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Interview Of Margaret Mary Markmann, Ph.D., Margaret Mary Markmann Ph.D, Alexander P. Rowan 2015 La Salle University

Interview Of Margaret Mary Markmann, Ph.D., Margaret Mary Markmann Ph.D, Alexander P. Rowan

All Oral Histories

Dr. Markmann was born in 1948 at the Anderson Hospital in Center City, Philadelphia. She was the fourth of eleven children born into a household of her mother, her father and her grandparents. She grew up in Philadelphia and has lived in the area for her entire life only leaving once after she completed nursing school. During her childhood her extended family lived nearby, her grandmother lived down the street and her Aunt and Uncle lived in the opposite direction. Her father was the direct descendent of Irish immigrants who settled in South West Philadelphia and lived in Southwest Philadelphia …


Interview Of Diana Regan, M.A., Diana Regan M.A., Melissa Nichols 2015 La Salle University

Interview Of Diana Regan, M.A., Diana Regan M.A., Melissa Nichols

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Diana Regan was born in Philadelphia, on an undisclosed date, and grew up in Bryn Mawr, where she has spent her entire life with the exception of a brief time in the 1960s when she lived in New York City. Her father had his own business distributing home heating fuel oil, and her mother worked with him. She had one brother who is now deceased. Regan attended St. Thomas Aquinas elementary school in South Philadelphia, followed by high school at Mater Misericordiae Academy (now Merion Mercy Academy) in Merion, Pennsylvania. In pursuing her higher education, Regan first attended Immaculata College …


Interview Of Margaret "Peggy" Emme, Margaret Emme, Carlos M. Contente 2015 La Salle University

Interview Of Margaret "Peggy" Emme, Margaret Emme, Carlos M. Contente

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Margaret “Peggy” Walsh Emme was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1957 at Nazareth Hospital. Her parents are Marita A. Dunphy and Richard J. Walsh. They both owned business while Mrs. Emme was a child. Her mother owned a small boutique in the basement of her parents’ house (Mrs. Emme’s maternal grandparents) and her father owned a local tavern. Mrs. Emme would help out at both of these businesses. Mrs. Emme is the oldest of five children. Her four younger brothers are: Richard, Michael, Brian, and John. She attended Catholic school as a child, first attending St. Bernard’s Parochial School and …


Interview Of Ruth Jenkinson, Ruth Jenkinson, Kevin W. Lynch 2015 La Salle University

Interview Of Ruth Jenkinson, Ruth Jenkinson, Kevin W. Lynch

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Ruth Jenkinson was born in West Philadelphia, one of eight siblings, four boys and four girls. Her family moved to Roxborough in 1952, and she and her siblings were soon enrolled in Catholic Schools, the boys going to Roman and the girls attending Hallahan. After graduating High School in 1964, Mrs. Jenkinson worked briefly in electronics, building and testing circuit boards before marrying in 1968. She has two children. In 1981 she accepted a position as Cataloguing Library Technician at La Salle University. After working briefly as a Payroll Clerk in the Human Resources Department she became Secretary to the …


Interview Of Margaret Mccoey, M.S., Margaret M. McCoey, Matthew Riffe 2015 La Salle University

Interview Of Margaret Mccoey, M.S., Margaret M. Mccoey, Matthew Riffe

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Margaret “Peggy” McCoey is the Director of Graduate Programs in Computer Information Science, Information Technology, and Economic Crime Forensics at La Salle University. Born in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia in 1957, Peggy grew up in St. Martin of Tours parish attending their grade school before going to Little Flower High School. After graduation in 1975, Peggy entered La Salle University an undergraduate where she received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Peggy received a master’s degree from Villanova in 1984. Beginning in 1982, Peggy McCoey has taught at La Salle University in some capacity. Throughout the 1990’s, Peggy …


Mostly True: An Exploration Of My Family History, Jessica Urban 2015 University of Dayton

Mostly True: An Exploration Of My Family History, Jessica Urban

Honors Theses

Family histories are tricky things, especially when the people in the stories don't necessarily want to talk about their pasts. My family immigrated to the US in the early 1800's, many to escape the anti-Semitism that was rampant in their countries. Through a series of personal interviews, family stories passed down from generation to generation, and my own imagination to fill in the gaps, I have compiled a series of short stories about my family and their lives in America from their arrival here in the 1800's to the present day. Although each family has a different story to tell, …


A Resistance, Remembered? Remembrance, Commemoration And The Parallel System In Prishtina, Kosovo, Conner Gordon 2015 SIT Study Abroad

A Resistance, Remembered? Remembrance, Commemoration And The Parallel System In Prishtina, Kosovo, Conner Gordon

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Though the 1999 war that liberated Kosovo from Serbian control is over fifteen years in the past, memories of the 1990s still remain in a state of chaos. This paper approaches the development of these collective memories through interviews with Prishtina residents about the memories and legacy of Ibrahim Rugova’s parallel structures in the 1990s. Though they draw from similar narratives as memories of the Kosovo Liberation Army’s armed resistance, memories of the nonviolent resistance play a vastly different and largely underrepresented role in current Kosovar Albanian public discourse. Through competing deployments of resistance memories, disproportionate memorialization of Kosovo’s violent …


Once Upon A Time To Happily Ever After: Enduring Themes And Life Lessons Of Fairy Tales In “Snow White” And “Beauty And The Beast”, Alexandra J. Deluse 2015 Trinity College

Once Upon A Time To Happily Ever After: Enduring Themes And Life Lessons Of Fairy Tales In “Snow White” And “Beauty And The Beast”, Alexandra J. Deluse

Senior Theses and Projects

An investigation of fairy tales through case studies of two versions of “Snow White”, one by the Brothers Grimm and one by The Merseyside Fairy Story Collective, and three versions of “Beauty and the Beast", one by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s two by Angela Carter: “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” and “The Tiger’s Bride”.


