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Distribution, Bars, And Arcade Stars: Joe Anthony’S Entrepreneurial Expansion In Houston’S Gay Media Industries, Finley Freibert

Faculty Scholarship

This article develops the concept of "gay useful media" to explore a case study of gay entrepreneurship in Houston, Texas, of the 1970s. A father and son developed a gay media empire in the city, which spanned bars, bookstores, distribution, and vending. One of the pair's key establishments was Houston's legendary gay bar Mary's at 1022 Westheimer (also known as Mary's Lounge, Mary's, Naturally, and Mary's…Naturally).

Henry Adams: An Education In Autobiography, Marcellus Richie

Dissertations and Theses

This essay will begin by breaking down Henry Adams’s starting sentence in his autobiography word by word, piece by piece – pondering its meanings and permutations in the context of subsequent chapters of this iconic memoir. The essay will then consider whether Adams’s Education should still be regarded as a classic of American autobiography or seen merely as an irrelevant and out-of-date artifact. In a nation radically transformed since Adams’s time, does the book still deserve its high flung reputation? In other words, which of the images cited above is most relevant to The Education: an image of optimistic youth …

The Space Between “Seen” And “Unseen:” Queer People And The 1915-1945 New Negro Renaissance, Claudia R. Campanella

Dissertations and Theses

In November 1926, a group of Black artists, writers, and activists created the first and only edition of Fire!!, edited by novelist Wallace Thurman. Fire!! was created by a younger generation of New Negroes and “devoted to the younger Negro artists” who dissented from the mainstream ideas of the New Negro Movement and used the magazine to spread their own views on the 1915-1945 New Negro Renaissance. Fire!! and other texts speaking to this dissent against a Black intellectual middle class image of the movement will be studied in reference to showcasing the multi-faceted elements of the movement touching …

Remembering The Experience Of War: A Sensory Study Of The Vietnam War And Collective Memory, Jacob Randolph

Master's Theses

The Vietnam War is remembered in a variety of ways. It is remembered as a war against communism, yet one that was also against American ideals of freedom. It is remembered as a war of patriotism, yet one that was also against the numerous military members who fought in it. It is remembered as a war for integration and unity among black and white, yet many African-Americans remember the time period as a war being fought abroad and at home. Memory of the war is obviously contradicting, but then again the 1960s and 1970s oftentimes were.

This thesis examines how …

How The Hell Did We Get Here? A Look At How The Civil Rights Movement Influenced Campus Activism, Civic Engagement, And Current Movements Around Civil Liberties., Talaya Monea Robinson-Dancy

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Strawberry Ghosts: Lore, Loss & Licentiousness In A 400-Year-Old City, Ella Wheeler Mcgrail

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Old New England towns are viewed as bastions of American History, but most narratives promoted by such places are highly selective, and tend to showcase the white, male, settler-colonial perspective. In this collection of stories, vignettes, personal accounts and historical snapshots, the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire is portrayed through the voices of residents past and present, real and fictional. It seeks to examine the city's history through a deconstructionist, anti-colonial lens and to ultimately tell a story that reflects the true beauty, shame, and complexity of this extraordinary coastal town.

"With The Commodity In The Hand": A Practical Investigation Of The Intersection Of Material Culture With Performance Theory, Katharine M. Given

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the intersection of performance theory and material culture through the practices of garment reconstruction. In chapter 1, I examine key theorists in the fields of material culture and performance studies and articulate the connections between the two fields. In chapter 2, Using practice as research, I recount the experience of building reproduction garments from the eighteenth century using historically appropriate tools and methods, as well as the experience of wearing those garments. Finally, in Chapter 3, I walk through a possible historical examination of my encounter with these reconstructed garments, and consider the way in which feminine …

The Significance Of The Automobile In 20th C. American Short Fiction, Megan M. Flanery

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Midcentury American life featured a post-war economy that established a middle class in which disposable income and time for leisure were commonplace. In this socio-economic environment, consumerism flourished, ushering in the Golden Age of the automobile: from 1950 to 1960, Americans spent more time in their automobiles than ever before, and, by the end of the decade, the number of cars on the road had more than doubled. While much critical attention has been given to the role of the automobile in American novels, less has been given to its role in American short stories. The automobile has been featured …

The People's Court: On The Intellectual Origins Of American Judicial Power, Ian C. Bartrum

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

This article enters into the modern debate between “consti- tutional departmentalists”—who contend that the executive and legislative branches share constitutional interpretive authority with the courts—and what are sometimes called “judicial supremacists.” After exploring the relevant history of political ideas, I join the modern minority of voices in the latter camp.

