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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.

"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.

"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.

"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 …

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 …

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.

Sillin-Monroe-Sprague Family Papers, 2020

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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.

Arkansas Nursing Roundtable Covid-19 Survey, 2020

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

Texarkana (Ark.) Collection, 2020

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

Arkansas Archeological Survey Records, 2019-2020

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

Pax Yearbook 2020, Subiaco Abbey And Academy

The Pax, 1927; 1946-2020

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

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.

"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."

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.

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]..."

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.

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."

Valentine, Lewis Webb To Elizabeth Ann Hollis

Holidays and celebrations

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

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.

The Abbey Message, 2020 Winter

The Abbey Message, 1940-2021

The Abbey Message publication, produced by Subiaco Abbey, dated Winter 2020.

Sailing Illicit Voyages: Colonial Smuggling Operations Between North America And The West Indies, 1714-1776, Carl A. Herzog

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines colonial smuggling in the mid-eighteenth century between British North America and the Caribbean from the operational perspective of the captains and crews of the coastwise merchant vessels engaged in that trade. In doing so, this work seeks to recast these particular smuggling mariners as agents of a unique professional maritime skillset, whose expertise created paths for upward mobility in their communities and careers. Returning the mariners’ skills and core occupation to their historical identity refines and corrects arguments about mariners’ perceived attitudes toward the Navigation Acts, smuggling, and the American Revolution. Focusing on operational skills differentiates the …

Women’S Impact On Cooking Culture During The Great Depression: Limited To Being A Homemaker, Unlimited In Their Authority On Nutrition In Their Communities, Michelle Molina

History Undergraduate Theses

This paper examines American cooking culture of the Great Depression, as the impact it had on everyday people’s diet was much greater than one may initially think. By analyzing interviews, photographs, and newspaper advertisements, and conducting archival research, I illuminate the public history of the Great Depression’s impact on diet and the roles women played during it. The existing scholarship on the Great Depression typically focuses on the relief efforts made to help people affected by this economic downturn, but this paper will focus more specifically on the cooking culture that involved women during this desperate time. Harsh conditions experienced …

'Seeds Of Happiness': An Oral History Of Members Of Soka Gakkai International-New Orleans, Lorvelis Amelia Madueño

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a Japanese new religious movement present in 192 countries. Despite the substantial amount of academic work that has been produced on SGI’s overseas expansion, many scholars continue to overlook the local context when analyzing the organization’s global presence. This paper is based on oral history interviews and examines the experiences of five members of the SGI-USA New Orleans Buddhist Center, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. This thesis argues that many SGI practitioners choose to join and remain in the organization because it fills specific spiritual and emotional voids in their lives, creates …

Llamas Are Having A Moment In The Us, But They’Ve Been Icons In South America For Millennia, Emily Wakild

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

With their long eyelashes, banana-shaped ears, upturned mouths and stocky bodies covered with curly wool, llamas look like creatures that walked out of a Dr. Seuss story. And now they’re celebrities in the U.S.

Body Snatching In Philadelphia: A Social And Cultural History, 1762-1883, Timothy R. Dewysockie

Theses and Dissertations

In 18th-century Philadelphia the first medical school in the thirteen British colonies was established. However, cadavers for dissection could only be obtained involuntarily, a posthumous punishment generally reserved for murderers and suicides. Body snatching, the disinterment of corpses for dissection, immediately became a problem because legal sources of "subjects" did not meet demand. Body snatching was resisted in popular representations and the actions of everyday citizens in riots, petitions, and other forms of protest. However, in the late 19th century the requisition of "unclaimed" bodies for dissection - that is, dead "paupers" - became enshrined in Pennsylvania's 1883 Anatomy Act, …

Archivo Historico De La Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores L_E_1095, Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores

La Guerra de Texas y La Guerra Mexico - Estados Unidos

Efforts for peace, treaties, and covenants, to return national and private property after the evacuation of the country by U.S. forces. The Minister of War communicates news from Sonora regarding the passing of a caravan that goes to California. p. 1-2.

U.S. forces take possession of Isleta, Socorro and S. Elzeario; Chihuahua protests the U.S. occupation. p. 2a-68.

The government refuses the declaration of the Republic of Sierra, formed from northern Border States and mainly instigated by Americans. p. 69-93.

The Governor of Chihuahua worries about buffalo hunters crossing into and inhabiting the territory. p. 94-98.

Nathan Clifford, Minister from …

Updated Resources For Planning Accessible Events Available Online, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

“Planning Accessible Meetings and Conferences: A Suggested Checklist and Guide” is a free resource developed by the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies in partnership with Speaking Up for Us, a Maine organization run by and for adults who live with developmental disabilities. The checklist is designed to help people, groups or organizations plan a meeting or conference that is inclusive and welcoming by providing practical suggestions that promote meaningful participation for everyone.

Escrime Americana: The History Of Discrimination In American Fencing From The 1700s-1950, Alyssa J. Hirsch

Honors College Theses

This research paper will focus on the history of discrimination in American fencing from 1700-1950. The time frame covers the colonial origins of the sport in America, through segregation practices up to 1950. This project will analyze the origins of classism, sexism, and racism in American fencing, and how it connects to how racism, sexism, and classism have operated in the United States. There has been no previous research conducted into the history of discrimination in fencing exclusively, so this is new territory.

The research for this paper includes primary sources provided by the head historian of U.S. fencing, Andy …

The Basques Of New Orleans, Koldo San Sebastian

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

Basques have found their way to many corners of the world, and one of those is the distinctive city of New Orleans in the United States. The relationship of Basques with Louisiana antedates the independence of the United States, and, of course, incorporation of that territory into the American Union. The Basque presence was most evident throughout the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, when a significant community of Basque mariners resided in New Orleans. This article provides a historical overview of the Basque connection to Louisiana, from the expulsion of the Acadians that sent Basques south, …

President's Council On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion: Findings And Recommendations Report, University Of Maine President's Council On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

Report from the President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with recommendations for expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion on the University of Maine (UM) and the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) campuses.

The President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion began its work in October 2020, charged with advising “the President and members of the President’s Cabinet on matters of diversity, equity and inclusion at [UM] and [UMM] and to provide an annual report to the President on the status and efforts to ensure that inclusive excellence is foundational at the University.”

The Council includes 33 members, who collectively …