Alphabetical List of Manuscript Collections

This is a list of all the manuscript collections housed in the Davidson College Archives. The collections are organized by the name of the individual or organization that donated the materials to the archives. The date of the materials for each collection is included in each listing. Information on Omar Ibn Sayyid is located under the entry "Omar Ibn Sayyid, Collection, 1871 and undated."

Manuscript Collections are accessible through CHAL, Davidson's on-line catalogue. To locate a collection on CHAL, simply perform an author search using the name of the person or organization that appears in the title of the collection.

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Alexander, Charles Carroll, Speeches, 1851-1853 (DC0003s)
Alexander, John McCoy, Speeches, 1844-1846 (DC0001s)
Alexander, Margaret E. Hampton, Reminiscences, undated (DC0167s)
Alexander, Thomas H., Letter, 1842 (DC0108s)
Allan, James, Notebook, 1909-1910 (DC178s)
Allison, Thomas Johnston, Speech, undated (DC002s)
Aplian Book Club, Collection, 1949-1995 (DC031)
Ardrey, William Erskine, Collection, 1861-1907 (DC001)
Arnold, John David, Speech, 1894 (DC0004s)
Arrowood, Robert Sylvanus, Speeches, 1876 (DC0005s)
As You Like It Book Club, Collection, 1953-1974 (DC032)
Athenaeum Club, Collection, 1952-1992 (DC038)
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Baker, William Hoge, Speech, 1887 (DC0006s)
Ballard, Houston, Collection, 1824-1873 (DC0170s)
Bannerman, A. W., Letter, 1854 (DC0109s)
Barnes, Frank Arthur, Collection, 1894-1902 (DC027)
Bean, Eugene Holmes, Speech, 1896 (DC0007s)
Bell Family, Collection, 1873-1957 (DC015)
Bell, Vereen McNeill, Collection, 1932-1991 (DC010)
Belk, James Thomas Ketchen, Collection, 1845-1847 (DC0008s)
Blue, Larkin McLaruen, Speech, 1885 (DC0009s)
Bogle, Alexander M., Letter, 1839 (DC0110s)
Booklover's Club of Davidson, Collection, 1901-1997 (DC039)
Boston, Louis Edgar, Speech, 1892 (DC0010s)
Brady, Archibald, Speech, 1882 (DC0210s)
Brenizer, Gilmer, Speech, 1882 (DC0011s)
Brown-Knox Mercantile Company, Papers, 1906 (DC0214s)
Brown, James Stephen, Speeches, 1888-1889 (DC0012s)
Brown, Peter Marshall, Speech, 1879 (DC0013s)
Bryson, John Henry, Sermon, 1876 (DC0185s)
Buckner, Albert Gallatin, Speeches, 1877-1878 (DC0014s)
Burgess, Thomas Peterson, Speech, 1882 (DC0015s)
Burke, Henry Theodore, Speech, 1850 (DC0016s)
Burton, Samuel Smith, Speech, 1873 (DC0017s)
Burwell, Dandridge Spottswood, Reminiscences, 1918 (DC0168s)
Bynum, William Preston, Notebook, 1838 (DC0177s)
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Cade, Wiliam A., Jr., Collection, 1978-1983 (DC0209s)
Caldwell, Walter Pharr, Speeches, 1841-1843 (DC0018s)
Cannon, John Cambers Rankin, Speeches, 1851-1852 (DC0019s)
Carson, William Waller, Reminiscences, 1918 and undated (DC0166s)
Carter, William Franklin, Speech, undated (DC0202s)
Catawba Springs Hotel, Collection, 1838-1849 (DC0232s)
Centennial Book Club, Collection, 1939-1991 (DC033)
Chambers, Henry Alexander, Reminiscences, 1917 (DC0141s)
Chambers, Joseph Lenoir, Collection, 1873-1920 (DC0020s)
Chambers, Pinckney Brown, Letter, 1837 (DC0111s)
Clark, John McMillan, Speeches, 1884-1885 (DC0021s)
