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125 Years: Serving The Government Information Needs Of South Dakota, Vickie L. Mix Dec 2015

125 Years: Serving The Government Information Needs Of South Dakota, Vickie L. Mix

Vickie Mix

The article focuses on the completion of 125 years of service in government information to South Dakota in September 2014. Topics discussed include official membership to the South Dakota State University of the Federal Depository Library program (FDLP) on November 2, 1889; distribution of House Journals to the historical societies and state executives; importance of land grant heritage to the University; and procurement of buildings and machinery under the U.S. Government Printing Office


The Unfolding Of The Historical Style Of Reasoning In Modern Cosmology, Jacob Pearce Oct 2014

The Unfolding Of The Historical Style Of Reasoning In Modern Cosmology, Jacob Pearce

Dr Jacob Pearce

No abstract provided.


The Complex History Of The Cosmic Microwave Background, Jacob Pearce Mar 2014

The Complex History Of The Cosmic Microwave Background, Jacob Pearce

Dr Jacob Pearce

No abstract provided.


Videopoetry: Evocative Representations Of Cultural Pioneers In Southern Idaho, James Armstrong, Peter Lutze, Laura Woodworth-Ney Jan 2014

Videopoetry: Evocative Representations Of Cultural Pioneers In Southern Idaho, James Armstrong, Peter Lutze, Laura Woodworth-Ney

James Armstrong

In the early 1900s, federal irrigation projects transformed the sagebrush desert of southern Idaho into arable land. This article tells the story of two Idaho cultural pioneers from that era, Clarence E. Bisbee, and Annie Pike Greenwood. The photographer Clarence E. Bisbee spent thirty years documenting the growth of the city of Twin Falls and the surrounding agricultural area. Annie Pike Greenwood, a mother, farmer’s wife, teacher and professional writer, wrote a memoir of her experiences over twenty years of living on a farm near Hazelton. To represent the experiences of Bisbee and Greenwood, the authors used the technique of …


Re-Interpreting The Significance Of The Cosmic Microwave Background, Jacob Pearce Oct 2013

Re-Interpreting The Significance Of The Cosmic Microwave Background, Jacob Pearce

Dr Jacob Pearce

No abstract provided.


Of Methodology And Metaphysics: Contestation And Legitimation In Early Relativistic Cosmology, Jacob Pearce Jan 2013

Of Methodology And Metaphysics: Contestation And Legitimation In Early Relativistic Cosmology, Jacob Pearce

Dr Jacob Pearce

No abstract provided.


A Day In History: Glimpsing The Land As Primary Source, James Armstrong, Peter Lutze, Laura Woodworth-Ney Jun 2012

A Day In History: Glimpsing The Land As Primary Source, James Armstrong, Peter Lutze, Laura Woodworth-Ney

James Armstrong

For nine years, three Idaho professors have researched the early culture of the irrigated settlement communities along the Snake and Boise Rivers in southern Idaho. Massive federal projects in the early 1900s transformed southern Idaho from desert into arable land, thereby creating the foundation for Idaho as it is today. Through historical photographs and writings, the work of historians, and first hand visits to historical sites, we have tried to understand this brief, pivotal period in Idaho history. We have presented our findings through in poetry and videos, what Richardson (1994) calls “evocative representations” of research data. A host of …


The Decline Of History, Rowan Cahill Dec 1976

The Decline Of History, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

The author addresses the contemporary (1970s) loss of confidence, and interest, in history as a subject amongst Australian secondary school students and educational administrators. He mounts a defence of the teaching of the subject in schools, and argues for its complexities. Strategies to increase the appeal of the subject and its perceived relevance are suggested.