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Klan Robe, University of Central Florida

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Homosexuals And The Death Penalty In Colonial America, Louis Crompton University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Homosexuals And The Death Penalty In Colonial America, Louis Crompton

Faculty Publications -- Department of English

This article traces the legislative history of statutes prescribing the death penalty for sodomy in 17th-century New England and in the other American colonies. New England and some middle colonies broke with English legal tradition by adopting explicitly biblical language. After the Revolution, Pennsylvania took the lead, in 1786, in dropping the death penalty.

As the nation prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence, the question of the status of the homosexual in pre-Revolutionary America comes to mind. The Body of Liberties approved by the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1641 welcomed refugees seeking to escape "the …

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Great (Soft) Power Competition: Us And Chinese Efforts In Global Health Engagement, Michael W. Wissemann US Army War College

Great (Soft) Power Competition: Us And Chinese Efforts In Global Health Engagement, Michael W. Wissemann

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Global health engagement, an underutilized strategy rooted in the strengths of soft power persuasion, can lead to more military-to-military cooperation training, help establish relationships that can be relied on when crises develop, stabilize fragile states, and deny violent extremist organizations space for recruiting and operations. Examining Chinese efforts worldwide to curry favor and influence and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this article shows health as a medium is a very compelling and advantageous whole-of-government approach to national security policy concerns.

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The Battalion Commander Effect, Everett Spain, Gautam Mukunda, Archie Bates US Army War College

The Battalion Commander Effect, Everett Spain, Gautam Mukunda, Archie Bates

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Statistical evidence suggests Army battalion commanders are significant determinants of the retention of their lieutenants—especially high-potential lieutenants. Further, this so-called Battalion Commander Effect should be included in brigadier general promotion board assessments and used to inform officer professional military education curricula.

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American Military Strategy In The Vietnam War, 1965– 1973, Gregory A. Daddis Chapman University

American Military Strategy In The Vietnam War, 1965– 1973, Gregory A. Daddis

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For nearly a decade, American combat soldiers fought in South Vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in Southeast Asia. After U.S. troops departed in 1973, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 prompted a lasting search to explain the United States’ first lost war. Historians of the conflict and participants alike have since critiqued the ways in which civilian policymakers and uniformed leaders applied—some argued misapplied—military power that led to such an undesirable political outcome. While some claimed U.S. politicians failed to commit their nation’s full military might to a limited war, others contended that most officers fundamentally …

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Floyd Collins Funeral, Western Kentucky University

Floyd Collins Funeral

Mourning ephemera and photographs

These images were taken by Cave City, Kentucky resident William R. Reynolds, Jr. He photographed Cave City scenes and it residents in the early 1900s. This image shows the J. T. Gerald Funeral Home at the time of the funeral of Floyd Collins. The men are carrying the casket of Floyd Collins. One of the men as a arm band marked "Sand Cave."

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British Appeasement 1936-1939: The Debate Between Parliament And The Public, Kylie D. Johnson College of Liberal Arts- History and Political Science

British Appeasement 1936-1939: The Debate Between Parliament And The Public, Kylie D. Johnson

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

While it is now clear that appeasement of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler did not prevent another war, there is a historical debate on whether British appeasement policies were shameful, a set of well-intentioned blunders, an attempt at keeping peace internationally, or a strategy to keep domestic resources focused on Britain. Within the debate between historians, lies a debate between the British public and Parliament, and even within Parliament itself. An important factor in the British decision to implement appeasement policy in the 1930s often underemphasized in the literature is the governmental prioritizing of domestic issues and national security over …

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The Irish Nationalist: Motivations, Experiences And Consequences, Sarah Slawson CSUSB

The Irish Nationalist: Motivations, Experiences And Consequences, Sarah Slawson

History in the Making

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The Progressive Era, The Depression, And The American Mental Institution System, Andrew Dobrowolski Western Oregon University

The Progressive Era, The Depression, And The American Mental Institution System, Andrew Dobrowolski

