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Henderson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Henderson County, Kentucky.

Harlan County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Harlan County, Kentucky.

George W. Thompson Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Grayson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Grayson County, Kentucky.

Graves County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Graves County, Kentucky.

Sticking To His Plan: An Interview With Dedication Day Keynote Speaker Levar Burton, Anika N. Jensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

The week before Dedication Day I had the privilege of interviewing keynote speaker and Emmy Award-winning actor LeVar Burton, who has starred in Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow. I knew this was the perfect opportunity to engage in a serious dialogue about race, as the most dramatic and consequential presidential elections had been decided just a week previous, and I was thrilled when Mr. Burton answered all of my questions with poise and understanding, charging head-on into difficult but immensely relevant topics. The messages he conveyed are powerful and will stick with me …

Garrard County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names for Garrard County, Kentucky.

Fulton County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names for Fulton County, Kentucky.

Greenup County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Greenup County, Kentucky.

Grant County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Grant County, Kentucky.

Gallatin County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Gallatin County, Kentucky.

Little Raymond Alston, Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Franklin County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Franklin County, Kentucky.

Something Must Be Done: The Construction And Dedication Of The Soldiers’ National Cemetery At Gettysburg, Hannah M. Christensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Not only did the armies leave something of a state of chaos behind them after the battle of Gettysburg; they also left their dead buried poorly almost everywhere. Within days, the combination of rain and pigs rooting around the battlefield had exposed multiple skeletons and partially-decomposed bodies. The smell was horrendous, and residents and visitors alike were shocked by the state of the burials.

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Oral History With Jerome Wilson, Matthew R. Griffis

Oral History Archive

Dr. Jerome Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi in 1942. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Meridian from kindergarten to secondary school, whereupon he attended Dillard University in New Orleans to earn a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics.

Wilson later earned an MA in Immunology and Biochemistry from Cornell and, in 1983, earned his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He spent much of his career as a researcher and a research administrator in the pharmaceutical industry, later transitioning to academe when he helped set up the department of epidemiology at Howard University. …

Ms. Willie Mae Jordan

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Ms. Willie Mae Jordan. Service was held on November 19, 2016 at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Statesboro, Georgia

Mrs. Tammy Scott Wilson

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Tammy_Scott_Wilson.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Tammy Scott Wilson

Andrew James "A.J." Townsend

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Hugh Frankin Harden

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Estill County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names for Estill County, Kentucky.