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  • Old Chambers in the 1860s

    Old Chambers

    The Old Chambers Building before the fire
  • Old Chambers building before the fire

    Old Chambers Building

    Old Chambers building before the fire
  • Old Chambers building after the fire

    Old Chambers building after the fire

    Old Chambers building after the fire

  • Old Chambers Building, Davidson College, Davidson, N. C.

    View taken from north - trees bare.
  • Remains of Old Chambers after the fire

    Old Chambers Remains

    Remains of Old Chambers after the fire
  • Originally constructed in 1885 was razed in 1950 to make way for the present building

    Old Davidson College Presbyterian Church

    Originally constructed in 1885 was razed in 1950 to make way for the present building

  • Old Gethsemane interior

    Members of Gethsemane Baptist Church stand in the sanctuary of the original church on Eden Street in Davidson, NC.

  • Old Well, Davidson College, Established 1837

    Cards showing campus scenes.

  • Omar ibn Sayyid Bible Pre-Conservation

    Photograph taken of Omar ibn Sayyid's Arabic Bible pre-conservation in 2012.
  • Students participating in the annual Orientation Service Walk

    Orientation Service Walk

    Students participating in the annual Orientation Service Walk
  • Osborne, Kenneth

    Osborne, Kenneth

  • Ostwalt

    Newsclipping with a photograph of Adeline Ostwalt, a teacher at Ada Jenkins, looking at student artwork.
  • Otey, Rev. Rush

    Otey, Rev. Rush

  • The 1908 yearbook included a page for that year’s artists, playfully showing the work of “G.H. Splash," poking fun at other College cartoonist.

    Our Artists

    The 1908 yearbook included a page for that year’s artists, playfully showing the work of “G.H. Splash," poking fun at other College cartoonist.
  • Ovens College Union

    Ovens College Union

    Built 1916-1917 as Alumni Gymnasium. Remodeled as Ovens Student Union in 1952 included a cafeteria in the basement where students could eat, and expanded in 1963 when a large dining wing was added, easing some of the congestion. The college demolished the Ovens College Union in 1972 in order to build E.H. Little Library, and two unused Patterson Court houses that stood next to the current Vail Commons were converted into dining facilities. Demolished in 1972 to make way for E.H. Little Library.
  • The Ovens Union after remodeling

    Ovens Union

    Dates: Built 1916-1917 as Alumni Gymnasium. Remodeled as Ovens Student Union in 1952 and expanded in 1963. Demolished in 1972 to make way for E.H. Little Library.

  • Panoramic View, Elizabeth College, Charlotte, N. C.

    Panoramic view of Elizabeth College, Charlotte, N.C., About 1909 [typed on front]. Sent without message to Marion A. Boggs (Class of 1915), at Davidson. After graduation, Boggs went on to Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA, which he graduated from in 1919.
  • Patterson Court House

    Patterson Court

    With construction of Patterson Court in 1958, the administration thought it had solved the dining problem at Davidson. The new fraternity houses allowed the organizations to hire housemothers who served as dieticians and meal planners, allowing the college administration to remove itself from the responsibility of providing meals to a large majority of students. The First 12 houses were constructed in 1958. Some buildings moved in 1981.
  • Patterson Court

    Patterson Court

    First 12 houses constructed in 1958. Some buildings moved in 1981. Turner House constructed 1999.
  • Patterson, Edgar '44

    Patterson, Edgar '44

  • Dr. Joseph Moore McConnell

    Phi Beta Kappa

    The Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established at Davidson College in 1923. The chapter was an outgrowth of the Mimir Society, a local society for the recognition of attainment in scholarship which had been organized May 24, 1915, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Moore McConnell, Professor of History. Soon after the founding of the Mimir Society the members, under the leadership of Dr. William Joseph Martin, the President of the College, and Dr. McConnell, began seeking the establishment of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Davidson.
  • The brothers of Phi Delta Theta dressed in various types of coats, vests and ties. John W. Kuykendall kneels in the middle with a tennis racquet in hand.

    Phi Delta Theta

    The North Carolina Gamma chapter of Phi Delta Theta was founded at Davidson College in December 1928, replacing the local Delta Theta Chi fraternity.

  • Philanthropic and Eumenean Halls, Davidson College, Established 1837

    Cards showing campus scenes.
  • Philanthropic Hall

    Philanthropic Hall

    Philanthropic Hall is one of the primary landmarks of the Davidson College campus

  • Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College, Davidson, N. C.

    Post cards printed in September, 1946, with historical data supplied by Dr. Chalmers G. Davidson. From photographs belonging to the Public Relations Department, most taken several years earlier. Examples of cards printed in 1946 for sale at the college pharmacy (better known at "Hugo's") in Davidson.