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Logos-Sophia, Elliott Norman, Donald Wayne Viney, Keith Elliott Perkins, Addyson Kay Campbell, Hunter Hinds, Scott Squires Jan 2024

Logos-Sophia, Elliott Norman, Donald Wayne Viney, Keith Elliott Perkins, Addyson Kay Campbell, Hunter Hinds, Scott Squires

LOGOS-SOPHIA: The Journal of the PSU Philosophical Society

Logos-Sophia, Volume 17, Spring 2024. The Journal of the Pittsburg State University Philosophical Society has largely been a student publication with occasional faculty contribution


The Fall Of Public Opinion: The Tet Offensive, The Anti-War Movement, And The Media, 1963-1975, Taylor Ann Cusick Dec 2023

The Fall Of Public Opinion: The Tet Offensive, The Anti-War Movement, And The Media, 1963-1975, Taylor Ann Cusick

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

From 1963 to 1975, public opinion regarding the Vietnam War changed drastically. In the beginning, the public was largely on board with Americans going overseas to fight against the North Vietnamese military. Citizens felt the American military was doing what was necessary to secure democracy in a region where communism was spreading, and the public was not easily swayed by those who opposed the war. The media mirrored public opinion during the first years of the war. By 1968, support for the war declined dramatically, and the media’s portrayal of the conflict reversed. Newscasters began to argue that the risk …


The Family History Of Josiah Noga, Josiah Noga Nov 2023

The Family History Of Josiah Noga, Josiah Noga

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Josiah Elijah Noga authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2023 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: jnoga@gus.pittstate.edu


The Railsplitter And The Pathfinder: The Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln And John C. Frémont, Kourtney Yantis May 2023

The Railsplitter And The Pathfinder: The Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln And John C. Frémont, Kourtney Yantis

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This study serves as an analysis of the connections between Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States and John Charles Frémont as a Civil War general. Lincoln’s position within history is solid, unlike that of John C. Frémont. The thesis will elevate Frémont to a higher status as a historical figure by arguing that the emancipation edict that he issued for Missouri in August of 1861 would influence Abraham Lincoln’s preliminary emancipation proclamation of September 1862, even though Lincoln repealed Frémont’s decree. In biographies of each man, their interactions are merely a small part of the stories of their …


The Family History Of Catherine D. Lumley, Catherine Lumley May 2023

The Family History Of Catherine D. Lumley, Catherine Lumley

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Catherine Lumley authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/770: Your Family in History. This course was offered online in Spring 2023 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: clumley@gus.pittstate.edu


The Family History Of Elizabeth Nicole Greiner, Elizabeth Greiner May 2023

The Family History Of Elizabeth Nicole Greiner, Elizabeth Greiner

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Elizabeth Greiner authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Spring 2023 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: egreiner@gus.pittstate.edu


Family History Of Marissa Ramirez, Marissa Ramirez Apr 2023

Family History Of Marissa Ramirez, Marissa Ramirez

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The data and research collected was to discover the history of the four generations of Marissa Ramirez. A graduate study that focused on learning about her past and searching into more of her family history.


The Family History Of Arin A. Pitcher, Arin Pitcher Apr 2023

The Family History Of Arin A. Pitcher, Arin Pitcher

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of

Arin A. Pitcher

30 April 2023

Arin Alicejean Pitcher authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Spring 2023 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: apitcher@gus.pittstate.edu

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


The Family History Of Jeff Clark 29 January 2023, Jeff Clark Apr 2023

The Family History Of Jeff Clark 29 January 2023, Jeff Clark

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of Jeff Clark 29 January 2023


The Family History Of Megan S. Colvin, Megan Colvin Apr 2023

The Family History Of Megan S. Colvin, Megan Colvin

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of

Megan S. Colvin

29 April 2023

Megan S. Colvin authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: Megan.colvin@gus.pittstate.edu

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Family History Of Elizabeth R.K. Draper, Elizabeth Draper Apr 2023

Family History Of Elizabeth R.K. Draper, Elizabeth Draper

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of

Elizabeth R.K. Draper

30 APRIL 2023

Elizabeth Rose Kaye Draper authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: edraper@gus.pittstate.edu

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Simpson, E. Leroy, Playbook, 1954-1956, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jan 2023

Simpson, E. Leroy, Playbook, 1954-1956, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

A Pittsburg State University football players’ playbook from the mid-1950s, a football program from 1951, and a newspaper clipping.

