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Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 12, September 27, 2012, Grand Valley State University Sep 2012

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 12, September 27, 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. This issue is misnumbered as Vol. 47, No. 6.


Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.


Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2614. Two letters from Philip Owens, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, to his sisters, written during Owens’ Army service in World War II. He comments on a rigorous march, warns about mail censorship, and asks them to keep his mother from worrying. Includes typescripts of the letters and of local newspaper articles published after Owens was killed in action in Germany.


Rezago Tecnológico, Guillermo Arosemena Sep 2012

Rezago Tecnológico, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


A. Philip Randolph And Boston's African-American Railroad Worker, James R. Green, Robert C. Hayden Sep 2012

A. Philip Randolph And Boston's African-American Railroad Worker, James R. Green, Robert C. Hayden

James R. Green

On October 8, 1988, a group of retired Pullman car porters and dining car waiters gathered in Boston's Back Bay Station for the unveiling of a larger-than-life statue of A. Philip Randolph. During the 1920s and 1930s, Randolph was a pioneering black labor leader who led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He came to be considered the "father of the modern civil rights movement" as a result of his efforts to desegregate World War II defense jobs and the military services. Randolph's importance as a militant leader is highlighted by a quote inscribed on the base of the statue …


Scabs In Seattle, Richard C. Crepeau Sep 2012

Scabs In Seattle, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It took all of three weeks but the excrement has finally hit the fan. It is not the end of the world, but it is the end of any further claims that the scabs impersonating NFL referees are competent. If they were competent they would already have been NFL referees and therefore would be locked out by the NFL.


Undated Letter From Unknown Sender To John Plimpton Green Sep 2012

Undated Letter From Unknown Sender To John Plimpton Green

John Plimpton Green Letters

No abstract provided.


Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 05, September 24, 2012, Grand Valley State University Sep 2012

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 05, September 24, 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.


The Chanticleer, 2012-09-24, Coastal Carolina University Sep 2012

The Chanticleer, 2012-09-24, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.


Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 11, September 24, 2012, Grand Valley State University Sep 2012

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 11, September 24, 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.


Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 511. Autograph album covering the period that Gardner was a student at Southern Normal School and Business College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also, copy of 1962 newspaper interview with the 97 year old Gardner.


Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.


Decantillon, Mary E. (Sc 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Decantillon, Mary E. (Sc 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 514. Autograph album of Mary E. DeCantillon of Louisville, Kentucky, which contains essays as well as autographs.


Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 513. Album containing autographs of Civil War Confederate soldiers. It was found on a Southern battlefield and was presented to Emily Perry of Hopkinsville, Kentucky by a friend in 1866. Includes autographs of Kentucky soldiers, some having served with John Hunt Morgan.


Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and images (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 66. Original, bound folio hotel registers and bound typescript copies of the same for the Mammoth Cave Hotel, located near the famed subterranean tourist attraction in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Entries include the name and hometown of the visitor as well as the date. One wag signed in as Abraham Lincoln on 30 May 1863.


Angela Denis Wiley Tremble Sep 2012

Angela Denis Wiley Tremble

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

No abstract provided.


Gliac Donahue Award Dinner Speech, Delivered On September 23, 2012, Arend D. Lubbers Sep 2012

Gliac Donahue Award Dinner Speech, Delivered On September 23, 2012, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

GLIAC Donahue Award Dinner Speech, delivered on September 23, 2012 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Program; 2012-09-23; Usher's Board, Hopewell Baptist Church Sep 2012

Program; 2012-09-23; Usher's Board, Hopewell Baptist Church

Hopewell Baptist Church

No abstract provided.


Victim Of Emancipation: Adams County Flustered, John M. Rudy Sep 2012

Victim Of Emancipation: Adams County Flustered, John M. Rudy

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

Republican stalwart newspaper The Adams Sentinel ran nothing in its folds hinting at the editor's elation over the Emancipation Proclamation in the days following the document's release. In a terse column, headed, "Proclamation of the President," ran the document, unadorned with either accolades or contempt. Elsewhere in the paper's folds, the news hovered back and forth over the fields around Sharpsburg and word of the lackadaisical pursuit of Lee's army into Virginia. The deep meaning of one of Lincoln's most momentous moments seemed to be lost on the Republicans of south-central Pennsylvania, as they eschewed the topic, pussyfooted around …


“Think-Talk-Write Texas Centennial In 1936”: Historical Memory And The Texas Centennial In El Paso And The Border Region, Abbie Weiser Sep 2012

“Think-Talk-Write Texas Centennial In 1936”: Historical Memory And The Texas Centennial In El Paso And The Border Region, Abbie Weiser

Student Papers (History)

This paper explores the 1936 Texas Centennial in El Paso.


2012 Annual Dinner Program, The O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross Sep 2012

2012 Annual Dinner Program, The O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross

O'Callahan Society Annual Dinner Program

Twelfth in a series of speaker events sponsored by the O'Callahan Society at its annual dinner. The keynote speaker is Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonelli, Deputy Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. The evening's program also pays tribute to the Navy SEALS on the fiftieth anniversary of their establishment in 1962.


Pak Nukes: Frenzy In Western Media (Cpc Journal, No.1025, Us Air Force, Alabama), Shams Uz Zaman Mr. Sep 2012

Pak Nukes: Frenzy In Western Media (Cpc Journal, No.1025, Us Air Force, Alabama), Shams Uz Zaman Mr.

Mr. Shams uz Zaman

Focus on the reports published in the US media against Pakistani nuclear capability.


The Flying Putin Glides Into U.S. Presidential Campaign, Nicholas Hayes Sep 2012

The Flying Putin Glides Into U.S. Presidential Campaign, Nicholas Hayes

University Chair in Critical Thinking Publications

No abstract provided.


Peers, Benjamin Orr, 1800-1842 (Sc 2618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Peers, Benjamin Orr, 1800-1842 (Sc 2618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2618. Typescript copy of letter, 20 December 1833, from Transylvania University president Benjamin O. Peers, Lexington, Kentucky, to the Board of Trustees regarding additional appointments to the University.


Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.


Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan of one document only (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 734. Minutes kept by the Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee composed of ladies' auxiliaries from the Kentucky counties of Logan, Simpson and Warren.


Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2610. Bound typescript volume of papers accumulated by Harry Innes. Papers include inventories, orders, bonds, wills, land documents, correspondence, etc. Original housed in the Library of Congress.


Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.


Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.


Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.