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Rascal Or Representative?: Joe Oats Of Tallahassee And The "Election" Of 1866, Peter D. Klingman 2021 University of Central Florida

Rascal Or Representative?: Joe Oats Of Tallahassee And The "Election" Of 1866, Peter D. Klingman

Florida Historical Quarterly

Ever since William Watson Davis, member of the so-called Dunning school of post Civil War historiography, popularized Florida’s Reconstruction as a period of dark, corrupt, rapacious rule, the image of the personalities and the events from 1865 to 1876, has remained tarnished. Revisionism, which overturned Davis's view by suggesting that Republican "rule" was tenuous at best and that corruption in politics was a sin of both parties, has only partially rehabilitated the traditional "tragic era." One incident still offered as "proof" for the traditional view of Negro and Republican rascality in Reconstruction is the story of Joe Oats and his …


Florida Whites And The Brown Decision Of 1954, Joseph A. Tomerlin 2021 University of Central Florida

Florida Whites And The Brown Decision Of 1954, Joseph A. Tomerlin

Florida Historical Quarterly

The United States Supreme Court delivered its epochal opinion in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954. Chief Justice Earl Warren, only recently confirmed by the senate, read the unanimous decision, which held that "in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place." The plaintiffs in the suit, subjected to racially segregated systems of education, were thereby "deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." But then the court postponed implementing its decree to hear more arguments in the next session on …


Tallahassee Through The Storebooks: War Clouds And War, 1860, Clifton Paisley 2021 University of Central Florida

Tallahassee Through The Storebooks: War Clouds And War, 1860, Clifton Paisley

Florida Historical Quarterly

Tallahassee was a properous community, and the tastes of her citizens on the eve of the Civil War ran to luxury goods and labor-saving devices as indicated in the daybook for 1860-1863 of the William P. Slusser store on Monroe Street, Tallahassee. In the fall of the year, when schooners, barks, and brigs arrived at St. Marks port to pick up the some 50,000 bales of cotton shipped yearly out of Apalachee Bay, the vessels unloaded a variety of consumer goods that were eagerly awaited: bathtubs, washing machines to replace or at least to supplement scrub boards, and pumps and …


Membership Of The Florida Constitutional Convention Of 1868. A Case Study Of Republican Factionalism In The Reconstruction South, Richard L. Hume 2021 University of Central Florida

Membership Of The Florida Constitutional Convention Of 1868. A Case Study Of Republican Factionalism In The Reconstruction South, Richard L. Hume

Florida Historical Quarterly

In accord with provisions of the Reconstruction Acts, members of the Florida constitutional convention assembled in Tallahassee in mid-January of 1868. An examination of the historiography of this controversial gathering, a body charged with framing the constitution which was to take effect when the state was returned to civilian rule, quickly reveals the existence of the standard Dunningite-revisionist dispute which has so characterized most writing on the postwar South. William Watson Davis, who completed his classic work on Reconstruction in Florida under the direction of William A. Dunning himself, believed that the delegates who attended the Florida "Black and Tan" …


Title Page, Florida Historical Society 2021 University of Central Florida

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 51, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents


Life, Eamonn McCarthy 2021 Dominican University of California

Life, Eamonn Mccarthy

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


Mija, Iris Brito-Stevens 2021 Dominican University of California

Mija, Iris Brito-Stevens

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


The Confederate Stories Of America: The Short-Story Cycle And The Representation Of The American South, Ikuko Takeda 2021 Louisiana State University

The Confederate Stories Of America: The Short-Story Cycle And The Representation Of The American South, Ikuko Takeda

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

My dissertation examines the ways in which the short-story cycle has provided a unique generic framework for representing and investigating the complex interplay of contending forces that constitute what we think of as the American South. Often confused with a collection of disparate short stories or a novel, the short-story cycle is a collection of short stories in which each story is independent, but simultaneously interrelated to one another. Although the South has produced a number of short-story cycles or linked story collections, scholars have not paid much attention to the connection between the genre/form and the region. I consider, …


Jud Ms 26 Israel Bernstein Writings, Emily Margaret Newell 2021 University of Southern Maine

Jud Ms 26 Israel Bernstein Writings, Emily Margaret Newell

Search the Manuscript Collection (Finding Aids)

Provenance: These papers were donated by Beth B. Schneider, on April 15, 2021.

Ownership and Literary Rights: The Israel Bernstein Writings Collection are the physical property of the University of Southern Maine Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the creator or her legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Special Collections Librarian.

Cite as: The Israel Bernstein Writings Collection, The Judaica Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine Library.

Restrictions on access: This collection is open for research.


Amjambo Africa! (November 2021), Kathreen Harrison 2021 University of Southern Maine

Amjambo Africa! (November 2021), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue

Afghanistan................................2

Anti-racism. ...............................3

Wabanaki Alliance. ...................5

Allan Monga. .............................6

Translations .......9-13, 30/31, 33

French • Kinyarwanda

Portuguese • Somali

Spanish • Swahili

Africa/COVID.........................13

Banyamulenge....................13/14

Burundi/UN. ...........................14

Tigray........................................14

Rebels........................................14

Market Basket..........................15

Azerbaijani women.................18

Health & Wellness. ............20-29

Diabetes | COVID In English & translation

Columns .......................19, 32/33

Maine Equal Justice

ILAP – IntWork

Let’s Talk • Beautiful Blackbird

New Voices ..................34/35/37

Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed

Rupal Ramesh Shah

Nsiona Nguizani

Coco McCracken

Gashi

Kifah Abdulla

Financial Literacy. ...................36

Tips & Info ...39


Settler Kitsch The Legacies Of Puritanism In America, Jonathan Beecher Field 2021 Clemson University

Settler Kitsch The Legacies Of Puritanism In America, Jonathan Beecher Field

Publications

No abstract provided.


