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Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 8. Correspondence and diaries of Deel Carl Perguson, Jr., Horse Branch (Ohio County), Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. Of interest are his letters written while serving in World War II in the United States, North Africa, and Italy, and his later memoirs of this period. Also of interest are diaries of his years as a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1939-1943. The collection also includes his recollections of growing up in Horse Branch in the 1920s and 1930s.
Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 225. Diary, 1912, of Thwing, professor of mathematics and member of the Athletic Board of Manual Training High School, Louisville, and later at Male High School, Louisville. He comments about the weather and his activities at home, church, and school, as well as about the night class he is teaching at the Y.M.C.A. Includes a copy of his obituary and other biographical information.
Patterson, James Kennedy, 1833-1922 - Relating To (Sc 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Patterson, James Kennedy, 1833-1922 - Relating To (Sc 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 224. Copies of business and personal letters, telegrams, and receipts, chiefly addressed to James Kennedy Patterson, prior to and during his presidency of the University of Kentucky. The letters, from his wife, relatives, and acquaintances, relate to family and professional affairs.
Empire Of The Young: Missionary Children In Hawai'i And The Birth Of U.S. Colonialism In The Pacific, 1820-1898, Joy Schulz
Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Hawaiian by birth, white by race, and American by parental and educational design, the children of nineteenth-century American missionaries in Hawai‘i occupied an ambiguous place in Hawaiian culture. More tenuous was the relationship between these children and the United States where many attended college before returning to the Hawaiian Islands. The supposed acculturation of white missionary children in Hawai‘i to American cultural, political and religious institutions was never complete, nor was their membership in Hawaiian society uncontested. The tenuous roles these children played in both societies influenced the trajectories of each nation in surprising ways. Similarly, the children’s cultural experiences …
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2435. Pre-printed check for a farewell offering, payable to evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and drawn on Kentucky Bank and Trust Company, Madisonville, Kentucky, 17 October 1928.
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Maddox, Larry (Sc 2429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Maddox, Larry (Sc 2429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2429. A typed manuscript titled "Walton's Creek Baptist Church" which is a history of that Ohio County, Kentucky church. Includes footnotes and references.
Sublett Family (Sc 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sublett Family (Sc 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 146. Bill of Charles Sublett for tanning calf skin, 1808; tax receipt (fragment) to Charles Sublett, Warren County, Kentucky, 1817; promissory note signed by William Sublett, 1826; three notes on religious doctrine; scrapbook of articles and poems about Kentucky and Kentuckians compiled by Paul H. Murphy, 1932.
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Mss 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Mss 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 356. Correspondence, photographs, sketches and drawings, writings, journals and clippings of or relating to Ivan Wilson, an artist and faculty member in the Art Department at Western Kentucky University from 1920 to 1958. Includes some materials related to other artists.
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 143. Sheet music, lyrics and poems written by Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Richardsville, Kentucky. Includes typescripted newspaper clippings about Moates's compositions.
Drake Family Papers, 1804-1861 (Sc 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake Family Papers, 1804-1861 (Sc 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 192. Chiefly letters to Albrittain Drake and his wife, Ruth (Collins) Drake, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Most of the letters are from Drake and Collins family members, primarily their sons, James Perry, a land agent in Indiana, and Benjamin Michael, a Methodist minister in Mississippi. Also includes biographical and genealogical information related to the two families.
Margaret Knapke Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Christopher Erb, Margaret Knapke
Margaret Knapke Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Christopher Erb, Margaret Knapke
Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project
On February 23, 2011 Christopher Erb interviewed Margaret Knapke, a human rights and peace activist, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Margaret discussed her activism, her involvement with SOA Watch, her work with holistic body healing, and more.
Landrum, Reuben, 1777-1848 (Sc 188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Landrum, Reuben, 1777-1848 (Sc 188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 188. Photostat of letter, 31 July 1837, of Reuben Landrum, Clark County, Kentucky, to his nephew Thomas Landrum upon learning of the death of Thomas’s father, Reuben’s oldest brother. He reflects on their family and supplies some genealogy.
