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World At War: Final Research Paper, Elise Nelson

History Class Publications

The Ottoman Empire reigned for over five centuries throughout today’s Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Southern Europe, starting around 1299. However, after World War I, it completely disbanded, creating several nation-states. What led to the fall of this massive Empire? There seem to be several factors including actions of World War I. Both the Allies and the Entente fought in the Middle East, each side supporting different groups within the Ottoman Empire. During the World War I period, the Young Turks, those in government in the Ottoman Empire, desired to create a “Turanian nationality.” This included a “Turkification” …

Daylight Saving Time Introduced A Century Ago, Wendy Richter

Articles

Last weekend marked the annual change from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time. One hundred years ago Arkadelphia's Southern Standard newspaper reported on the then-new concept, implemented in the United States during World War I to give people more time to spend in their gardens after their workday was over.

Ellis R. Bennett Papers, Mattison Griffin

Guides and Finding Aids

Ellis R. Bennett of Union County, Arkansas, served in Europe during World War I as a part of the United States Army, Company B, 13th Engineers. The unit consisted of men experienced in various phases of the operation of railways. Ellis Bennett characterized his position as an "operator," and his interest in communications continued after his military service was over. Bennett died in 1945 at the Army and Navy Hospital in Hot Springs. He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.

This collection contains numerous items from the World War I era that illustrate Ellis Bennett's military service and family life. …

Voices Of The Great War, Wendy Bradley Richter

Presentations and Lectures

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Rorie Led Dispatch Unit During Wwi, Wendy Bradley Richter

Articles

In 1924, Arkadelphia's Southern Standard newspaper included this headline: "Former Local Boy in Prominent Role in Six-Reel Movie." However, the young man described in the article remains largely unknown in the annals of Clark County history. With the nickname of "Speed," Clem Rorie commanded a unit of General John J. Pershing's dispatch riders in France during World War I. After returning home to the United States he became an "internationally famous motorcycle rider and professional daredevil."

Patterson Left Large Legacy Behind For Clark County, Wendy Richter

Articles

Robert Henderson Patterson was born in 1892 in Pike County, one of ten children of Robert O. and Alsie Henderson Patterson. The R.O. Patterson family had moved to Clark County in the 1870s, then to Oklahoma, returning to their fram in 1903. After serving in World War I, Robert H. Patterson spent most of the rest of his life in teh Dobyville community.

World War I Exhibit Arrives At Ouachita Baptist University, Wendy Richter

Articles

"The Great War: Arkansas in World War I," a traveling exhibit chronicling Arkansas's role in World War I at home and on the battlefields, will be displayed in the main floor lobby of the Riley-Hickingbotham Library on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia from Nov. 23 through Dec. 16. OBU is the third site to host this new exhibit produced by Arkansas's State Archives earlier this year.

Propaganda: World War 1 Usages, Garrett Evans

History Class Publications

Propaganda was used in many forms throughout World War One. It was used to promote men to sign up for the war, to have a negative impact on other countries, to get citizens to buy war bonds, and for families to save food supplies for the soldiers. Propaganda was not just used by the United States, but also by all the other countries, that played a role in the First War, to promote the war and what other countries were doing to them. Propaganda was also used by the government to promote what they wanted their citizens to see. Most …

From Sultanate To Republic, Kevin Jackson

History Class Publications

The Turkish Revolution exemplifies the rise of the nation-state and signified the complete destruction of the old order in the Middle East. The currents of thought and the political developments that rose to prominence in Turkey’s formation have had long-lasting implications. The entire once-Ottoman world has had to come to grips with nationalistic movements, democratization, and the relation between faith and state. The Young Turk movement provided a demonstration of what modern nationalism could accomplish, both in positive terms of inclusion and modernization and also in terms of ethnic and religious exclusion.

By the time World War I began in …

Art Of The Great War, Zack Deyoung

History Class Publications

World War One was a major turning point in the history of the world. War advancements had created a monster that no one was ready for. No longer was war seen as glorious, but instead horrifying. Often, the world sees the war from an outside perspective understanding that it was a great tragedy, but they do not understand it from a personal level. Many historians have tried to accomplish this through interviews with the survivors, writing biographies, excavating battle grounds, and various other methods. One method, which is often times overlooked, is viewing the war through the lens of the …

College Life During World War I, Grace Hevron

History Class Publications

World War I stands out in our nation’s history as a war that was fought with honor and with dignity. When we read literature or study the events that surrounded the First World War we are swept away to a time that is very different from our own. This time period of honorable warfare and black – and – white ideology is no longer here but we as Americans still have a lot in common with those that fought in World War I. A college education is still a necessary commodity in 2014 and college students today face the same …

In A Different Light: The World Wars In The Experience Of Adlai Stevenson Turner, Lana Rose

History Class Publications

The events of World War I and World War II will always be remembered by people throughout the world. You didn't have to directly experience the wars to realize what a devastating impact they had on the history of mankind. The two world wars have continued to affect our world to this day. To explain why the wars affect us and how they do so would take many more pages than I have been given to write. What I can explain is the experience that one individual had in the war. This man's name was Adlai Stevenson Turner. Turner grew …

A Historical Analysis Of The Socio-Economic Forces Which Shaped A Small Industrial Town In Arkansas, Gordon Scott Bachus

OBU Graduate Theses

In 1887, bauxite, the ore of aluminum was discovered in Arkansas . State Geologist, John C. Branner, announced l the discovery in 1891. Reports soon reached the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in Pennsylvania. This young company investigated the report, purchased land in Saline County, and started mining operations.

In 1903 the Pittsburgh Reduction Company built an ore - drying plant in Saline County, Arkansas. The establishment of this plant marked the beginning of the town of Bauxite. Laid out on company- owned land shortly after mining operations began, the town soon became a self- sufficient community with schools, churches, stores, roads, …