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Colonels, Hillbillies And Fightin’: Twentieth-Century Kentucky In The National Imagination, Anthony Harkins 2015 Western Kentucky University

Colonels, Hillbillies And Fightin’: Twentieth-Century Kentucky In The National Imagination, Anthony Harkins

History Faculty Publications

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Interview With Reverend Dr. Michael Pfleger, Jesse Betend 2015 Columbia College Chicago

Interview With Reverend Dr. Michael Pfleger, Jesse Betend

Chicago 1968

Length: 76 minutes

Interview with Reverend Michael Pfleger by Jesse Betend.

In his interview with Jesse Betend, Reverend Michael Pfleger discusses his life leading up to his involvement with the Civil Rights Movement in 1968. He recalls how his childhood and early experiences affected his later work, his religious yet very progressively outspoken family and attending a highly diverse high school (Quigley Preparatory Seminary South). He recalls his first exposures to racism and segregation through family friends, classmates, and work with Native American and Black communities. He describes the violence perpetrated by his own community during a speech by Dr. …


South Union Messenger (Spring 2015), Kentucky Library Research Collections 2015 Western Kentucky University

South Union Messenger (Spring 2015), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

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Maybe, Maybe Not: The Tao Of History, Kevin P. Lavery 2015 Gettysburg College

Maybe, Maybe Not: The Tao Of History, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Many years ago, I read an old Chinese parable in one of my brother’s books. I haven’t been able to determine its precise origins, but it goes something like this:

One day, a farmer’s only horse broke loose and ran away from his stable. “What bad luck,” the farmer’s neighbors said to him. But the farmer merely replied, “Maybe, maybe not.”... [excerpt]


Skaggs, John (Lg 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Skaggs, John (Lg 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 221. Original land grant, 30 January 1837, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Skaggs 400 acres in Lawrence County, Kentucky.


Browning, Mary Carmel, 1896-1980 (Sc 2895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Browning, Mary Carmel, 1896-1980 (Sc 2895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2895. “Abe of the Ages,” a play about Abraham Lincoln by Sister Mary Carmel Browning, Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union (O.S.U.), Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky.


Our Lady Of The Redwoods Rectory, Susie Van Kirk 2015 Cal Poly Humboldt

Our Lady Of The Redwoods Rectory, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

The parish of Our Lady of the Redwoods Catholic Church, 515 Maple Lane, Garberville, California (APN 032-135-017) is developing plans to build a new rectory adjacent to the church edifice. The proposal is to demolish the existing house, replacing it with one of similar architecture, but somewhat smaller. Because the rectory is well over fifty years of age, a Historic Resources Report was prepared to document its history and architecture in order to make a determination of historic significance per Section 15064.5 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).


Protzman, Peter (Lg 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Protzman, Peter (Lg 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 215. Original land grant, 19 July 1811, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Peter Protzman 150 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Dixon, John (Lg 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Dixon, John (Lg 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 213. Original land grant, 6 February 1809, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Dixon, assignee of John W. Neel, assignee of John Walker, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Buddhism (The Conversion Of Captain American: Buddhism And Postwar Us Popular Culture), James Mark Shields 2015 Bucknell University

Buddhism (The Conversion Of Captain American: Buddhism And Postwar Us Popular Culture), James Mark Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

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Stewart, William (Lg 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Stewart, William (Lg 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 216. Original land grant, 3 December 1810, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Stewart, assignee of Richard Roper, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Lucas, Charles Scott (Lg 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Lucas, Charles Scott (Lg 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 209. Original land grant, 4 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Lucas, assignee of William Clayton, Jr., 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Bratton, William (Lg 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Bratton, William (Lg 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 206. Original land grant, 20 April 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Bratton, assignee of Henry Lyons, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Bowling Green Portage Railway Company (Lg 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green Portage Railway Company (Lg 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 218. Original land grant, 28 January 1837, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the President and Directors of the Bowling Green Portage Railway Company and their successors 15 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Chism, Elenor (Lg 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Chism, Elenor (Lg 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 204. Original land grant, 1 December 1808, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Elenor Chism, assignee of Obadiah Chism, assignee of William Hill, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring-Summer 2015, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society 2015 University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring-Summer 2015, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society 2015 University of Alabama in Huntsville

Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society 2015 University of Alabama in Huntsville

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


From Mussels To Motorboats: Ditto Landing's Place In History, Drew Graham 2015 University of Alabama in Huntsville

From Mussels To Motorboats: Ditto Landing's Place In History, Drew Graham

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


The Culture Club, Brittney Carnell 2015 University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Culture Club, Brittney Carnell

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


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