Student Theses, Papers and Projects (History)

The American Mental Health System in the United States was largely impacted in the early 20th century with the beginning of the Progressive Era, new approaches to rehabilitating and curing patients who were mentally ill, the rise of Psychiatry and the rise of the use of Mental Health Asylums, and the use of new treatments such as talking patients through their illnesses and using therapy methods to treat patients. Based on an internship at the Oregon State Archives, this presentation will examine the American Mental Health System in the Progressive Era through the Depression era. I have consulted patient files …

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Understanding The Importance Of Statues: Symbols Of Racism In Modern Society, Theresa VanWormer St. John Fisher University

Understanding The Importance Of Statues: Symbols Of Racism In Modern Society, Theresa Vanwormer

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

Whether it is a monument, statue, plaque, or mural, the values and ideologies that are memorialized on public land reflect what reality the people of a country are choosing to remember. The United States’ political and racial history has led to the creation of controversial memorials, including memorials that honor the Confederacy and its leaders, influencing moral concepts based in racism, violence, and oppression. The continued veneration of these symbols on public land sends the message to the Black community that their oppressors are honored as heroes and that the society they live in still allows for their abuse. Annette-Gordon …

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Community Oral History To Widen The Path: The Jewish Mobile Oral History Project, Deborah Gurt 2023 University of South Alabama

Community Oral History To Widen The Path: The Jewish Mobile Oral History Project, Deborah Gurt

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

This article presents the case study of the Jewish Mobile Oral History Project of the McCall Library at the University of South Alabama as an example of a participatory archival practice. With goals to build a collection centered on a minority experience, to engage with community members, and to foster inter-communal dialogue, the project highlights affect as one vital consideration for archival record keepers, users, and subjects.

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Addressing Discrimination At West Chester University: A Battle At All Levels, Aaron Stoyack 2023 West Chester University

Addressing Discrimination At West Chester University: A Battle At All Levels, Aaron Stoyack

Ramifications

Through a series of 29 oral histories, a dataset consisting of the experiences of 29 minority or ally students and faculty was created. Analyzing their experiences revealed manners in which inequalities within WCU, particularly retaining to retention and graduation rates, could be minimized. Those experiencing discrimination have statistically lower academic performance and are more likely to drop out. To systematically address these disparities, action at the administrative, faculty, and student level is described, each of which had a positive impact on student success. The variety of methods described can inform future initiatives seeking to make WCU a more inclusive place.

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Bibliography For "Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Display Of Books Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.", Isabella Piechota, Kalea Brown 2023 Chapman University

Bibliography For "Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Display Of Books Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.", Isabella Piechota, Kalea Brown

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to accompany a display about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2023 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.

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Power In Portrayal: An Exploration Of The Evolving Cold War Relationship Between Germany And America Through Film, Kaleb Wentz 2022 East Tennessee State University

Power In Portrayal: An Exploration Of The Evolving Cold War Relationship Between Germany And America Through Film, Kaleb Wentz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The end of the Second World War brought many questions to the United States. One of the greatest among these was what to do with defeated Germany. Many clamored for the dissolution of the former Nazi State and the shameful humbling of its people while others recognized the value of a revitalized Germany as an ally against the looming threat of an emboldened and empowered postwar Soviet Union. Though retribution held sway immediately following the war, the Cold War consensus of an alliance with West Germany and a reimagining of the German people as victims rather than perpetrators won out …

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The Rehabilitation Of Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills: A Case For A Unique Public-History Site And Open-Air Museum, Nina Elsas 2022 Kennesaw State University

The Rehabilitation Of Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills: A Case For A Unique Public-History Site And Open-Air Museum, Nina Elsas

Master of Arts in Art and Design Theses

By the 1990s, Atlanta's historic Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills (The Mill) had fallen into extreme disrepair. After operations ceased, the 19th-century factory suffered from years of neglect, forcing the decision to either demolish or rehabilitate its industrial structures. Fortunately, a choice was made to convert the majority of Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills’ buildings into residential lofts, despite the significant financial risk. The research related to this study aims to address whether the successfully renovated Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills could identify as an open-air museum.

