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Music: Seeking Pleasure, Emotional Language, Ritualized Communication, Jillian N. Gerlach
Music: Seeking Pleasure, Emotional Language, Ritualized Communication, Jillian N. Gerlach
Interdivisional Studies Summer Fellows
The impetus for my project was how I view listening to music as a spiritual or religious experience. Listening to music, instead of practicing religion, satisfies my inclination toward spirituality. In the introduction to my paper, I outlined how music exists in my life. I thought it was valuable to provide my unique experience to give context to my research. I created a diagram that delineates how I interact with music and the benefits I derive from listening to music. During this self-reflection, I realized listening to music functions like a ritual for me. I noticed my individual ritualized listening …
The Demorest Contest: Prohibition Leader In Conversation With Wctu And Martha Mcmillan, Grace E. Kohler
The Demorest Contest: Prohibition Leader In Conversation With Wctu And Martha Mcmillan, Grace E. Kohler
Martha McMillan Research Papers
This essay explains the history of the Demorest Contest and connects it to Martha McMillan and her journals. The Demorest Contest was a temperance advocacy event run by William Jennings Demorest and the Women's Christian Temperance Union that encouraged youths to pledge to Prohibition.
Martha Mcmillan & The Prohibition Party, Sarah L. Swanson
Martha Mcmillan & The Prohibition Party, Sarah L. Swanson
Martha McMillan Research Papers
This paper discusses the history of the Prohibition Party in America, as well as its significance and relevance to the life of Martha McMillan her community in rural Ohio.
Sewing And Dressmaking In Martha Mcmillan's Day (1891), Elizabeth G. Allen
Sewing And Dressmaking In Martha Mcmillan's Day (1891), Elizabeth G. Allen
Martha McMillan Research Papers
This paper describes the process of sewing and dressmaking in America from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s and provides historical context for Martha McMillan's discussion of sewing and dressmaking in her 1891 journal.