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The War Against Surplus Breeding, Irene Castle

Puppy Mills Collection

Almost the whole humane movement is snowed under and overwhelmed by the still mounting flood of surplus cats and dogs. The surplus turns our shelters into sordid slaughterhouses. It distorts and perverts the thinking of many even of our very best people. Hundreds of our societies are kept permanently on the edge of bankruptcy by the single problem of taking in and disposing of cats and dogs which are homeless or unwanted simply because of the immense surplus of such animals.

It is so easy for all of us to throw up our hands and denounce veterinarians for the high …

Annotated Checklist Of The Birds Of San Joaquin County, California, James Leroy Tate Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Evaluation of many records is the only way valid judgments can be made on abundance and status. The necessity of obtaining exact dates, localities, numbers, and special weather conditions cannot be overemphasized. For this reason, records in supplement to this list are freely solicited.

The present checklist includes all species and subspecies for which specimens exist. In some instances sight records have been adequate reason for including a species on the list when no specimen existed. Sight records for species which are difficult to identify have been admitted upon careful editing. The author has followed the policy outlined by Griscom …

Navigation On The San Joaquin River, 1848-1925, John Wynn Birtwhistle

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a history of the navigation on the San Joaquin River from 1848 until 1925. The main purpose of the thesis will be to examine chronologically any and all events and factors concerned with the navigation of the river during that period of time. The first chapter will survey the geographical and historical background of the San Joaquin River.

The emphasis will be placed on the river's use for navigation. Since the upper, southern third of the San Joaquin Valley does not drain into the San Joaquin River, only those areas between the Kings River on the south …

Exponent, April-May 1913, Vol. Xi, No. 4-5, University Of Dayton

Register Book and Exponent

This issue of The Exponent, a student run monthly publication of Saint Mary's College in Dayton, Ohio, focuses on the 1913 Dayton flood. This issue features student perspectives on the flood and its aftermath.

Saint Mary's College Flood Refugees, University Of Dayton

Register Book and Exponent

Roster of the 1913 Dayton flood refugees who took shelter at Saint Mary's College.

Part 06 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 11 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 07 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 10 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 03 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 01 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 02 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 08 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 09 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 05 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 04 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Village Improvement, Nellie Albertine Briggs

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

A discussion of the first formulation in 1853 of Village Improvement Societies, whose overall goals included improving the aesthetic value of a town’s public property through use of its natural surroundings.

The Discovery And Settlement Of The Mississippi Valley, Charles Clark Cross

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

An extensive history of the discovery and settlement of the Mississippi Valley, including references to Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto, Marquette, Joliet, Chevalier de Touti, La Salle and Beaujeu.

The Value Of The Colonies To The Mother Country, Lenora Estelle Stillman

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

A study of the relationship of a colony to its original country, focusing on the importance fair policies in Spain, England and France and questioning whether or not Europeans emigrating to U.S. colonies remain European citizens or can be considered representatives of their countries.

Bar Harbor, F. Marion Crawford

Maine Collection

Bar Harbor

by Francis Marion Crawford. Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1896.

American Summer Resorts

Parley's New Geography, Sheldon, Lamport, & Blakeman

Osher Map Library Collection Books

Full title:Peter Parley's Geography for Beginners.

With Eighteen Maps and One Hundred and Fifty Engravings.

160 pages: illustrations, maps