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Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2022 (Fa 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2022 (Fa 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1410. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


Hudson, Hannah Leigh, B. 2000 (Sc 3704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Hudson, Hannah Leigh, B. 2000 (Sc 3704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3704. “Historical Overview of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee,” a paper by WKU student Hannah Hudson.


Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 3705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 3705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3705. “Enid Yandell: Kentucky Sculptor,” a speech delivered at the Filson Historical Society, December 1983, by Nancy Baird [also the author of an article subsequently published as “Enid Yandell: Kentucky Sculptor,” Filson History Quarterly v. 62 (1988)].


Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2021 (Fa 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2021 (Fa 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1409. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


"Suited To The Wants Of The Country": Historical Ceramics From The Fort Vancouver Sutler's Store, Vancouver, Washington, Kaitlyn Nicole Hosken 2023 Portland State University

"Suited To The Wants Of The Country": Historical Ceramics From The Fort Vancouver Sutler's Store, Vancouver, Washington, Kaitlyn Nicole Hosken

Dissertations and Theses

For much of the early 19th century, the British Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) dominated commercial activity throughout the Pacific Northwest. Following development of the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and 1850s, however, the HBC saw increasing social and economic competition from American settlers. This research examines nationalist attitudes evident during the transition to the American colonial era and effects on the consumption of commercial goods. Analyses compare archaeological ceramics from two retail sites located in what is now Vancouver, Washington: an 1850s American sutler's store and the HBC Sale Shop. Additional comparison is made with a contemporaneous U.S. Army Officers' …


"To Serve, Educate, Unify, And Organize": The Black Panthers' Free Breakfast Program And Cointelpro In The United States, 1968-1971, Joshua Sinclair 2023 State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College

"To Serve, Educate, Unify, And Organize": The Black Panthers' Free Breakfast Program And Cointelpro In The United States, 1968-1971, Joshua Sinclair

The Exposition

The creation of the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast for Schoolchildren marked a shift away from the community defense origins of the Party, focusing more on community outreach and unification. The social and political implications of the Program – expanded interest by black and white moderates, and growing popularity of the party in general – made the breakfasts and the Party targets for the FBI’s Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO.) With the end goal of neutralizing the Panthers in mind, the FBI had a prime target to focus this work in the Breakfast Program.


Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2018 (Fa 1407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2018 (Fa 1407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1407. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2019 (Fa 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2019 (Fa 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1408. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2017 (Fa 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2017 (Fa 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1406. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2016 (Fa 1405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2023 Western Kentucky University

Horse Cave Heritage Festival, 2016 (Fa 1405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1405. Audio, photographs, and video documenting the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, an annual September event in Horse Cave, Kentucky celebrating local heritage with craft artisans, antique vehicles, children’s activities, food, music, and other attractions. Includes interviews and a narrative stage hosted by the Kentucky Folklife Program.


Review Of "The Right To Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right Of The People Or A Privilege Of The Ruling Class", Jaclyn Lee Parrott 2023 Eastern Washington University

Review Of "The Right To Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right Of The People Or A Privilege Of The Ruling Class", Jaclyn Lee Parrott

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.


Washington Skiers In The 1936 Winter Olympic Games, John W. Lundin 2023 Central Washington Univeristy

Washington Skiers In The 1936 Winter Olympic Games, John W. Lundin

Works by Local Authors

The 1936 Winter Olympics featured Alpine skiing for the first time, with downhill and slalom racing and a combined event (downhill and slalom), along with Nordic events (cross-country, Nordic combined, and jumping).  Men and women competed in the Alpine events, although only men were allowed in the Nordic events.


Afrofantastic Presents: The Many Deaths Of Oscar Mack, Julian Chambliss 2023 Michigan State University

Afrofantastic Presents: The Many Deaths Of Oscar Mack, Julian Chambliss

Third Stone

Oscar Mack's story deserves the dedication that has culminated in the creation of this defining documentary. Mack's struggle to survive is ripe for the Afrofuturist re‐telling, not because it is fantastic but because the comic story has the potential to capture the transformative thinking black people must employ to survive.


