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The Limits Of Financial Equity: The Federal Reserve, The Depression Of 1921, And The End Of Wilsonian Progressivism, Terril Hebert
The Limits Of Financial Equity: The Federal Reserve, The Depression Of 1921, And The End Of Wilsonian Progressivism, Terril Hebert
LSU Master's Theses
The Limits of Financial Equity: The Federal Reserve, the Depression of 1921, and the End of Wilsonian Progressivism is an examination of monetary policy and centralized macroeconomic planning in the American economy during the inflationary spiral of the 1910s that culminated in the Depression of 1921. Put forward for consideration is the successful populist campaign for agricultural credit equity by the burgeoning Federal Reserve System; set against a backdrop of intentional inflation, world and domestic citizens competed against as the price and supply chain distortions perpetuated by the policing of American commerce by the Food Administration, A. Mitchell Palmer’s Department …
'The Once Peaceful Little Town:' Edmondson, Arkansas, And The Decline Of African American Landownership, Samuel Morris Ownbey
'The Once Peaceful Little Town:' Edmondson, Arkansas, And The Decline Of African American Landownership, Samuel Morris Ownbey
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the systematic dispossession of African American property by white planters in the Arkansas Delta. It argues white planters, backed by a legal system favorable to their interests, expropriated the black land in the once flourishing community of Edmondson, Arkansas. Founded in 1902 by African American business and political leaders, the Edmondson Home and Improvement Company purchased farmland and town lots and began to sell or rent the land to African Americans coming to the area. Located in Crittenden County, Edmondson represented black defiance in the face of Jim Crow laws and white supremacy. The town consisted of …
From Fields To Factories: The Industrialization Of The United States’ Cattle Industry, Joseph Petersen
From Fields To Factories: The Industrialization Of The United States’ Cattle Industry, Joseph Petersen
History | Senior Theses
This paper will look at the changes of the United States of America's cattle and beef industry from the 19th into the 21st century. It will also show how the industry has evolved into its current state and predict the changes to come. This paper will be evaluating how technology and equipment have changed the traditional farming and ranch lifestyles. While also breaking down the economies from pre-industrial times into modern day. This paper will also explore the effect that technology, equipment, ranching styles, labor and financial changes had on the cattle and beef industry. Finally, this paper will prove …
German Immigration And Its Ties To Landscape Change In Nebraska, Lindsey Labrie
German Immigration And Its Ties To Landscape Change In Nebraska, Lindsey Labrie
Honors Theses
This thesis uses a multidimensional approach to frame the different waves of German immigration within the context of land use change in Nebraska. By recounting the historical challenges and struggles Germans faced in their homelands, this thesis provides similarities between historical immigration patterns throughout the state. Observing the timing of these movements of people paints a clearer picture of how these immigrants might have helped change the farming and cultural landscapes of Nebraska. Knowing and recognizing historical immigration in Nebraska cultivates a deeper appreciation for the current relations between immigrants and Nebraska’s physical landscape.
The Farmers’ Federation: Regional Racial Mythologies As Agricultural Capital, Jama Mcmurtery Grove
The Farmers’ Federation: Regional Racial Mythologies As Agricultural Capital, Jama Mcmurtery Grove
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In 1927, the Farmers’ Federation agricultural cooperative in Western North Carolina launched an organization to solicit funds from wealthy donors. The money raised through philanthropic campaigns enabled the cooperative to fund large-scale agricultural projects, which helped members navigate the dramatic agricultural transformations of the early twentieth century. Although the cooperative advocated a progressive program of business-minded, scientific farming, its leadership modified programs to reflect farmer members’ limited resources and the realities of mountain production. As a result, the co-op provided a crucial bridge between white farmers and new methods of agricultural production that reached deep into peoples’ familial and productive …
Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 - Relating To (Sc 3404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 - Relating To (Sc 3404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3404. Report of an interview conducted by WKU student Mary Helen Jenkins of William J. Edens, a former WKU agriculture professor and Arkansas State College president who was then serving as attaché with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The interview discusses his education and career, particularly as an agricultural advisor overseas.
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 3405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 3405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3405. Letter, 25 October 1971, to “Fellow Kentuckian” from Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn. Preparing to leave office, he provides a report on his administration’s accomplishments with respect to agriculture in the state. Much of the detail is set out in a report to Nunn from the Commissioner of Agriculture that is included with the letter.
Orono: Growing As A University Town, 1965-2015, Evan D. Richert Aicp, Sophia L. Wilson
Orono: Growing As A University Town, 1965-2015, Evan D. Richert Aicp, Sophia L. Wilson
Maine History
By 1965, the Town of Orono’s long history as a lumber town had faded and it had grown into a small university town. Demographically and socially, Orono today demonstrates many of the markers of a university town—from its occupational profile and residency of university employees and students to its growing knowledge-based economy and its evolving downtown of “third places.” But there are differences, too, from a typical university town—for example, in the relative physical isolation of the University of Maine from the rest of the town, and in Orono’s small population compared with the university’s enrollment. Opinions on the quality …
The Influences Of The Musselman Family, Yifei Zhang
The Influences Of The Musselman Family, Yifei Zhang
Student Publications
For almost a century, the Musselman family has had huge influences on Adams County, PA. Many of those contributions are unknown by people today. So, based on the research of the Musselman Canning Company and the two Musselman Foundations, this paper is a study of the impacts the Musselman family has had on others and how it has achieved that influence. The main primary sources include the company’s publication, The Processor, the articles on local newspaper, and the collections in the Special Collection in Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library.
University Of Wyoming Wool Laboratory, 1907-2012, David Kruger
University Of Wyoming Wool Laboratory, 1907-2012, David Kruger
David Delbert Kruger
The University of Wyoming Wool Laboratory operated on campus from 1907-2012, in which time the sheep and wool industry experienced great change. For over a century, the faculty of the Wool Lab carefully cataloged research associated with sheep and wool, accumulating a collection of over 1,000 individual titles, 10,000 bound journal articles, correspondence, equipment manuals, and data notebooks, and a set of 872 preserved wool samples dating from 1837. This collection, now housed at the Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections Library at the University of Wyoming, is thought to be one of the most unique and complete collections of sheep …
Using Census Bureau Data For Current And Historical Gis Research, Bert Chapman
Using Census Bureau Data For Current And Historical Gis Research, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
Provides examples of how geographic information system (GIS) data can be used to conduct historical and contemporary research using Census Bureau data and mapping and other resources. Such data and mapping can enhance understanding of historical and contemporary subjects in a multidisciplinary variety of topics.
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 80. Correspondence, photographs, audiotapes, film, clippings, general office files, and records of legislative proceedings relating to the political career of Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative (Republican) for Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, 1965-1981.
Pulling The Wool Under Your Eyes: Preserving A Wool Lab And Library At The University Of Wyoming, David Kruger
Pulling The Wool Under Your Eyes: Preserving A Wool Lab And Library At The University Of Wyoming, David Kruger
David Delbert Kruger
Since 1909, the University of Wyoming boasted a Wool Department and one of the few wool laboratories, libraries, and scouring plants in the United States. With the decommissioning of the wool laboratory and library in 2012, University of Wyoming Libraries is working to preserve its vast contents including wool samples, book and scrapbook collections, and the process of wool research itself. University of Wyoming Libraries has partnered with UW Extension and the College of Agriculture to help preserve the history of wool research.
A Landscape Approach To Late Prehistoric Settlement And Subsistence Patterns In The Mojave Sink, Tiffany Ann Thomas
A Landscape Approach To Late Prehistoric Settlement And Subsistence Patterns In The Mojave Sink, Tiffany Ann Thomas
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The environment of the Late Prehistoric period (1200 A.D. to Historic Contact) Mojave Sink was wetter than modern conditions. The settlement and subsistence patterns of the occupants of the region during this period were driven by the availability of water, subsistence resources, raw material sources, and tradition. These people utilized the regional landscape based upon the seasonal availability of these resources. Supplemental agricultural production has been proposed for the Mojave River Delta due to the more favorable environmental conditions of this period. If agriculture was being practiced it would have affected the regional land-use patterns. For this thesis I propose …
Finding Historic Indiana Documents In An Online Environment: Civil War Era And Later 19th Century, Bert Chapman
Finding Historic Indiana Documents In An Online Environment: Civil War Era And Later 19th Century, Bert Chapman
Libraries Research Publications
This presentation provides information on digitally accessing historic Indiana State and U.S. Government documents from the latter half of the 19th century. Examples of these resources include the periodical Indiana Farmer, Indiana Civil War Governor Oliver Morton's telegraph books, the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Indiana Adjutant General Reports, and the Brevier Indiana Law Reports covering Indiana General Assembly proceedings. These collections have been digitized by various Indiana libraries including Purdue University, IUPUI, and Indiana University. Accessing these primary source materials will enable users to gain augmented understanding ot the economic, military, and political issues facing Indiana …
Ewan, A. Early (Sc 2427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ewan, A. Early (Sc 2427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2427. Letter from A. Early Ewan, Warren County, Kentucky county agriculture extension agent, to members of the Warren County Corn-Hog Production Control Association relating information about contracts to limit production of the commodities mentioned.
Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1562. Business letter from R.H. Short, New Orleans, to James Jenkins, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which discusses the sale of agricultural commodities. Includes a wholesale price list from New Orleans. Typescript is also included.
The Place Of The Eighteenth Century In American Agricultural History, Richard Bushman
The Place Of The Eighteenth Century In American Agricultural History, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
On the eve of the Revolution about 80 percent of the labor force of British North America worked in agriculture. Most colonists spent the majority of their waking hours doing farm work. People of all classes and ethnic origins (men, women, and many children) devoted their days to planting tobacco, husking corn, building fences, milking cows, slaughtering pings, clearing brush, weeding vegetables, churning butter, killing chickens, salting meat, and hoeing, hoeing, hoeing. Native Americans hunted more than Europeans and Africans, but Indians, too, worked the soil. The vast bulk of the population spent its energies from dawn to dusk, day …
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 197. Interviews and transcripts with ninety-three year old Acie Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs (Edmonson County), Kentucky, about his life experiences. Includes photographs. WKU student Ricky Carroll, did the project for a Folk Studies course.
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.
Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.
Letter From Glase Manwiller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 9, 1954, Glase Manwiller
Letter From Glase Manwiller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 9, 1954, Glase Manwiller
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Glase Manwiller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 9, 1954. Within, Manwiller praises Shoemaker on his radio show, provides information on the Invasion of the Cross, and asks Shoemaker to send sickle bean seeds to plant.
Dieffenbach On Manure: Removing It, March 1, 1954, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Manure: Removing It, March 1, 1954, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Manure - Removing it,", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 1st, 1954. Within Dieffenbach details how cow manure is removed from barns and different ways Pennsylvania farmers store and use the manure.
Dieffenbach On Parsnips, August 3, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Parsnips, August 3, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Parsnips", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 3, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details how to grow and cultivate parsnips and relates the various uses, sayings and folklore surrounding this vegetable.
Dieffenbach On Radishes, July 27, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Radishes, July 27, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Radishes! - "De Reddich!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 27, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of different radish cultivation techniques, anecdotes and the various uses one could have for the crop.
Dieffenbach On Cows: Addenda, March 24, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Cows: Addenda, March 24, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Cows: Addenda", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 24, 1952. Within Dieffenbach lists a series of anecdotes involving butter churning, farm irrigation, planting seeds and producing and selling hay and dairy products. It also includes a section about the many uses of cow parts after butchering and a list of superstitious beliefs surrounding cows.
Planting, Seeding, Or Sowing And Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania From 1876 To 1893, H. Wayne Gruber
Planting, Seeding, Or Sowing And Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania From 1876 To 1893, H. Wayne Gruber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed essay entitled, "Planting, Seeding, or Sowing and Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania", by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from January 1952. Within, Gruber recalls the agricultural practices his parents practiced in relation to the moon and star signs and details the methods of planting and harvesting corn, potatoes and grain.
Notes On Agriculture, Horticulture And Fruit Varieties, 1846-1855, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Notes On Agriculture, Horticulture And Fruit Varieties, 1846-1855, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of handwritten notes detailing points of reference from various books dating from 1846 to 1855, written by Alfred L. Shoemaker. Within, Shoemaker makes notes on various subjects ranging from apple and pear varieties to farming implements and a poem about Pennsylvania Dutch pies.
Letter From Ira D. Landis To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 29, 1949, Ira D. Landis
Letter From Ira D. Landis To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 29, 1949, Ira D. Landis
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Ira D. Landis addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 29, 1949. Within, Landis encloses his paper entitled, "The Dutch-Calcium Carbonate Compound", with hopes of it finding a home within Shoemaker's Dutchman newspaper.