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Darkness In The City Of Light: The Great Roundup Of 1942 & France’S Role In The Shoah., Benjamin T.C. Mead

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

This thesis explores the incident of the Vel d'Hiv Roundup in Paris in July of 1942. It was the largest roundup of Jews in France during WWII, and remains a topic that is still very taboo, but due to books like "Sarah's Key" and rising interest, other nation's roles in the Holocaust are being explored. The author drawing upon three focuses of study-- majors in History, Religious & Theological Studies, and a French minor-- attempts to show how the Holocaust impacted a nation who's national motto is "Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood."

Payne, William R., 1781-1847 (Sc 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 486. Notes pertaining to Revolutionary War service of various members of the Payne family and settlements made by the government for their service.

An 1858 Patent Office Report: The Joy Of Being Wrong, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I love being wrong. I think every historian should love that feeling. Finding that one small piece of evidence that puts a crack in your perception of the past and makes you restructure your view of the flow of history is a joy.

I had one of those moments a few weeks ago at Adams County Historical Society, digging through the vertical files for random things. I go digging every week or so, simply immersing myself in the raw material of the past and seeing what floats to the surface. [excerpt]

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 415. This collection includes eight interviews with various people around the world that were associated with the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) during World War II. Interviews were conducted by Nancy Disher Baird.

Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 452. Order given by General James Patton Anderson of the Army of Tennessee for the reassignment of four dismounted cavalrymen to Water’s Battery. Two of the men were from the Confederate 9th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. It is noted that after the order was made out, all four men deserted.

An Analytical Study Of 'Sanskrit' And 'Panini' As Foundation Of Speech Communication In India And World, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

samskrtam or for short sanskrit or samskrtā vāk is an ancient sacred language of bharatavarsha that is the language of Hinduism and the Vedas and is the classical literary language of India. The name Sanskrit means "refined", "consecrated" and "sanctified". It has always been regarded as the 'high' language and used mainly for religious and scientific discourse. There are still hundreds of millions of people who use Sanskrit in their daily lives, but despite these numbers, its cultural worth is unsurpassed. The language name samskrtam is derived from the past participle saṃskṛtaḥ 'self-made, self-done' of the verb saṃ(s)kar- 'to make …

Wininger, Charles Richard (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 421. This collection contains War of 1812 correspondence between James and Prudence (Stockton) Hall, as well as World War II correspondence between Charles and Novella (Tillery) Wininger, all of Barren County, Kentucky. Some letters with other correspondents, as well as family photos and genealogical information about the Hall, Stockton, and Wininger families is included.

Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 439. Letter written by Civil War soldier, William Weber, Bardstown, Kentucky, to his brother, Martin Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. Weber describes time spent in Louisville and their march to Bardstown. Also envelope with Civil War imprint.

The Octofoil, July/August/September 2012, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

164th Infantry News: July 2012, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

July 2012 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 56 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

"Incinerating Agent Orange: Operations Pacer Ho, Pacer Ivy, And The Global Legacies Of The Chemical War, Edwin Martini

Edwin A. Martini

Most studies of Agent Orange to date focus either on the wartime use of herbicides or the long-term consequences of that use after the war was over. Lost in that narrative gap is the story of what happened to the 2.4 million gallons of Agent Orange still in possession of the U.S. military after its use had been banned in 1971. In addressing this surplus supply during Operations Pacer IVY and Pacer HO, the U.S. Air Force was forced to navigate a host of new challenges that had sprung up in the decade since the start of the war in …

Disillusionment In Afghanistan. A Five Country Study Into Plots By Soldier-Authors, Esmeralda Kleinreesink

Esmeralda Kleinreesink

Harris, M. A. (Sc 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 623. Letter, 2 January 1973, to Mr. Riley Handy, librarian, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from M. A. Harris, President of Negro History Association, New York City, relative to James Stone, a mulatto who escaped from Kentucky to Ohio and passed as a white man and later lost his life as a soldier in the Civil War. Also, photocopies of pension claim, 1863, and a letter, 1972.

Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.

Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 642. Letter to John M. Stockton, Postmaster, Maysville, Kentucky, from William Nelson, a hometown friend and a Union General with the Army of the Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee, in which Nelson directs Stockton to pay a debt for him and also comments on a possible battle with the Confederate army at Corinth, Mississippi.

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 628. Correspondence of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., of Munfordville, Kentucky, with Mary Leiper Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, while he was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in Alaska and Okinawa.

Ward, Williamson Dixon, 1841-1917 (Sc 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 627. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Williamson Dixon Ward of Deer Creek, Indiana, who was in the 8th Indiana Cavalry Regiment, Company D. The journal relates his experiences of camp life in Indiana and Kentucky, with the majority of his time being spent in Kentucky – 22 September 1861 to 7 February 1862 and described on pages 8-60.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2550. Holographic letter from Union soldier named “Hank” at Camp Wood, Hart County, Kentucky, written to his brother and sister. Discusses his living conditions and asks about people he knows. Includes a printed image of General George B. McClellan.

Davis, Samuel Thomas, 1838-1908 (Sc 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 626. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Samuel Thomas Davis of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was in the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The journal relates his experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama with the dates of his stay in Kentucky being 21 October 1861-28 February 1862 and 13 September 1862-23 October 1862 and described on pages 1-5 and 16-21.

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 624. Photocopy of letter written by Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her great-niece, Ellen Hartnett of St. Paul, Minnesota, in which she answers an inquiry about the Civil War and its relationship to the Helm and Blakey families who resided in Kentucky, and an explanatory note about the letter, 1973.