This is an intellectual history of two evolving political ideas—popular sovereignty and the separation of powers—which merged in the making of American judicial power, and I argue we can only understand the structural function of judicial review by bringing these ideas together into an integrated whole. Or, put another way, …

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.

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 …

Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Treasurer's Report, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

By-Laws Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The 35th annual meeting of the Florida Historical Society convened at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, January 26, 1937, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

The Irving Bacheller Essay Contest In Florida History: Historic Landmarks Of My County, John Pikula

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of the many landmarks of the Halifax country, one of which probably the least is known is the old Bulow Plantation, the remains of which are found near the old King’s Road approximately eleven miles north of the city of Ormond. Owing to the extreme difficulty in gaining access to the place, it is but seldom frequented and consequently little known. But this does not signify its lack of historical value. On the contrary, it is quite the opposite. For it was not only the most extensive plantation ever to exist in the Halifax country, but it also was occupied …

The Irving Bacheller Essay Contest In Florida History: Braden Castle, Thelma Gray

Florida Historical Quarterly

Almost a century has passed since a wagon train of brave pioneers broke the stillness of the Florida wilds. Included in this caravan was a well-known Virginian, Dr. Joseph Braden, who, with his family, was seeking a location suitable for permanent settlement.

The Panton, Leslie Papers: Letters Of Governor Gayoso To William Panton, 1797, Manuel Gayoso De Lemos

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Defences Of The Floridas: Report Of Captain James Gadsden, Aide-De-Camp To General Andrew Jackson, James Gadsden

Florida Historical Quarterly

This report was secured by Dr. Mark F. Boyd, whom readers of the Quarterly know well, from the original in the files of the Intelligence Division, Engineers Corps, War Dept. Washington. In an early issue of the Quarterly Dr. Boyd will give us a paper on the so-called Negro Fort which will be an introduction to a series of letters written near the site of the fort by Edmund Doyle, trader and representative of John Forbes and Company (successors to Panton, Leslie and Company) to Forbes, and James and John Innerarity, members of that firm (1808-1817).

Early Orange Culture In Florida And The Epocal Cold Of 1835, T. Frederick Davis

Florida Historical Quarterly

One of Ponce de Leon’s ambitions was to grow fruit in Florida that His Majesty, the Emperor Charles V of Spain, might be served therewith, and when he embarked upon his voyage to colonize Florida he carried seeds of all kinds for planting. Probably the orange was included and possibly on the shore of Charlotte Harbor the first orange tree in Florida grew in 1521; or perhaps Narvaez or DeSoto included oranges in his commissariat and left seed here to germinate into trees? These are interesting thoughts; but we turn from speculation to historical record for the following account

The Union Bank Of Tallahassee: An Experiment In Territorial Finance, Kathryn T. Abbey

Florida Historical Quarterly

In view of the recent financial confusion in the United States, similar difficulties of the Florida of a century ago assume more than a passing interest. The problem of self development has always been pressing for Florida; since the days of the purchase from Spain exaggerated claims of economic opportunity have lured the investor sometimes to sound wealth and sometimes, alas, to the reverse. The first Florida boom was launched in 1821 when the United States government set itself the task of raising the five million dollar purchase price from the sale of the lands just acquired. These internal improvement …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 15, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents

Notice Of Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

In accordance with the revised charter adopted in annual meeting on November 17, the next annual meeting of the Florida Historical Society, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, will be held on January 26, 1937.

Treasurer's Report, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The President's Address And Report, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The 34th Annual Meeting of the Florida Historical Society was held in the auditorium of the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School at Gainesville, Florida, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, on Tuesday, November 17th, 1936.

The Panton, Leslie Papers: Mucklesaopay, The Singer (Indian Chief) To William Panton, Mucklesaopay (The Singer)

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Two Uncollected Letters Of Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson

Florida Historical Quarterly

The above letter has been presented to The Florida Historical Society by Miss Gertrude N. L’Engle, a grand daughter of Thomas Baltzell, law partner of Joseph M. White to whom it was written.

Public Education In Spanish St. Augustine, Joseph B. Lockey

Florida Historical Quarterly

A school for white children existed in St. Augustine as early as 1606. Whether it continued to function during the rest of this first period of Spanish dominion is a question that cannot now be answered. But if it did survive, it must have come to a close on the cession of the province to the British in 1763; for the change of sovereignty was followed by a general abandonment of the territory by the Spanish inhabitants. When the Spanish came back twenty years later the British in turn departed. With the restoration of sovereignty went the restoration of the …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 15, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents