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Contentment And Control: The Stonega Coke & Coal Company & Pioneering Welfare Capitalism In Southwest Virginia, Christopher Lloyd Tomlinson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Founded in 1902, the Stonega Coke & Coal Company was the largest coal operator in Virginia throughout the twentieth century, becoming even larger through its merger with the Westmoreland Coal Company in 1964. Over the course of this long history, the company used a brand of welfare capitalism aimed at keeping miners and their families satisfied enough with their living and working conditions that the workers would develop a sense of loyalty to the company. Management at SC&C termed these practices “contentment sociology.” While many coal operators began shifting away from such practices during the New Deal, SC&C maintained and …

Bilodeau, Richard, Maggie Powers

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Richard Bilodeau is 54 years old and identifies as a gay man. He grew up in Portland, attending Deering High School. He is married to his partner Scott and they went on their first date in 1988. He studied applied clinical chemistry at the University of Vermont and began his career in the Maine Medical Center lab. He earned his bachelors and master's in business from the University of Southern Maine. Currently, he works as a professor in the School of Business and Honors Program. Over the years, he also had ownership in alternative health and TV programming businesses. He …

Daniel Deryke And A Continuous Connection To Wmu, University Libraries

East Campus Oral Histories

WMU Alum Daniel DeRyke meets virtually over Zoom with Cassie Kotrch to share some of his memories and stories of his connection to WMU and his time as a student at the College of Business while it was on East Campus.

Lee Bailey, A Commitment To Graduation, And Phi Delta Psi, University Libraries

East Campus Oral Histories

WMU Alum Lee Bailey meets with Cassie Kotrch virtually to share his memories and stories of his time as an undergrad at the College of Business while it occupied East Campus.

William Virgo: Grad School In His First Grade Classroom, University Libraries

East Campus Oral Histories

Campus School, U High, and WMU Alum William Virgo sits with Cassie Kotrch in Heritage Hall to share his stories and memories from his time as a student at Campus School, U High, and Western as both undergrad and graduate.

Suzanne Witthoff: Trailblazing At Wmu, University Libraries

East Campus Oral Histories

WMU Alum Suzanne Witthoff meets virtually with Cassie Kotrch over Zoom to discuss her time at WMU College of Business when it occupied East Campus. Suzanne shares memories and stories she has of her time at WMU in the 1960s.

Robert Argue And A Unique Feeling Of Belonging, University Libraries

East Campus Oral Histories

WMU Alum Robert Argue meets with Cassie Kotrch to discuss his time as a business student on East Campus.

The Logic Of "Social Enterprise": The Big Issue Organization And New Labour Policy At The Millennial Juncture, Suman Gupta

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

This paper explores the emergence of and policies and practices underpinning ‘social enterprise’ in Britain: that is, the concept that businesses could provide social services and benefits while returning profits to those who have invested in them. This paper argues that, in Britain, the concept was massaged into existence and adopted as a business and policy model at a particular historical juncture, in the later 1990s and early 2000s. The process involved a careful interweaving of linguistic maneuvers with financial calculations both at the level of specific businesses and at that of political regimes. This process is traced here with …

Interview With Curtis J. Lewis, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History collection

Curtis J. Lewis was interviewed by Esther Mallard and Jay Fraser ca. 1988. The transcription was updated by Maggie H. Thomas, June 8, 2010.

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Most White People Just Don't Trust A Black Business Very Much: How The Walker Family Overcame Economic And Racial Discrimination To Become Successful Professional Business Owners In Memphis In The Twentieth Century, Leslie Pleasants

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT

Joseph Edison (J.E.) Walker was an African-American man born to an impoverished, sharecropping family in the heart of the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War in 1879. Even from an early age, he was determined to break out of the station his family had been relegated. There were few educational and occupational opportunities for Walker in Tillman, Mississippi, but against all odds, he received his undergraduate degree from Alcorn State College and a medical doctorate from Meharry Medical College. After graduating, Walker opened a medical office to help the people of the town; however, his local community mistreated him. …

Covid-19_Umaine News_Trostel Discusses Future Of Movie Theaters With Wabi, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Philip Trostel, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine, speaking with WABI (Channel 5) about the future of movie theaters in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Dinesh Talks With Mainebiz About Online Entrepreneurship, Support, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Veena Dinesh, director of business incubation for the University of Maine Office of Innovation and Economic Development talking with Mainebiz about online entrepreneurship support.

Business School_Response To Request For Syllabi/Information About Pandemic-Related Courses And Activities Email, Claire Y.C. Liang, Niclas Erhardt

Maine Business School

Email thread of the response from the Maine School Business to the request for syllabi/information about pandemic-related courses and activities from the Provost Office. Content was submitted by Claire Y.C. Liang, Assistant Professor of Finance, Maine Business School, University of Maine to Niclas Erhardt, Associate Dean, Maine Business School, University of Maine.

Business School_Response To Request For Syllabi/Information About Pandemic-Related Courses And Activities Email, John N. Angelis, Niclas Erhardt

Maine Business School

Email thread of the response from the Maine School Business to the request for syllabi/information about pandemic-related courses and activities from the Provost Office. Content was submitted by John N. Angelis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Maine to Niclas Erhardt, Associate Dean, Maine Business School, University of Maine.

Business School_Response To Request For Syllabi/Information About Pandemic-Related Courses And Activities Email, Patti Miles, Niclas Erhardt

Maine Business School

Email thread of the response from the Maine School Business to the request for syllabi/information about pandemic-related courses and activities from the Provost Office. Content was submitted by Patti Miles, Associate Professor of Management, Maine Business School, University of Maine to Niclas Erhardt, Associate Dean, Maine Business School, University of Maine.

