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How To Catch A Fish: The Weir Fishermen’S Control Of The Sardine Herring, 1876-1903, Brian Payne Dec 2011

How To Catch A Fish: The Weir Fishermen’S Control Of The Sardine Herring, 1876-1903, Brian Payne

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.


“Mr.Editor, Have We Digressed?” Newspaper Editor John Neal And The Woman Suffrage Debate, Shannon M. Risk Oct 2011

“Mr.Editor, Have We Digressed?” Newspaper Editor John Neal And The Woman Suffrage Debate, Shannon M. Risk

Maine History

In May and June of 1870, Portland newspaper editor and reformer John Neal sparked a debate over women’s suffrage that elicited strong views on women’s place in society. Neal posted a call in the Daily Eastern Argus to like-minded women and men to meet to discuss how to bring about the women’s vote. His post led to a debate in Portland’s newspapers about the idea of women’s suffrage. Several respondents expressed outrage at women’s participation in politics, fearing it would lead to society’s downfall. Although the debate died down in June, Neal’s efforts gave renewed energy to Maine suffragists. The …


Echoes Of A Distant Thunder?: The Unitarian Controversy In Maine,1734-1833, David Raymond Oct 2011

Echoes Of A Distant Thunder?: The Unitarian Controversy In Maine,1734-1833, David Raymond

Maine History

The Unitarian Controversy (1734-1833) was one of the most divisive denominational separations in the annals of American church history. Historians generally have confined their study to the churches of Massachusetts proper, neglecting the vital role that Maine churches played in the various phases of the separation. Maine Congregationalists were among the first to recognize and protest the emergence of Unitarian ministers in their churches, and they took the lead in the movement to force Unitarians out of the Congregational Church. Although small in numbers, Maine churches played an important role in this significant theological controversy. The author is a History …


Florence Brooks Whitehouse And Maine’S Vote To Ratify Women’S Suffrage In 1919, Anne Gass Oct 2011

Florence Brooks Whitehouse And Maine’S Vote To Ratify Women’S Suffrage In 1919, Anne Gass

Maine History

In 1919, Maine faced an unusual conflict between ratifying the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution that would grant full voting rights to women, and approving a statewide suffrage referendum that would permit women to vote in presidential campaigns only. Maine’s pro-suffrage forces had to head off last-minute efforts by anti-suffragists to sabotage the Maine legislature’s ratification vote. Led by Florence Brooks Whitehouse, with support from Alice Paul and other National Woman’s Party organizers, suffragists fought down to the wire to ensure that Maine became the nineteenth state to ratify the federal amendment. Anne B. Gass is an independent …


From Dustbowl And Dairy Farm To Defense Housing: Understanding The Farm Security Administration Photographs Of Bath Iron Works, Rachel Miller Oct 2011

From Dustbowl And Dairy Farm To Defense Housing: Understanding The Farm Security Administration Photographs Of Bath Iron Works, Rachel Miller

Maine History

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roy Stryker and his team of photographers at the Farm Security Administration (FSA) set out to create images of America that could bolster the spirit of the country in the midst of economic depression and international war. By 1940, photographs of small towns and America’s increasing military capability were common. In December 1940, Stryker sent photographer Jack Delano to Bath, Maine, to document the housing shortage for workers at the Bath Iron Works. This assignment was part of the FSA’s project to monitor and record migrant populations during the Great Depression, with the …


The Library Of Professor Meserve, Daniel Rosenberg Oct 2011

The Library Of Professor Meserve, Daniel Rosenberg

Maine History

Charles Francis Meserve was an early summer resident of Squirrel Island and an important educational reformer around the turn of the twentieth century. Charles married Fannie Philbrick, whose father, John W. Philbrick, built a house on Squirrel Island. Eventually, the Philbrick cottage passed to the Meserves and become home to their books.


Membership Information Oct 2011

Membership Information

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Oct 2011

Journal Staff

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Title Page Oct 2011

Title Page

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


List Of Books Reviewed Oct 2011

List Of Books Reviewed

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Twice Through The Glass Ceiling: Sue Birdwell Alves, Cynthia Devlin Oct 2011

Twice Through The Glass Ceiling: Sue Birdwell Alves, Cynthia Devlin

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Oct 2011

Table Of Contents

East Texas Historical Journal

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Ethj Vol-49 No-2 Oct 2011

Ethj Vol-49 No-2

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Narrative Of Neglect: Texas Prisons For Men, J K. Price, Susan Coleman Oct 2011

Narrative Of Neglect: Texas Prisons For Men, J K. Price, Susan Coleman

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Together They Won: Sam Rayburn And The Fourth Congressional District During World War Ii, William Mcwhorter Oct 2011

Together They Won: Sam Rayburn And The Fourth Congressional District During World War Ii, William Mcwhorter

