DAVIDSON HISTORY
Home-Grown Entertainment
DAVIDSON HISTORY 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 the character of such amusements....
FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Early Female Employees at Davidson College
DAVIDSON HISTORY 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 Brown, who was hired in 1857 to oversee the college's dining hall and guest house. Forty...
Rosenwald Schools: Special Davidson History Column for Black History Month
DAVIDSON HISTORY (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 the early 20th century, education for African Americans in the south was chronically...
Davidson: The Bicycle Town
DAVIDSON HISTORY 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 "bicycle," or human-powered conveyance with two...
The Fighting Parson
DAVIDSON HISTORY 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 college Lacy "stood prominent in athletics,...