Edward LeRoy Simpson was born in Miami, Oklahoma in 1934, to Eddie and Ada Simpson. From 1952-1956 LeRoy attended the Kansas State Teachers College (now Pittsburg State University). He played several positions on the football team, including quarterback, and lettered all four years. He went on to receive a master’s degree from the Kansas State Teachers College in 1961. After earning a doctorate, Dr. Simpson joined Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1968 as an associate professor of human performance/leisure …


Cundiff, Roy, Collection, 1941-1945, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jan 2023

Cundiff, Roy, Collection, 1941-1945, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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The Roy Cundiff Collection contains two items from Nazi Germany, acquired by Mr. Cundiff while he was stationed in Germany during World War II. These are a German-language edition of Mein Kampf, by Adolph Hitler, and a Nazi flag. These items were donated by Mr. Cundiff’s widow after his death in 1978.

Roy Cundiff was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1911. He grew up in Osawatomie, Kansas, and graduated from high school there in 1931. In the 1930s Mr. Cundiff worked as a salesman. In 1939 he married Inez Grace Miner, in Fort Scott, Kansas. They had one …


Bender Crimes Photographs, 1873, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jan 2023

Bender Crimes Photographs, 1873, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Three photographs taken in rural Labette County, Kansas in 1873 at the Bender family house and property shortly after the discovery of the murders of approximately 12 individuals.

Roger O’Connor (1941-2006) ran a bookstore, Mostly Books, in Pittsburg, Kansas, selling books, papers, and photographs. He previously had bookstores in Lawrence, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska before coming to Pittsburg. He previously had attended Pittsburg State University, where he received a master’s degree. The Bender Family crimes occurred in 1872-1873 where a mysterious family going by the name of Bender (aka “Bloody Benders”) murdered, apparently for their money, approximately a dozen travelers …


Barnard, Gerald, Photographs, 1936-1938, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jan 2023

Barnard, Gerald, Photographs, 1936-1938, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Five photographs of the football team of the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) from the 1930s, taken by student photographer Gerald Barnard.

Gerald W. (Jerry) Barnard was born in Oswego, Kansas in 1918. Barnard attended the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) from 1936-1940 and after graduation, worked as an accountant. He worked with the Deming Investment Company and then the First National Bank of Oswego. He also served as the president of Oswego Industries, chairman of Mid-America, Inc., vice-president of the Kansas Bankers Association, chairman of the Kansas Development Credit Corporation, and …


Garcia Family History, Austin Garcia Dec 2022

Garcia Family History, Austin Garcia

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of

Austin D. Garcia

2 September 2022

Austin Garcia authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: austin.garcia@gus.pittstate.edu


The Family History Of Elizabeth A. Staton-Johnson, Elizabeth Staton-Johnson Nov 2022

The Family History Of Elizabeth A. Staton-Johnson, Elizabeth Staton-Johnson

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Elizabeth A. Staton-Johnson authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments:

estatonjohson@pittstate.edu


The Family History Of John C. Hunter, John Hunter Nov 2022

The Family History Of John C. Hunter, John Hunter

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

No abstract provided.


The Family History Of Chase Theodore Uhlich, Chase Uhlich Nov 2022

The Family History Of Chase Theodore Uhlich, Chase Uhlich

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

The Family History of

Chase T. Uhlich

28 November 2022

Chase T. Uhlich authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Fall 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: ctuhlich@gmail.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


Skubitz, Mary, Collection, 1921, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Sep 2022

Skubitz, Mary, Collection, 1921, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

The Mary Skubitz Journal consists of ten pages written on ledger paper during the Amazon Army March of December 1921, describing the event.

Mary Youvan Skubitz was born in Slovenia in 1887 and was brought to America in 1890 by her parents Andrew and Julia Youvan. Andrew Youvan worked as a coal miner in Crawford County, Kansas. Mary was one of the leaders at a December 11, 1921 meeting that resulted in the protest that became known as the Amazon Army March on December 12, 1921, in which she participated. In the early 1900s she married Joseph Skubitz, and in …


Stimmel Family Collection, 1857-1865, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Aug 2022

Stimmel Family Collection, 1857-1865, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This collection consists of correspondence of Joseph Stimmel and Samuel E. Weimer during the American Civil War. The letters describe military matters, occupations and daily soldierly duties. Prior to their deposit at Pittsburg State University, the letters were laminated. There is also a journal of John Moorhead, a Methodist minister who was likely related to Stimmel and Weimer.

