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Wells, Joseph William, 1881-1974, Et Al. (Sc 2719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Wells, Joseph William, 1881-1974, Et Al. (Sc 2719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2719. Script for a pageant titled “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” presented at the Burkesville, Kentucky Sesqui-centennial celebration held on 13-20 August 1960. The play highlights the history of Burkesville and surrounding communities.


Williams Family Papers, 1923-1929 (Sc 2715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Williams Family Papers, 1923-1929 (Sc 2715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2715. Correspondence between James Barbour Williams, Michigan, with his parents, Margaret P.B. Williams and James H. Williams, Hartford, Kentucky. Letters discuss family matters and social activities in Hartford, as well as a mention of involvement with the Ku Klux Klan.


Watkins, James F., 1895-1982 (Sc 2717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Watkins, James F., 1895-1982 (Sc 2717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2717. A short letter written by James F. Watkins, to his unnamed parents while stationed at Camp St. Sulpice in France during World War I. Letter discusses family matters, the countryside and towns near St. Sulpice, military life and the duties of the military police.


Martin, Grace Lee 1883-1968 (Sc 2718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Martin, Grace Lee 1883-1968 (Sc 2718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2718. Paper titled “Brief History of David’s Fork Baptist Church,” dated 1876, and transcribed by Grace Lee Martin, historian of the Bryan Station Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Lexington, Kentucky.


The Final Countdown: On The Historiography Of The Usage Of Language In 1000 A.D., Steven F. Wonser Western Oregon University

The Final Countdown: On The Historiography Of The Usage Of Language In 1000 A.D., Steven F. Wonser

History Department

A historiographical analysis on the language used in apocalyptical writings, focusing primarily on the works of Rudolfus Glaber, Wulfstan of York, and Ademar of Chabannes.


Neoliberalism And The Mapuche, Chandler E. Miranda Western Oregon University

Neoliberalism And The Mapuche, Chandler E. Miranda

History Department

The Mapuche Indians are the largest indigenous group in Chile and they account for nearly ten percent of the country’s total population. The Mapuche have struggled with land usurpations since the end of the nineteenth century. The most difficult of these struggles came from neoliberal economic policies of the Military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). Laws such as Decree Law 2568 that dissolved Mapuche communal land and divided it up into individually held land titles. With the return of democracy in 1990 the Mapuche had hope that Pinochet era policies would disappear. This hope was realized in 1993 when ...


The Nuremberg Trial: Robert H. Jackson And American National Autonomy, Josiah Liedkie Western Oregon University

The Nuremberg Trial: Robert H. Jackson And American National Autonomy, Josiah Liedkie

History Department

The London Charter was drafted August 8, 1945 and instated The International Military Tribunal to convict representative leaders of the Nazi regime for various crimes committed during World War II. Although the trial is generally seen as a step forward in international relations, it actually serves as an example of U.S. reservations to subject itself to international scrutiny. This essay focuses on the development of the London Charter with an emphasis on Robert H. Jackson and the key role that he played in both the drafting of the charter, as well as throughout the trials.


“Rural America Is ‘On The Front’”: Rural Civil Defense In The Midwest And Northwest During The Cold War, Kate Claussen Western Oregon University

“Rural America Is ‘On The Front’”: Rural Civil Defense In The Midwest And Northwest During The Cold War, Kate Claussen

History Department

Facing the constant threat of an atomic attack from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the United States established civil defense policies of fallout shelters and evacuation from target centers, to protect Americans in the event of an attack. Both of these policies benefited urban and industrial Americans, where public shelters were common and evacuation routes could move the population out of a city. For rural Americans, however, these polices demanded that they took a more active approach to civil defense. Rural landscapes were often designated as gathering centers for urban evacuees, and farmers were expected to provide their ...


Nature's Use: Language And Its Use In The Writings Of John Muir And Gifford Pinchot, Matthew E. Whitbeck Western Oregon University

Nature's Use: Language And Its Use In The Writings Of John Muir And Gifford Pinchot, Matthew E. Whitbeck

History Department

This paper looks at the roles that language had in the writings of John Muir, the father of American national parks and Gifford Pinchot, the father of American forest conservation. By looking at their views and uses of language we can gain a better understanding of the environmental movement both during their lifetimes and as it stands today.


