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The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, Christopher M. Jimenez, Melissa Del Castillo, Stephen Thomson Moore, Lowell Bryan Cooper, Jacqueline Radebaugh, George Pearson

Works of the FIU Libraries

The Academic and Intellectual Freedom Ad Hoc Committee presented a First Thursday discussion on May 4 about academic and intellectual freedom. Starting with a brief definition of these terms, they traced the history of Academic Freedom and how current events affect us at FIU. The committee posed several real-life scenarios threatening Academic/Intellectual Freedom in libraries. All library staff were invited to attend this lively discussion.

Worse Than Birmingham: How Segregationists In Danville Obstructed The Civil Rights Movement, Lauren E. Oakes

Masters Theses, 2020-current

This thesis explores the civil rights movement in Danville, Virginia, and focuses on the tactics employed by prominent white men who, because they controlled the city’s leading institutions of power, were able to effectively squelch the movement by the end of the 1963 summer. This paper also traces how the Danville movement followed the path of the classical phase of the national civil rights movement, and represents the manner in which broader trends and events played out in small southern cities. The Danville movement began with a student-led sit-in at the whites only public library a few months after the …

Law School News: Remembering John Lewis 07-18-2020, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

The True University: Yale's Library From 1843 To 1931, Elizabeth D. James

Elizabeth D. James

By the summer of 1930, Sterling Memorial Library was nearing completion, lacking only the university’s 1.6 million books. At 6:00 AM on July 7, with a ceremonial parade of the library’s earliest accessions, the two-month project of moving the books commenced. Leading the trail of librarians was the head librarian, Andrew Keogh, and the head of the serials cataloguing department, Grace Pierpont Fuller. Fuller was the descendant of James Pierpont, one of the principal founders of Yale, and was carrying the Latin Bible given by her ancestor during the fabled 1701 donation of books that signaled the foundation of the …

Law Library Blog (May 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

We’Ve Come A Long Way (Baby)! Or Have We? Evolving Intellectual Freedom Issues In The Us And Florida, L. Bryan Cooper, A.D. Beman-Cavallaro

Works of the FIU Libraries

This paper analyzes a shifting landscape of intellectual freedom (IF) in and outside Florida for children, adolescents, teens and adults. National ideals stand in tension with local and state developments, as new threats are visible in historical, legal, and technological context. Examples include doctrinal shifts, legislative bills, electronic surveillance and recent attempts to censor books, classroom texts, and reading lists.

Privacy rights for minors in Florida are increasingly unstable. New assertions of parental rights are part of a larger conservative animus. Proponents of IF can identify a lessening of ideals and standards that began after doctrinal fruition in the 1960s …

Jfk Assassination Records Collection In Government Documents, Minnesota State University, Mankato

History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady, Christina Mune

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

First Lady Rachel Jackson has become a symbol of America's folksy, pioneer past and her home, the Hermitage, still stands as a stately symbol of southern wealth and hospitality. However, the notoriously dirty presidential campaigns of 1824 and 1828 turned Rachel's marriage to General Jackson, her morality, and her intelligence into fodder for political scandal mongering. Her successor, Emily Donelson, dealt also with the politics of gender and power as White House Hostess during the Petticoat Affair, a scandal that resulted in the almost complete removal of Jackson's cabinet in 1831. As this chapter shows, recent scholarship focusing on these …

Roger Schnaitter, Roger Schnaitter, Meg Miner

All oral histories

Schnaitter is a collector of focused, discrete artifacts. He did not talk to Myers about his collecting habits but witnessed some of Myers' collecting activities and expresses opinions about them. Schnaitter describes some of Myers' personal and leadership characteristics and his influences on buying pianos and harpsichords for the School of Music. On reflection, Schnaitter believes Myers' interests in collecting influenced his own and he describes Myers' collecting methods compared to his own.

