Smith, Elvin, Jr. - Collector (Mss 534),
2015
Western Kentucky University
Smith, Elvin, Jr. - Collector (Mss 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection MSS 534. Collected research of Elvin Smith, Jr. relating to the Civil War in Kentucky and consisting mostly of typescripted soldiers’ diaries and letters. Also includes compiled data on regiments stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky and at Lost River Cave near Bowling Green, and lists of soldiers’ deaths at Bowling Green.
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (Wasp) Of World War Ii,
2015
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (Wasp) Of World War Ii, Natalie J. Stewart-Smith
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the fascinating story of the women who flew in WW II as members of the WASP, from Natalie Stewart-Smith. Her thesis on them was the very first academic study of the WASP and is based on numerous personal interviews, including Jacqueline Cochran, their founder. The military contribution of women fliers during World War I is a seldom seen part of the WASP story as well.
Searching For Stevens,
2015
Gettysburg College
Searching For Stevens, Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
You haven’t seen much from me yet this semester. For this I apologize. I have been knee-deep in preliminary research for a special project I’m working on for the blog – one that can’t be completed until the weather breaks. I originally meant to learn just enough about the topic of this project to share a brief overview with you all, but, as sometimes happens during the research process, I’ve become a little obsessed with the central figure of my research: one Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. [excerpt]
Crusading For The Truth,
2015
Gettysburg College
Crusading For The Truth, Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Last semester, I received a very memorable critique on one of my more polarizing blog posts. In it, a reader derisively referred to another of the CWI Fellows and me as “truth-driven crusaders” for our commitment to healthy historical engagement. Finding it an appropriate if not excessively romanticized description of the work we do as historians-in-training, my friends and I have since then appropriated the term to describe ourselves. I feel obliged to admit here that the antagonism signaled by the term “crusader” makes me a bit uneasy, but I like to think that we “crusade” against certain ideas, and …
Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533),
2015
Western Kentucky University
Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 533. Correspondence, military orders, and instructional materials relating to Henry Herman Denhardt’s World War I service as a field artillery officer and postwar training as an officer in the Kentucky National Guard. Includes a few personal and political items relating to Denhardt’s campaign for Governor of Kentucky.
The End Is Near: The Civil War In 1864,
2015
Gettysburg College
The End Is Near: The Civil War In 1864, Brianna E. Kirk
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In the minds of most Civil War lovers, the year 1864 marks the noticeable shift from a conciliatory war to a hard war. Most view it through the lens of Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign, through William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea, through the successes of the Union Army. After all, the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 is seen as the ‘high tide of the Confederacy,’ marking the falling action point in the war when total Union victory became inevitable. But in actuality, 1864 was just as—if not more—critical to the outcome of the war than the prior …
A Useable Past: First World War Training Camps On Civil War Battlefields,
2015
Gettysburg College
A Useable Past: First World War Training Camps On Civil War Battlefields, S. Marianne Johnson
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
When visitors flock to America’s National Parks, the battlefields from the American Civil War are perennially popular. Every summer, thousands come to walk over the serene fields and forests where men suffered unimaginable carnage. These sites have become sacred in the American psyche, places to remember and honor the dead, educate the public, or engage in quiet personal reflection. The rolling plains, dense forests and impressive mountains of Civil War battlefields inspire awe and reverence for what author Robert Penn Warren tagged America’s only “felt history.” [excerpt]
Potter, Thomas Corwin, 1841-1863 (Sc 2892),
2015
Western Kentucky University
Potter, Thomas Corwin, 1841-1863 (Sc 2892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2892. Letter, 7 January 1862, of Private Thomas C. Corwin, Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, to his sister in Michigan. Writing from camp at Somerset, Kentucky, he reflects on the war’s duration and describes camp life, troop positions around Somerset, and local citizens’ fear of a coming battle. He also describes skirmishes with Confederate pickets and his hopes for an advance though Kentucky.
A Long Way From Minneapolis: Minnesotans In The Spanish Civil War,
2015
Bethel University
A Long Way From Minneapolis: Minnesotans In The Spanish Civil War, Fletcher Warren
Library Research Prize Student Works
In 1996, eighty-one-year-old Minnesotan Clarence Forester and sixty-seven fellow Americans traveled to Barcelona at the behest of the Spanish government. There, they feasted at state banquets, received honorary Spanish citizenship, and paraded down the streets of Barcelona to throngs of Spaniards ten deep. Forester later mused that as he moved through the crowds, some of the Spaniards he talked to that day were in their seventies. Perhaps the women and men who kissed him were the same boys and girls who had clung to his legs at another Barcelonian parade. Fifty-eight years earlier, in October 1938, Forester had marched down …
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2015,
2015
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2015, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Megacities And The Us Army,
2015
US Army War College
Megacities And The Us Army, Willam G. Adamson
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The Case Against Megacities,
2015
US Army War College
The Case Against Megacities, Michael Evans
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Commentary And Reply,
2015
US Army War College
Commentary And Reply, Usawc Press
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The Case For Megacities,
2015
US Army War College
The Case For Megacities, Kevin M. Felix, Frederick D. Wong
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews,
2015
US Army War College
Book Reviews, Usawc Press
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Small Forces And Crisis Management,
2015
US Army War College
Small Forces And Crisis Management, Benjamin M. Jensen
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Fighting The "Islamic State" The Case For Us Ground Forces,
2015
US Army War College
Fighting The "Islamic State" The Case For Us Ground Forces, David E. Johnson
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
From The Editor,
2015
SSI
From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Learning From The Past, Looking To The Future,
2015
US Army War College
Learning From The Past, Looking To The Future, Matthew Morton
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Military Innovation And Military Culture,
2015
US Army War College
Military Innovation And Military Culture, Andrew Hill
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
