Research Guides: Ada Jenkins School and African-American Education: Manuscript Collections

Manuscript Collections

Mr. L. E. Poe, high school principal of the Davidson Colored School.

Manuscript materials are largely unpublished documents such as diaries, letters, speeches and sermons. The collections may be about an individual, a family, or a group. The majority of our collections relate to students and alumni of Davidson College and to civic organizations in the town of Davidson, North Carolina.

Listed below is a relevant collection related to schools in Davidson and the surrounding area, along with a brief description of the collection's contents and a link to the collection's digital finding aid.

Davidson, NC Schools, Papers (DC0219s)
The collection contains various historical records from both private and public schools in Davidson. Many of the materials here are from historically white educational institutions. However, there are a few records from the Ada Jenkins School (the school for Black children prior to desegregation), including annual reports and photographs.