The True University: Yale's Library From 1843 To 1931, Elizabeth D. James

Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for Use of Library Special Collections

By the summer of 1930, Sterling Memorial Library was nearing completion, lacking only the university’s 1.6 million books. At 6:00 AM on July 7, with a ceremonial parade of the library’s earliest accessions, the two-month project of moving the books commenced. Leading the trail of librarians was the head librarian, Andrew Keogh, and the head of the serials cataloguing department, Grace Pierpont Fuller. Fuller was the descendant of James Pierpont, one of the principal founders of Yale, and was carrying the Latin Bible given by her ancestor during the fabled 1701 donation of books that signaled the foundation of the …

Against The Odds: Accounting For The Survival Of The Berkshire Athenaeum, John Dickson

Masters Theses

Comparative approaches in historic preservation usually involve two or more different buildings. The old Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts allows for a comparative approach with the same building, but in two different eras: one where the clamor to replace the library building came close to resulting in its destruction (1960s); the other, 35 years later, where the question of the building’s survival was never in doubt, never even raised (2000s). From its earliest days, serious design and workmanship flaws have plagued the structural integrity of the monumental Victorian Gothic building that stands in the center of Pittsfield. Its grand space …

Transmitting Whiteness: Librarians, Children, And Race, 1900-1930s, Shane Hand

Master's Theses

In the wake of the public library movement in the southern United States during the early twentieth century, local librarians began providing library services for those whom they deemed to be their most valuable resources, children. Representatives of a new profession, children’s librarians campaigned for better tomorrows by collecting good books specifically for young readers while providing safe, comfortable spaces that encouraged an atmosphere of instructive entertainment.

Supplemental to the development of a unique children’s department, library administrators sought strong working relationships with the city’s various public schools. The public cooperative that developed between libraries and schools brought thousands of …

The Idea Of The Public Library In The United States: Why Is It Important?, Ruth Bernstein

Pitzer Senior Theses

In a 1954 Library Science textbook author Ernestine Rose asked her readers to ponder whether the public library is either “unique and indispensable“ or “incidental and pleasant—the frills on our civic costume”. Over sixty-five years later these opposite constructs are still valid to frame my thesis with the questions, What is important about a library, What does it mean and to whom does it matter?

University Of South Florida Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Draft Business Plan, Mark I. Greenberg

Mark I. Greenberg

Genocide and mass violence have become global threats to peace and security and a sad testament to the human condition. Almost a half million genocide and torture victims currently reside in the United States, with millions more suffering silently in other parts of the world. Recognizing an important opportunity to unify the University of South Florida’s wide-ranging Holocaust & genocide studies initiatives and to contribute to global education and action, the USF Libraries have created a global interdisciplinary center to better understand and prevent genocide. USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center will become an internationally recognized center for the …

Visual Representations Of Student Life At San Jose State University; Building Visual Critical Thinking Skills, Danelle L. Moon

Danelle L. Moon

No abstract provided.

Visual Representations Of Student Life At San Jose State University; Building Visual Critical Thinking Skills, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Lesbian And Gay Past: An Interpretive Battleground, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

The lesbian and gay past is an interpretive battleground that mainstream archives have refused to enter, assuming few risks in collecting, naming, or identifying archival collections. At the same time, libraries offer up worlds to those who work to unearth the secrets there.

The New York Public Library's 1994 "Becoming Visible" exhibit trumpeted The Arrival of lesbian and gay history to New York's cultural mainstream. The NYPL exhibit denies the library's role in secreting lesbian and gay history, and diminished the contributions of community-based archives to the exhibit.

The Grizzly, November 30, 1979, Brian Barlow, Diana Dakay, Thomas A. Reilly, Larry Muscarella, Hedy Munson, Jay Repko, Dean Mioli, Jeffrey Plunkett, Michael Lees, Tracy Nadzak, Martin Katz, John O'Neill, David Mcphillips

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

College Costs To Skyrocket • Committee Explores Campus Problems • Audiovisual Services Relocated in Myrin • USGA Notes • Letters to the Editor • Roving Reporter: Iranian Crisis • Portrait of a Professor: Dr. John Wickersham • JDB - Full of Surprises • Vonnegut's 'Jailbird': Life of Walter Starbuck • Pilgrim To Speak On Economy • Cagers Open 79-80 Campaign With Victory • Gridders Win Finale With Shut-Out • Garner Races To 68th In Nation • Sports Profile: Rick Morris • Pool Records Set

The Grizzly, October 20, 1978, Jack Hauler, Ranelle Petrucelli, Jeffrey Plunkett, Lawrence Mroz, Donna L. Phillips, Richard W. Mcquillan, James Wilson, John Ingeholm, Brian Barlow, John O'Neill, Raymond Dougherty, Jennifer Bassett, Ken Rider

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Homecoming '78 Promises Color, Excitement • Judiciary Board Convicts Two • Shopping Center to Expand • On Personal Expression • Is Pledging All Fun and Games? • Ursinus' Financial Aid Structure • SFARC Repairs Damage Policy • Gallagher Explores Amish • Springsteen & Dylan: Poet Laureates or Veritable Zeros? • The World's Largest Hamburger • Paradise Lost: College Woods Gone Junkyard? • X-C: Dual Wins • Bears Fall Prey Again • Soccer Wins Five • News in Brief: Our New Look; Remember to Vote; Yom Kippur Celebration; Ursinus Announces Business Workshop; Library News Shorts

Guide To The Maine Historical Society Library, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

This article provides a guide to the history and use of Maine Historical Society Library.