Cindy Good Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Celeste Trejo, Cindy Good
Cindy Good Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Celeste Trejo, Cindy Good
Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project
On February 18, 2011 Celeste Trejo interviewed Cindy Good, Executive Director of the Miami Valley Women’s Center in Dayton, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Cindy discussed her family, previous occupations, as well as her work with the Abstinence Education Program at the Women’s Center.
Doug Saunders Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Celeste Trejo, Doug Saunders
Doug Saunders Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Celeste Trejo, Doug Saunders
Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project
On February 14, 2011 Celeste Trejo interviewed Doug Saunders, director of the Edgewood Baptist Center in Dayton, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Doug speaks about his family, his work at the Edgewood Baptist Church in Trenton, and his life.
Webster, William Stewart Cross, 1844-1922 (Sc 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Webster, William Stewart Cross, 1844-1922 (Sc 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 135. Letter from William Stewart Cross Webster, Paris, Kentucky, to G. Fred Ziegler in London, England. Writing to his former Princeton classmate, Webster, a Presbyterian minister, tells of his pastorate in Paris, speculates on his future plans, including his hopes to marry, and gives news of other school friends.
Cathy Sayer Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Ashley Robbins, Cathy Sayer
Cathy Sayer Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Ashley Robbins, Cathy Sayer
Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project
On February 9, 2011 Ashley Robbins interviewed Cathy Sayer, University Director of Service Learning at Wright State University, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Cathy discussed her childhood, her involvement in community service, becoming a director of services, and more.
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 130. Photocopy and typescript of memoir by Jordan Owen, a Virginia native and Church of Christ minister of Green and Hart County, Kentucky, outlining his early life and religious views. Includes a published biographical sketch.
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 97. Letters, 1831-1871, mostly incoming from relatives and friends, written chiefly to Caleb N. Bell, Methodist minister of Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain mainly family news and religious comments. Also biographical information.
“Truth Systematised" : The Changing Debate Over Slavery And Abolition, 1761-1916, Robert P. Forbes
“Truth Systematised" : The Changing Debate Over Slavery And Abolition, 1761-1916, Robert P. Forbes
Torrington Articles
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Reading, Writing, And Religion: Institutions And Human Capital Formation, Latika Chaudhary, Jared Rubin
Reading, Writing, And Religion: Institutions And Human Capital Formation, Latika Chaudhary, Jared Rubin
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
In this paper, we empirically test the role that religious and political institutions play in the accumulation of human capital. Using a new data set on literacy in colonial India, we find that Muslim literacy is negatively correlated with the proportion of Muslims in the district, although we find no similar result for Hindu literacy. We employ a theoretical model which suggests that districts which experienced a more recent collapse of Muslim political authority had more powerful and better funded religious authorities, who established religious schools which were less effective at promoting literacy on the margin than state schools. We …
The Dissonant Bible Quotation: Political And Narrative Dissension In Gaskell's Mary Barton, Jon Singleton Ph.D.
The Dissonant Bible Quotation: Political And Narrative Dissension In Gaskell's Mary Barton, Jon Singleton Ph.D.
English Faculty Research and Publications
Religious language exerted multivalent force in Victorian society, as this case study of Gaskell’s novel Mary Barton, Chartist political protest, and the weaponization of the Bible in contemporary social struggle makes clear. Scholars have established that different classes read the Bible differently; but I demonstrate how Gaskell makes the Bible read in several different ways for the same reader. Gaskell makes Bible quotations dissonant through her use of character and narration, in order to challenge the boundaries of readers’ political sympathies. This study shows how any religious utterance escapes the control and political interests of any class—and how its conflicting …
Institutions, The Rise Of Commerce And The Persistence Of Laws: Interest Restrictions In Islam And Christianity, Jared Rubin
Institutions, The Rise Of Commerce And The Persistence Of Laws: Interest Restrictions In Islam And Christianity, Jared Rubin
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
Why was economic development retarded in the Middle East relative to Western Europe, despite the Middle East being far ahead for centuries? A theoretical model inspired and substantiated by the history of interest restrictions suggests that this outcome emanates in part from the greater degree to which early Islamic political authorities derived legitimacy from religious authorities. This entailed a feedback mechanism in Europe in which the rise of commerce led to the relaxation of interest restrictions while also diminishing the Church's ability to legitimise political authorities. These interactions did not occur in the Islamic world despite equally amenable economic conditions.