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American Irish Newsletter - December 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Gen Ms 14 September 11th Collection Finding Aid, Susie R. Bock, Kim Fleming

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Description:

The newspapers were acquired by the Library by subscription and gathered into this collection by the Head of Special Collections following the events of September 11th. The Collection consists of hard copies of Maine newspapers to document how the events were covered in Maine, and a remembrance ribbon, presumably produced during USM’s 2002 Remembrance events.

Date Range:

2001-2002

Size of Collection:

3 ft.

American Irish Newsletter - November 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Discovering, Again, The Meaning Of "American", Peter Hegarty

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

In his essay, "The discovery of what it means to be an American," James Baldwin described how his exile in Paris led him to new self-knowledge about his national identity. Baldwin left the US to survive what he called "the color problem," but was surprised to find he shared a sense of being "not at home" with white Americans in Europe. He was American in ways he had not realized. Exile afforded him intellectual freedom, but his growing consciousness of the French-Algerian war led him to understand that "there are no untroubled countries in this fearfully troubled world." Leaving home …

(Review) Are We All Post-Culturalists Now?, Eric Adler

Classics Faculty Publications

Reviews the book 'Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America,' by Christopher Clausen.

The Lunatic's Fancy And The Work Of Art, Shelly J. Eversley

Publications and Research

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Gen Ms 12 Luther I. Bonney Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton

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Luther I. Bonney was born in Turner, Maine in 1884. After graduating from Bates College in 1906, Bonney was involved in education for the rest of his life. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Middlebury College, Vermont from 1907-1927, and Dean of Portland Junior College, one of USM’s progenitor schools, from 1933 until 1958. The Papers consist of histories he wrote, poetry, WWII letters from former students, honorary degrees, and a taped 1974 interview of Bonney.

Date Range:

1933-1974

Size of Collection:

0.5 ft.

The Hillbilly In The Living Room: Television Representations Of Southern Mountaineers In Situation Comedies, 1952-1971, Anthony Harkins

History Faculty Publications

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Review Of "Pennsylvania Architecture: The Historic American Buildings Survey, 1933-1900" By D.S. Burns And R.J. Webster With C.R. Stern, Julie Nicoletta

SIAS Faculty Publications

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Gen Ms 13 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton

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Kenneth T. H. Brooks received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and Masters and Doctoral degrees from Boston University. He served as President of Gorham State Teacher’s College from 1960-68, then continued as President of the University of Maine at Gorham from 1968-1970. He stepped down when Gorham merged with the University of Maine at Portland. He wrote See the Green and White Advancing: A History of Gorham Normal School, Teachers College, and State College 1878-1970, which was published in 1995. Kenneth Brooks died December 4, 1995. This small miscellaneous group of papers focuses on Brooks …

American Irish Newsletter - October 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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'Good Little Bad Girls': Controversy And The Flapper Comedienne, Sara Ross

Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications

In the late 1910s and early 1920s, the American film industry experimented with variety of new and timely female types which in some way challenged the sexual status quo, including the bohemian feminist, the madcap, the baby vamp and the flapper. Whether drawn from the headlines, adapted from best-selling novels or hot Broadway plays, or created for the screen, these characters had the potential to generate both strong box office, and controversy and censorship.

American Irish Newsletter - September 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Gen Ms 08 Walter E. Russell Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton

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Dr. Walter E. Russell Papers span the period 1874-1945, the bulk of them 1870s-1880s, consisting of writings on education and allied topics as well as his sermons. There are a small number of printed items and a photograph of the1928 School Summer Session. Russell often used printed material as scrap paper, so forms usually found in the office of an education administrator of the time occur in these Papers.

Date Range:

1874-1945

Size of Collection:

2 ft.

American Irish Newsletter - August 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Robertson, Clara Louise, 1908-2004 (Mss 87), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 87. Diary kept by Clara Louise Robertson of Louisville, Kentucky, detailing schools, church and club activities and amusements. Vivid description of a 1921 Washington, D.C. family vacation. Associated letter, 1991. A copy of Robertson "Little Colonel’s Good Times Book" diary is included as an "Additional File" below. Click on it to see the diary in its entirety.

Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, And Postmodern Popular Audiences, John K. Young

English Faculty Research

In this essay the author examines the "Oprah Effect" on the career of Toni Morrison, who after three appearances on "Oprah's Book Club" has become the most dramatic example of postmodernism's merger between Morrison's canonical status and Winfrey's commercial power has superseded the publishing industry's field of normative whiteness, enabling Morrison to reach a broad, popular audience while being marketed as artistically important.

The Aids Memorial Quilt: Performing Memory, Piecing Action, Gregg Stull

Theatre and Dance

The history of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, over forty thousand quilt panels to memorialize those who have died of AIDS, is examined. Topics include the conception of the memorial idea in San Francisco, CA, in 1985, a display of the quilt at the National Mall in Washington D.C., the continual growth in the size of the quilt, and efforts at conserving the quilt panels.

American Irish Newsletter - July 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - June 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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"The Greatest Golf Crusade Ever:" Sir Walter, Exhibitionism, And Pebble Beach, Stephen Lowe

Faculty Scholarship – History

Walter Hagen’s 1922 exhibition tour with Australian star, Joe Kirkwood, was unprecedented in duration, distance, and profits. Moreover, it was historically significant because it became just one early episode of many in the colorful, controversial career of “Sir Walter” Hagen, golf’s first touring professional.

Lg Ms 008 South Portland Citizens For Justice Archives Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan

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South Portland Citizens for Justice was a group seeking a local ordinance against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The group campaigned in support of the proposed Human Rights Ordinance, which was on the ballot in the November 3, 1998 election. The Archives contains newspaper articles (clippings and entire issues) that relate to the 1998 Human Rights Ordinance. Also included are items from the South Portland Citizens for Justice organization, such as correspondence, publications, posters, stickers, and press packets.

Date Range:

1998

Size of Collection:

2.5 ft.

American Irish Newsletter - May 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - April 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Lg Ms 006 Cruikshank Feminist-Lesbian Publications Collection Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan

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Margaret Cruikshank was an early scholar in the field of Lesbian studies and taught a women’s studies course at the University of Southern Maine. She also teaches lesbian studies at the University of Maine in Orono. The Collection contains almost a full run of The Furies, an important 1970s publication in the field, as well as other scattered issues of feminist-lesbian publications from the 1970s.

Date Range:

1970s

Size of Collection:

0.5 ft.

American Irish Newsletter - March 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - February 2001, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Dorothy West: The Living Is Easy, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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Dorothy West: The Wedding, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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Dorothy West: Biography, A Yemisi Jimoh, Phd

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

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