Southern Adventist University
US Army War College
Morehead State University
Bridgewater State University
The Queer Life Of Lorena Hickok,
2023
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
The Queer Life Of Lorena Hickok, Samantha D. Leyerle
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis explores the life of Lorena Hickok, a remarkable woman whose story has been glossed over throughout history. Hickok was an accomplished journalist and writer, and her life offers a fascinating glimpse into being queer in the early twentieth century. While much has been written about Hickok’s relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, this thesis aims to go beyond their connection to examine Hickok’s entire life and experiences in greater detail. Through analyzing her work as a writer, as well as her personal correspondence and unpublished autobiography, this thesis illuminates the quiet details of defining moments in history, including the Great …
Dance/Movement Therapy Used As An Intervention To Heal Racial Trauma Within The Black Community: A Literature Review,
2023
Lesley University
Dance/Movement Therapy Used As An Intervention To Heal Racial Trauma Within The Black Community: A Literature Review, Jennifer Noboise
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
The history of dance within the black community has served an important role while living through a racist and discriminatory society. Dance has been used to express anger, grief, and joy during hardships and moments of rejoicing from the black experience. African American people have endured years of trauma and abuse from oppressive systems. Research has been conducted to demonstrate that dance/movement therapy has been effective in treating those who have experienced a form of trauma since the trauma is stored in the body. Examining trauma symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and substance use, the research found these symptoms diminished …
"If These Walls Could Speak": Judson College And The Formation Of The New Baptist Woman, 1838-1930,
2023
University of Southern Mississippi
"If These Walls Could Speak": Judson College And The Formation Of The New Baptist Woman, 1838-1930, E.Gabrielle Walker
Dissertations
Southern Baptist women’s collegiate education and experiences led to their questioning traditional Baptist gender roles and interpreting religion to fit a modern, progressive worldview. Judson College established in 1838 in Marion, Alabama, created a space for its Baptist students to consider socially appropriate ways, outside of doctrinal boundaries, to serve God, themselves, their families, and humanity. Judson remained theologically and culturally conservative, perpetuating inherited religious and social notions of female subordination to men, while increasingly offering students more progressive curricula to meet changing economic and cultural realities. In compliance with white Southern and Baptist conservative values, Judson’s students generally accepted …
Hitchcock, William, 1843-1913 (Sc 3689),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Hitchcock, William, 1843-1913 (Sc 3689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3689. Letters of William Hitchcock, Sharon (Potter County), Pennsylvania to his wife during his service with the 136th New York Infantry. He writes primarily from North Carolina of victories at Fort Fisher and Fort Anderson, including the arrival of several African Americans seeking shelter at Fort Fisher. Includes an 1864 family letter fearing the military draft, and a letter from an Army surgeon to Hitchcock’s wife regarding his recovery from typhoid.
Osborne Family Letters (Sc 3688),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Osborne Family Letters (Sc 3688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3688. Letters, 1864, of Frank Osborne, Oneida County, New York, written during his Civil War service. Working in a quartermaster’s office in Hilton Head, South Carolina, he discusses the future with his father and urges him to seek business opportunities during the war; he also refers to his brother Galen’s work in the newspaper business. Includes an 1863 letter from his father to New York Governor Horatio Seymour asking for the discharge of his son “Benjamin Franklin Osborne” after he was mustered into service on a false certificate; and an 1861 letter from …
Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3690. Letter, 23 May 1862, to “Anson” from L. H. Peckham, in camp at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He describes the massing of Union troops in the area in anticipation of a march on Richmond, and the construction of railroad, plank and pontoon bridges. He also remarks on the recent visit of President Lincoln, whose “smiling countenance was met with many cheers by our Troops here, but with dismay by the citizens.”
Martin, Laforest John, 1844-1862 (Sc 3687),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Martin, Laforest John, 1844-1862 (Sc 3687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3687. Letters, 1861-1862, of LaForest Martin, Oneida County, New York, written to his family while serving with the 26th New York Volunteers. He writes from Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland of his illness; drunkenness and desertion among the troops; and engagements with the Confederates, especially at Antietam. Includes an 1856 family letter; a subscription list of locals pledging to pay Martin's expenses to rejoin his regiment after his illness; and a letter to his father from a friend offering sympathy at the news of Martin’s death at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Some of …
Pike Tobacco Warehouse - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3691),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Pike Tobacco Warehouse - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3691. Trade card of James Kelly, with the Pike Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Kentucky.
The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom,
2023
Florida International University
The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, Christopher M. Jimenez, Melissa Del Castillo, Stephen Thomson Moore, Lowell Bryan Cooper, Jacqueline Radebaugh, George Pearson
Works of the FIU Libraries
The Academic and Intellectual Freedom Ad Hoc Committee presented a First Thursday discussion on May 4 about academic and intellectual freedom. Starting with a brief definition of these terms, they traced the history of Academic Freedom and how current events affect us at FIU. The committee posed several real-life scenarios threatening Academic/Intellectual Freedom in libraries. All library staff were invited to attend this lively discussion.
An Economic History Of Ellis County, Kansas,
2023
Fort Hays State University
An Economic History Of Ellis County, Kansas, Daniel Robert Mcclure
Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research
Like many American rural communities in the second decade of the twenty-first century, Ellis County faces tough decisions regarding economic development, population growth, and sustainable strategies. This paper examines the history of the region since the early twentieth century, tracing the evolution of various industries—from oil to farming—and the different ways the community responded to the area and nation’s economic shifts. This “big picture” view of Ellis County operates as a starting point for strategizing paths forward for area residents.
