Collection Title: Records, 1930-1941
Record Group Number: 2-1.12
Volume: 5 boxes (141 folders) + Oversize
Restrictions No restrictions
Biographical Note: Walter Lee Lingle, 1868-1956, was graduated from Davidson College in 1892. He then attended Union Theological Seminary, graduating in 1896. He taught Hebrew and Greek at the Seminary for two years before accepting a call as a minister. Lingle served three churches before returning to Union as as professor. In 1902 he was elected to the Davidson College Board of Trustees. He served as president of the Board from 1906-1929. He remained active in the Presbyterian church, serving as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1920. From 1924 to 1929 he was also president of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Training School in Richmond, Virginia. In 1929, he became president of Davidson College, succeeding William J. Martin. He served as president until 1941. During his tenure as president, he oversaw the improvement of the college's physical plant including the building of Duke Dormitory, the college infirmary, a new library, new roads, and athletic fields.
Scope Note: The collection consists primarily of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, dealing with the administration of Davidson College and its relationship the Presbyterian Church of the US. The collection also includes copies of reports from committees and departments. Specific topics relating to the college in the files include the athletic program, the Alumni Association, the Duke Endowment, changes in curriculum, chapel programs, student health services, architects and buildings, the colleges Centennial celebration, dancing, the library, the National Youth Administration, radio programs produced by the college, the YMCA, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, and Rhodes Scholarships. There are reports and letters concerning the Registrar, the Economics Department, the Music Department, practice teaching, and the pre-medical program as well as correspondence with individual faculty. Faculty represented in the files include A.V. Goldiere, W. G. McGavock, Thomas Logan, Chalmers Davidson,J.T. McGeachy, James Pfohl, and Lewis Schenck. There are also files relating to Davidson High School, the Presbyterian Orphan's Home in Barium Springs, NC, the Liberal Arts Movement, and the General Education Board of the Presbyterian Church.
Subjects:
1. President's Office
2. Faculty
3. Curriculum
4. YMCA
5. Music Department
6. Economics Department
7. Presbyterian Church in the U S
8. Students
Folders:
1. A
2. Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
3. Alumni (Miscellaneous)
4. Alumni Association
5. Alumni Council
6. Alumni Office
7. Arbuckle, Howard B. Sr.
8. Athletics
9. Athletics - Southern Conference
10. B
11. Brown, C. K.
12. Brown, Dr. Elmer E.
13. Buildings
14. C
15. Carnegie Corporation of New York
16. Cartledge, G. Howard
17. Centennial
18. Centennial Building Program
19. Chambers Building (New Chambers) 1924-1929
20. Civil Aeronautics
21. Curriculum
Box 2
22. D
23. Dancing
24. Davidson, Chalmers G.
25. Davidson, James E.
26. Davidson College
27. Do
28. Duke Endowment
29. Duke Dormitory
30. E
31. Education Committee
32. En
33. Extension Courses
34. F
35. Faculty (By-Laws, Letters, Reports, Ect.)
36. Foreman, K. J. (1) [controversy with Mecklenburg Presbytery]
37. Foreman, K. J. (2)
38. Founder's Day
39. Fraternities
40. Freshmen Orientation and Registration
41. Fulcher, H. E.
42. G
43. General Education Board (see also Martin's (W. J.) and Cunningham's files)
44. Goldiere, A. V.
45. Grey, James Parks
46. Gymnasium
47. H
48. Hamilton, E. H. - O'Davidson & Scott Kenneth
49. Hibbs, Henry C.
50. I
51. International Relations Club
Box 3
52. J
53. Johnston, Frontis W.
54. K
55. Kimbrough, John T.
56. L
57. Lacy, Ben R. Jr.
58. Liberal Arts College Movement
59. Library
60. Library Reports
61. Lingle, Walter Lee, Pres.
62. Lingle, Walter Lee, Pres. - Inauguration
63. Lingle, Pres. W. L. (Miscellaneous letters)
64. Liston, R. T. L.
65. Logan, Thomas S.
66. M
67. McConnell, J. Moore
68. McConnell, J. Wilson
69. McGavock, W. G.
70. McGeachy, J. A.
71. Martin, Boyce F.
72. Mebane, William Nelson, Jr.
73. Medical Service for College and Community
74. Medical Students, 1928-1939
75. Ministers' Annuity Fund
76. Moss, Nicholas A.
77. Music, Dept. of
78. N
79. National Youth Administration
80. O
81. Otts, O. M. Jr.
82. Otts Lectures
83. Pa
84. Patterson, Paul M.
85. Pe
86. Pfohl, James Christian
Box 4
87. Phi Beta Kappa
88. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
89. Physical Education and Athletics
90. Portraits: Duke Portraits
91. Portraits (General)
92. Portraits (Individual)
93. Pr
94. Practice Teaching
95. Premedical Department
96. Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Presbyteries
97. Presbyterian Church in the U. S. - Christian Education & Ministerial Relief
98. Professorships, Endowed
99. Publications, Student
100. Q
101. Radio Programs
102. Re
103. Registrar's Report to the President, Oct. 1927 - May 1932
104. Registrar's Report to the President, Oct. 1932 - May 1935
105. Registrar's Report to the President, Oct. 1935 - Oct. 1940
106. Reid, James W., Jr.
107. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
108. Rhodes Scholarships (Candidates for) (A - L)
109. Rhodes Scholarships (Candidates for) (M - Z)
110. Ri
111. Richards, C. M.
112. Richards, J. McDowell
113. Richards, J. McDowell. Pres. of Board of Trustees
114. Richardson, H. S.
115. Ro
Box 5
116. S
117. Schenck, Lewis B.
118. Selective Service
119. Sentelle, M. e.
120. Sh
121. Shaw, Miss Cornelia
122. Shepard, Norman W.
123. Spencer, Samuel R.
124. Stationary (Letterheads of Local Businesses and Organizations)
125. Student Guidance Report, 1938
126. Student Health Center
127. Student Loan Statistics, 1911-1929
128. Sweets, H. H.
129. T
130. Treasurer's Office
131. Trustees
132. W
133. Wachter, Carl
134. Watts, George B.
135. Whittle, A. Heath
136. Wilcox, D. R.
137. Williams, John Payne
138. Williams, S. Clay
139. Wilson, Louis Round
140. Wilson, Woodrow
141. Women at Davidson
142. Wood, Robert
143. Wood, W. W.
144. YMCA
OVERSIZE
145. 300th Anniversery of Harvard University celebration invitation