The Grizzly, December 7, 2023, Marie Sykes, Erin Corcoran, Georgia Gardner, Hannah Conley, Kate Horan, Sean McGinley, Amelia Kunko, Dominic Minicozzi 2023 Ursinus College

The Grizzly, December 7, 2023, Marie Sykes, Erin Corcoran, Georgia Gardner, Hannah Conley, Kate Horan, Sean Mcginley, Amelia Kunko, Dominic Minicozzi

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Spring 2023 Recap • Fall 2023 Recap • Farewell From the News Editor • Farewell From the Web Editor • Students Surprise With Spotify Wrapped Lists • 2023 Crossword • Reflections From Ursinus' December Graduates • Ursinus Athletics Fall 2023 Recap: Men's • Ursinus Athletics Fall 2023 Recap: Women's


The Art And Mystery Of Pragmatic History, David Hardin 2023 University of Texas at Tyler

The Art And Mystery Of Pragmatic History, David Hardin

History Theses

This thesis considers how we make meaning in our individual lives and in practice as historians. From an initializing question —Why do people believe things that have either been proven false or shown improbable?— born out of historical discourse in the liminal space between mythology and history, this thesis embarks on a inquiry into meaning that is both deeply philosophical and practical. The work develops a historical method that falls within the tradition of Pragmatism, and then turns this method toward two case studies (Pedro Huízar and Señora Candelaria) from San Antonio, Texas. The aim is to explore two myths …


Amateur Status Was A Dominant Issue In The Early Days Of Spo, John W. Lundin 2023 Central Washington University

Amateur Status Was A Dominant Issue In The Early Days Of Spo, John W. Lundin

Works by Local Authors

In the late 1800s, professional sports attracted high-stakes gambling. The potential for bribery and extortion led to a general sense that paid athletes were corruptible and competitions untrustworthy. While betting on amateur events was common, a deep divide emerged between "pure" amateurs, who were said to compete for the love of the sport, and professionals, who competed for money in the form of cash prizes or other remuneration. This prejudice even extended to coaches who had been professionals, who were believed to be too tainted to coach amateurs. The distinction often boiled down to so-called gentleman-athletes, who had private fortunes, …


The United States And The Need For An Improved Global Citizenship In The Twenty-First Century: How History Shaped Our Identity As A Nation, Karin Mika 2023 Cleveland State University College of Law

The United States And The Need For An Improved Global Citizenship In The Twenty-First Century: How History Shaped Our Identity As A Nation, Karin Mika

Cleveland State Law Review

This Article describes how accidents of geography and history enabled the United States to become the global power that it has become. It examines how the extended warring in Europe during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth century allowed the United States to develop as a country without the repeated necessity of continually rebuilding, as was happening in Europe. The Article explores how the isolation of the United States enabled it to develop continuity in its initially experimental political system—a continuity that was never available to Europe. These factors enabled the United States to be in the position of being able to …


Beyond Words: An Exploration Of Research And Writing For Indigenous Land Acknowledgements, Oksana Flores 2023 Kennesaw State University

Beyond Words: An Exploration Of Research And Writing For Indigenous Land Acknowledgements, Oksana Flores

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

This capstone delves into the practical application and importance of land acknowledgments within the frameworks of Critical Indigenous Theory and Narrative Theory. Through the utilization of archival research methods, the project not only offers recommendations for crafting an effective land acknowledgment but also provides the necessary historical foundation for the implementation of such a statement at Kennesaw State University. This effort serves to strengthen the university's commitment to diversity and equity on campus.


"Innumerable Small Crafts": Maritime Work In The Estuarian Gulf, 1865-1900, Kevin Grubbs 2023 The University of Southern Mississippi

"Innumerable Small Crafts": Maritime Work In The Estuarian Gulf, 1865-1900, Kevin Grubbs

Dissertations

Maritime historians have argued for a highpoint in maritime activity during the antebellum years. This peak was fed by Americans travelling on tall wooden sailing ships in international trade, in the whaling industries, and as members of the US Navy. The prowess of the American Merchant Marine faded quickly in the middle of the nineteenth century due to military losses during the American Civil War and due to the rise of steamships and steel hulls. This peak was followed by another lesser peak in the Twentieth Century as American ships caught up with technological changes. World War One provided a …


State Charter School Law Scores As A Predictor Of Illegal Activity Within The Chartering Sector, David Stashevsky 2023 Indiana State University

State Charter School Law Scores As A Predictor Of Illegal Activity Within The Chartering Sector, David Stashevsky

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

State charter school policy is influenced through a collaboration between advocacy groups and state legislators. Charter school advocacy groups have an inherent bias toward deregulation and autonomy. Two advocacy groups, the Center for Education Reform (CER) and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), each conduct annual analyses on state charter school laws using their own model charter law as the comparator. Each group has developed a rubric of indicators with sub-scores which combine to form an overall state score. Higher scores indicate a closer adherence to the advocacy group’s model charter law. The charter school sector in the …


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