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Community Engagement: Hungarian Cultural Center, Theresa Colombini, Emily Jesse, Michael Raffelson, Colin Ring, John Granicke, Rae Cohen

Undergraduate Research Symposium

This project outlines the community engagement efforts undertaken within the Pierre Laclede Honors College. Collaborating with the Hungarian Cultural Center at Mary of Victories Church, our class embarked on a multifaceted endeavor. Firstly, we recorded oral histories, transforming them into engaging videos for digital platforms. Secondly, we curated a Hungarian cookbook featuring authentic community recipes for fundraising purposes. Lastly, we crafted a comprehensive poster timeline highlighting significant milestones for the Center. Through these initiatives, we aim to celebrate and preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Hungarian community in St. Louis.

River City Blues: The Quest For Municipal Home Rule & Economic Security In St. Louis, Josef Wibbenmeyer

Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Great Divorce in St. Louis, the separation of the City and County of St. Louis in 1876 is one of the most impactful events in the region’s history. Most people will think of the Great Divorce in simple terms like "The County didn't like the City." or "The City didn't want to pay tax money that went to the County alone." Few, however, go further and ask why. Why didn't the City want to pay taxes to the County? The answer is economics. I found in my research compelling evidence that the City leadership believed that the municipal relationship …

Gladys Mitchell House Collection, Dan Bonenberger, Jaclyn Panter, Katherine St. Amand, Ian Tomashik, Kate Zorn

Digital Heritage Preservation Collection

This collection explores the life of Gladys Mitchell and the home she shared with her family on Detroit's Eastside. Gladys and her husband, Ossian Sweet, lived with her parents Benjamin and Rosella in a residence on 9322-24 Cairney Street from 1922 to 1925 before moving to the now-historic bungalow at 2905 Garland Street, located about a mile southeast. In 1925, when the Sweets moved into an all-white neighborhood, their experience led to a landmark Supreme Court case that affirmed African Americans' rights to homeownership, including the right to defend their private property.

Benjamin Mitchell and his wife, Rosella, rented the …

Mrs. Annie Walker Mincey

African American Funeral Programs

Death Notice for Mrs. Annie Walker Mincey at James R. Barnes Mortuary.

No Back Door: Integrating Wofford College, 1964-1994, Dwain C. Pruitt

Library Exhibits

This exhibit explores the first 30 years of racial integration at Wofford College. It is made possible in part by a Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education “Reframing the Institutional Saga” grant supported by the Council of Independent Colleges and the Lilly Endowment.

Apostle Demarlo Jovan Mckinney

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Sylvester Dean Rawls

African American Funeral Programs

Sylvester_Dean_Rawls.pdf - Funeral program for Sylvester Dean Rawls

Mrs.Alicia Lovett (Toole)

African American Funeral Programs

Handwritten Obituary for Mrs.Alicia Lovett (Toole)

Mr. Earnest Sr. (Kidd)

African American Funeral Programs

Handwritten Obituary for Mr. Earnest Sr. (Kidd) carried out by Payton's Mortuary

Bobby Curtis Lovett

African American Funeral Programs

Handwritten Obituary for Bobby Curtis Lovett

Little Lonzo Murray

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Edward Jerome Thomas

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mary E. Williams-Byrd

African American Funeral Programs

Mary_E_Williams_Byrd.pdf - Funeral program for Mary E. Williams-Byrd

Sandra Louise Gaskin

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Sandra Louise Gaskin on Aug. 24, 2024 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

Willie Wilson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Veatreal (Coot) Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Peter Wilson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Fred Wilson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Oda Bell Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Luther Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.