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Guide to the Augustus Cleveland Davidson papers,
2000_02 Guide to the Augustus Cleveland Davidson papers, 1865-1936 (bulk 1925-36) Processed by: John LeDoux; machine-readable finding aid created by:Robert Glass Special Collections Special Collections and Archives Ensor Learning Resource Center Georgetown College 400 East College Street Georgetown, Kentucky 40324 USA Phone: 502-863-8392 Fax: 502-868-7740 Email: Glen_Taul@georgetowncollege.edu URL: http://www.georgetowncollege.edu Copyright 2000 Georgetown CollegeLibraries. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from HTMLDate of source: 1983 Description is in English. Guide to the Augustus Cleveland Davidson papers, 1865-1936 (bulk 1925-36) gtseal Contact Information Special Collections and Archives Ensor Learning Resource Center Georgetown College 400 East College Street Georgetown, Kentucky 40324 USA Phone: 502-863-8392 Fax: 502-868-7740 Email: Glen_Taul@georgetowncollege.edu URL: http://www.georgetowncollege.edu Processed by: Glen Taul and Ora Lunceford Date Completed: 1983 Encoded by: Thomas Enneking Copyright 2000 Georgetown College. All Rights Reserved. Augustus Cleveland Davidson papers, 1865-1936 (bulk 1925-36) 2000.02 Davidson, Augustus Cleveland, 1846-1938 1.5 linear feet No online items. Must visit contributing institution. Georgetown College Special Collections Georgetown, Kentucky 40324 USA Open to researchers Copyright has been assigned to Georgetown College. [Identification of item], Augustus Cleveland Davidson papers, 1865-1936 (bulk 1925-36), 2000.02,Special Collections, Georgetown College, Georgetown. After Davidson's death, the papers were passed through the Seale family until his great-granddaughter, Lucy Seale Gallman deposited them with Samford University, where they were kept until transferred here by her. Davidson, Augustus Cleveland, 1846-1938 Papers are arranged into three series; Speeches and Unrelated Items, Diaries, and Notebooks Davidson was born to Samuel M. and America A. Davidson in Franklin Co., Missouri, on December 3, 1846. He earned B.A., M.A. degrees from Georgetown College in 1871, 1874 respectively, and received honorary D.D. and LL.D degrees in 1886, 1904, and 1920 from Howard College and his Alma Mater. On November 17, 1874, he married Elizabeth Stevenson Keene in Georgetown, Kentucky. They had four children: Mattie C. (Mrs. T.F. Seale), Allan Keene, Marion Tabb, and Harry Frazer. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1871, and pastored churches in Eminence, Ky. (1871-76), Bloomington, Indiana (1876-79), Aurora, Indiana (1879-84), Marion, Alabama (1884-87), and First Baptist Church, Covington, Kentucky, (1887-93). He served as president of Georgetown College, 1893-98, and then served pastorates at South Side Church, Birmingham, Ala. (1898-1906), Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1906-08), First Baptist Church, Covington, Kentucky (1908-12), Livingston, Alabama (1912); then became pastor emeritus and 5th Sunday pastor. He was dean of the Alabama Baptist Preaching School. He died March 31, 1938. During Davidson's tenure as president, Georgetown College underwent the largest building program of its history, which included the first women's dormitory (Rucker Hall) and a building that housed the library, chapel, literary society, and gymnasium. The college also entered the arena of intercollegiate athletics by fielding a football team, and in 1893, women began attending with the men. SOURCE: "Who Was Who in America: Vol. 1, 1897-1942," (Chicago: Marquis-Who's Who, 1968), p. 297. Container List I: Speeches and Unrelated Items Box 1 A notebook with the birth dates of Davidson's family and friends, a register of the sermons and churches where Davidson preached between 1865-75, a post card from the Southern Baptist Convention in 1926, notes for a speech or sermon, a souvenier program for the Centennial Celebration of Georgetown College, commencement program for Georgetown College in 1929, texts of two speeches delivered to the graduating classes at Central University in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1901 and 1913. 1 1 Mischellaneous, 1865-75 1 2 Speechest, 1901, 1913 II: Diaries Box 1 - 3 Daybooks and Diaries covering the years 1903, 1925-1936. These accounts of Davidson's daily life covers most of the period that he was retired from the ministry. 1 3 Year Book [Hand-written]. 1903 [view diary] 1 4 Year Book [Hand-written]. 1925 [view diary] 1 5 Daybook [Hand-written]. August 1926 [view diary] 1 6 Year Book [Hand-written]. 1926 [view diary] 1 7 Year Book [Hand-written]. 1927 [view diary] 1 8 Year Book [Hand-written]. 1928 [view diary] 2 9 National Diary [Hand-written]. 1929 [view diary] 2 10 Standard Diary [Hand-written]. 1930 [view diary] 2 11 Five-Year Diary [Hand-written]. 1931 [view diary] 2 12 Diary [Hand-written]. 1931 [view diary] 2 13 Daily Reminder [Hand-written]. 1932 [view diary] 3 14 Diary [Hand-written]. 1933 [view diary] 3 15 Physicians' daily visiting list and record [Hand-written]. 1934 [view diary] 3 16 Diary and daily reminder [Hand-written]. 1935 [view diary] 3 17 Five-Year Diary [Hand-written]. 1936 [view diary] III: Notebooks Box 3 A notebook entitled by Davidson: "Notes, Incidents, Illustrations" My Daily Mediation by John Henry Jewett (1914). In the notebook, Davidson and others noted thoughts while reading books, interesting things, and other things. In the mediation book, Davidson, during 1923, 1924, noted weather conditions and daily activities. 3 18 Notes, Incidents, Illustrations 3 19 Daily Meditation Book, 1923-25