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Lawrence County (Ark.) Sheriff's Office Records, 2015

NEARA finding aids

This collection contains two large foam-board panels with site plans for the new county jail.

Joseph Thurston Runyan Collection (Digital), Circa 2015

Finding aids

This collection contains digital files of photographs and letters of Lieutenant Joseph Thurston Runyan during his service in World War I in 1918, as well as scrapbook materials and papers written by the donor, Runyan's grandson, Edgar K. Riddick III, that describe Runyan's war service.

Arch Street And Greater Archview Baptist Church Collection. 1948-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains material related to the Arch Street and Greater Archview Baptist Church from 1948 through 2015. The material includes church programs, committee reports, handouts, brochures, and other historical items related to the church and other church organizations. Much of the material in this collection is believed to have been collected by Edna Gibson who was an usher in the church and a chairperson of the church program committee. Many of the items have her signature and notes written on them. The collection also contains some personal material that belonged to Ed and Elmira Hubbard, who are believed to …

Webb House Condition Assessment Report, 2015

Finding aids

This collection contains the condition assessment report and concept design for the John Lee Webb house at 403 Pleasant Street historic district, Hot Springs, Arkansas. This report shows how the Webb house can be updated in order to conform to the City of Hot Springs housing codes, while maintaining it's historic integrity.

Arkansas Black Hall Of Fame Journals, 2014-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains two journals of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held at the Statehouse Convention Center.

Arkansas Department Of Parks And Tourism: Executive Director's Office Records - State Park Files, 1863-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains files from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Executive Director's Office. The records contain correspondence, news releases, publications, construction information for park buildings, and other material related to the State Parks of Arkansas. Richard Davies served as Executive Director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism from 1990-2015. Kane Webb succeeded Davies as Director in 2015. He announced his resignation in 2018. The files in this collection cover the tenure of both, as well as the years 2015-2021. On July 1, 2019, the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism merged with the Department of Arkansas …

Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission Records, 1970-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains three record groups. One was transferred from the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission to the Arkansas State Archives in 2005 and two others were transferred in 2020. These records consist of correspondence, minutes, and campaign and promotional material related to the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission. The material dates from 1970 to 2015.

"Seminary: The Undertold Story" Grant Progress Report, 2015

Finding aids

This collection is comprised of paperwork, photocopies of photographs, and a DVD.

Blessings Safehaven Grant Progress Report, 2015

Finding aids

This collection contains the final grant report and the Joycelyn Elders Coloring Book.

El Dorado 5th Annual Juneteenth Festival Grant Project Report, 2015

Finding aids

This collection contains one final grant project and two DVDs.

Washington County Historical Society Grant Project Final Report, 2014-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains the final report by the WCHS titled: Contributions of Post Civil War African American Pioneer Families in Washington County.

Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl Association Grant Project Reports, 2009-2015

Finding aids

The collection contains final reports of Quiz Bowl grant projects funded through the Curtis H. Sykes memorial grant program between 2009-2015.

South Sebastian County (Ark.) Historical Society Grant Project Report, 1976-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains one final grant report.

Washington Heritage House Grant Project Reports, 2008-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains one final grant report.

Peggy Bowman Collection, 1800-2015

Finding aids

This collection is comprised of genealogical research compiled by Peggy Bowman along with members of the Bradley County Genealogical Society. Materials include compiled research documents, correspondence, compiled historic research, various Bowman family genealogies, discs/disks, photographs, photo albums, and Bradley County Historical Society records.

Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Records, 2011-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains 12 cubic feet of grant applications, grant procedures, logo requests, sanctioning rules, historical markers, governor appointments, correspondence, and a final report regarding the work of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.

Joe David Rice Papers, 1960-2015

Finding aids

This collection contains material collected by Joe David Rice relating to his work as director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism from 1987 to 2017.

Concussion The Film, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Several months ago there was a minor flap over the fact that the National Football League was given the right to delete parts of the film “Concussion” before its general release to the public. At the time many, including myself, feared that the NFL would defang the bite of the film. It did not. In fact it’s hard to imagine what the NFL censored in “Concussion” given the devastating nature of the final product which is now in release.

Report To The Maine Legislature Joint Standing Committee On Education And Cultural Affairs, 2015, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System remediation report to the Legislature

University Of Maine System - Remediation Report 2015, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The report includes the number of Maine high school students who matriculated at one of the University of Maine System institutions directly out of high school and who required enrollment in one or more remedial/developmental courses.

