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First Pyramid Life Building Notebook, 1977

Finding aids

This notebook contains information about the First Pyramid Life Building, including rent estimates, floor plans, correspondence, and a news release announcing the sale of the building to Patrick Associates, Ltd.

Peggy Lloyd Collection, 1943-1977

Finding aids

The materials in this collection are dated from 1943 to 1977.

Pax Yearbook 1977, Subiaco Abbey And Academy

The Pax, 1927; 1946-2020

Yearbook of Subiaco Abbey and Academy for the 1976-1977 school year.

Watering Tub By The Old Barn

Farming in Arkansas

Color photograph of an old bathtub being repurposed as a watering trough in front of an old wooden barn.

Winter Barnyard Scene

Farming in Arkansas

Photograph of a barnyard scene, which includes chickens in a tree, a cow by the barn, and other chickens roaming free.

Garden Plow And Saw

Farming in Arkansas

Photograph of a garden plow and saw left out in the garden over winter.

Interview No. 480, Antonio Maldonado

Combined Interviews

Experiencias durante la Revolucion Mexicana.

The Independent And Montgomery Transcript, V. 103, Tuesday, December 27, 1977, [Number: 31], The Independent, John Stewart

The Independent and Montgomery Transcript Newspaper, 1952-1984

[12] p. "Accept and Defend the Truth." Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, editorials, letters, classified and local business advertisements.

Interview No. 342.1, José Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Su niñez cerca de San Pedro, Coahuila; el ferrocarril en Coahuila, la Revolución Mexicana; anecdotas acerca de Venustiano Carranza; la Influenza Española de 1918; la devaluación del peso; opinions acerca de varios tópicos.

Born in Coahuila; childhood and youth years on an hacienda near San Pedro; railroads in the area during the early years; the Mexican Revolution; attack on San Pedro in 1914 by Villistas; banditry and government efforts to eradicate it; exodus of the rich from Torreon; anecdotes about Carranza; 1918 Spanish Flu; peso devaluations; opinions on various current topics.

Tape in Spanish.

Evangelical Visitor - December 25, 1977 Vol. Xc. No. 24., John E. Zercher

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Vol. XC. No. 24.

Mary Page Holland

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 546, Julio Limon S.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; informacion sobre la Revolucion Mexicana; opinion sobre la devaluacion del peso y los indocumentados. (Este transcrito contiene terminos dialecticos usados en el sureste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada los uso.)

Fred Carlos Mcphatter

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Rose M. Bradshaw

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

Interment: Lee Cemetery in Statesboro, Georgia.

The Independent And Montgomery Transcript, V. 103, Tuesday, Deember 20, 1977, [Number: 30], The Independent, John Stewart

The Independent and Montgomery Transcript Newspaper, 1952-1984

[20] p. "Accept and Defend the Truth." Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, editorials, letters, classified and local business advertisements.

Mamie Kennedy

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 002, Number 14, December 19, 1977, Grand Valley State University

1977-1978, Volume 2

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

Background To The Second Amendment, John Thomas Nichols

Dissertations and Theses

Research into the background of the Second Amendment is hampered by its relationship to the current highly emotional debate over gun control. Many otherwise useful secondary sources either ignore the issue completely or give accounts which reflect the controversies of the twentieth century rather than those of the eighteenth. Fortunately, however, the Americans of the revolutionary era wrote extensively about the subject.

With independence, the Americans were faced with the problem of organizing and controlling a defense establishment. The new nation was virtually defenseless: the

Continental Army was disbanded and the militia, after years of neglect, emasculated. During the decade …

John W. Relerford

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 492, María Rivera

Combined Interviews

Historia, tradiciones, folklórico y la vida en Socorro en los 1930s y 1940s; el Programa Bracero; opiniones sobre indocumentados.

Ua60/3/3 December Commissioning Exercises Program, Wku Military Science

WKU Archives Records

Program for ROTC commissioning exercises.

Ua68/8/2 Frances Richards Oral History, James Bennett, Lowell Harrison

WKU Archives Records

An interview on December 14, 1977 with Frances Richards, WKU alum and English professor 1925-1964 conducted by Lowell Harrison and James Bennett.

The Independent And Montgomery Transcript, V. 103, Tuesday, December 13, 1977, [Number: 29], The Independent, John Stewart

The Independent and Montgomery Transcript Newspaper, 1952-1984

[16] p. "Accept and Defend the Truth." Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, editorials, letters, classified and local business advertisements.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 53, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Halicks, Richard. Semi-Literacy Becoming Fad?
• Eblen, Tom. Dorm Reformers Find Change Slow
• McCord, Tom. Increases in Tuition Predicted
• Sanders, Linda. Report Says Operating Budget Little Changed from Last Year
• Solider Convicted of Assault on West Hall Resident Dec. 3
• Remedial Class is Unfortunate but Necessary
• Editorial Cartoon: Students as Monkeys, Gibbons
• Halicks, Richard. Another Editor Another Farewell
• Waggoner, Gayle. Grad Student in Brazil Has Full-Bright Experience
• Winter, Janice. Dorm Reform is Game
• Engel, Jeff. Likes L’esprit
• Schlensker, Karla. Supports Editorial
• Henry, Gary. Clarifies Stand
• Judd, …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 002, Number 13, December 12, 1977, Grand Valley State University

1977-1978, Volume 2

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

Evangelical Visitor - December 10, 1977 Vol. Xc. No. 23., John E. Zercher

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Vol. XC. No. 23.

Interview No. 757, Carmen Mares

Combined Interviews

Su educación en Cd. Juárez; sus trabajos como doméstica en Cd. Juárez; los braceros; cómo adquirió su residencia en Estados Unidos; sus trabajos como doméstica en Estados Unidos; sus experiencias con sindicatos laborales.

(Nota: Este transcrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada al igual que la persona desarrollando la entrevista los usaron.)

Born and raised in Juarez, she tells of her experiences as a hotel maid and domestic in Mexico and the United States, and the acquisition of her Green Card.

The Ursinus Weekly, December 9, 1977, Ann Weibezahl, Stephen M. Lange, Sharon Tuberty, Lawrence Mroz

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Ursinus alumnus plays peace role; Union director attends conference; Dusko resigns Snack Shop position; Med student tricked south of border; Student publication fails • Dusko closes Union: March, Williams not warned • Student wages to rise • TFSL meets • Ursinus seeks advising fund • Comment: Ursinus - fact or fiction? • Letters to the editor

Hollins Columns (1977 Dec 9), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Exam procedures follow usual rules
• CBS: trying to bridge a gap bigger than overt prejudice
• Rhodes looks closer at Farrar
• Here & there
• ERA is for all of us
• Contents
• Letter from the editors
• Janeway and the use of power
• Hollins celebrates Sunday
• Building a bridge to the moon
• Once again...
• Students gain experience
• Overall view
• Gidget goes to college
• Paris
• London
• Roving Reporter asks: 'What's your semester been like?'
• Academic Procession
• Looking back at fall sports

Legislative Experience, December 8, 1977, Vern Riffe

Speeches

Speech given for the Stark County Democratic Party Legislative Dinner.