East Texas Historical Journal

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"We Just Come In To See The Show:" Velma Patterson's Sensational 1936 Hunt County Murder, John Hanners Oct 2011

"We Just Come In To See The Show:" Velma Patterson's Sensational 1936 Hunt County Murder, John Hanners

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Revisiting The Battle Of Baytown: Unions, Reds, And Mayhem In A Company, Michael Botson Oct 2011

Revisiting The Battle Of Baytown: Unions, Reds, And Mayhem In A Company, Michael Botson

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Notes Oct 2011

Book Notes

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Interpreting Mr. Sam At Home: Is It Enough, Or Why Can't It Be All About Mr. Sam?, Carlyn C. Hammons Oct 2011

Interpreting Mr. Sam At Home: Is It Enough, Or Why Can't It Be All About Mr. Sam?, Carlyn C. Hammons

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Institutional Members Oct 2011

Institutional Members

East Texas Historical Journal

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Book Reviews Oct 2011

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Housewife, The Single Girl, And The Prostitute: Constructions Of Femininity In Postwar American Historiography, Marie Rowley Sep 2011

The Housewife, The Single Girl, And The Prostitute: Constructions Of Femininity In Postwar American Historiography, Marie Rowley

Psi Sigma Siren

America in the two decades after World War II experienced conditions that seemed to indicate an unprecedented focus on domesticity and traditional gender roles. Couples married at younger ages, fertility rates soared, and population shifted to suburban areas all over the country. Just beneath this surface, however, a more complex discourse about gender norms was also emerging. Gay and lesbian communities began to organize, teenagers emerged as a cultural force, and young single women began to view economic independence as a legitimate goal. These contradictory forces coexisted in a culture struggling to define gender and sexuality in the anxiety-ridden era …


The Politics Of A Gesture: The Impact Of Nixon’S Visit To China On Nixon’S Presidency, Samuel Tofte Sep 2011

The Politics Of A Gesture: The Impact Of Nixon’S Visit To China On Nixon’S Presidency, Samuel Tofte

Psi Sigma Siren

The importance of a symbolic gesture in diplomacy is very difficult to gauge. Diplomats often embark on social functions, meetings and trips to international countries in order to make contact with foreign diplomats and build relationships with governments. This is an effective means of forging political relationships, but how important is it when it comes to international policy and treaty negotiation? In short, it is extremely important in the process of policy-making, even without the tangible evidence showing its significance. Establishing contact can be the most difficult and arduous step in the road to good diplomatic relations, a fact that …


Examining Entrenched Masculinities In The Republican Government Tradition, Jamie R. Abrams Sep 2011

Examining Entrenched Masculinities In The Republican Government Tradition, Jamie R. Abrams

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Bibliography Of Local History: The Town Registers Of Maine, James B. Vickery Jr. Jul 2011

A Bibliography Of Local History: The Town Registers Of Maine, James B. Vickery Jr.

Maine History

No abstract provided.


Major Publications Of The Maine Historical Society: A Brief Account, Harland H. Eastman Jul 2011

Major Publications Of The Maine Historical Society: A Brief Account, Harland H. Eastman

Maine History

Walter Muir Whitehill, in his study Independent Historical Societies (Boston Athenæum, 1962), praised the Maine Historical Society as the most “productive of publications” of all New England historical societies during the nineteenth century. The Society produced twenty-six volumes of Collections between 1831 and 1900, eleven volumes of York Deeds between 1887 and 1896, and another twenty volumes of Collections between 1901 and 1916 — an impressive output by any standard. These many volumes, with their wealth of narrative and documentary history, are a rich resource for scholars and laymen alike.


James B. Vickery’S Bibliography Of Maine Town Registers And The Evolution Of Maine History From Newsletter To Scholarly Journal, Harland H. Eastman Jul 2011

James B. Vickery’S Bibliography Of Maine Town Registers And The Evolution Of Maine History From Newsletter To Scholarly Journal, Harland H. Eastman

Maine History

No abstract provided.


Using Minerva And Other Mhs Online Offerings, Jamie Rice, Holly Hurd-Forsyth Jul 2011

Using Minerva And Other Mhs Online Offerings, Jamie Rice, Holly Hurd-Forsyth

Maine History

No abstract provided.


Index To Maine History And Its Previous Iterations Published By The Maine Historical Society, 1969 To Date, Maine Historical Society Jul 2011

Index To Maine History And Its Previous Iterations Published By The Maine Historical Society, 1969 To Date, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

Index to Maine History and its Previous Iterations


Book Review: Violence Revisited In The Heartland Jul 2011

Book Review: Violence Revisited In The Heartland

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Book Review

Violence Revisited in the Heartland

Roy Neil Graves