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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
German Immigrants In Church Records In The State Of Kentucky, Deborah Mocke, Roger P. Minert, Phd
German Immigrants In Church Records In The State Of Kentucky, Deborah Mocke, Roger P. Minert, Phd
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this project was to assist in the furthering of German genealogical research, by making German Protestant church records in America more accessible to people with German ancestry. In the 2000 U.S. Census, nearly one in six people reported their ancestry as German. “42.8 million people (15 percent of the population) considered themselves to be of German (or part-German) ancestry,” making Germans the largest ancestral group in America. 1 Since the eighteenth century about seven million Germans immigrated to North America. The most challenging task in Germanic family history in the United States is the identification of the …
Siena And The Other: Looking At The Tenshō Embassy In Siena, Lydia Breksa, Eric Dursteler
Siena And The Other: Looking At The Tenshō Embassy In Siena, Lydia Breksa, Eric Dursteler
Journal of Undergraduate Research
During the early modern period in Italy (1400s-1700s), nobles and organizations (e.g., guilds, oligarchies etc.) established a pattern of using artwork to demonstrate their power, standing in society, and relevance to current events. The exchange of diplomatic visitors, known as embassies, was common at this time and interactions with these dignitaries from other states in Europe, are examples of events recorded in the form of art or literature. Interactions with unusual visitors, such as moor slaves, were also recorded. While the pattern of recording interactions in the form of art and literature was pervasive, it was curiously lacking for the …
Mormon Masses: An Analysis Of The Improvement Era’S Advertisements To The Separate Genders Circa. 1927-1933, Nicole Wechsler, Dr. Rebecca Deschweinitz
Mormon Masses: An Analysis Of The Improvement Era’S Advertisements To The Separate Genders Circa. 1927-1933, Nicole Wechsler, Dr. Rebecca Deschweinitz
Journal of Undergraduate Research
This project analyzed two main documents, comparing and contrasting the different LDS youth periodicals, namely the Improvement era and the Young Woman’s Journal. In this project I analyzed advertisements within the Improvement Era during the merger of the Young Woman’s Journal and the Improvement Era with special emphasis on how advertisements are being construed to the different genders before and after the merger in 1929. The Improvement Era is one of the few early LDS periodicals that have preserved the cover art and advertisements, unlike other magazines during this period in which all images were discarded. In so doing …
The Bishop Of Boston: What The Archives Have To Say About A Hero Of Religious Tolerance, Marie Johnson, Dr. George Ryskamp
The Bishop Of Boston: What The Archives Have To Say About A Hero Of Religious Tolerance, Marie Johnson, Dr. George Ryskamp
Journal of Undergraduate Research
French and American historians have been writing about Bishop Jean Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus for almost a century. However, when I discovered this man, I noticed that an element of his life remained in the shadows—how he united the Catholic and Protestant communities. He was a Catholic Bishop in Boston where Anti-Catholic sentiment was at its height among the Protestants. When he built the first Catholic Cathedral in Boston, it was largely funded by prominent Protestants, among whom was President John Adams. His three decades in Boston came to an end when he was requested by King Louis XIV to …
Catholic Marriage: Discovering French Basque Impediments, Tatum Frampton, Dr. George Ryskamp
Catholic Marriage: Discovering French Basque Impediments, Tatum Frampton, Dr. George Ryskamp
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In 1563, the Council of Trent exercised fundamental societal control by enforcing marriage laws within the Catholic church which outlined in detail the process of marriage. Every Catholic marriage required a pre-marriage investigation.1 This new structure forbade couples from marrying within the 4th degree of consanguinity (blood relation) or the 4th degree of affinity (by marriage), nor where there existed a previous betrothal, impotence, one party not a Catholic, or the inability to read the banns if the bride or groom was not from the same diocese, etc. A waiver to any impediment required the overseeing bishop of the …
Le Mauvais Curé: Priests And Parishioners In Eighteenth-Century France, Justine Carr, Karen Carter
Le Mauvais Curé: Priests And Parishioners In Eighteenth-Century France, Justine Carr, Karen Carter
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In France during the 18th century, parish priests had a very particular relationship with their parishioners. While the parishioners were dependent on the priest to receive the different Catholic sacraments, the priests, usually underpaid, depended on the parishioners to provide them with food and money. In the small town of Mareuil-sur-Ay, Champagne-Ardenne, France, in the mid-eighteenth century, the parishioners were not pleased when their beloved priest Antoine Corbier died and was replaced by Nicolas-Hyacinthe Vernier. While the parishioners had been very satisfied with Corbier’s work, they soon became quite unsatisfied, shocked, and even angry at Vernier’s attitude, lifestyle, and his …
Francophone Mountain Men And Their Influence On The Mormon Settlement Of Utah, Kenneth Bedwell, Jay Buckley
Francophone Mountain Men And Their Influence On The Mormon Settlement Of Utah, Kenneth Bedwell, Jay Buckley
