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Women’S Voting Registrations In Marquette County, Lauren E. Mccollor

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

Following the Michigan state amendment of 1918, which granted women the right to vote, the women of Marquette County began registering. This paper looks into the Ishpeming women’s voting records from 1919 and 1920, as well as news paper articles that document early voting registration turnouts in Marquette and Negaunee. The research focused on the patterns of registration in the context of amendments, elections, and political movements at the local, state, and national levels. While there has been extensive research and analysis of early women voters across the United States, no previous studies have analyzed the Ishpeming voting records. Women …

Stifled Voices: World War Ii From The Upper Peninsula, Elijah H. Croschere

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

Academic scholarship on World War II is primarily based around letters and correspondence between soldiers and their families. A large body of such correspondence exists for both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan; yet, most scholarship on the state’s connection to World War II is centered around strictly the Lower Peninsula. This is especially strange when comparing the data on enlisted soldiers from both Peninsulas, as we find the percentage of the population who enlisted in the US Army from the Upper Peninsula is roughly double that of the percentage for Lower Peninsula enlistments. There are clear reasons as …

Resistance, Adaptation, And Assimilation: Native American Responses To Christianization In The Great Lakes Region, 1800-1900, Noah S. Danforth

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

Analysis of the relationship between Native Americans and missionaries shifted from an early broad, sweeping praise of the missionaries, to overwhelming condemnation of their actions in the post Civil Rights political climate. Since the time of European contact, histories often fell into Hagiography; extolling the virtues of the missionaries, and their God-ordained work to save the soul of the perceived heathen Native. In the mind of many, the conversion of the Native was merely a natural result of the superiority of European-descended American culture. However, as a result of the Civil Rights Movement, a pivot away from lauditive analysis took …

Making Waves: Depression Era Violent Crime In The Upper Peninsula And The United States, Zoe Jancek

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

The Great Depression overlaps with several other important historical eras, all of which had their own impact on crime. This study looks at stressors throughout the decade of the Great Depression to attempt to understand how they affect people and therefore, how they affect the amount of violent crimes committed in both a broad and specific sense. Using statistics and historical accounts, this research analyzes topics such as culture, mental and physical health, substance abuse, gangs, and the effects of Prohibition. The fluctuations can be attributed to economic, social, and cultural factors such as Prohibition and the rise of organized …

Life, Liberty And Property: Property As A Weapon Utilized Against Native Peoples And As A Tool To Strengthen Native Sovereignty In The Upper Midwest, Jacob R A Ludwig

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

While many Americans today recognize the continuing paternalism of the federal government towards Tribal governments, much still remains unknown to the public regarding the specific laws, policies and treaties that have provided the continuing legal authority for this paternalism. Throughout American history, the relationship between the federal government and Native American tribes can be seen through the use of violence both in law, and outside of it. Treaties, the basis for removal, have been used by both the federal government and subsequently tribal governments to assert their authority over land. In the Upper Midwest, various Anishinaabe tribes signed several treaties …

The March Of The Naples Soldier: A Look Into The Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918-1920, Javier Pena Reyes

HS 390 Primary Research Papers

This paper dives into the memory of Spanish Influenza from 1918 to 1920. It will analyze and deconstruct the fear caused or absent during that time and later in the records and literature. The comparison of the time of the Spanish Flu will be contrasted with the memory of the time period with the including of Pale Horse, Pale Rider, which was written in 1939. It will compare these two times and conclude with the recent COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021.

It was November 2019, and reports of a new respiratory disease from Wuhan, China, began to trickle …

Gibson's Point Battery Graphs, Morehead State University. History Department.

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Graphs of soil layers taken during the archaeological survey of Gibson's Point Battery in the spring of 2025.

012-S2-L1-125.014, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved clear glass body with small piece of neck - Excavated between March 17-19, 2025

011-S2-L1-125.028, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber glass - Excavated between March 17-19, 2025

010-S2-L1-125.027, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Clear glass, slight curve - Excavated between March 17-19, 2025

009-S2-L1-125.020, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved piece of an amber bottle - Excavated between March 17-19, 2025

008-S2-L1-125.029, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Clear curved glass piece - Excavated between March 17-18, 2025

016-S2-L1-125.019, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Top of an amber glass bottle neck - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

015-S2-L1-125.011, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Glass bottle bottom - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

014-S2-L1-125.022, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber glass - Excavation between March 17-19, 2025

013-S2-L1-125.025, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Thin amber glass with slight curve - Excavated between March 17-19, 2025

022-S2-L1-125.023, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Amber glass, bottom piece - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

021-S2-L1-125.042, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber bottle piece - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

020-S2-L1-125.004, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Ring, possibly to container - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

019-S2-L1-125.016, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Clear curved glass piece - excavated between March 17-19, 2025