Professor Miles had incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic into assignments for her BUA 101 and BUA 601.

Business School_Response To Request For Syllabi/Information About Pandemic-Related Courses And Activities Email, Tracy B. Bigney, Niclas Erhardt

Maine Business School

Email thread of the response from the Maine School Business to the request for syllabi/information about pandemic-related courses and activities from the Provost Office. Content was submitted by Tracy B. Bigney, Cooperating Instructor, University of Maine to Niclas Erhardt, Associate Dean, Maine Business School, University of Maine.

Business School_Pandemic Related Material In Bua 330 Human Resource Management Email, Tracy B. Bigney

Maine Business School

Email from Tracy B. Bigney to the University of Maine Provost Office detailing how she had incorporated pandemic-related material into her class BUA 330 Human Resource Management.

Business School_Bua 325 Changes Due To Coronavirus In Work, John N. Angelis

Maine Business School

Material for University of Maine Course BUA 325, from John N. Angelis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Maine, regarding changes due to Coronavirus in work from Dumb Wealth.

Business School_Bua 325 Dealing With Coronavirus Layoffs Paper Assignment, John N. Angelis

Maine Business School

Description of assignment for University of Maine Course BUA 325 on Dealing With Coronavirus Layoffs, from John N. Angelis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Maine.

Business School_Bua 337 Brief Blackboard Comments, John N. Angelis

Maine Business School

Blackboard Announcement Update in April for University of Maine Course BUA 337, from John N. Angelis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University of Maine, regarding how class topics are affected by COVID-19.

Business School_Bua 330 Employment Law Paper, Tracy B. Bigney

Maine Business School

Employment Law Paper for University of Maine Course BUA 330 class on Mandatory Paid Sick Leave, from Tracy B. Bigney, Cooperating Instructor, Maine Business School.

Business School_Bua 330 Hr Role In Pandemic Planning Class Presentation, Tracy B. Bigney

Maine Business School

Class presentation slides for University of Maine Course BUA 330 class on "HR's Role in Pandemic Planning", from Tracy B. Bigney, Cooperating Instructor, Maine Business School.

Fogler Library: Maine's Business, Science And Technology Library, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

UMaine Video

Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine is Maine's designated library for Business, Science, and Technology. Fogler Library provides free resources, expertise, and support for Maine business owners. A portal of free, handpicked resources is available through the Maine Business, Science, and Technology website.

Black Cloud: The Struggles Of St. Cloud's African American Community, 1880-1920, Christopher P. Lehman

Ethnic and Women's Studies Faculty Publications

From the 1890s to the 1920s, a community of over one dozen African Americans existed in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It consisted of African Americans from the South and elsewhere in the North. Most found employment in low-wage jobs, but some--like John Webster and David Basfield--started their own businesses in town. Their children attended the same schools as the other local school-age children, and one of them--Ruby Cora Webster--became the first known graduate of what became St. Cloud State University. The children left St. Cloud by the 1920s, and their parents either stayed there or relocated with them. In the meantime, …

A Tall Ship: The Rise Of The International Mercantile Marine, Jeffrey N. Brown

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Between 1890 and the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, nations on both sides of the Atlantic attempted to gain prestige by building the world's greatest steamships for their merchant marines. In 1901, the United States entered this competition with the advent of J.P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine, which built on the previous work of shipping magnate Clement Griscom. This project will explore why and how Morgan built his monopoly and the implications and repercussions this project had for both Atlantic shipping and U.S. foreign relations. Moving beyond Morgan the man, it also tells the story of the key …

Immigration, Small Business And Assimilation: Three Stories Of Small-Time Capitalism On The Lower East Side, Marcus Hillman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Small businesses in New York City have often been a catalyst to assimilation for individual immigrants, their families and their communities. For this capstone project, I have recorded conversations with three small-time entrepreneurs on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and created a narrative audio piece that explores some of the important and study-worthy characteristics of New York City including economic opportunities in the city, immigration, assimilation and the ways that New Yorkers share space, just to name a few. These themes are threads that ran through all three of the conversations that I had and are crucial elements of …

Crewe, Dan, Wendy Chapkis

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Description: Dan Crewe is an 84 year old gay man originally from New Jersey. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1957. Crewe was a member of the United States Air Force for four years, after which he moved to New York City and began a lucrative career in the music industry in production and publishing. He then moved to Los Angeles, California where he met his then wife, the musician Cindy (now Cyd) Bullens, and they had two daughters. The family eventually moved to Maine, where Crewe opened Gateway Mastering Studios and continued working in music. During …

Marching On Together: The Future Of Non-Profit Museums In A For-Profit World, Matthew R. Dellaguzzo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This thesis proposes a model of increased collaboration among museums as an alternative to the commercialization of the museum field. Through a combination of internal and external factors, museums are finding it necessary to operate in a manner akin to that of commercial enterprises. This trend threatens to undermine the cultural and educational mission of museums. At the same time, the ability of museums to carry out their missions necessarily depends on a solid financial base. Collaboration, whether in the form of consortia or consolidated institutions, provides an avenue whereby museums can not only make more economical use of their …

Rita, Rita, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Rita Alkhaledy grew up in Sadr City, a poor suburb of Baghdad. Her father is an Iraqi Arab and her mother was Kurdish Iranian. Her mother lived in fear that she would be cast out of Baghdad as being an outsider in Iraq was frowned upon. Her father served in the Iraqi army in the 80s and was gone a great deal, leading to a strained relationship. Their relationship was mended when her mother died from cancer.

After the Iraq war, Rita and her brothers realized that their lives were in danger. They had to move from house to house …

The Dark Past Of Rhode Island In New Light, Yulyana Torres, Marcus Nevius

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

No abstract provided.