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The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen 2023 The Open University

The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

This article critically evaluates the contribution of Jackie Stewart in making motor racing a safer sport for competitors. It challenges the validity of the popular assumption that Jackie Stewart by himself developed a ‘culture of safety’ that transformed the sport. Instead, the role of other individuals are identified alongside the importance of three social processes. These processes are identified as the changing balance of power between different masculine identities, the development of commercial sponsorship and a growth in the coverage of the sport on television.

The development of motor racing from the 1960s onwards as a safer sport in which …


Book Review- Racing With Rich Energy: How A Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One For A Ride., James Miller 2023 Hampshire College

Book Review- Racing With Rich Energy: How A Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One For A Ride., James Miller

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

No abstract provided.


Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean 2023 Belmont Abbey College

Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean

Journal of Motorsport Culture & History

No abstract provided.


Rogers, Hazard & Thames- Dr. & Mrs. Thos. H. B. Walker, No Date Given, Elmer E. Hazard 2023 University of North Florida

Rogers, Hazard & Thames- Dr. & Mrs. Thos. H. B. Walker, No Date Given, Elmer E. Hazard

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Correspondence: Letter from Elmer E. Hazard, Rogers, Hazard & Thames, Attorneys at Law, Jacksonville, Florida, to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H.B. Walker, Jacksonville, Florida, regarding money due on mortgage


Author Not Stated- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Unknown 2023 University of North Florida

Author Not Stated- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Unknown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Correspondence: Letter to Jacob Goodman, Real Estate and Insurance, New York City, New York regarding property management for 254 West 131st Street, New York, New York. Typed on Holmes Funeral Director Mrs. R. Holmes Walker letterhead, not signed.


Rosie Holmes Walker- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Rosa G. Holmes Walker 2023 University of North Florida

Rosie Holmes Walker- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Rosa G. Holmes Walker

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Correspondence and Deed: Partial letter to Jacob Goodman regarding the management of properties owned by Rosa G. Holmes Walker in New York City, New York. Includes deed to property 254 131st Street, New York, New York. "J. Goodman - 67 W. 125 St." handwritten on the front. Stamped on top of deed: November 23, 1925. Circa 1925


Rosie Holmes Walker- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Rosa G. Holmes Walker 2023 University of North Florida

Rosie Holmes Walker- Mr. Jacob Goodman, No Date Given, Rosa G. Holmes Walker

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Correspondence: Partial handwritten letter from Rosie Holmes Walker, written on Thomas H.B. Walker, D.D. letterhead, Mr. Jacob Goodman regarding property management; Deeds for two different addresses mentioned: 245 West 131st St. and 122nd St. (New York, New York).


Transcription, Closing Statement Sale 254 West 131st St, Unknown 2023 University of North Florida

Transcription, Closing Statement Sale 254 West 131st St, Unknown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Partial transcription: Transcription of deteriorated paper listing price and charges to be paid by buyer and seller, for property 254 West 131st St (New York, New York). Original not available. No date given.


Property Listings, N.Y.C., Edward C. Brown 2023 University of North Florida

Property Listings, N.Y.C., Edward C. Brown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Property listings: Information on three properties in New York City.


Contract Of Sale, No Date Given, Unknown 2023 University of North Florida

Contract Of Sale, No Date Given, Unknown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

No abstract provided.


Property Listings, New York City, Louis W. George 2023 University of North Florida

Property Listings, New York City, Louis W. George

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Property listings: Information on three properties in New York City.


Envelope, Holmes Funeral Directors- Atty W. H. Jeter, No Date Given, Holmes Funeral Directors 2023 University of North Florida

Envelope, Holmes Funeral Directors- Atty W. H. Jeter, No Date Given, Holmes Funeral Directors

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Envelope: Top left corner (return address): Holmes Funeral Directors 621 W. State Street Jacksonville, FLA. Addressed to: Atty. W.H. Jeter, Atlantic National Bk.Bl., City (Jacksonville).


Johnson, John T., 1820-1875 (Sc 3699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Johnson, John T., 1820-1875 (Sc 3699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3699. Case file for T. T. Melburn v. John T. Johnson, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky, filed 26 May 1870. Petitioner Melburn, a carpenter and stair builder of Bowling Green, Kentucky, sought an accounting for transactions during his 1869-1870 partnership with Johnson, also a carpenter, of Woodburn, Kentucky, claiming that Johnson had misappropriated assets of the firm and had committed an act of insolvency by transferring land to a relative. The inquiry, conducted by Warner Underwood as Register in Bankruptcy, included depositions from …


Note To Mr. Jacob Goodman, Unknown 2023 University of North Florida

Note To Mr. Jacob Goodman, Unknown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Correspondence: To Jacob Goodman. "Mr. Jacob Goodman. Dear sir- I hope I am not [annoying] you by asking you. Will you please send me a check for March Rent. I [know] it was an over [sight] is why you haven't send it. Thanking you in advance. I bef to remain very truly [illegible]"


Form, The Atlantic National Bank Of Jacksonville, Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville 2023 University of North Florida

Form, The Atlantic National Bank Of Jacksonville, Atlantic National Bank Of Jacksonville

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Form: Blank loan form for The Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville. No Date Given


List, Handwritten Note, Unknown 2023 University of North Florida

List, Handwritten Note, Unknown

Real Estate Correspondence 1925-1937

Note: Handwritten list of names and monetary amounts. Includes a list of expenses. Written on the back of Holmes-Walker letterhead. Circa 1932-1933. No date given.


Dale, Kristin M. (Sc 3700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Dale, Kristin M. (Sc 3700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3700. “The History of the Mystery House at 420 East Avenue,” by Kristin Dale, a paper exploring the ownership, design, occupants, and historical context of this Bowling Green, Kentucky structure, originally built as the “Welch Apartments.”


The Grizzly, October 26, 2023, Marie Sykes, Sidney Belleroche, Colin Brier, Erin Corcoran, Michael Nieves-Hoblin, Kate Horan, Charlotte DiLello 2023 Ursinus College

The Grizzly, October 26, 2023, Marie Sykes, Sidney Belleroche, Colin Brier, Erin Corcoran, Michael Nieves-Hoblin, Kate Horan, Charlotte Dilello

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

A Conversation With Dr. Gundolf Graml • Thinking Locally With UC Votes • Future Developments on Main • A Look Inside Art Club • Film Club Documentary • Opinions: A Divided Ursinus • Ursinus Women's Rugby Team Prepares to Tackle the Season Ahead • UC Field Hockey Doesn't Cut Corners in Victory Over Ranked Swarthmore


Street Index For Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889, 2023 Virginia Commonwealth University

Street Index For Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889

Baist Atlas Indexes

Combined index and atlas created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.


Meredith, Tracy (Fa 1394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Meredith, Tracy (Fa 1394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1394. “Early History of Mammoth Cave,” a project by WKU student Tracy Meredith, consisting of a paper that focuses on early owners, guides and visitors at the Cave; taped interviews with three individuals about their work at the Cave with the Civilian Conservation Corps; and tape indexes.


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