Technology And Adaptation In Logging, Jeremy D. Rosenblad Western Oregon University

Technology And Adaptation In Logging, Jeremy D. Rosenblad

History Department

Between 1880 and 1917 there was a dramatic shift in technology with the coming of mechanization. This dramatic process, which started just after the end of the American Civil War, in a Period of Transition (1870-1880) would continue to gain speed with the Period of Rapid Advances (1880-1900) in technology all the way to the start of the First World War with the Rapid Proliferation of Technology (1900-1917) into everyday life. As a result of these shifts loggers, mill owners and their respective associations that represented them and the logging industry as a whole, in the Pacific Northwest, were increasingly ...


Nazi Propaganda: The Theme Of Work And Workers In The Pre-Power And Post-Power Years, Stephen H. Kingsborough Western Oregon University

Nazi Propaganda: The Theme Of Work And Workers In The Pre-Power And Post-Power Years, Stephen H. Kingsborough

History Department

The Nazi Party in Germany used propaganda in order to secure support both locally and internationally. This paper focuses on their posters and the theme of work and workers in these posters. Comparing the time periods before the seizure of power in 1933 and after the seizure of power, but before the beginning of the war in 1939.


Queenship: A Study Of What It Was To Be A Queen In Europe During The 11th-16th Centuries, Alyssa Penn Western Oregon University

Queenship: A Study Of What It Was To Be A Queen In Europe During The 11th-16th Centuries, Alyssa Penn

History Department

This paper examines the role of queenship in the medieval and Early Modern era, and attempts to prove that women could rule without the aid of a man.


The Scholars' Initiative, Charles Ingrao Purdue University

The Scholars' Initiative, Charles Ingrao

Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI) Policy Briefs

The Scholars’ Initiative addresses the need to break the cycle of nationalist discourse that perpetuates divisions between ethnic groups by (1) creating a common narrative that discredits proprietary myths, while validating “inconvenient facts” that must be acknowledged before mutual recognition and reconciliation can begin, and (2) enlisting regional media and political leaders to acknowledge (and hopefully) endorse) the existence of a common account co-authored by their own scholars.


The Importance Of Patronage During The Premature Reformation: Comparison Of John Wyclif And Jan Hus, James E. O'Neil Western Oregon University

The Importance Of Patronage During The Premature Reformation: Comparison Of John Wyclif And Jan Hus, James E. O'Neil

History Department

John Wyclif and Jan Hus were two medieval theologians who concerned the majority of their work attempting to improve the Christian religion. They were labeled as heretics by the Catholic Church. Different levels of patronage played an important role regarding in the success/ failure of Wyclif and Hus. Wyclif did not die as a heretic and was only officially labeled as such after the condemnation of Hus at the Council of Constance. Hus on the other hand suffered because his lack of patronage and was burned at the stake as a heretic.


I Cannot Tell Your Lie: Alternate And Dominant Narratives Of Slavery At Mount Vernon, Virginia, Chelsea Elise Hansen Macalester College

I Cannot Tell Your Lie: Alternate And Dominant Narratives Of Slavery At Mount Vernon, Virginia, Chelsea Elise Hansen

Honors Projects

This project explores divergent narratives of slavery at the Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia. Employees construct the dominant history from “hard” evidence. However, descendants of people enslaved at Mount Vernon tell alternate oral narratives that complicate the dominant story. First, I recount seven descendant ancestry narratives. Next, I analyze the West Ford debate, when Ford descendants and staff contested an enslaved Ford ancestor’s paternity. Lastly, I deconstruct the politics over building a monument in the slave burial ground. The common thread is that Mount Vernon embodies a struggle between an institution and descendants over how to remember a fragmented ...


Estok Simon C. Curriculum Vitae, Simon C. Estok Purdue University

Estok Simon C. Curriculum Vitae, Simon C. Estok

CLCWeb Library

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Printing Trends In Board & Card Games, Jessica Lee Riddell California Polytechnic State University

Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2725. Paper titled “Division of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky,” in which Bennett Henderson Young describes how the church split during the turbulent 1860s.


Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2726. Compiled list titled “List of Owners of Kentucky Silver” by Lockwood Barr. Compiler lists name of silversmith at top of page and owners of pieces in the 1950s on the left margin as well as the pieces they owned, i.e. spoon, ladle, etc.


Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 2727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University

Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 2727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2727. Paper titled "The Barren" by Simon Dewitt Settle, a cultural analysis of the flat, relatively treeless land in south central Kentucky.