Crack Open A Bottle Of General Lee – A Second Course, Ryan M. Nadeau

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Welcome back, fellow historical diners. Last time, you joined me in comparing a fine selection of Union generals to food. Today, we’ll be examining some of their southern counterparts. Let’s dig in!

Robert E. Lee – Aged, Fine Red Wine with a Side of Steak

Consider the following: red wines are often consumed with red meats such as steak. Steak can be enjoyed in any number of ways, from a backyard barbecue to the finest of dining establishments. In this sense, steak is the former Confederacy, ranging as it did from the most rural farmers to the opulent planters. [ …

This Month In Civil War History: December 2015, Jeffrey L. Lauck

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Transcript:

Welcome to the Civil War Institute’s “This Month in Civil War History” for December.

In December of 1860 delegates met in Columbus, South Carolina and voted in favor of seceding from the Union. In their justification for leaving the Union, the delegates emphasized their fear that the newly elected President Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery. [excerpt]

Concussions, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

ESPN reported this week that the NFL had pulled funding for concussion research because one of the principal researchers was Dr. Robert Stern of Boston University who has been critical of the NFL. The grant was awarded by the National Institute of Health(NIH) and the NFL denied pulling out of the grant saying that the NIH made all funding decisions and that the NFL has no veto power over the use of the $30M it had donated to the NIH in 2012 with no strings attached. It turns out however that it did retain a veto over the use of …

Dead Broets Society: Masculinity In Walt Whitman’S War Verse, Anika N. Jensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

There are two images of masculinity in Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, his collection of wartime poetry: one, the strong, hardened soldier, the image of manliness, and the other the boyish, rosy-cheeked recruit. Whitman’s sexuality, while not the Victorian social norm, was no secret, and he wrote openly of the hospitalized soldiers during his time as a Union nurse with admiration, affection, and love. Some critics, such as Thomas Wentworth Higginson, castigated Whitman’s queer themes to be overwhelming, distractingly sensual, and "unmanly," while others, like William Sloane Kennedy, dissented, arguing instead that the overt sexuality present in Whitman’s work was precisely …

December 18, 2015 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the December 18, 2015 Board of Trustees minutes.

The Oatmeal Brigade: Quaker Life During The Civil War, Anika N. Jensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Quakers in the Civil War seems like an inherently contradictory idea; the Society of Friends practices pacifism and nonviolence, and, for many, putting money or resources toward war efforts goes against the faith. But tensions were high in 1861, and deviations from Quakerism were made when Friends, both Northern and Southern, had to choose whether to prioritize the sanctity of union, support abolition, or remain neutral. Each of these decisions had its share of repercussions within the religious community, and the Quakers themselves found their mindsets changing as the tide of the war rolled on, whether they chose to fight, …

Bowling For No Reason, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Are you ready for some football? Are you ready for some mediocre football? Are you ready to watch teams that couldn’t break even have their time in the spotlight at some nondescript bowl game?

This Female Fights Back: Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, And Ambivalence Towards Feminism In Ms. Marvel Comics, Noelle Donnelly

Gender & Queer Studies Research Papers

This thesis examines the ambivalent stance taken by 1970s Ms. Marvel comics towards feminism, as well as the active push back against ambivalence taken by the 2014 run with the same title.

Mission Work, Conversion And The Italian Immigrant In Turn-Of-The-Century New York City: The Story Of The Anson Phelps Stokes Italian Free Library, Alexandra Deluise

Events

“Out of abundance, give to the poor.” Such was the Gospel precept of Italian Methodist minister, Rev. Antonio Arrighi in establishing the Anson Phelps Stokes Italian Free Library in 1894 in NYC. My talk will demonstrate the connection that existed between his Protestant missionary work and this immigrant library collection.

The library opened in July 1894 in a stately building on Mulberry Street. Housing more than 3,000 books and newspapers in both Italian and English, it was funded entirely by the wealthy donor’s wife, Helen Louisa Stokes. Both she and Arrighi desired to see such a library serving the Italian …

Studies In The History Of Anthropology In The United States, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

I will talk about a study I did on the first persons to do Ph.D.s in anthropology and how the project led to my leaving the anthropology profession and becoming a librarian. The project began in a biographical study of a little-known anthropologist that involved archival work. As a librarian who has left the profession of anthropology (not without trauma), I remain keenly interested in the history and bibliography of anthropology and view dissertation projects as crucial to understanding the biographies of scholars and trends in academic professions.