Joseph Stimmel (1842-1917) lived in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He and his cousin, Samuel Weimer (1844-1900), served in the same regiment (126th Pennsylvania Infantry). Both mustered in on August 3rd, 1862 and mustered out on May 20th, 1863. They fought in …


Snare, Wilma Cook, Collection, 1856-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Aug 2022

Snare, Wilma Cook, Collection, 1856-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

This collection consist of records, histories, and photographs related to families, places, groups and businesses in Cherokee and Crawford Counties, Kansas. Includes histories of the Tharp and Bumgarner families of the area.

Wilma Cook Snare, born in 1930 to Walter and Myrtle Cook, was a local historian of Cherokee County, Kansas, and a licensed practitioner nurse at the Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center. Snare collected and researched material related to places, mining, events, and families of Cherokee County. She wrote a book on its history called Down Memory Lane, and wrote articles for local newspapers, as well as assisting …


World War Ii And Historical Newspaper Collection, 1918-2005, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Aug 2022

World War Ii And Historical Newspaper Collection, 1918-2005, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

A collection of World War II correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items. It also includes news articles regarding world events, Pittsburg, Kansas, presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, Kansas City floods of 1951 and 1993, and the Hyatt Regency Collapse. Donated by an anonymous donor.


Hobaugh Family Collection, 1872-1940, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Aug 2022

Hobaugh Family Collection, 1872-1940, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

This collection contains photocopies of personal correspondence, receipts, money orders, loans and farm leases of two siblings, William G. Hobaugh and Daniel F. Hobaugh, who lived in Kansas and Oklahoma in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as well as other family members and descendants.

William G. Hobaugh was born in Pennsylvania in 1852. He lived in a variety of places in Kansas, finally settling in Frontenac, where he passed away in 1921. His younger brother, Daniel F. Hobaugh, was born in Iowa in 1860, and worked as a blacksmith. He passed away in Braman, Oklahoma in 1921.


Cuthbertson And Bruce Families Collection, Circa 1885, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jul 2022

Cuthbertson And Bruce Families Collection, Circa 1885, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

This collection consists of photographs, tintypes and a bible relating to the Cuthbertson and Bruce families.

Alexander Cuthbertson was born on April 29th, 1849 in Sparta, Illinois to Alexander Cuthbertson (1813 - 1860) and Janet Kirkwood (1814 - 1908). Cuthbertson married Margaret Young Gemmell, together they had 7 children. Those seven children, were Arthur, Robert, Fred, Raleigh, Nellie, David & George. Cuthbertson passed away on December 6th, 1927 in Girard, Kansas.

Emily H. Bruce was born on February 12th, 1865 in Ohio to James W. and Sarah A. Bruce. She had a brother named …


Radley, Kansas Collection, 1913-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jul 2022

Radley, Kansas Collection, 1913-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

This collection consists of photographs and postcards from immigrant families in Radley, Kansas.

Radley, Kansas is a small unincorporated community located in Crawford County five miles north and three miles west of Pittsburg. Radley was founded as a mining camp of the Girard Coal Company.


Gudgen, Jr., Prentice, Collection, 1849-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library Jul 2022

Gudgen, Jr., Prentice, Collection, 1849-1997, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Finding Aids

A collection of correspondence, Kansas history, programs and flyers, publications, city directories, photographs, postcards, maps, stationery, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous, and oversized.

Prentice E. Gudgen Jr. was born on April 15, 1939 to Prentice Everett and Gretta H. Stuessi Gudgen. His father was a coach at Pittsburg State University. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1958 and worked for McNally’s Manufacturing for twenty-seven years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts of America, and the Crawford County Historical Society. Gudgen was also a local historian. He passed away on June 16, 2006.


The Family History Of Alex Gabel, Alex Gabel May 2022

The Family History Of Alex Gabel, Alex Gabel

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Alex Michael Gabel authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Spring 2022 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: agabel@gus.pittstate.edu


Family History Of Nedra Gallegos, Nedra Gallegos May 2022

Family History Of Nedra Gallegos, Nedra Gallegos

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Nedra Gallegos authorized this family history as part of the course requirements for Family History: HIST-550-99 offered online in Spring of 2022. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: nedragall12@gmail.com


Family History Of Rebecca Polk, Rebecca Polk Apr 2022

Family History Of Rebecca Polk, Rebecca Polk

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

Rebecca Polk authored this family history to recount the past five generations of her family. Over the last 5 generations, the maternal side of her family has predominately resided in the Walker, Louisiana area, as well as neighboring towns within Livingston Parish. The paternal side has predominately resided in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley over the last five generations. This document also traces economic, social, occupational and geographic aspects in her family.

This document was completed as part of the course requirements for Family History: HIST 550/700 offered online in Spring 2022. For any questions or further inquiry into her genealogy research …