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Ada News - 11/19/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Sodeman, Lowell Frazier, 1914-2003, & Mary Elizabeth (Ferguson) Sodeman (Sc 2628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2628. Letter of Lowell F. Sodeman, pastor of Shepherdsville Baptist Church, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and his wife Mary, to Roy and Ruth Baucom, Raleigh, North Carolina. They reminisce about their previous fellowship at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and relate news of their young daughter, Betty Albert, and of Mary’s high school teaching. Lowell also mentions his seminary studies.

Sharp, W. T. (Sc 2627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2627. Letter of W. T. Sharp, Foster (Bracken County) Kentucky, to an unidentifed young lady. In the company of her sister, Mrs. Tegard, she had recently visited the store of H. S. Pribble & Company, where Sharp worked, and he asks permission to correspond with her.

Ladies Literary Society - Lewisburg, Kentucky (Sc 793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 793. Photocopy of the minutes of the Ladies’ Literary Society of Lewisburg, Kentucky, 15 November 1911 to 27 March 1912. Lists those in attendance, topics discussed, and writings by the secretary and others.

Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 435. Correspondence, autograph albums, travel accounts and other miscellaneous material of Franklin, Kentucky native Gilbertine Moore. Moore owned a seed inspection business in Franklin and was interested in the arts, nature, and writing.

Living Fortress Of The Heart: Resonance Of Emancipation, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Jacob dragged me somewhere again. I really should learn to say, "no," because no matter where I get dragged by Jake, it always ends up wrecking my brain for months and making me obsess about some amazingly minute interpretive experience. But I'm a glutton for interpretive punishment. [excerpt]

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 26, November 15, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

High Heeled Bootleggers: The Role Of Crawford And Cherokee County Women During Prohibition Kansas, Cadi Thornberg

Theory and Practice: HIST430

Kansas has a long history in fighting for what they want. In the 1850s, prohibition became the topic of concern. Although the federal prohibition mandate in the United States did not begin until 1919 when the 18th amendment was ratified in Congress and signed off by President Harry S. Truman, it began in Kansas in 1880. The count was narrow, but Kansas was passed as a dry state. Because it was not a federal law, people habitually broke it or found ways around it. Up until the prohibition laws was federally passed, saloons filled the towns, especially in Crawford and …

We Did Our Part: The Story Of A World War Ii Aaf Air Transport C-47 Pilot In The South West Pacific, Kay Nehring

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

Hear the story of Lt Charles J. Nehring, as told by his daughter, who went from selling shoes in N. Dakota to dropping paratroopers on Corregidor. He served with the 39th SQ of the 317th TCG from ‘42 to ‘45 and shot rare 16mm color film of his daily activities and flights. Kay narrates the film and reads from his letters home, as well as brings a collection of his WW II things for viewing. A unique and personal look at the war.

Interview No. 1698, Carolina Sandoval Maynez

Combined Interviews

Her name is Carolina Sandoval Maynez, she is from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, she has a really big family and all summers they all go to a ranch on Valle de Allende, where she spends almost 2 months every year of her childhood. She learned a lot from this vacation because workers at the ranch had a lot of knowledge on horses, plants, cleaning, and cooking. The ranch is located near Parral, Chihuahua which is a city 2 hours away from Chihuahua, Chihuahua. At that time the phones and tv weren’t something that kids paid attention to, they would prefer going outdoors …

Faculty Senate Agenda, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Documents for meetings of the Full Faculty Senate

Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 60. Union Army discharge, 1865, and pension certificate of Josiah S. Hendricks, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1899-1930. Also biographical notes as related by his daughter, Miss Alma Hendricks, 1959.

Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 59. Letter, 22 December 1864, written by Joseph Fuquay, Madisonville, Kentucky, to "Delia" (possibly his niece Delia Ruby), commenting on General H.B. Lyon’s raid of Madisonville, 1864, and letter, 9 February 1865, written by S.T. Morrow, Hopkins County, Kentucky, to Brother Bushard Winstead and others regarding religion.

Kentucky - Cavalry - 14th Regiment (C.S.A.) (Sc 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 56. Roll of Quirk’s Scouts consisting of Company B, 14th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) which was under the leadership of Colonel. R.C. Morgan and General John Hunt Morgan. Compiled from memory by Lieutenant K.F. Peddicord.

Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 57. Letter written by A.W. Randolph, while serving with the 6th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his parents in Kentucky describing the Battle of Chickamauga and mentioning General Breckinridge, General Ben Hardin Helm, Lieutenant Colonel Hewitt, and the heroism of Chaplain Pickett of the 2nd Kentucky. He also mentions seeing family friends in Mississippi.

Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 58. Draft notice for one year issued in Owensboro, Kentucky, for Thomas A. Frazier, Hopkins County, Kentucky and signed by Captain J.R. Grissom, Provost Marshal for the 2nd District of Kentucky; also envelope bearing a Confederate flag.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 12, November 12, 2012, Grand Valley State University

2012-2013, Volume 37

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 13, November 12, 2012, Grand Valley State University

2012-2013, Volume 37

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 25, November 12, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 47 No. 24 is missing.

Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 539. Paper written by Priscilla Lytle about the history of Georgetown College entitled “An Old College in a Young Country.” It may have been written for a class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College.

Obama Stands On The Verge Of A ‘Truman Moment’ In History, Nicholas Hayes

University Chair in Critical Thinking Publications

No abstract provided.

Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 54. Copy of deed, 22 December 1862, conveying land in Warren County, Kentucky, from George [sic] Ann Davenport, William Davenport and Mary Benton to Henrietta Benton as part of a division of lands under the will of James Ford.

Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 55. Letter, 12 July 1863, of Robert A. Hope, written at Camp Beaver, Kentucky, to relatives and friends in Kentucky after his capture at Gladesville, Virginia by Union forces. He details his capture, remarks on his courteous treatment by officers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, and asks that some changes of clothes be sent to him.

Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.

"With High Hope For The Future": Holy Temples Of Democracy, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I did it again. I went to Pennsylvania Historical Association's annual conference (this year in Harrisburg). I always seem to be the black sheep at these gathering, focused on raw emotional meanings and the usable past far more than the broader historiographical implications of either the proverbial or actual price of tea in China. This year I went to present a paper on the knock-down, dragout brawl that Daniel Sickles and William H. Tipton have throughout 1893 over the preservation of the Gettysburg Battlefield to a room full of professional historians. [excerpt]

Strengthening Biblical Historicity Vis-À-Vis Minimalism, 1992-2008 And Beyond, Part 2.1: The Literature Of Perspective, Critique, And Methodology, First Half, Lawrence J. Mykytiuk

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This series of articles covers scholarly works in English which can, at least potentially, be associated with a positive view of biblical historicity regarding the periods preceding the Israelites’ return from exile. Part 2 covers works that treat the concepts and methodological issues at the center of the maximalist-minimalist debate. (Parts 3–5 will cover works on evidences.)

This article, the first half of Part 2, focuses on works that provide a framework in which there exists the realistic possibility for large amounts of Hebrew Scripture to stand as valid historical source material— while still subject to comparison with other sources. …

Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.

Breckinridge Family Correspondence (Sc 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 46. Photostats of correspondence of John and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Lexington, Kentucky, with Thomas Jefferson, 1793-1821 (29 items); a letter to James Monroe, 1804, and correspondence containing comments on the Revolution in Virginia, 1781 (1), and on activities at the Breckinridge’s farm, Cabell’s Dale. Also photocopy of published article based on the papers, 1968.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 23, November 5, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 47 No. 24 is missing.

Ada News - 11/05/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.