 2003 September 16
Found in: College Archives / Davidson Stories: Community-Based oral history and interview collection

Interview with Annie Mildred Lowery and Bernice Houston, 2007 February 26

 Item — Box 1 (OHI Transcripts): Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-02; Series RG19-01-03; Series RG19-06-01; Series RG19-05-01; Series RG19-05-02; Series RG19-05-03; Series RG19-05-04
Identifier: OHI-0189
Scope and Contents

Interviews were conducted as part of the HIS 353- The Art of Oral History course in 2007.

Dates: 2007 February 26
Found in: College Archives / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / Lakeside Park

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