Answers to this question were obtained from Primary Sources (such as interviews and …

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Historical Revisionism: Revising Or Rewriting, Tyce Shank 2022 Liberty University

Historical Revisionism: Revising Or Rewriting, Tyce Shank

Senior Honors Theses

Historical revisionism has long been a part of effective academic historiography. A constant re-analysis of the past and how previous historians came to their conclusions about it enable corrections to be made and new findings to be incorporated into modern and future historical metanarratives. While plentiful positive examples of this practice exist, in part because of an understanding of history as a discipline and how it is correctly and incorrectly represented in adaptations, notable poor and inappropriate examples of revisionism also exist. These rewrites are usually political and are often contested by political opponents and academics, but nevertheless persist. Understanding …

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The Intrepid One: Fascism & The Death Of Antonio Ascari, Paul Baxa 2022 Ave Maria University

The Intrepid One: Fascism & The Death Of Antonio Ascari, Paul Baxa

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

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We4: Leisure Quotes, Lance Gibbs PhD 2022 University of Southern Maine

We4: Leisure Quotes, Lance Gibbs Phd

We Exist Series 4: Quotes

Welcome to the fourth exhibit in the series of “We Exist”. In this section we have selected quotes that represent and explain how Maine’s Black residents’ create the processes behind their engagement in particular leisure activities. The quotes also highlight the particular types of leisure activities that Maine’s Black residents suggest that they are involved in. The quotes are taken from transcripts of the oral history project "'Home Is Where I Make It': African American Community and Activism in Greater Portland, Maine”. The interview subjects are all native to Maine or are longtime residents of Maine. The original intent of …

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Adm 36/9943 Muster Table Of Hm Armed Storeship Supply, Part 2, British Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Adm 36/9943 Muster Table Of Hm Armed Storeship Supply, Part 2, British Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Ships Carrying Returning Germans, 1783

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Adm 36/9943. Muster Table Of Hm Armed Storeship Supply, Part 1, British Archives, Kew, JOhannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Adm 36/9943. Muster Table Of Hm Armed Storeship Supply, Part 1, British Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Ships Carrying Returning Germans, 1783

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Letters From Captain Edward Le Cras, Adm 174-118, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Letters From Captain Edward Le Cras, Adm 174-118, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Ships Carrying Returning Germans, 1783

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Muster Tables Dauphin Adm 52-1694, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Muster Tables Dauphin Adm 52-1694, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Ships Carrying Returning Germans, 1783

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Muster Table Of The Dauphin Adm 36-9970, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Muster Table Of The Dauphin Adm 36-9970, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Ships Carrying Returning Germans, 1783

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Nmm Por/G/1, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Nmm Por/G/1, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

James Gambler Letters

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Nmm Por-F-16, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Nmm Por-F-16, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

James Gambler Letters

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Hms Emerald Muster Book, 1782, June, The National Archive, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hms Emerald Muster Book, 1782, June, The National Archive, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Royal Navy Muster Tables 1783-1784

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Hms Garland Muster Book, 1783, Adm 36-9773, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hms Garland Muster Book, 1783, Adm 36-9773, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Royal Navy Muster Tables 1783-1784

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Hms Nonsuch Muster Book, 1783, Adm 36-9756, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hms Nonsuch Muster Book, 1783, Adm 36-9756, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Royal Navy Muster Tables 1783-1784

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Hms Quebec Muster Books, 1782-1783, Adm 36-9209, Part 2, The Natonal Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hms Quebec Muster Books, 1782-1783, Adm 36-9209, Part 2, The Natonal Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Royal Navy Muster Tables 1783-1784

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Hms Quebec Muster Books 1782-1783, Adm 36-9209, Part 1, The National Archives, Kew 2022 Kutztown University

Hms Quebec Muster Books 1782-1783, Adm 36-9209, Part 1, The National Archives, Kew

Royal Navy Muster Tables 1783-1784

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