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Capitalizing On Craic: Travel And Activities, Jordan Keller

2018-19 Postcards

Postcard from Jordan Keller, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at the National University of Ireland in Galway

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James Connolly's Years In America, 1902-1910, Sydney M. Owen

Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement

James Connolly, born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1868, was an Irish socialist who would go on to be a leading member of the 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland. From an early age he became involved in the socialist movement through groups such as the Scottish Socialist Federation and the Independent Labor Party. A self-educated man well read in the socialist and political literature of his day, Connolly eventually made his way back to Ireland, forming his own socialist group, the Irish Socialist Republican Party. In 1902 he embarked on a speaking tour in the United States at the invite of …

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As I Remember, Emily Loveridge

Emily Loveridge’s Memoir: As I Remember

This typewritten document was authored by Emily Loveridge, the founder of the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing. Loveridge began working at the Good Samaritan Hospital in 1890 and worked there for 40 years. This memoir is her remembrances of people, events, and the way the hospital and nursing program evolved during her tenure.

Please note that the back of page 14 has additional text not accounted for in the original page numbering. The manuscript is numbered page 1-47, but consists of 48 typed pages. The pdf document is a total of 49 pages, counting the cover as page 1.

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Beyond Therapy: A Dramaturgical Look At Christopher Durang's Absurdist Play, Jennifer Layton

Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement

This research notebook (also known as a dramaturgy notebook) was created as a class project for an advanced Theatre History course. We were asked to choose one play to study throughout the semester with the ultimate goal of creating a dramaturgy notebook that would be usable for a production team were we to produce our show of choice. Having a great interest in Christopher Durang and his work, I chose to study Beyond Therapy. We were asked specifically to write a biography on our chosen playwright, a historical context essay, an essay about themes present in the show, and …

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Person To Person In Ireland, Emily Ing

2013-14 Field Notes

While still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield College write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Emily Ing describes her observations during her study abroad program at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

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