The Davidson Monthly staff was made up of equal representation of the Philanthropic and Eumenean Literary Societies. The 1985 staff is shown here with their advisor, Professor Smith.
Davidson Outdoors began in the 1970s as a humble Union Board committee. This committee was later named the Davidson Outing Club was formed and was primarily an equipment rental service. Ed Daugherty ’85 was the Union Board Chair of the Davidson Outing Club.
Chalmers Gaston Davidson was born June 6. 1907 in Chester, South Carolina to Zeb Vance and Kate (Gaston) Davidson. He began his distinguished career in education at Davidson College, graduating summa cum laude in 1928. He continued his education at Harvard (M.A. in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1942) and the University of Chicago (M.A. in Library Science in 1936). Davidson began teaching in 1928 at various schools in the South, including The Citadel, but returned to his beloved Davidson College in 1936. Known as “Dr. D,” he taught history and served as Director of the Library from 1936-1976. In retirement, he was College Archivist and professor emeritus.
Early Davidson postcards, probably made in 1907. Note, They have a "divided" back with the statement "This side may be used for correspondence" and "This side for address only" which was specified by law.
Born in Chester, South Carolina to Z. V. and Kate Gaston Davidson, Robert Franklin Davidson attended Davidson College where he was Salutatorian of the Class of 1923 and was the first student initiated into the Davidson chapter of Phi Beta Kappa that year. He entered the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in Kentucky in 1925 and while there was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar from South Carolina. He completed his training at Oxford University in 1928 and later obtained a Ph. D. in Philosophy at Yale University. He was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from both Limestone College and Davidson College.
This is a portrait of William Lee Davidson II, who lived at Beaver Dam and provided the
initial acreage for the college. Davidson College was named in honor of his father General William Lee Davidson, a local Revolutionary War hero who died at the battle of Cowan’s Ford in 1781.