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What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context Of Leadership, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

Abraham Lincoln faced desperate challenges from the moment he took office until the day he was killed. While Union armies in the field struggled for four years against dismayingly effective Confederate forces, Lincoln fought to keep the North from breaking apart. The task proved unrelenting.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Articles, Part 1, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of published articles related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The articles were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Newspaper Clippings, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of newspaper clippings related to Cora Wilson Stewart and the Moonlight School Program. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Moonlight School Curriculum, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of curricular materials used by Moonlight Schools in the United States. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools : Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Schools, Family, And Woman's Club, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of biographical materials related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Articles, Part 2, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of published articles related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The articles were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Rowan County Historical Society Newsletters, 2004-2010, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

The Rowan County (Kentucky) Historical Society newsletters from 2004 to 2010.

One Room Schools Of Rowan County, Kentucky, M-Z, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains a collection of newspaper clippings, photographs, and research documents on the history of one-room schools in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Historical Morehead State University, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains a collections of manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and other publications and documents related to the history of Morehead State University.

Lakewood Farm: The Private Zoo That The Public Loved, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Lakewood Farm:  The Private Zoo That the Public Loved is an article concerning the private zoo in Holland, Michigan, that was owned by Chicago coal merchant George Fulmer Getz and helped form the Illionois based Brookfiekd Zoo and John Ball Zoo of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A History Of El Paso's Company E In World War Ii, Jorge Rodriguez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

For the most part, Hispanics in the U.S. military were not segregated into separate units, but there was, at least, one known exception. It is this particular story of a National Guard unit from El Paso, Texas designated as Company E that has received minimal attention by historians. This unit was unlike any other unit of the National Guard in that it consisted only of Mexican-Americans.

Test 1970: John Deere 8295rt, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Stamper, Permilia "Millie" - Book #2, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

The book consists of genealogical information on the descendants of Permilia "Millie" Stamper of Olive Hill, Kentucky.

Government And Politics Newsletter, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

Government and Politics Newsletter

No abstract provided.

One Room Schools Of Rowan County, Kentucky, A-L, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains a collection of newspaper clippings, photographs, and research documents on the history of one-room schools in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Letters, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of correspondence related to Cora Wilson Stewart and the Moonlight School Program. The correspondence was collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Political Shifts In The Eastern Upper Peninsula Of Michigan During The Great Depression, Kristina Schwab

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Regarded as one of the greatest struggles in American history, the Great Depression was a catalyst not only for economic change but also political change. The defeat of Hoover in 1,932 was one of the largest margins of victory by a Democratic presidential candidate ever seen. The victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt brought change to a nation struggling with unemployment. The efforts of the Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration, along with numerous other employment programs, helped put people back to work. More importantly, though, these public works projects ranged from the improvement of roads and preservation …

Steamboat Bill : William J. Peterson: Iowa's River Historian, Nathan J. Gruber

Undergraduate Student Work

A biography of William J. Petersen, a superintendent of the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the research papers and recordings compiled by English author Michael Gray during the writing of his book on Georgia blues legend Blind Willie McTell, one of the earliest blues performers to record. Materials range from 1991 to 2010, and include recordings and transcripts of interviews with witnesses and folklorists, images of relevant census records, copies of court records, manuscript drafts, extensive correspondence, and the unissued complete recording of McTell’s last studio session in Atlanta, 1956.

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'Stubborn And Disposed To Stand Their Ground': Sugar Workers And The Dynamics Of Collective Action In The Louisiana Sugar Bowl, 1863-87, Rebecca J. Scott

Book Chapters

There are several ways to fit these events into narratives of southern history in this period. The presence of black and white Knights of Labor organizers encourages one to view the strike as an unusually bold instance of the cautious policy of cross-racial alliance followed by the Knights in this period. The failure of the strike, and the inability of the Knights to protect their members from repression, might be seen to illuminate the limits of that policy. Alternatively, one can situate this conflict in the story of modernization and consolidation of industry, a Sugar Bowl variant on the Gilded …