Bibliography For "Native American Art: A Display In Celebration Of Native American Heritage", Margaret Puentes 2021 Chapman University

Bibliography For "Native American Art: A Display In Celebration Of Native American Heritage", Margaret Puentes

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to accompany a display about Native American art from November 1-30, 2021, at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.


Law Library Blog (November 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School ofLaw 2021 Roger Williams University

Law Library Blog (November 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Oflaw

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.


Heroes At Home: Honoring Our Nation's Veterans, Kayla Vasilko 2021 Purdue University Northwest

Heroes At Home: Honoring Our Nation's Veterans, Kayla Vasilko

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

There are currently 17.42 million veterans living in America today. These heroes dedicated their services in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf War, leaving home and giving up the comforts of stability, family, and guaranteed safety to ensure that America remains a stable and safe place for individuals and families to call home, yet upon returning home themselves, our nation’s veterans have had to face immense hardships. About 40,000 veterans are without shelter in the U.S. on any given night; some of the leading causes of veteran homelessness include PTSD, social isolation, unemployment, and substance …


The Legacy Book In America, 1664–1792, Roxanne Harde, Lindsay Yakimyshyn 2021 University of Alberta

The Legacy Book In America, 1664–1792, Roxanne Harde, Lindsay Yakimyshyn

Zea E-Books Collection

Legacy books in colonial America were instruments for the transmission of cultural values between generations: the dying mother (usually) instructing and advising children on the path to salvation and heavenly reunions. They were a popular and influential form of women’s discourse that distilled the ideologies of the religious establishment into practical and emotional lessons for lay persons, especially the young.

This collection draws together legacy texts written by colonial American women and girls: five mother’s legacy books and two legacies by children, organized here chronologically. These legacies were writ­ten in anticipation of dying, making awareness of death central to the …


Warrioress In White: A Semiotic Analysis Of America's Joan Of Arc In The Women Of The Copper Country, Akasha Khalsa 2021 Northern Michigan University

Warrioress In White: A Semiotic Analysis Of America's Joan Of Arc In The Women Of The Copper Country, Akasha Khalsa

Conspectus Borealis

Mary Doria Russell’s The Women of the Copper Country is a fictionalized historical account of the 1913 mining strike in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Significantly in this strike, a great deal of leadership was focused in the Union’s Women’s Auxiliary. In particular, one woman formed the backbone of the local movement. Known by her community as Big Annie, Anna Klobuchar Clements was the heart of the 1913 strike. Memories of her bravery linger today in the form of recorded testimonies by elderly community members, immortalization in plaques and songs, and Russell’s popular novel. Today she is remembered not as herself, not …


Minutes Of The Directors' Meeting, Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society 2021 University of Central Florida

Minutes Of The Directors' Meeting, Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

President James C. Craig convened the semi-annual meeting of the officers and board of directors of the Florida Historical Society at 10:00 a.m., January 8, 1972, in the student union building, Stetson University, DeLand. In addition to the president, the following attended: John E. Johns, Margaret Chapman, Mrs. Milton D. Jones, Mary Jane Kuhl, Samuel Proctor, Audrey Broward, Donald W. Curl, Herbert J, Doherty, Jr., William M. Goza, Byron S. Hollinshead, Milton D. Jones, Eugene Lyon, Thelma Peters, Mrs. O. C. Peterson, Anthony Pizza, Jerrell Shofner, John D. Ware, and Robert W. Williams.


Publication Information, Florida Historical Society 2021 University of Central Florida

Publication Information, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.


History News, Florida Historical Society 2021 University of Central Florida

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Annual Meeting; Jacksonville Sesquicentennial; Key West Sesquicentennial; Florida History Award; Florida Becentennial History Symposium; Announcements and Activites; Local Societies and Commissions; Obituary


Book Reviews And Book Notes, Florida Historical Society 2021 University of Central Florida

Book Reviews And Book Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

DE BRAHM’S REPORT OF THE GENERAL SURVEY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT IN NORTH AMERICA, edited by Louis De Vorsey, Jr., reviewed by J. Leitch Wright; ANTE-BELLUM TALLAHASSEE, by Bertram H. Groene, reviewed by Clifton Paisley; A NATURALIST IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA, by Charlotte Orr Gantz, reviewed by Marian Murray; THE FIRST AMERICAN: A STORY OF NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, by C. W. Ceram, reviewed by Charles H. Fairbanks; ECONOMIC BEGINNINGS IN COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA, 1670-1730, by Converse D. Clowse, reviewed by John G. Clark; THE REGULATORS IN NORTH CAROLINA: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, 1759-1776, edited by William S. Powell, reviewed by North Callahan; …


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