Interview With Vivian Moore Carroll - Oh 245, Vivian Moore Carroll 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Vivian Moore Carroll - Oh 245, Vivian Moore Carroll

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In her March 31, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters, Vivian Carroll recalls her time at Winthrop as a day student in the early 1970s and serving on the Alumni Board. Carroll shares her opinions on DiGiorgio’s administration and how Winthrop has changed since the 1970s. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Bonnie Lee Ashby, Bonnie Lee Ashby, Kelsey Duinkerken 2015 Thomas Jefferson University

Bonnie Lee Ashby, Bonnie Lee Ashby, Kelsey Duinkerken

First Women at Jefferson Oral Histories

Dr. Ashby completed her undergraduate studies at Wilson College before attending Jefferson Medical College, where she graduated in 1968. She did both her internship and residency at Bryn Mawr Hospital before accepting an infectious disease fellowship at Lankenau Hospital. Dr. Ashby is still in practice today as a general practitioner and Infectious Disease specialist in Bryn Mawr. She is also the Medical Director of the Quadrangle Life Care Community in Haverford, PA.


Mdocs Program-2015-03-26, Carr Residency, Jocelyn Arem, Multimedia Archive And Storytelling, Jordana Dym 2015 Skidmore College

Mdocs Program-2015-03-26, Carr Residency, Jocelyn Arem, Multimedia Archive And Storytelling, Jordana Dym

MDOCS Publications

No abstract provided.


Mdocs Poster-2015-03-26, Carr Residency, Jocelyn Arem, Multimedia Storytelling, Shane Boissiere 2015 Skidmore College

Mdocs Poster-2015-03-26, Carr Residency, Jocelyn Arem, Multimedia Storytelling, Shane Boissiere

MDOCS Publications

No abstract provided.


Interview With Ben Paxton, Ben Paxton 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Ben Paxton, Ben Paxton

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 25, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Ben Paxton shares his opinions on Title IX’s influence on athletics at Winthrop, specifically in track. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Interview With Mark Cooke, Mark Cooke 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Mark Cooke, Mark Cooke

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 25, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Mark Cooke details the role Title IX has played in athletics at Winthrop. Cooke details changes in recruitment and facilities. He also shares why he’s stayed at Winthrop for so many years. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Interview With Jim Johnston, Jim Johnston 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Jim Johnston, Jim Johnston

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 24, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters, Jim Johnston details his time at Winthrop from 1983-2011 as a faculty filling several roles. Johnston also reveals the evolution of the sciences at Winthrop, his election as Chair of Faculty Conference and growth of athletics at Winthrop. In particular, Johnston recalls a mid-1990s vote of no confidence in the president and how Winthrop faculty responded. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Interview With Rich Posipanko, Rich Posipanko 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Rich Posipanko, Rich Posipanko

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 23, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Rich Posipanko talks about how Winthrop built up its athletic department and the challenges it’s faced in the subsequent years. Specifically, Posipanko shares his opinions on how Title IX has affected athletics at Winthrop. Posipanko concludes his interview reminiscing of the changes he’s seen in the athletic department. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Interview With Cid Carvalho, Cid Carvalho 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Cid Carvalho, Cid Carvalho

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 23, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Cid Carvalho shares the story of his coming to Winthrop as a student and his career as head tennis coach. Carvalho details the evolution of the sport at Winthrop from facilities to the decision to break up coaching by men’s and women’s teams. Finally, Carvalho shares his opinion on Title IX and its change in sports at Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Interview With Doug Echols, Doug Echols 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Doug Echols, Doug Echols

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 16, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters, Doug Echols comments on the transitions that took place at Winthrop from 1982- present. In particular, Echols provides detail on the efforts of the DiGiorgio Administration to build Winthrop as a brand and the struggles that Winthrop faced in this transition. Echols concludes his interview with ideas for bridging the gap between Winthrop and Rock Hill and his perceptions of the eleventh President’s role in the Rock Hill community. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


Transcript Conventions And Examples For Audio And Video Stories, Brenda DeVore Marshall, Kathleen Spring 2015 Linfield College

Transcript Conventions And Examples For Audio And Video Stories, Brenda Devore Marshall, Kathleen Spring

Dory Project Scholarship: Documents

This document was developed to guide members of the research team as they prepared transcripts of audio and video stories that were collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. The document includes information on general formatting conventions, stylistic issues, and examples for reference.


Interview With Frank Ardaiolo, Frank Ardaiolo 2015 Winthrop University

Interview With Frank Ardaiolo, Frank Ardaiolo

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his March 9, 2015 interview with Daniel Lee, Frank Ardaiolo shares his experience with and response to Hurricane Hugo. Ardaiolo recounts the destruction on Winthrop campus and how Hurricane Hugo helped establish new emergency response standards. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.


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