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The Mormons’ success in the settlement of the region can be contributed to the massive influx of migrants that emigrated into the region as well as the convenience of the buffer zone in which they settled between the two tribes. However, by searching deeper into the history of the area within the development of the fur trade, the mountain men played a considerable role in the success of the Mormon settlement. Before the arrival of the Mormon pioneers, Francophone mountain men and Indian Nations of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains participated in a vast trade network. Etienne Provost, Peter …
Martin Luther: A Wild Boar, Claire Woodward, Craig Harline
Martin Luther: A Wild Boar, Claire Woodward, Craig Harline
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I assisted Dr. Harline in research with his upcoming book Wild Boar: The Rise of the Friar Martin Luther; 1517-1522. We explored these earlier key years of Martin Luther’s life, focusing on the events and people who shaped his rise to Reformation stardom, describing them in a new and refreshing way for a general audience. I was very involved not only in research and translation efforts, but also in seeking out illustrations for his book, contacting museums and obtaining permission to use each picture. Though many recognize Martin Luther as an important historical figure, this project has humanized many …
Lord Bute And Conservative Scottish Nationalism: British Home Rule Movements In The 1890s And 90s, Ryan Blank, Paul Kerry
Lord Bute And Conservative Scottish Nationalism: British Home Rule Movements In The 1890s And 90s, Ryan Blank, Paul Kerry
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In the 1880s and 90s, the individual kingdoms and principalities that make up the United Kingdom experienced a revival of nationalistic sentiment. For the English, their national identity was tied to the Empire. The Celtic peoples re-invented nationalistic traditions, costume, and revived national languages. Building on the Romantic Movement, Celtic nationalists promoted strong national identities and legendary histories; however, the nationalism of the 1890s in Wales and Scotland was not anti-Empire even though it was anti-United Kingdom. This project will investigate Welsh and Scottish nationalism, particularly the Home Rule movements, through the lens of the writings and activities of a …
Stephen Fuller: Jamaican Planter, British Ambassador, Closet Abolitionist, Garrett Nagaishi, Dr. Matthew Mason
Stephen Fuller: Jamaican Planter, British Ambassador, Closet Abolitionist, Garrett Nagaishi, Dr. Matthew Mason
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The 1780s witnessed the rise of abolitionism within the British Empire. In its Two Reports…from the Committee of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica (1788), the Jamaican government, which greatly profited from slavery and the slave trade, responded to claims made against its treatment of slaves. The report attempted to demonstrate by logic and eyewitness testimony that slavery was valuable and consistent with moral principles. Shortly thereafter, Jamaica’s ambassador to British Parliament, Stephen Fuller, published Notes on the Two Reports from the Committee of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica (1789). This tract, which did not contain Fuller’s …
Obrajes, Andean Workers, And The Spanish Elite: Hegemony And Hierarchy In Peru’S Late-Colonial Era, Taylor Cozzens, Dr. Jeffrey Shumway
Obrajes, Andean Workers, And The Spanish Elite: Hegemony And Hierarchy In Peru’S Late-Colonial Era, Taylor Cozzens, Dr. Jeffrey Shumway
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Obrajes were textile shops in early Latin America. From the mid-1500s onward, Spanish colonists in Mexico and Peru established obrajes to produce fabrics for local societies. Labor for these shops was often coerced. My research focused on the Peruvian obrajes of the late-colonial era (roughly 1770 to 1820), wherein Andean communities were required to provide tributary laborers. I specifically looked at the changing relationship between the Andean workers and the Spanish elite.
Portraying “The Responsible Man”: A Historiographical Analysis Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Greer Bates, Dr. Paul Kerry
Portraying “The Responsible Man”: A Historiographical Analysis Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Greer Bates, Dr. Paul Kerry
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The roots of this project stem from years of research into the life and theological work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a German pastor who contributed to 20th century Christian theology and who was executed for his work in movements opposing the Third Reich in Nazi Germany. As I have read biographies and articles in order to better understand Bonhoeffer’s writings and actions, I began to notice that scholars often take different approaches to portraying Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Some authors choose to highlight aspects of his life that others virtually ignore; some books emphasize elements of his theology that other biographies leave untouched. Over …
Jo Marries Goethe: Dr. Bhaer As The Goethean Ideal In Louisa May Alcott’S Little Women, Megan Armknecht, Paul Kerry
Jo Marries Goethe: Dr. Bhaer As The Goethean Ideal In Louisa May Alcott’S Little Women, Megan Armknecht, Paul Kerry
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In February 2014, I received an ORCA grant to work on my Honors Thesis, “Jo Marries Goethe: Dr. Bhaer as the Goethean Ideal in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.” I had found resonances between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the character of Dr. Bhaer in Little Women, and I wanted to explore whether these connections held any ground and if I could make a case for Dr. Bhaer as Louisa May Alcott’s representation of the Goethean ideal. I applied for an ORCA grant in order to travel to Harvard to conduct research in Houghton Library’s Special Collections, which …