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Bloody Sunday: Death & Press, Joseph Gaffney Jan 2023

Bloody Sunday: Death & Press, Joseph Gaffney

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project is a historical paper on Bloody Sunday, a day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War for Independence on November 21, 1920, analyzing primary and secondary sources centered on the subject to answer specific historiographical research questions. The primary objective of this research project is to understand the immediate social and political ramifications of Bloody Sunday in Ireland and England as reflected in the spread of information via the written press. The goal of the written analysis will be to answer a series of historical research questions. How were both the IRA’s killings and the subsequent reprisal …


The Possibility Of Peace: Israeli Public Opinion And The Camp David Accords, Daniel L. Gerdes Jan 2015

The Possibility Of Peace: Israeli Public Opinion And The Camp David Accords, Daniel L. Gerdes

Departmental Honors Projects

The Camp David Accords, September 5-17, 1978, were a momentous development in Middle East relations. For over 30 years Israel and her neighbors weathered periods of warfare and aggression, but when leaders from Egypt, Israel, and the United States descended on Camp David in the United States for two weeks of peace negotiations everything changed. Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin became the first leaders in the Middle East to negotiate peace after decades of war between the two countries. This research discerns the changes in Israeli public opinion on the peace process with Egypt that …


Letter From Philander C. Knox To Cyrus H. K. Curtis, March 14, 1917, Philander C. Knox Mar 1917

Letter From Philander C. Knox To Cyrus H. K. Curtis, March 14, 1917, Philander C. Knox

World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918

A typed letter from Philander C. Knox to Cyrus H. K. Curtis written March 14, 1917. Within, Knox writes to recommend Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to be Curtis' foreign affairs writer for the Public Ledger newspaper in Philadelphia.


Letter From John Spurgeon To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, February 24, 1916, John J. Spurgeon Feb 1916

Letter From John Spurgeon To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, February 24, 1916, John J. Spurgeon

World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918

A typed letter from John Spurgeon to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson written February 24, 1916. Within, Spurgeon welcomes Wilson to come and share information and judgment that might aid in the Public Ledger newspaper publishing more "responsibly".


Letter From John Bassett Moore To J. Reuben Clark, November 17, 1915, John Bassett Moore Nov 1915

Letter From John Bassett Moore To J. Reuben Clark, November 17, 1915, John Bassett Moore

World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918

A handwritten letter from John Basset Moore to J. Reuben Clark dated November 17, 1915. Within, Moore expresses his shock upon discovering via a newspaper article that Huntington-Wilson and his wife Lucy Wortham James had been divorced.


Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Anthony R. Pinci, March 8, 1910, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson Mar 1910

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Anthony R. Pinci, March 8, 1910, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Anthony R. Pinci declining to comment on the subject of his inquiry.


Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Henry S. Brown, June 11, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson Jun 1909

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Henry S. Brown, June 11, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Henry S. Brown concerning press briefings for the staff of the New York Herald at the State Department.