Clifford, Mary Scofield, Reminiscences, 1920 (DC0165s)
Cobb, Paul Whitlock, Reminiscences, 1987 (DC0164s)
Cornelius, N.C., Collection, 1905-1935 (DC018)
Cozart, William Hubbard, Speech, 1879 (DC0022s)
Crawford, James Pinckney, Letter, 1854 (DC0112s)
Cromartie, Robert Samuel, Speech, 1895 (DC0023s)
Cunningham, John Rood, Collection, 1940-1980 (DC005)
Currie, Lucy Martin, Collection, 1922-1967 (DC0193s)
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Daughters of the American Revolution, Battle of Cowan's Ford Chapter, Collection, 1961-1976 (DC021)
Davidson, Adam Brevard, Collection, 1854-1871 (DC0184s)
Davidson Civic Club, Record, 1911-1959 (DC025)
Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Women of the Church, Collection, 1880-1980 (DC023)
Davidson Cotton Oil Company, Papers, 1899 (DC0220s)
Davidson, E. L. Baxter, Collection, 1874-1988 (DC044)
Davidson Music Club, Constitution (DC0221s)
Davidson Public Library Campaign Committee, Collection, 1989-1995 (DC050)
Davidson, Robert A., Letters, 1859-1860 (DC0125s)
Davidson Schools, Davidson, N.C., Papers, 1878-1912 (DC0219s)
Davidson Town Commission, Davidson, N.C., Minutes, 1879-1906
Dick, Leslie Gilliam, Letters, 1874 (DC0134s)
Dixon, Karl F., Collection, 1920-1930 (DC0226s)
Doub-Kerr, William C., Collection, 1937-1957 (DC0194s)
Douglass, Charles Mobley, Speech, 1871 (DC0024s)
Dyer, Mrs. Goudyloch Erwin, Reminiscences, 1992 (DC0142s)
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Eagleton, Davis Foute, Speech, 1884 (DC0025s)
Eighteen Book Club, Collection, 1953-1990 (DC034)
English, Thomas Reese, Papers, 1867-1872 (DC0026s)
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Fairley, David, Letter, 1853 (DC0113s)
Faison, John Miller, Speech, 1883 (DC0027s)
Fleming, John Alexander, Letters, 1856-1864 (DC0114s)
Forsyth, William Kenneth, Speech, 1892 (DC0028s)
Fries, Henry Elias, Papers, 1874-1877 (DC0029s)
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Gaddy, Risden Bennett, Notebook, 1854-1859 (DC0183s)
Gaither, Ephraim Lash, Speech, 1872 (DC0030s)
Gamble, William Arnette, Speech, 1923 (DC0106s)
Gibson, James Hampton, Speech, 1854 (DC0031s)
Gilchrist, John William Stuart, Letter, 1917 (DC0145s)
Gilmer, Charles Stewart, Speech, 1886 (DC0032s)
Gilmer, John Adams, Speech, 1880 (DC0033s)
Goldberg, William Victor, Speech, 1888 (DC0034s)
Goodman, James William Milton, Speech, 1893 (DC0035s)
Goodman, Walter Alexander, Speech, 1897 (DC0036s)
Graham, John B., Papers, 1988-1990 (DC013s)
Greenlee, James Logan, Letters, 1859-1862 (DC0115s)
Grey, Willaim Richard, Papers, 1896-1917 (DC0196s)
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Hall, Franklin Price, Speech, 1886 (DC0037s)
Hamilton, Evelyn Harris, Speech, 1917 (DC0105s)
Hamilton, Thomas H., Letters, 1835-1839 (DC0116s)
Harper, Captain James Cunningham, Collection, 1924-1995 (DC051)
Harper, George Washington Finley, Papers, 1855-1856 (DC0188s)
Harrell, Frank Pierce, Speeches, 1876-1877 (DC0038s)
Harris, Brevard Ervin, Speech, 1885 (DC0039s)
Harris, Dr. Charles, 1762-1825 (DC0234)
Harris, William S., Collection, 1873-1901 (DC0203s)
Harrison, Thomas Perrin, Jr., Collection, 1944-1982 (DC0163s)
Hayes, Robert E., Collection, 1951-1965 (DC019)
Henderson, William Bain, Speech, 1885 (DC0040s)
Hill, Fred, Speech, 1888 (DC0041s)
Hodgin, Charles Edward, Speech, 1893 (DC0042s)
Hoffman, Ernest Jenkins, Speech, 1899 (DC0101s)
Hoffman, Laban Miles, Papers, 1917-1920 (DC0192s)
Holshouser, Governor James E., Jr., Collection, 1960-1987 (DC009)
Holt, William A., Collection, 1878-1887 (DC0217s)
Horah, Alston Davis, Speech, 1885 (DC0043s)
Horah, James H., Speech, 1879 (DC0044s)
Horlock-Pryor, Collection, 1707 (DC0227s)
Horner, Jerome Channing, Speech, 1874 (DC0045s)
Horton, Gordon Clift, Collection, 1935-1977 (DC020)
Houston, James Franklin, Papers, 1846-1848 (DC0140s)
Howard, John R., Letter, 1993 (DC0230s)
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Jackson, Frank Lee, Collection, 1906-1971 (DC049)
James, Albert Allison, Speech, 1875 (DC0046s)
Jetton, William Alexander, Papers, 1903-1922 (DC0198s)
Jetton, William Howard, Scrapbooks, 1930-1980 (DC048)
Johnston, John C., Collection, undated (DC0207s)
Johnston, Robert Zenas, Collection, 1863-1961 (DC022)
Johnston, Thomas Dabney, Speech, 1896 (DC0047s)
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Kerr, James Washington Alexander, Letter, 1916 (DC0162s)
King, Richard Morrison, Collection, 1898-1984 (DC016)
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Sampson, Speech, 1881 (DC0048s)
Knights of Phythias, Davidson Chapter, Ledger, 1898-1909 (DC0189s)
Knox and Brown Store, Ledger, 1909 (DC02233s)
Knox, William Bonner, Handbook, 1915 (DC0228s)
Kuykendall, John Wells, Collection 1959-1994 (DC008)
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Lacy Family, Papers, 1851-1860 and 1980 (DC0147s)
Lafferty, John Wilson, Papers, 1902 (DC0195s)
Lafferty, Robert Hervey, Collection, 1906-1943 (DC0199s)
Law, Patrick Redd, Speeches, 1873-1874 (DC0049s)
Lilly, Henry Tracy, Collection, 1922-1995 (DC047)
Linden Manufacturing Company, Papers, 1873-1923 (DC0215s)
Lineberger, John Laban, Speech, 1891 (DC0050s)
Lingle, Thomas Wilson, Papers, 1916-1926 (DC0205s)
Lingle, Walter Lee, Collection, 1901-1991 (DC014)
Little, Alexander Graham, Speech, 1894 (DC0051s)
Little, E.H., Papers, 1881-1981 (DC003)
Little, Robert Eugene, Speech, 1873 (DC0052s)
Long, McKendree Robbins, Letter, 1906 (DC0158s)
Lowry, Thomas McCall, Papers, 1918-1922 (DC0171s)
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Mahood, Danner Lee, Letter, 1917 (DC0172s)
Maloney, Thomas, Speech, 1871 (DC0064s)
Martin, Alexander, Speech, 1894 (DC0065s)
Martin, David Grier, Collection, 1933-1990 (DC006)
Martin, Governor James Grubbs, Collection, 1955-1992 (DC002)
Martin, Miles Costin, Speeches, 1887-1888 (DC0066s)
Martin, Col. William Joseph, Collection, 1859-1861 (DC026)
Martin, Dr. William Joseph, Jr., Collection, 1858-1886 (DC028)
Matheson, Junius Ayers, Speech, 1889 (DC0067s)
McArthur, Joseph Alexander, Speech, 1889 (DC0053s)
McCombs, James Parks, Letters, 1854-1885 (DC0117s)
McDonald, William, Letters, 1856 (DC0118s)
McDowell, Franklin Brevard, Collection, 1903-1920 (DC0160s)
McFadyen, Archibald Alexander, Speech, 1898 (DC0054s)
McGeachy, Daniel Patrick, Letters, 1921 (DC0197s)
McGeachy, John Alexander, Papers, 1920-1977 (DC0137s)
McGehee, Thomas, Speech, 1876 (DC0055s)
McGilvary, Evander Bradley, Speeches, 1884 (DC0056s)
McGirt, Charles Augustus, Speech, 1919 (DC0103s)
McGregor, Daniel Alexander, Speech, 1878 (DC0057s)
McIntyre, Kenneth Henry, Papers, 1901-1902 (DC0201s)
McIver, Daniel Massillon, Speeches, 1887 (DC0058s)
McKay, Malcolm McNair, Speeches, 1873-1874 (DC0059s)
McKay, Wilson James, Letters, 1920 (DC0159s)
McKeown, Calvin Brice, Letters, 1871 (DC0132s)
McKinnon, John Murdock, Speech, 1898 (DC0060s)
McLaughlin, Dougald Neill, Speech, 1887 (DC0061s)
McLaughlin, James Argyle, Speech, 1886 (DC0062s)
McLees, Hugh, Letters, 1855-1858 (DC0119s)
McLees, James Andrew, Letter, 1873 (DC0132s)
McNeely, Oni Davis, Letters, 1837-1856 (DC0120s)
McPherson, Joseph Neill, Letter, 1858 (DC0121s)
McQueen, James Alexander, Speech, 1889 (DC0063s)
Mills, Ann M., Letter, 1869 (DC0169s)
Milner, William Arnold, Speech, 1868 (DC0068s)
Morrison, Harlee, Speech, 1916 (DC0104s)
Morrison, James Hardy, Speeches, 1874-1875 (DC0069s)
Morrison, Robert Hall, Jr., Collection, 1819-1889 (DC0225s)
Morrison, Robert Hall, Letter, 1861-1868 and undated (DC0127s)
Morrow, James, Letters, 1840-1853 (DC0122s)
Morse, Lewis Teague, Letter, 1870 (DC0128s)
Munroe, Colin Alexander, Letters, 1869 and 1917 (DC0129s)
Murphy, James Tate, Speech, 1878 (DC0070s)
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Neel, Samuel Reece, Notebook, 1859-1869 (DC0182s)
Newland, LeRoy Tate, Letters, 1931 and undated (DC0151s)
Ney, Peter Stuart, Collection, 1842-1992 (DC043)
Nisbet, Douglas Heath, Collection, 1950 (DC0206s)
Norwood, Joseph Wardlaw, Collection, 1901-1992 (DC045)
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Oates, Robert Marcus, Speech, 1887 (DC0071s)
Omar Ibn Sayyid, Collection, 1871 and undated (DC0211s)
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Petrie, George Laurens, Speech, 1856 (DC0072s)
Pharr, Henry Neal, Speech, 1887 (DC0073s)
Phifer, Edward William, Collection, 1964-1983 and undated (DC0224s)
Piedmont Bank and Trust Company, Collection, 1916-1980 (DC029)
Price, Reynolds Bascomb, Notebooks, 1841-1843 (DC0181s)
Purcell, John Edwin, Notebook, 1906-1907 (DC0179s)
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Quynn, Dorothy Mackay, Collection, 1931-1966 (DC042)
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Ratchford, Benjamin Ulysses, Collection, 1932-1967 (DC024)
Roberts, John Thomas, Speech, 1881 (DC0074s)
Robinson-Guthrie Family, Collection, 1706-1851 and 1966 (DC0212s)
Robinson, Edward Bryce, Speech, 1899 (DC0102s)
Robinson, William Wallace, Letters, 1857-1864 (DC0123s)
Rockwell, Elijah Frink, Papers, 1783 and 1848-1869 (DC0152s)
Rose, William Cumming, Collection, 1907-1990 (DC030)
Ruddock and Johnston, Papers, 1865-1866 (DC0213s)
Rumple, Jethro, Collection, 1878-1905 (DC0222s)
Rumple, Watson Wharton, Speech, 1876 (DC0174s)
Rusk, Dean, Collection, 1931-1994 (DC004)
Russell, Lucy Phillips, Reminiscences, undated (DC0157s)
Ryburn, Robert Lee, Notebooks, 1879-1881 (DC0175s)
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Sample-Berry, Collection, 1799-1868 (DC0200s)
Sampson, Anne E., Reminiscences, 1920 (DC0156s)
Schenck, John Richard, Notebooks, 1891 (DC0176s)
Scofield Family, Collection, 1883-1962 (DC0190s)
Scott, Hugh Wilson, Reminiscences, 1917 (DC0155s)