The Ursinus Weekly, May 15, 1969, Alan Gold, Lynn Wollentin, Harvey Frankel, Bob Swarr, Michael Stoner, Jonathan Weaver, Paul Sautter, Jane Siegel, Judith Earle, Carol Martin, Allen Faaet, Rudi Herman, James Williams, Cris Crane, Greg Vanasse, David Sears, Marc Hauser

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Student plea for relevance asserted at Skytop meeting • USGA endorses USC plan; Responsible assembly called - Mass meeting held; March called off • USC makes presentation to committee • "Travelin' II" smash hit; Tomlinson huge success • Dr. Cyrus Gordon discloses discovery • Editorials: Post mortem - Campus Chest; Agency dilemma • Focus: Chuck Williams • Letters to the editor • "Thieves' carnival" reviewed • Schnoll bridges gap • Faculty survey • The parent as a dropout - are campus riots your fault? • Opinion: "A fairy tale" • "Sleep away" • Polemic, Pt. 2 • The women who …

The Ursinus Weekly, October 18, 1965, Patricia Rodimer, Carol Good, Charles Yerder, Kathleen Smith, Jon Katz, Candace Sprecher

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

All freshmen offered free concert trip • Frats offer pre-rushing advice to frosh • Curtain Club selects cast for Rice's "The Adding machine" • Editorial: The Parents' Day predicament • Dean's List published: 114 students honored • Spanish Club organizes • Fletcher gives ACS address • International career and study conferences set • Freshman class elects officers • Waldo joins history staff • Town book store opens today • Groups discuss "A plus" topic pick • Hilderbrand speaks to 230 at neighborhood "good will" dinner • Chapel schedule • Editorial: Dining hall difficulties • "Religion may die" warns Dr. Miller; …

The Ursinus Weekly, October 4, 1965, Patricia Rodimer, Frederick Jacob, Michael Foster, Candace Sprecher, Loretta Wagner, Jon Katz, Frederick Light

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Agency premiers season with Rooftop singers • J. Allen Minnich, Ursinus professor, dies in 66th year • Wismer Hall completed; To be dedicated this Fall • Nine freshmen granted half-tuition scholarships • Frosh program new this year • Freshmen camp seen as success • Medical hypnosis Pre-Med topic • NSA test scheduled October 23; Ursinus to be site of testing • Editorial: There've been some changes made; New frosh orientation program • 1965 customs program a precedent? • Freshman camp improves today's "nick of time" • Collegeville makes TV debut: Stars in WFIL community salute • Wismer hosts Berman collection: …

The Ursinus Weekly, June 7, 1965, Franklin Irvin Sheeder Jr., Sue Hartenstine, Lynne Johnson, Candace Sprecher

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Dr. Pradervand urges active involvement • Dr. F. L. Manning to retire • Ursinus graduates 226; Michener gives address • Four UC professors win Lindback teaching awards • Chapter scholars announced • New dining hall named in honor of R. F. Wismer • Alumni awards to Moritz and Wirth • Ursinus Summer Assembly set for August 2-9 • Editorial: To the Class of 1965; Federal funds; Best in the U.S. • Board of Directors approve three faculty promotions • Ursinus theatre party travels to Stratford • YM-YWCA concert features Negro choir • "A time in the sun" a typical Western …

The Ursinus Weekly, November 23, 1964, Craig S. Hill, Sue Yost, Patricia Rodimer, Lynn Martin, Susan Royack, Candace Sprecher, Alexis C. Anderson, Peter Dunn, Leslie Rudnyanszky, Bob Eley, Marianne Murphy, Charles Spencer

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

"Write me a murder," a skillful presentation of a weak play • Junior class announces 'S no ball turnabout • WSGA report on women's programs • Judy Collins to appear in campus folk concert: Performance tickets remain on sale • Ursinus receives $1,500 grant from Sears-Roebuck Foundation • Work camps topic of slide lecture • Debaters prepare for Temple novice tournament • Ursinus students attend Sheraton collegiate council • Human Relations Commission starts tutoring program • SWC abandons Sunday vespers • Editorial: Hats off! • Progress keyword in dining hall construction • Annual college music competition • Spotlight: UC abroad; …

