by Nancy Griffith | Apr 19, 2021 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Home-Grown Entertainment During the late 19th century, Davidson was still fairly isolated, and in the absence of movies and other entertainments, residents readily provided their own. A perusal of The Davidson Monthly from the era reveals...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 31, 2021 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Early Female Employees at Davidson College Even though Davidson College was founded as an all-male school, there were a few female employees at the college in the 19th century. The first of these was Ann...
by Nancy Griffith | Feb 18, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Rosenwald Schools: Special Davidson History Column for Black History Month (Thanks to our Davidson History Columnist, Nancy Griffith, News of Davidson is proud to publish this important piece of history to honor Black History Month.) In...
by Nancy Griffith | Feb 10, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Davidson: The Bicycle Town Since Davidson is known as such a bicycle town, I thought it would be interesting to look into the history of bicycles and when they first appeared in great numbers here in town. The first attempt at a...
by Nancy Griffith | Jan 26, 2021 | Davidson History, Top Left Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY The Fighting Parson Benjamin Rice Lacy, Jr., grandson of Davidson president Drury Lacy and a 1906 Davidson graduate, was nicknamed “The Fighting Parson” after his actions in World War I. According to the Davidsonian, while in...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 19, 2020 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY “Dandy Jim” Douglass One of the most colorful members of Davidson College’s class of 1893 was James McDowell Douglass. “Dandy Jim,” as he was called, was born in Fairfield County, South Carolina in 1867. His...
