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Shooting For The Stars: American Gun Advertising And Technology During The Cold War, Angela R. Frye
Shooting For The Stars: American Gun Advertising And Technology During The Cold War, Angela R. Frye
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Advertising has existed in various forms for centuries. Although it has become almost a science today, marketing to consumers through the use of advertisements has ancient origins. Initially, advertising appeared in vocal form, with town criers and barkers, to a few printed signs, which were dated as far back as the Roman Empire’s advertisements for gladiator events. Historians believe that the first English language advertisement was a handbill created by William Claxton in 1478, for one of the books he printed. These handbills became increasingly sophisticated over time and essentially formed the basis of modem print advertising. Their value in …
The Trial Of Maurice Papon And French National Consciousness, Mary Guillochon
The Trial Of Maurice Papon And French National Consciousness, Mary Guillochon
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
On Monday night 12 September 1994 President Francois Mitterrand appeared on French national television to discuss his involvement with the Vichy regime during its early years and in particular his postwar friendship with the former Vichy regime’s Police Chief, Rene Bousquet. Rene Bousquet was charged with crimes against humanity in 1989 for his role in the Final Solution in France and was indicted in 1991. He was assassinated 8 June 1993 and never brought to trial. Mitterrand’s controversial friendships and his television appearance to discuss them are emblematic of ambiguities present in French society surrounding historical memory of the period …
0703: Rosanna A. Blake Collection, 1818-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
0703: Rosanna A. Blake Collection, 1818-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of manuscript and other paper items collected by Rosanna A. Blake. Included are letters, diaries, correspondence, unit rosters, Confederate imprint forms and currency, 1860-1865. Also included are 3D items including firearms, edged weapons, tin soldiers, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, and Southern periodicals relating to the Civil War. Notably, the collection includes 3 original Robert E. Lee letters, 1 Jefferson Davis letter, and 2 general orders dictated by Lee. The O'Brien sub-collection contains Civil War pamphlets and booklets, over 300 monographs and books, photos, CDV's, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, ambrotypes …
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Letters to Cecil Roberts of Fort Worth, Texas about Hechler's book, "The Bridge at Remagen"; includes a letter from L. E. Engeman, Col. U. S. Army ret., who commanded the 14th Tank Battalion at the taking of the bridge.