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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:

Robert Hall Morrison Collection

 folder
Identifier: DC0225s
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, deeds, receipts, and certifcates. The correspondence is primarily related to family matters and includes letters from Morrison's granddaughter Julia Jackson. It also includes references to Davidson College and to Presbyterian churches in North Carolina. The deeds refer to lands in Lincoln County, NC and the receipts primarily concern railroad bonds and patents for land warrants. The certificates are housed in Oversize cases and include Morrison's...
Dates: 1819 - 1899
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah Shaw Literary Files

 Collection
Identifier: DC071
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two bound volumes of the drafts of Shaw's history of Davidson College. One version includes typescripts of sources attached to pages within the text.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

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

The Other Side of the Tracks: Lakeside Terrace Housing Project, 2007

 File — 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: RG19-05-03
Scope and Contents

Student paper on the Lakeside Terrace Housing Project. The oral history interviews were used to construct the thesis of the paper.

Dates: 2007
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / Lakeside Park

The Westside Stakeholders: Community Reaction to Rapidly Changing Davidson, 2007 May 08

 File — 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: RG19-05-04
Scope and Contents

Student paper on the Westside Stakeholder. The oral history interviews were used to construct the thesis of the paper.

Dates: 2007 May 08
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Westside Stakeholders

Thomas Perrin Harrison Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC0163s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence and literary materials. The correspondence includes a letter from Louis T. Wilds, a Davidson College graduate of 1906 and former student of Thomas P. Harrison, Sr and letters of Harrison, Jr. to Mary Beaty. The literary material is an article by Harrison, Jr. about his childhood in Davidson.

Dates: 1944 - 1982
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Westside Stakeholders Documentary: Interviews with Loretta Wertheimer, Bill McCoy, Heidi Dietrich, and Ernest Jeffries, 2007 April 27

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG19-05-04
Scope and Contents

The documnetry includes excerpts from the oral history interviews conducted with Westside Stakeholders.

Dates: 2007 April 27
Found in: Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) / Oral history interviews of HIS 353- The Art of Oral History / The Westside Stakeholders

William Alexander Smith Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: DC0154s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a handwritten account of Smith's recollections of his student days. The account was written for Miss Cornelia Shaw in 1920.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

Wilson James McKay Letters

 Collection
Identifier: DC0159s
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters written to Cornelia Shaw. They discuss Board records and Davidson College history.

Dates: 1920
Found in: Manuscript Collections

YMCA - Reachout - Service Council. Records, 1928-1991

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG6-13
Scope and Contents The records date from 1928 to 1991, with the period 1930-1950 having the most complete coverage. Prior to 1928, information about the YMCA appears in the Wildcat Handbooks, the Davidson College Magazine, the Davidsonian and the yearbooks. The minutes include the meetings of the Board of Control 1928-1949 and the YMCA Cabinet, 1924-1948. The Board of Control was comprised of faculty and students and was responsible for approving budgets and overseeing the programs of the YMCA. The Cabinet...
Dates: 1928
Found in: College Archives

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