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Whogetstotellstory.Pptx, Rhea Cote Robbins
Whogetstotellstory.Pptx, Rhea Cote Robbins
Rhea Cote Robbins
"Who Gets To Tell Story" PowerPoint to accompany presentation documents
Melcom 2018: Oriental Manuscripts At The University Of Michigan (Slides), Roberta L. Dougherty
Melcom 2018: Oriental Manuscripts At The University Of Michigan (Slides), Roberta L. Dougherty
Roberta L. Dougherty
This paper tells the story of the birth and growth of the collection of Islamic manuscripts at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA). While the story has interest in its own right, this paper will also attempt to situate it in the larger story of the collecting of antiquities by Orientalists that began in Europe, first by wealthy dilettantes and royalty, then by museums as they began to grow and be established in the nineteenth century, and continued along similar lines in the young United States by wealthy industrialists and the museums and universities they patronized. Also having a …
Bicycle Messenger Boys And The Evolution Of American Labor Laws, Christopher A. Sweet
Bicycle Messenger Boys And The Evolution Of American Labor Laws, Christopher A. Sweet
Christopher A. Sweet
Bicycle messenger boys often conjure up images of young boy riding an early morning newspaper delivery route. Long before the newspaper delivery boy, telegraph and shipping companies exploited child bicycle messengers as a cheap form of labor. Bicycle messenger boys worked long hours under dangerous conditions for little pay. Some worked overnight delivering messages and parcels to patrons and proprietors in red light districts. Some were injured or even killed on the job. This presentation will examine how bicycle messenger boys found themselves entwined in evolving American labor laws from 1890-1940. Anti-child labor organizations such as the National Child Labor …
Picturing New Orleans: Collective Memory Images And Visual Thinking, Dana S. Thompson
Picturing New Orleans: Collective Memory Images And Visual Thinking, Dana S. Thompson
Dana Statton Thompson
New Orleans has always been a city filled with a mix of cultures, creating a vibrant art community and subsequent detailed visual historical record throughout its 300 year history. This program will explore, from the French and Spanish influences to Mardi Gras and Hurricane Katrina, from well-known and less-known artists, how New Orleans was and is represented through images. In this program we will rediscover New Orleans, exploring how images have contributed to the formation of New Orleans’ image and informed our own conception of the city and its place in the South.
Eld 2018 Lightening Talk_ New Partnerships.Pptx, Patricia Watkins
Eld 2018 Lightening Talk_ New Partnerships.Pptx, Patricia Watkins
Patricia Watkins
Presentation about ERAU-Prescott Hazy Librarians fresh outreach and engagement with faculty in support of student learning and faculty research.