Collection [archives], 1901-1991.

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Collection [archives], 1901-1991.

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Biographical information includes obituaries, an autobiography, and family information. Correspondence is with the Presbyterian General Assembly Training School; Presbyterian churches, Union Theological Seminary, Lexington Presbyterian church, Stillman College, Davidson College, and his family. Speeches are from Davidson College; and sermons and speeches on Biblical studies. Literary material includes manuscripts on the Assembly Training School, Davidson College, and Union Theological Seminary; plus manuscripts on Bible studies, Presbyterianism, religious education, and the Church. There are also many published manuscripts. Notebooks are on the Presbyterian Church and the Bible. In addition to the biographical information, there is a copy of an unpublished biography by Mr. LeGette Blythe. There are some photographs. Printed material discusses the Assembly Training School, the Auburn Affirmation, his tenure as president of Davidson College, Stillman College, and Union Theological Seminary. Oversize folder contains diplomas of Dr. Lingle. Organized into the following series: Biographical material; Correspondence; Speeches (including sermons); Literary material (published and unpublished); Notebooks; Biography by LeGette Blythe; Photographs; Printed material; and Oversize.

46 folders (4 boxes) plus oversize.

Davidson College, Davidson College Library

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Davidson College, Davidson College Library

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Auburn Affirmation.

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Davidson College

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Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

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Stillman College has its beginnings in 1874 when a group of Presbyterians from Tuscaloosa, Ala., headed by the Rev. Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, presented an overture to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States asking the church to establish a training school for Negro ministers; Tuscaloosa Institute was chartered as a legal corporation by the State of Alabama in 1895; changed name to Stillman Institute in 1893; in 1948 the name was changed to Stillman College; graduat...

Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

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Lingle, Walter L. (Walter Lee), 1868-1956

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Walter Lingle was the 11th president of Davidson College. A member of the Davidson class of 1892, he also attended Union Theological Seminary, graduating in 1896. He taught Hebrew and Greek at the seminary for two years before beginning a career in the ministry. Lingle served as pastor in Dalton, Ga.; Rock Hill, S.C.; and Atlanta, Ga. In 1913 he became a professor at Union Theological Seminary. From 1918 to 1921 he was president of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Training School. He resigned...

Assembly Training School (Richmond, Va.)

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Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993

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In 1921, William LeGette Blythe, native of Huntersville, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he had been a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. After graduation, Blythe became a reporter at the Charlotte News and later joined the staff of the Charlotte Observer . He authored several Biblical novels, biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic dramas based on Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe ...