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Recovering Untold Stories: Everyday Lives Of Women In Republican Istanbul, 1930-1960, Zehra Betul Atasoy Dec 2020

Recovering Untold Stories: Everyday Lives Of Women In Republican Istanbul, 1930-1960, Zehra Betul Atasoy

Dissertations

This research explores the everyday lives of urban women from various social strata in Istanbul between 1930 and 1960. It designates the implications of the Republican reforms in urban spaces and concentrates on untold stories of women who belonged to varying social settings and professions. The everyday life of the city became more complex with the increase in participation of women during these decades. This research examines the myriad ways in which women asserted themselves in the urban fabric, following three threads. First, women's leisure and economic activities in the newly built public squares are investigated. Then, industrial workers and …

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Model Minorities: Asian Americans And The White-Black Racial Paradigm, Jason Tom Dec 2020

Model Minorities: Asian Americans And The White-Black Racial Paradigm, Jason Tom

Theses and Dissertations

This paper examines the racial wedge driven by Whites between Blacks and Asian Americans during the Cold War on to the present. Model minorities is a term coined by whites in the 1960s to suppress Civil Rights protests and Black demands. By elevating a minority group through success stories, whites constructed a means to suppress Black people’s organizing for change against systemic racism and oppression.

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"Death By Design": The Secret Holocaust Of Wrightsville, Arkansas, Stage Production Final Grant Report, 2019-2020 Dec 2020

"Death By Design": The Secret Holocaust Of Wrightsville, Arkansas, Stage Production Final Grant Report, 2019-2020

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This collection is related to a play put on by the students of Meridian High School Theatre Department in Meridian, Mississippi, about the Wrightsville 21. The production was funded in part by the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant. The collection includes a final grant report for the project.

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"Our Past, Our Future, Our Communicators" Central Delta/Delta Yes Inc. Final Grant Report, 2018-2020 Dec 2020

"Our Past, Our Future, Our Communicators" Central Delta/Delta Yes Inc. Final Grant Report, 2018-2020

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This collection contains a DVD, two spiral binders, and a syllabus.

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"Our Past, Our Future, Our Communicators" - Preservation Of African American Cemeteries Final Grant Report, 2018-2020 Dec 2020

"Our Past, Our Future, Our Communicators" - Preservation Of African American Cemeteries Final Grant Report, 2018-2020

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This collection contains a final grant report for the "Our Past, Our Future, Our Communicators" project for the Preservation of African American Cemeteries Junior Preservation Society. The project was funded through the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program, administered by the Black History Commission of Arkansas. The Black History Commissioner of Arkansas (BHCA) was created by Act 1233 of 1991 and is composed of seven members appointed by the governor with approval of the Senate. The BHCA is charged with preserving the history of black Arkansans and black communities in Arkansas. This commission also encourages research of Arkansas’ black history …

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A Centennial Commemoration: Historical Contributions Of African American Psychologists From Arkansas Final Grant Report, 2020 Dec 2020

A Centennial Commemoration: Historical Contributions Of African American Psychologists From Arkansas Final Grant Report, 2020

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This collection contains one 3-ring binder with a final grant report, transcripts of interviews and photographs on flash drive, flyers, email correspondence, and CD-ROM recording of event. The project was funded through the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program, administered by the Black History Commission of Arkansas. The Black History Commissioner of Arkansas (BHCA) was created by Act 1233 of 1991 and is composed of seven members appointed by the governor with approval of the Senate. The BHCA is charged with preserving the history of black Arkansans and black communities in Arkansas. This commission also encourages research of Arkansas’ black …

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Arkansas Historical Commemorations: Civil War Sesquicentennial, Worldwar I Centennial, And Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial, 1861-2020 Dec 2020

Arkansas Historical Commemorations: Civil War Sesquicentennial, Worldwar I Centennial, And Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial, 1861-2020

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This collection contains web crawl and download captures from three commemoration commissions websites, the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, the World War I Centennial Commemoration Commission, and the Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemoration Commission. Each website contains historical information about the event it honors and includes information about the commemoration events. The collection also includes physical material in paper format from the Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemoration Commission consisting of a proclamation, meeting minutes, and research material collected by the Department of Arkansas Heritage committee designee.

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Sillin-Monroe-Sprague Family Papers, 2020 Dec 2020

Sillin-Monroe-Sprague Family Papers, 2020

Finding aids

This collection contains records of the Sillin-Monroe-Sprague family, including Bible records of births and deaths, correspondence, and other material related to the history of the family.

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Arkansas Nursing Roundtable Covid-19 Survey, 2020 Dec 2020

Arkansas Nursing Roundtable Covid-19 Survey, 2020

Finding aids

This collection contains a survey conducted in 2020 of nurses and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurses' names were kept confidential.

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Texarkana (Ark.) Collection, 2020 Dec 2020

Texarkana (Ark.) Collection, 2020

Finding aids

This collection contains programs from historical marker dedications and city birthday celebrations that occurred in Texarkana from 1963 to 1976.

