Chalmers Gaston Davidson

Background

Davidson, Chalmers Gaston was born on June 6, 1907 in Chester, South Carolina. Son of Zeb V. and Kate (Gaston) Davidson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College, 1928; A.M., Harvard University, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1942; A.M., University of Chicago, 1936.

Career

Instructor, Chamberlain Hunt Military Academy, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1928-1929; Instructor, Blue Ridge School for Boys, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 1933-1934; Instructor, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina., 1934-1935; professor of history, Davidson College, 1936-1976; director library, Davidson College, 1936-1975. Reynolda House lecturer, North Carolina, 1967-1968.

Achievements

• Chalmers Gaston Davidson has been listed as a notable Historian, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Last Foray: South Carolina Planters of 1860, a Sociological Study

    (Book by Davidson, Chalmers Gaston)

  • Piedmont Partisan - the Life and Times of Major General William Lee Davidson
  • The last foray : the South Carolina planters of 1860: a sociological study.
  • Piedmont Partisan: The Life And Times Of Brigadier General William Lee Davidson
  • Cloud over Catawba
  • The Plantation World Around Davidson: The Story of North Mecklenburg Before the War.

Membership

Chairman parents' advisory council Converse College, 1968-1969. Member Carolina Charter Tercentenary Comm., since 1963. Trustee Hezekiah Alexander Foundation, 1969-1973.

President Latta Place, Inc., 1972-1973. Member Charlotte-Mecklenburg History Properties Commission, 1974-1977, North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, 1976-1979, 85-90. Board directors Edward Crosland Stuart Scholarship Program, 1976-1990, North Carolina Museum History Associations, 1985-1988.

Armed guard commander Pacific area United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member North Carolina Literature and History Association (president 1961-1962), History Society North Carolina (president 1966-1967), Mecklenburg History Association (president 1956-1957), North Carolina Writers Conference (chairman 1960-1961), Society Cincinnati, Huguenot Society American, St. Andrew Society Carolina, Charlotte Country Club, Blowing Rock Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi (district chief 1952-1957).

Connections

Married Alice G. Gage, March 20, 1937. Children: Robert Gage, Alice Graham (Mistress Wm. H. Sims, III), Mary Gage (Mistress T.A. Pennington).

Father:

Zeb V. Davidson

Mother:

Kate (Gaston) Davidson

Spouse:

Alice G. Gage

child:

Mary Gage Davidson (Mistress T.A. Pennington)

child:

Alice Graham (Mistress Wm. H. Sims Davidson

child:

III) Davidson

child:

Robert Gage Davidson