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Disasters In The United States : Frequency, Costs, And Compensation, Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman Jan 2017

Disasters In The United States : Frequency, Costs, And Compensation, Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman

Upjohn Press

Disasters are increasing in both frequency and financial costs. Analysis presented here deals with what we know about disasters in the United States including their increasing frequency of occurrence and associated financial costs, compensation available to survivors, where particular types of disasters are most likely to occur, and how disasters can be mitigated.


Social Security And The Family In Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros Apr 1984

Social Security And The Family In Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros

Faculty Books

This study is based on the research project entitled"The Role of Social and Economic Security in Family and Community Life", conducted by the Social Research Center (SRC) of the American University in Cairo in collaboration with the Mershon Center of the Ohio State University.


Daniel Saye Hollis Papers - Accession 175, Daniel Saye Hollis Jan 1978

Daniel Saye Hollis Papers - Accession 175, Daniel Saye Hollis

Manuscript Collection

Daniel Saye Hollis (1885-1981) was a politician and community leader from Rock Hill, SC. The Daniel Saye Hollis Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legislative bills, reports, newspaper clippings and other material relating to Hollis’ career, term of office as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, York County politics, and the South Carolina Democratic Party. Of particular interest is a memoir entitled, “I Remember," which focuses on his early life, rural attitudes, and growing up in a southern rural community in the early 1900s. There is also some information on St. John’s United Methodist Church, Rotary Club of …


Freeport, 1923, Sanborn Map Company Dec 1923

Freeport, 1923, Sanborn Map Company

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Maps of Freeport, Maine, at a scale of 1:600 or 50 ft. to an inch. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an overview of areas covered on the remaining sheets.


Phillips, 1923, Sanborn Map Company Oct 1923

Phillips, 1923, Sanborn Map Company

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Maps of Phillips, Maine, at a scale of 1:600 or 50 ft. to an inch. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an overview of areas covered on the remaining sheets.


Bangor, Brewer, And South Brewer, 1906, Sanborn Map Company Jan 1907

Bangor, Brewer, And South Brewer, 1906, Sanborn Map Company

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Insurance maps of Bangor, including Brewer and South Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, at a scale of 1:600, or 50 ft. to an inch. Dated December 1906, copyright 1907. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an index of the area covered on subsequent sheets.


Waterville, 1894, Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Jan 1894

Waterville, 1894, Sanborn-Perris Map Co.

Sanborn Maps of Maine

Maps of Waterville, Maine, at a scale of 1:600 or 50 ft. to an inch. The original color maps are on sheets 64 x 54 cm. Sheet 1 includes an index of the area covered on the remaining sheets.