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Review Of The Book The Genealogist’S Address Book, 4th Ed., John A. Drobnicki Jul 1999

Review Of The Book The Genealogist’S Address Book, 4th Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The Genealogist’s Address Book, 4th ed.


The War Of Griffin’S Pig: A Bibliography Of The Anglo-American Northwest Boundary Dispute, John A. Drobnicki Jun 1999

The War Of Griffin’S Pig: A Bibliography Of The Anglo-American Northwest Boundary Dispute, John A. Drobnicki

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Differences in interpretation between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon Treaty and ownership of the San Juan Islands nearly erupted into open hostilities when an American settler, Lyman Cutler, shot and killed a pig that was owned by Charles Griffin, the Hudson's Bay Company agent on San Juan. Both countries sent troops to the islands, but cooler heads eventually prevailed. Although the "Pig War" lasted for a decade, the only casualty was the aforementioned pig. This bibliography is limited to published materials about the Pig War itself, including both primary materials and secondary sources, as well as …


Holocaust Denial And Libraries: Should Libraries Acquire Revisionist Materials?, John A. Drobnicki Jun 1999

Holocaust Denial And Libraries: Should Libraries Acquire Revisionist Materials?, John A. Drobnicki

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Historical revision is a valid practice whereby historians reinterpret the past from different viewpoints and in the light of new documents or research. Those who deny the Holocaust, however, call themselves "revisionists" in an attempt to gain scholarly legitimacy, trying to align themselves with the' historians of the 1920s and 1930s who reinterpreted the causes of the first World War. Should libraries acquire materials that deny the Holocaust, whether through purchase or donation?


George Herbert Allen, John A. Drobnicki Jan 1999

George Herbert Allen, John A. Drobnicki

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George Allen was a professional football coach and broadcaster, known primarily for coaching the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins.


Revisiting The Struggle For Integration, Michelle Fine, Bernadette Anand Jan 1999

Revisiting The Struggle For Integration, Michelle Fine, Bernadette Anand

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The project we describe in this article emerged from thinking about Fridays. While the Monday through Thursday schedule at Renaissance Middle School in Montclair, New Jersey covers the traditional distribution of curriculum, Fridays are dedicated to nine-week cycles of two hour sessions. Each session involves in-depth work focusing on five themes: Aviation, Genetics, Building Bridges, Community Service and this, the Oral History Project. Because the school is thematically organized around core notions of justice, history, social movements and "renaissances" (that is, Italian, Harlem and Montclair), we structured this project around the deeply contested history of desegregation of the Montclair public …


William B. Williams, John A. Drobnicki Jan 1999

William B. Williams, John A. Drobnicki

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William B. Williams was a long-time disc jockey on radio station WNEW-AM in New York City.


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 1945-1996, John A. Drobnicki Jan 1999

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 1945-1996, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical Dictionary of Poland, 1945-1996.