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Arkansas Archeological Survey Records, 2019-2020 Dec 2020

Arkansas Archeological Survey Records, 2019-2020

Finding aids

This collection contains one annual report from the Arkansas Archeological Survey for the year 2019-2020.

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Pax Yearbook 2020, Subiaco Abbey And Academy Dec 2020

Pax Yearbook 2020, Subiaco Abbey And Academy

The Pax, 1927; 1946-2020

Yearbook of Subiaco Abbey and Academy for the 2019-2020 school year.

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Library Interior, Mena, Decorated With Streamers With Hearts As If For Valentine's Day Dec 2020

Library Interior, Mena, Decorated With Streamers With Hearts As If For Valentine's Day

Holidays and celebrations

Photo of Mena Library's interior, showing tables with books on top, chairs, and bookshelves. A lady in a dark dress stands against a bookshelf. The room is decorated with streamers with heart shapes as if for Valentine's day.

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"Our Wedding Song" Poem By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 2020

"Our Wedding Song" Poem By Joseph Boone Hunter

Holidays and celebrations

"Our wedding song," poem by Joseph Boone Hunter. Includes notes that "music for this poem has been written by Marjorie S. Matsumoto" and handwritten "E L [Elizabeth Lucille; Betty Lu] Hunter High Plains Bapt. Hosp., Amarillo, Texas."

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Programme For St. Valentine's Ball At Concordia Hall, 1899 February 14 Dec 2020

Programme For St. Valentine's Ball At Concordia Hall, 1899 February 14

Holidays and celebrations

Programme, featuring an illustration of woman in a dress climbing a ladder to be near a man on a balcony, for St. Valentine's Ball at Concordia Hall, in Little Rock. Includes lists of dances and committees members.

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Wedding Ceremony By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 2020

Wedding Ceremony By Joseph Boone Hunter

Holidays and celebrations

Typed wedding ceremony template by Joseph Boone Hunter. Includes blanks for bride and grooms names and reminds not to ask "useless questions" with examples such as: 'If anyone knows any reason why these young people should not' [marry]..."

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The Meaning Of Easter, Sermon By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 2020

The Meaning Of Easter, Sermon By Joseph Boone Hunter

Holidays and celebrations

Typed sermon entitled "The Meaning of Easter" by Joseph Boone Hunter, pastor of Pulaski Heights Christian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Includes handwritten notes in margins. Lists Mrs. Janice Moore as pastor's assistant.

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Unidentified Boy Beside Chair With A Birthday Cake Dec 2020

Unidentified Boy Beside Chair With A Birthday Cake

Holidays and celebrations

Photo of a boy and his cake. The cake has two candles and "2 Years" written on it. The back of photo includes handwritten note "He looks kind of mad, he wanted to put his finger on the cake."

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Valentine, Lewis Webb To Elizabeth Ann Hollis Dec 2020

Valentine, Lewis Webb To Elizabeth Ann Hollis

Holidays and celebrations

Valentine, from Lewis Webb to Elizabeth Ann Hollis with poem.

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The Country Club Announces Five Big Parties For The Season Dec 2020

The Country Club Announces Five Big Parties For The Season

Holidays and celebrations

Parties include Thanksgiving party on Saturday November 28th, Christmas Tree on Thursday December 31st, Mardi Gras Party on Tuesday February 23rd, and Spring Carnival on Saturday April 17th. Announcement also notes "The Board has entrusted these special entertainments to a committee of ladies, of which Mrs. T. H. Bunch is Chairman. This Committee will doubtless advise members more definitely of its plans before each event. These dates are additional to the usual dinners, dances, etc., given by the regular committee.

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Teong Negeri: Sakralitas Identitas Lokal Masyarakat Negeri Adat Di Maluku Tengah, Revaldo Pravasta Julian Mb Salakory Dec 2020

Teong Negeri: Sakralitas Identitas Lokal Masyarakat Negeri Adat Di Maluku Tengah, Revaldo Pravasta Julian Mb Salakory

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This article discusses the sacredness of Teong Negeri in the life of the indigenous people in Maluku. Teong Negeri is seen as a symbol of the customary state in Central Maluku, among others, Negeri Haya, Hatu, Tehua and Wassu and has a function in maintaining the socio-cultural network. the four states of Pela Gandong Negeri Haya, Hatu, Tehua and Wassu use Teong Negeri as a daily greeting. It can be seen that Teong Negeri is a sacred symbol for the four states of pela gandong because in addition to being a symbol of identity that is able to integrate each …

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Revisiting Ethnicity In Southeast Asia, Dewi Hermawati Resminingayu Dec 2020

Revisiting Ethnicity In Southeast Asia, Dewi Hermawati Resminingayu

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

To explain ethnicity, scholars have come to an endless discussion providing a wide spectrum of ethnicity throughout the world. Various perspectives have been suggested to comprehend the notion of ethnicity. To this point, there are three most well-known perspectives to explain this term, namely primordialism, instrumentalism, and constructivism approach. Most scholars commonly apply one approach to dissect a case study related to ethnicity. Few have ombined two approaches, for each approach seems to contradict one another. However, this paper suggests that those three approaches can be simultaneously applied if critically used to discern certain case studies related to ethnicity in …

