by Nancy Griffith | May 18, 2022 | Bottom Right Box, Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Dogs of Davidson Dogs have long been a feature of town and campus life in Davidson. Times were different in earlier years. Until the early 1980s, dogs were allowed to run free, in town and on the campus — no leashes, no dog parks, no...
by Bill DuBose | Apr 15, 2022 | Davidson History, Local, News, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Recollections of Davidson College, 1946-1950 (For this column the editors are happy to share some reminiscences by a guest columnist, Bill DuBose, Davidson class of 1950.) Freshman orientation marks the first vivid recollection I associate with...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 29, 2022 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS Miss Louise During this Women’s History Month, it is perhaps fitting to learn a bit about one of Davidson’s great female eccentrics. Louise Withers Sloan, fondly referred to as “Miss Louise,” was born in 1891 to local businessman and longtime...
by Nancy Griffith | Mar 8, 2022 | Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS A Forgotten Davidson Neighborhood Today we think of Davidson’s African American neighborhood as being on the West Side. Over a century ago, however, there was another Black neighborhood located north of Davidson on an unpaved road that is now US 115....
by Nancy Griffith | Feb 2, 2022 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS Black Baseball in Davidson 1946, Courtesy of the Davidson College ArchivesFirst row, left to right: Clarence Cornelius, equipment manager; Bud Forney, manager; Wilson Black, assistant manager; James Bernard Reid, coach; Jim Mundy, coach.Second row,...
by D.G. Martin | Dec 28, 2021 | Davidson History, Local, News, Sports, Top Middle Box
Search for: SPORTS A Davidson Basketball Team First Stunned Alabama 60 Years Ago Last week’s amazing win by the Davidson basketball team over nationally ranked Alabama brought back memories of the first time Davidson played Alabama in basketball. I thought...
