John Davis papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a Whitman College 1994 Governing Board handbook, general correspondence (1974-2001), correspondence with Robert Skotheim (1975-2001), correspondence with Donald Sherwood (1977-1988), correspondence with George Ball (1980, 2001), correspondence with Thomas Cronin (1993-1999), documents regarding the John M. Davis Scholarship (1984-2000), documents about and copies of John Davis's 1981 Whitman College Convocation speech, Whitman College budget material (1992), the endowment utilization policy for the John M. Davis Scholarship (1992-1997), documents regarding the Maxwell Retreat (1992), and documents regarding the Cushing Eells headstone (1984-1994).
Dates
- Creation: 1974-2001
Creator
- Davis, John (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Documents, dating from 1974-2001, related to Whitman College Trustee Emeritus and former Board of Trustees Chairman John Davis.
Subject
- Davis, John (Person)
- Skotheim, Robert Allen (Person)
- Sherwood, Donald (Person)
- Ball, George (Person)
- Cronin, Thomas E. (Person)
- Whitman College (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the John Davis papers
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository