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Shelby County - Bicentennial Edition, Sentinel News
Shelby County - Bicentennial Edition, Sentinel News
County Histories of Kentucky
Bicentennial edition of the Sentinel News about the history of Shelby County, Kentucky published on October 7 1992.
"Ambition Has Always Been My God": William Winlock Miller And Opportunity In Washington Territory, William L. Lang
"Ambition Has Always Been My God": William Winlock Miller And Opportunity In Washington Territory, William L. Lang
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
In October 1875, when he was at the acme of his success as a pioneer Olympia businessman, William Winlock Miller offered some fatherly advice to an elder sister's son who had recently emigrated from Illinois:
If your object in corning hither was to get employment as a clerk it was injudicious-we only want men here who have muscle and are willing to labor. But now that you are here I would make the best of it. ... Avoid saloons and all places of vice. Don't drink, chew, or swear. Start at the foot of the ladder. Practice economy. Every young …
Nacs 20th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Nacs 20th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
NACCS Conference Programs
Twenty Years of NACS Scholarship: 500 Years of Struggle and Change
March 25-28, 1992
University of Texas at San Antonio
Many Voices, Similar Concerns: Traditional Methods Of African-American Political Activity In Norfolk, Virginia, 1865-1875, Michael Hucles
Many Voices, Similar Concerns: Traditional Methods Of African-American Political Activity In Norfolk, Virginia, 1865-1875, Michael Hucles
History Faculty Publications
African-Americans in postbellum Norfolk, Virginia, as elsewhere, knew that merely gaining freedom through government action--the Confiscation Acts, Emancipation Proclamation, and Thirteenth Amendment--did not guarantee that they would be fairly treated. They therefore attempted to gain control of their lives through a vigorous affirmation of their rights. They began to record their antebellum marriages and normalize family relations, obtain an education, establish a base for economic prosperity, and participate in the political process. Through these actions they hoped to give true meaning to their freedom. Unfortunately, they were not always successful in their attempts.
1920-1938 Döneminde Türkiye'de Demiryolu Politikası, Yaşar Semiz
1920-1938 Döneminde Türkiye'de Demiryolu Politikası, Yaşar Semiz
Yaşar Semiz
No abstract provided.
0544: Herman P. Dean Papers, 1935-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
0544: Herman P. Dean Papers, 1935-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists predominantly of slides and photographs taken on Herman P. Dean’s travels and limited papers consisting of travel brochures, firearm and book catalogs, personal notes and ephemera, and correspondence related to Dean’s book purchasing habits.
The photographs are the bulk of the collection and consist of 200-300 slides that were unable to examined extensively and more than 200 developed photographs from various trips and events. Several trips have been identified: one to the Hudson Bay area ("Rupert's Land Montreal" Trip Set, part 1 and part 2), one for the Rockies which is extensively captioned (Captioned Trip Shot Photos …
Another View Of The Sixties, Rowan Cahill
Another View Of The Sixties, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
A contribution to ongoing discussion about the 1960s, in which author Cahill challenges the idea popular at the time of writing, that being a radical during the period was simply an adolescent/youth role one fashionably and easily slipped into.