The Ursinus Weekly, October 26, 1964, Craig S. Hill, Deborah Glassmoyer, Jeanne Dawson, Karen Kohn, Susan Hartman, Sue Hartenstine, Susan Royack, Bob Eley, Peter Dunn, George Davis, Leslie Rudnyanszky, Carlton Dingman, Marianne Murphy, Barry Feinberg

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Play, varied activities termed success at retreat: Play forms discussion springboard • Senior Prom to feature Raymond band, Camelot • Democrats sweep campus with 57 percent majority: Partisan area shows Johnson strength • Library consultant to discuss career opportunities • Ursinus to honor four alumni in Founders' Day ceremonies: Helfferich's address, college's future • Dooley associate to speak, show film in "Y" forum • Parents flock to campus in annual festivities: Grid loss dampens day only a little • Election planned to fill WSGA senate vacancies • Editorial: Answering critics • Is the Summer reading program worthless? • New Gym …

The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1964, Craig S. Hill, Anne Harris, Carl F. Peek, Barry Feinberg, Dorothy Davis, Mitchell Stevens, Candace Sprecher, John Bradley, Leslie Rudnyanszky, Karen Kohn, Marianne Murphy

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Bethany director to be awarded honorary degree • Moss and Creager review ministry in lively discussion • Dr. Charles D. Mattern dies suddenly at home: Funeral to be Tuesday • Young politicians debate national partisan issues: Campus voting follows, Wednesday • Football game, reception to highlight Parents' Day • A word from the Dean • Zuckers to appear with Rutgers choir at Carnegie Hall • Agency begins second year, requests support • Projected literary magazine plans liberal editorial policy • Editorial: In memoriam • Bomberger texts survive intact • Individualism - Iran style • Goldwater's policies: What are they? • …

The Ursinus Weekly, April 20, 1964, Craig S. Hill, Connie Church, Kathlene Dolman, Charles Spencer, Candace Sprecher, William Lundgren, George Davis, Constance Laughlin

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

New Lost City Ramblers to close first concert season • Good organization and enthusiasm mark '64 Campus Chest drive: Over $1,500 collected for charity • "Y" to feature fun and discussion at Spring retreat • Spring Festival parts awarded • MSGA officers to be elected Tuesday; Cope and Wirth run for President • Otto Lee sees bright future for college grads • Mackey to speak on African tour • Sororities hold rushing parties • Editorial: Unlimited cutting • U.C. students visit Lincoln; African Negro strife discussed • APO closes books for Asia drive • Letters to the editor • $550 …

The Ursinus Weekly, March 9, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, David J. Phillips, Carl F. Peek, John Bradley, Susan Bell, Carlton Dingman, Cheryl Siegal

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Junior Prom and Agency concert highlight coming weekend • Curtain Club chooses cast; Meridy Murphy will direct "Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" • Kaffee Klatsch topic "politics" • Sig Nu and ZX win Songfest • Photo contest • Wedgwood, controversial historian, author, here Wednesday evening • Campus Chest plans underway • Red Cross seeking qualified swimmers • 1,100 applications filed at UC for Fall admissions • Jean Hunter, Howard Smith elected Ruby co-editors • March placement schedule posted • Ursinus to raise tuition rate $200 effective Sept. 1 • Review: Mr. Lincoln on civil rights • Navy OCS team will visit campus …

The Ursinus Weekly, October 29, 1962, John B. Piston, Sharon E. Robbins, Sharon Rothenberger, Sally Campbell, Barbara Gettys, Linda Carpenter, Ed Leister, Craig Garner

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Founders Day affair Sunday features theologian McCord • Student concert series opens in Philadelphia • Cub and Key men meet at Millers • Juniors plan turnabout dance • Pi Nu welcomes seven new pledges • Improved Main Street is becoming auto speedway • Saturday's Innkeepers concert delights and enchants audience • Pre-medicals hear Hudock lecture on electrocardiograph • Foreign students speak at recent reception • Young GOP meeting scheduled for Tuesday • Tense Cuban situation draws profs' comments • UC represented at WAC program • Library display depicts internationality of UC • "The Rail" will open soon • Chamberlin will …