Scott, John Levi, Speeches, 1880 (DC0075s)
Seabrook, Josiah McLeod, Speech, 1877 (DC0076s)
Shelby, Huey Lee, Literary Materials, undated (DC0187s)
Sherrill, Richard Ellis, Speech, 1841 (DC0077s)
Siler, Eugene Leonidas, Speech, 1886 (DC0078s)
Siler, Jesse Weimar, Speech, 1884 (DC0079s)
Sloan, Louise Withers, Papers, 1935-1941 (DC0231s)
Sloop, Eustace Henry, Speech, 1897 (DC0080s)
Smith, Charles Alphonso, Collection, 1884-1934 (DC017)
Smith, Egbert Watson, Speech, 1882 (DC0081s)
Smith, Hay Watson, Speeches, 1889 (DC0082s)
Smith, Henry Louis, Papers, 1881-1949 (DC046)
Smith, Hugh Hollingsworth, Papers, 1918-1985 (DC0191s)
Smith, James Bayliss, Papers, 1868-1870 (DC0083s)
Smith, Neill Alexander, Letter, 1859 (DC0126s)
Smith, William Alexander, Reminiscences, 1920 (DC0154s)
Smoot, James Edward, Collection, 1926-1947 (DC041)
Sorosis Club, Collection, 1927-1973 (DC035)
Sparrow Family, Papers, 1847-1881 (DC0204s)
Sparrow, Robert Gordon, Speech, 1887 (DC0084s)
Spencer, Arthur Ernest, Speech, 1901 (DC0107s)
Spencer, Samuel Reid, Jr., Collection, 1940-1994 (DC007)
Stair, Dr. Frederick Rogers Jr., Collection, 1962-1990 (DC0223s)
Stevenson, Robert Rockwell, Speech, 1888 (DC0085s)
Stevenson, William Francis, Speech, 1884 (DC0086s)
Stewart, Robert Octavious Patton, Papers, 1842-1843 (DC0087s)
Stirewalt Family, Collection, 1842-1883 and 1982 (DC0139s)
Stringfellow, John James, Collection, 1858-1930 (DC0153s)
Student Wives Club, Records, 1946-1949 (DC0148s)
Styron, William, Collection, 1942-1990 (DC012)
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Telfair, Samuel Fowle, Speech, 1883 (DC0088s)
Thacker, James Ernest, Speeches, 1888-1890 (DC0089s)
Thelemite Club, Collection, 1922-1995 (DC040)
Thompson, Hattie, Papers, 1882-1956 and undated (DC0150s)
Thompson, Joseph, Papers, 1859-1861 (DC0090s)
Tillinghast, Joseph Alex, Speech, 1891 (DC0091s)
Trotter, William R., Collection, 1970 (DC0138s)
Tuesday Club, Collection, 1940-1992 (DC036)
Twentieth Century Club, Collection, 1927-1963 (DC037)
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Verner, William Henry, Letter, 1864 (DC0130s)
Vinson, William D., Certificate, 1871 (DC0146s)
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Wakefield, John, Speech, 1892 (DC0092s)
Watkins, Benjamin Franklin, Speech, 1876 (DC0093s)
Watts, John Espy, Speech, 1886 (DC0094s)
Wharey, James Banton, Speech, 1891 (DC0095s)
Wharton, Charles Newton, Speech, 1890 (DC0096s)
Wharton, Lacy Donnell, Speech, 1890 (DC0097s)
Wharton, Lacy Donnell, Papers, 1934-1992 (DC0149s)
Wharton, Robert Leslie, Speech, 1892 (DC0098s)
White, Andrew Walker, Speeches, 1878-1880 (DC0099s)
Williams, Robert Murphy, Speech, 1896 (DC0131s)
Williams, W. P., Papers, 1864-1896 and 1980 (DC0216s)
Williamson, Rene deVisme, Papers, 1944 (DC0143s)
Wilson, Alexander, Speech, 1883 (DC0100s)
Wilson, Samuel Blain Owen, Letters, 1841 (DC0144s)
Wilson, Thomas Adams, Papers, 1847-1850 (DC0135s)
Workman, William Gatewood, Jr., Collection, 1953-1991 (DC011)
Wylie, Osmond Alexander, Album, 1858-1865 (DC0229s)
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Young, Mary Erwin, Papers, 1864-1967 and undated (DC0136s)

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