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A Historical Study Of The Theatre Of The Mother Lode During The Gold Rush Period, Berton Everett Trulsson
A Historical Study Of The Theatre Of The Mother Lode During The Gold Rush Period, Berton Everett Trulsson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Many events of the gold rush have been adequately narrated in numerous books and articles. The succeeding pages in this thesis will recall, historically by topic, important incidents of one phase of that period never before treated as a separate study that phase is the theatre of the Mother Lode region.
The argonauts of the Mother Lode wanted to be entertained and could pay for it. Many preferred the saloon and gamboling hall, but the theatre did not languish because of this, and in fact, developed in some instances directly out of the saloons and fandango halls.
It was the …
A History Of The Stockton Recreation Department, 1910 To 1947, Including Its Early Background, And The Development Of Its Program And Facilities, Bert Edward Swenson
A History Of The Stockton Recreation Department, 1910 To 1947, Including Its Early Background, And The Development Of Its Program And Facilities, Bert Edward Swenson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
For a period of twenty years beginning in 1918 when the writer became Superintendent of the Stockton Playground Department, annual reports of its major activities and accomplishments were made and submitted to the Mayor and later the City Manager for their information. They helped in securing the next budget. Throughout the thirty years of service additional reports of activities and improvements in facilities were kept on file in the office of the department for the information of its officers and a permanent record.
The writer finds that he has been a part. of the supervised public playground movement since its …
The Presidential Campaign Of 1948, Edward John Hallauer
The Presidential Campaign Of 1948, Edward John Hallauer
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In the sprint of 1948, President Harry S. Truman's chances of being re-elected to the presidency of the United States seemed very dubious. It was uncertain that he would even secure the Democratic nomination for that office.
Truman's pre-convention Western trip. In the early summer of 1948 President Truman left the Capitol on a supposedly non-political Western trip. Although his aids insisted the journey was to be non-political, the fiction deceived no one. However, it enabled the President to charge off the cost of the excursion to his $30,000 a year travel allowance instead of sending the bill to a …