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Krakatau On Fire, The Disaster Of 1883 In Dutch Colonial Literature: A Postcolonial Approach, Rick Honings Dec 2020

Krakatau On Fire, The Disaster Of 1883 In Dutch Colonial Literature: A Postcolonial Approach, Rick Honings

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

In 1883, the volcano Krakatau erupted and collapsed, causing the deaths of tens of thousands. The eruption was one of the first disasters to take place beyond the Dutch boundaries that received so much attention in the Netherlands. Although the disaster appealed to the imagination, it barely led to the publication of fiction. Only in Dutch Indies youth literature can one find something about the Krakatau. In this article, four Dutch stories and novels are analysed: “Stories of the moon” by Nellie van Kol-Porreij, The hermit of Rakata or Krakatau on fire by Robert Michael Ballantyne, “Nine Months on Krakatau” …

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2020-12-31 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President. Dec 2020

2020-12-31 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A letter from the Office of the President sent to students on December 31, 2020 regarding the spring semester and return to campus.

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Advanced Composites Center Research Patent Portfolio Webpage, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine Dec 2020

Advanced Composites Center Research Patent Portfolio Webpage, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Webpage listing research patents held by since 1998.

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The Architectural Epigraphy Of Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Tariqah In Central Asia In The Xviii-Xix Centuries, Mekhrojiddin Amonov Dec 2020

The Architectural Epigraphy Of Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Tariqah In Central Asia In The Xviii-Xix Centuries, Mekhrojiddin Amonov

The Light of Islam

This article examines the architectural and epigraphic monuments associated with the history of the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tariqah in the 18th-19th centuries. Information about this tariqah is obtained based on epigraphic data. The article contains information about the murshids who carried out their activities within the “Suf Allahyar” and “Musakhonkhodja Dahbedi” branches of the Central Asian Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi tariqah in the 18th- 19th centuries, as well as information about architectural monuments and epigraphic inscriptions directly related to them. It also provides valuable information about the activities of the murshids of the tariqah Qamariddin Khuzari and Mavlono Mirmuhammad Ibrahim Khodja Samarqandi, as well as …

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Stages Of Development Of The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation (1969-1990), Fazilat Qo'ysinova Dec 2020

Stages Of Development Of The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation (1969-1990), Fazilat Qo'ysinova

The Light of Islam

The article analyzes the stages of development of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, historical events in which the organization was created, its goals and objectives, place and role in the political consolidation of the member states, as well as its formation as an international organization and its role in the system of international organizations. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation as an international organization has its special place and has a great institutional impact on the integration processes of Muslim countries. Dynamic transformations in political processes, strengthening of Muslim consolidation, cooperation in the fght against common threats and challenges, assistance and …

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Taxation Policy And Land Reforms In Colonial Malaya, Avazbek Ganiyev Dec 2020

Taxation Policy And Land Reforms In Colonial Malaya, Avazbek Ganiyev

The Light of Islam

During the 18th-19th centuries, British influence started to change the situation of the economy and the society of Malaya as a whole. Steps towards the further expansion of the tin mining industry was a turning point, which affected the whole society. The British Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore were established between 1786 and 1825 and were governed by the East India Company. The tin trade was thrown open to private individuals. Further developments required more labor and funds involvement and as a result, the Chinese came to the central scene and started to invest hugely in Sungei Ujong …

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Yunini Copy Of Sahih Al-Bukhari, Feruz Kholmuminov, Oybek Sotvoldiev Dec 2020

Yunini Copy Of Sahih Al-Bukhari, Feruz Kholmuminov, Oybek Sotvoldiev

The Light of Islam

Among the collections of hadiths, the work of Imam al-Bukhari “Sahih al-Bukhari” is recognized as the most reliable book of hadiths. From the history of the creation of the work, it is known that Imam al-Bukhari created this work with great patience and perseverance for 16 years. It should be noted that the ideal and perfect state in which it has come down to our days is the result of the enormous work put into it. This process consisted of several stages. At the frst stage, several storytellers listened to “Sahih” from Imam Bukhari himself and wrote the book directly …

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Sufi Issues On The Pages Of The Spiritual Journal Of The Arabists Of Dagestan “Bayan Al-Haqa’Iq” (1925-1928), Amir Navruzov Dec 2020

Sufi Issues On The Pages Of The Spiritual Journal Of The Arabists Of Dagestan “Bayan Al-Haqa’Iq” (1925-1928), Amir Navruzov

The Light of Islam

The article introduces us to the Arabic-language magazine of the Dagestani Muslim reformers of the frst third of the XX century “Bayan al-Haqa’iq” In a short introduction, the author explains the policy of tsarism towards the Muslims of Dagestan in the pre-revolutionary period, and then the Bolsheviks in the frst years of Soviet power, explains the reason for the permission of the Soviet government to publish an Arabic-language magazineand gives a description of the main goals and objectives of this magazine. Topics that took place in the Islamic discourse of Muslim reformers of Dagestan on the pages of the magazine …

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