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Marburg Files 4-16-21-Finding Aid L-S Teil 2 Modified, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Marburg Files 4-16-21-Finding Aid L-S Teil 2 Modified, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Johannes Schwalm Collection Finding Aids

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Saving Salt City: Fighting Inequality Through Policy And Activism In Syracuse, Ny, 1955-1975, Scarlett Nicole Rebman 2022 Syracuse University

Saving Salt City: Fighting Inequality Through Policy And Activism In Syracuse, Ny, 1955-1975, Scarlett Nicole Rebman

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"Saving Salt City: Fighting Inequality through Policy and Activism in Syracuse, NY, 1955-1975" offers an in-depth exploration of civil rights and antipoverty struggles in the Salt City between 1955 and 1975. It centers the agency of activists who built interracial and cross-class organizations through which they contested the marginalization and segregation of Black Syracusans. By examining the struggles around major issues including education, housing, police brutality, employment, and a broader vision of economic justice, "Saving Salt City" documents the alternative visions and unrealized agendas for change generated by citizens in Northern urban spaces. This project recovers Syracuse's legacy as a …


The Modern Wesley Class Meeting - Bringing Accountability, Practical Faith, And Personal Connection Into Established Local Congregations, Roger Graham Clayton Jr 2022 Southern Methodist University

The Modern Wesley Class Meeting - Bringing Accountability, Practical Faith, And Personal Connection Into Established Local Congregations, Roger Graham Clayton Jr

Doctor of Ministry Projects and Theses

This paper is an attempt to resurrect the Wesleyan class meeting in to the modern day congregation in order to build stronger and more vibrant communities. By examining the historical footprint of the class meeting in Wesley's Britain and the beginning of the American experiment, the core attributes of the class meeting are extracted to be accountability, vulnerability, and practical faith.

This paper also attempts to show that these core principles of the class meeting are still present in the modern world outside of the church to great success within the military, non-denominational faith groups, and in the battle against …


Braunschweig Trommler, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Trommler, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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The Question Of The Purpose Of Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Tyler Dean 2022 Mississippi University for Women

The Question Of The Purpose Of Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Tyler Dean

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Using The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, along with additional scholarly research and legal documentation for context, explores the ramifications and reasonings behind the creation and enforcement of anti-miscegenation laws. The primary individuals focused on suggest that anti-miscegenation laws were enacted for reasons outside of marriage's status as a union between two individuals. Social status, property inheritance, and even voting rights were denied to African Americans via the vehicle of anti-miscegenation laws. Just as other antebellum laws served to advance the agendas of the time, anti-miscegenation laws were no different. And the specific stories elaborated on …


Isocrates's Place In Postmodern Advertising, Christopher Barkley 2022 Duquesne University

Isocrates's Place In Postmodern Advertising, Christopher Barkley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study in communication and rhetoric seeks to ascertain constructive applications for distinct advertising practices by examining Isocrates’s work and place in postmodern advertising. The focus uses 5 principles known to Isocrates which are: 1) commonwealths of households, 2) integration of reputation, elegance, substance and style, 3) education and public discourse, 4) phronesis and praxis, and 5) truth and verisimilitude. These 5 principles can form a constructive and practical advertising approach. This study is important. It examines Isocrates through the lens of advertising and extends the research done about him by leading Isocrates scholars who have looked primarily at his …


“For The Best Interest Of The Patient And Of Society;” Sterilization In Virginia’S Mental Institutions In The 20th Century, Grace M. Gordon 2022 James Madison University

“For The Best Interest Of The Patient And Of Society;” Sterilization In Virginia’S Mental Institutions In The 20th Century, Grace M. Gordon

Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current

The science of eugenics, or classifying and grouping people into the categories of genetically “inferior” and “superior” for the purpose of better breeding, thrived during the first decades of the 20th century in Virginia. The first recorded instance of eugenic sterilization in a Virginia Mental Institution occurred in 1915 by Dr. Albert Priddy. In 1924, the combined efforts of Dr. Joseph DeJarnette and Dr. Albert Priddy resulted in the passage of a state-sanctioned eugenic sterilization law that was later deemed constitutional in 1927 by Buck v. Bell. The 1924 law gave Western State Hospital, Central State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, …


The Ncaa's Rise To Absolute Power And Confronting Its Distortion Of Amateurism, Terek J. Kirsch 2022 James Madison University

The Ncaa's Rise To Absolute Power And Confronting Its Distortion Of Amateurism, Terek J. Kirsch

Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current

This paper examines the progression of the intercollegiate athletic space, from a small regatta in 1852 to the massive athletic environment we know now in contemporary society. It finds the National Collegiate Athletic Association snared in a trap of circular logic that has been closing in on it since its conception, as it has defined collegiate athletes as amateurs and then proceeded to argue for amateur status for those athletes because of the definition that it wrote. This paper concludes in its final two chapters, after analyzing the recent Supreme Court case NCAA v. Alston, and the Name, Image, and …


To The Shores Of Tripoli: A Barbary Retrospective, Kathleen J. Brett 2022 James Madison University

To The Shores Of Tripoli: A Barbary Retrospective, Kathleen J. Brett

Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current

The First and Second Barbary Wars were incredibly influential in shaping the diplomatic and military tactics of the early United States. These wars were fought against the Barbary states of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers, located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. The First Barbary War lasted between the years of 1801 to 1805. The First Barbary War began due to the United States’ desire to no longer pay tribute sums to the Barbary states, along with an increase in the number American merchantmen captured and enslaved by the Barbary states. Tripoli served as the primary aggressor in the …


“Infantry Would Not Do:” Appalachia, The Environment, And The Evolution Of Mountain Warfare During The American Civil War, Lucas Michael Wilder 2022 Mississippi State University

“Infantry Would Not Do:” Appalachia, The Environment, And The Evolution Of Mountain Warfare During The American Civil War, Lucas Michael Wilder

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Union General Ambrose E. Burnside launched his invasion of East Tennessee in the summer of 1863. The corps he used consisted of half-infantry and half-mounted units to utilize their speed to overcome mountain obstacles. The successful campaign and the capture of the agriculturally rich region of East Tennessee and its vital East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad deprived the Confederacy of resources, ultimately contributing to Confederate defeat. The American Civil War saw commanders plunge into the mountains of Appalachia and encounter a terrain and a people with which many were unacquainted. This dissertation argues that their tactics and strategies for dealing …


Braunschweig Leichtes Infanterie, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Leichtes Infanterie, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Hessen-Cassel Cadetten Corps, ohannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hessen-Cassel Cadetten Corps, Ohannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Braunschweig Riedesel Musketier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Riedesel Musketier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Hessen Cassel Beck, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hessen Cassel Beck, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Braunschweig Zimmermann, Braunschweig Zimmermann 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Zimmermann, Braunschweig Zimmermann

Knotel Watercolors

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Anspach-Bayreuth Musketier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Anspach-Bayreuth Musketier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Hessen-Cassel Feld Artillerie, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Hessen-Cassel Feld Artillerie, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Braunschweig Friedrich Grenadier, Braunschweig Friedrich Grenadier 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Friedrich Grenadier, Braunschweig Friedrich Grenadier

Knotel Watercolors

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Braunschweig Offizier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Offizier, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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Braunschweig Fahnenjunker, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association 2022 Kutztown University

Braunschweig Fahnenjunker, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Knotel Watercolors

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