Prouty, Isaac Lothrop, 1831-1904 (Sc 3686),
2023
Western Kentucky University
Prouty, Isaac Lothrop, 1831-1904 (Sc 3686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3686. Letters from merchants, 1848-1849, to Isaac Prouty, a boot manufacturer in Spencer, Massachusetts, submitting orders and inquiring about outstanding shipments. Includes an 1871 agreement by Prouty regarding payments on a mortgage of land in Spencer.
John Keating & Company (Sc 3685),
2023
Western Kentucky University
John Keating & Company (Sc 3685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3685. Memorandum of agreement, 12 April 1842, between John Keating, John S. Roulet, and E. M. Keating by their agent John King, and Jeremiah Dietz of Genesee (Potter County, Pennsylvania). King agrees to sell to Dietz 100 acres of land adjoining his father’s, “as soon as he shall have complied with the customary conditions of settlement.” The reverse shows receipts of payment on account, 1844-1853, from Cyrus Cooper, and an assignment by Cooper, 25 February 1864, of his rights under the contract to Nelson Peabody.
Black History Month At The Art Institute Of Atlanta Library,
2023
The Art Institute of Atlanta
Black History Month At The Art Institute Of Atlanta Library, Michael W. Wilson
Georgia Library Quarterly
The 2023 Black History Month program at The Art Institute of Atlanta is described. The program entailed the use of LibGuides to assist students in identifying figures in African American history, specifically individuals who were pioneers in the students' fields of study. Students were provided access to a large paper banner to create tributes to the figures they discovered using the LibGuide.
The 1985 Move Bombing: A Study In Perspectives,
2023
Western Kentucky University
The 1985 Move Bombing: A Study In Perspectives, Kaci Delisle
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a military grade bomb on 6221 Osage Avenue, a row house in a Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia. This home was occupied by a revolutionary group called MOVE. The bomb started a fire that the police and firefighters decided to “contain” rather than put out, resulting in the deaths of eleven people and the destruction of sixty-one homes. Only two MOVE members survived the fire. Using court records, documents from the investigation conducted by the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (PSIC), and other interviews regarding MOVE and the bombing, this paper reconstructs different perspectives …
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Rio Grande Valley History,
2023
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Rio Grande Valley History, Shannon Pensa
DEI Library Display Posters
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month is observed annually in the U.S. during May and recognizes the achievements and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Americans in the history, culture, and achievements of our country.
The legacy of the AAPI community dates back to the earliest arrival of Asian immigrants to North America and the contributions of families and individuals continue to shape the heritage of the lower Rio Grande Valley.
This exhibit documents Asian exclusion and anti-immigration as well as the historical contributions and achievements of our APA community in the Valley.
Poor Whites Of The Antebellum South: How A Misunderstood Social Class Became A Point Of Controversy In Slavery Debates,
2023
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Poor Whites Of The Antebellum South: How A Misunderstood Social Class Became A Point Of Controversy In Slavery Debates, Madison M. Adkins
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Wives, Warriors, And Womanhood: A Study Of Women’S War Roles,
2023
Chapman University
Wives, Warriors, And Womanhood: A Study Of Women’S War Roles, Megan Lee
War, Diplomacy, and Society (MA) Theses
Since starting the War, Diplomacy, and Society program, my interests have included a focus on the soldier’s experience in war, women’s changing roles in war, and the study of war journalism, ranging from World War II, the Cold War, to the Vietnam War. This thesis project is a culmination of these themes.
The first article examines the crucial nature of a soldier’s connection to the Home Front by analyzing a collection of letters between a soldier and his fiancé during World War II. Filled with declarations of love and occasional expressions of insecurity, these letters reveal the importance of a …
The Gray Area: Sexuality And Gender In Wartime Reevaluated,
2023
Chapman University
The Gray Area: Sexuality And Gender In Wartime Reevaluated, Natalie Pendergraft
War, Diplomacy, and Society (MA) Theses
These three works, two academic papers and one screenplay, challenge traditional notions of gender and sexuality during wartime. Queer Vietnam service members did not all experience oppression, all the time, but rather carved out a space for themselves amongst their peers. Female nurses in the early cold war could keep their careers in the medical field due to its unique gendered history despite demobilization efforts across the country in different industries. Finally, through the medium of historical fiction, a Civil War soldier’s fears and desires are questioned as he experiences the phenomenon of the Angel’s Glow, a blue light that …
Guide To Resources On Women,
2023
Howard University
Guide To Resources On Women, Msrc Staff
Moorland Spingarn Research Center Publications
No abstract provided.
An Exhibition Of Women's United States Air Force Uniforms,
2023
Utah State University
An Exhibition Of Women's United States Air Force Uniforms, Michelle Robinson
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports
The new Women in the Air Force exhibit under development at the Hill Aerospace Museum, located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is long overdue. The exhibit is set to replace the existing display in order to more accurately and comprehensively represent women’s continuing legacy of service to our nation. The uniforms in the Hill Aerospace Museum collection constitute the focal point of the new exhibit. Material culture methodologies form the foundation of this exhibit work; seeking to provide greater understanding of women’s military experience and history through the analysis of their uniforms. This approach therefore utilizes uniforms, the museum’s …
