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Bawds, Babes, And Breeches: Regendering Theater After The English Restoration, Laura Larson

History Theses

Restoration England (1660~1720) was a raucous time for theater-making. After an 18- year Puritanical ban on the theater, and with the restoration of the worldly Charles II to the throne, English theater underwent a pivotal rebirth. At this time, women were allowed to act on the public stage for the first time, an event carrying enormous implications for gender roles. This paper argues that actresses posed a threat to the patriarchal hierarchy that was in place at this time. Their unique position in professional theater and unusual access to a public voice not available to the rest of women ...

Rethinking And Relearning Modern Warfare: The Influence Of Geography And The Environment On The Process Of Fighting World War Ii In The Pacific, Peter K. Vleck

History Theses

Study of the geographic and environmental conditions which complicated fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II, as pursuant of a B.A. in History at the University of Puget Sound.

Issues considered include logistics, geography, geology, grand strategy, applied tactics, tropical diseases, psychological issues, science and technology.

Graduate School Of Nursing Papers, 1982 – 2009: A Finding Aid, Office Of Medical History And Archives, Lamar Soutter Library, University Of Massachusetts Medical School

Finding Aids

The Graduate School of Nursing Papers documents the establishment of the Graduate School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and chronicles its early history and development.

Review Of: Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives In Guatemala, David Carey

History Publications

No abstract provided.

Page, Evelyn, 1845-1928 (Sc 982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 982. Letters (2) to Evelyn Page of Bowling Green, Kentucky from her sons, 1905, 1913; letter regarding Foster Page’s religious conversion, n.d.; letter discussing rural life, n.d.; and invitation to an egg fair, 1895.

Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 983. World War I letter written from France by Cooper Ray Smith to his sister Mackie Bennett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing his trip to France, the end of World War I, and inquiring about events in Bowling Green.

Taylor, Lee Arnold, 1894-1919 (Sc 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 984. Business contract regarding a tombstone for Joel H. Gregory, 1913 (1), and papers, March 1919 (2) of Lee Arnold Taylor regarding a military leave.

Loving, John, 1770-1827 (Sc 985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 985. Letter written by John Loving, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother Samuel, Lovingston, Virginia, encouraging Samuel and relatives to emigrate to his region which he calls “the flower of the western country.” Loving also discusses the raising of cattle and the financial
gain therefrom. Also family data.

Ketcham, Jennie B. (Brown) (Sc 987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 987. Autograph album of Jennie B. (Brown) Ketcham, probably of New London, Ohio. There are also entries of friends and family from Bridgeport, Connecticut, and New York City.

Vail, Carmen, B. 1959? (Sc 986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 986. Project titled “Welcome to Woolco,” done by Carmen Vail for a Distributive Education class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Woolco was a retail store located in Bowling Green’s Greenwood Mall for a number of years.

Giesy, Henry H., D. 1864 (Sc 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 975. Civil War letters, 1862-1863 (3), written by Henry H. Giesy of Company F, 46^th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he discusses war activities especially battles at Shiloh, Tennessee and in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area during the Civil War. Giesy was a brigadier general for the Union. Also related research data.

Geeslin, Robert H. (Sc 974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 974. Report titled “Caves of the Warren County, Kentucky area,” submitted by Robert H. Geeslin to the Cave Research Foundation, 1965? Includes holographic maps.

Sutton Family (Sc 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 973. A page from the Logan County Sutton family Bible listing a few births and deaths.

Hardin, John A., B. 1948 (Sc 972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 972. Paper titled “African American Education in Kentucky: An Overview,” presented at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in observance of Black History Month by history professor John Hardin.

Kinney, Grover, 1885-1963 (Sc 976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 976. Letters to and receipts of Lewis County, Kentucky farmer, Grover Kinney.

Europe’S Little Tiger?: Reassessing Economic Transition In Slovakia Under The Mečiar Government 1993-1998, David A. Wemer '14

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

Vladimir Mečiar, the first Prime Minister of independent Slovakia, is often criticized for his suppression of free media, political repression, and the widespread corruption of his government from 1993-1998. Mečiar has also been attacked for his economic policies, which critics suggest slowed down privatization and left Slovakia in a huge debt crisis. A closer look at macroeconomic data, however, demonstrates an impressive economic record for Mečiar, who oversaw several years of strong GDP growth, and relatively low levels of unemployment and inflation. By slowing down the privatization process, retaining control of key industries, and maintaining the social safety net, Mečiar ...

“La Bretagne Aux Bretons?” : Cultural Revival And Redefinition Of Brittany In Post-1945 France, Gabriella L. Hornbeck '13

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

A sense of national identity in France is something that has been defined and redefined throughout the twentieth century. With a history that includes two world wars, the creation of the European Union, in addition the the notable action of decolonization on the part of France, particularly in Indo-China and Algeria, there have been evident increases in immigration into France in recent history. These actions have forced France, as a nation, to question what its identity really is, particularly in terms of its cultural identity. In addition to these immigrants who may arrive from former French colonies, however, there are ...

Escaping In The “Tender, Blue Haze Of Evening”: The Morro Castle And Cruising As A Form Of Leisure In 1930’S America, Josh W. Poorman '13

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

The paper demonstrates a microhistory approach to the development of cruising as a form of leisure in the early twentieth century of American history. Using the 1934 Morro Castle disaster and the subsequent attention the ship and its survivors received, this paper provides a window into an unexplored topic of American leisure. This paper is unique in its finding because the disaster provided numerous firsthand accounts of cruising in the 1930’s. The findings illustrate that this form of leisure was directly connected to larger events and trends of the time, including the Great Depression, Prohibition, and America’s Cuban ...

“To Think Of The Subject Unmans Me:” An Exploration Of Grief And Soldiering Through The Letters Of Henry Livermore Abbott, Rebekah N. Oakes '13

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

“‘To think of the subject unmans me:’ An Exploration of Grief and Soldiering Through the Letters of Henry Livermore Abbott,” explores the challenges to both the Victorian ideals of manliness and the culture of death presented by the American Civil War. The letters of Henry Abbott, a young officer serving with the 20^th Massachusetts, display the tension between his upper class New England world in which gentleman were to operate within an ideal of emotional control and sentimentality, and his new existence on the ground level of the Army of the Potomac. After the death of his brother, this ...

Navigating Boundaries: The Development Of Lewis, Clark And Pike In The Historic Consciousness, Andrew J. Ewing '13

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

This papers seeks to evaluate modern conceptions that have emerged regarding the Expeditions of Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike. Instead of being thought as separate enterprises, the article argues that these two expeditions should be jointly considered as outgrowths of an American expansionist ideology and that the expeditions are examples of this growing national interest in the West.