Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2875. Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2873. Letter, 15 January 1811, of Richard Mentor Johnson to General James Wilkinson, Washington, D.C. He discusses a congressional investigation into Wilkinson’s conduct and wishes for his acquittal, speculates about the tobacco trade and the fate of Florida on the eve of the War of 1812, asks for news of St. Louis, where a nephew lives, and complains about his health, particularly his asthma.
Long, G. P. (Lg 129),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Long, G. P. (Lg 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Findng aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 129. Original land grant, 1 May 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to G. P. Long 26 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.
Frazer, James (Lg 127),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Frazer, James (Lg 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 127. Partial land grant, 1 November 1811, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of John James, 45 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Point/Counterpoint: Anchoring Historical Memory,
2014
Gettysburg College
Point/Counterpoint: Anchoring Historical Memory, Bryan G. Caswell, Heather L. Clancy '15
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 saw citizens and students of Gettysburg crowd into the Majestic Theater for the fifty-third annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture. The audience listened attentively as Dr. Nina Silber, a renowned historian of the American Civil War, explored the nuanced application of the memory of Abraham Lincoln during the 1930s and ‘40s, especially as associated with the figure of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [excerpt]
Remembrance Day…But Remembering What?,
2014
Gettysburg College
Remembrance Day…But Remembering What?, S. Marianne Johnson
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In conversation with other CWI Fellows last week, we began discussing the strangeness of the annual Remembrance Day Parade. Originally conceived as a way to recreate the procession to the cemetery in 1863 to hear the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery, it seems to have morphed into something different all together. If we are honoring a recommitment to the preservation of Union, why do Confederate reenactors march in the parade? If we are simply celebrating the soldiers of both sides of the Civil War, why does the parade end at the site of the address …
Frazer, James (Lg 128),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Frazer, James (Lg 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 128. Partial land grant, 21 ? 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of Richard Raper 13 acres in Warren County.
The Grizzly, November 20, 2014,
2014
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, November 20, 2014, Rachel Brown, Christine Palazzolo, Deana Harley, Yanlin Li, Dysean Alexander, Jordan Allie, Bryce Pinkerton, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Ian B. Rand, Aliki Torrence, Ayesha Contractor, Sydney A. Dodson-Nease
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Instruments Stolen From Bomberger • Memorial Honors Ambassador Melrose • Senate Calls Emergency Meeting • Religious Realizations • Compost Company Shut Down • Transitioning from Undergrad to Corson • YAL Spreads Philosophy of Freedom Around UC Campus • Sycamore Tree Remembered in New Logo Shield Designs • Opinion: People Aren't Listening to Victims of Rape; UC Website Emphasizes Students Too Much • Sans Seniors, Women's Basketball Hopes to Improve • An Ocean Away • Stellar Hockey Season Ends
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.
A Dream Deferred: The United States' Role In The Development Of The Kurdistan Regional Government (Krg) From 1991 – 2011,
2014
Providence College
A Dream Deferred: The United States' Role In The Development Of The Kurdistan Regional Government (Krg) From 1991 – 2011, John Bugnacki
History & Classics Student Scholarship
Throughout the history of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the United States has both supported and undermined Kurdish nationalism depending upon changing geopolitical realities. In particular, the U.S. has sought to mollify important regional partners such as Turkey that possess large Kurdish populations who would presumably secede if the KRG were able to demonstrate the viability of an independent, Kurdish state. Despite its general policy of realpolitick, during the Iraq War, the U.S. embarked upon a period of nearly unprecedented positive support to the KRG, which allowed it to emerge as a major force in post-Saddam Iraq. However, the …
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2872. Two letters of Harry L. Jackson, Bratenahl, Ohio, to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding selection of an artist to create murals for Bowling Green’s Hobson House. He also discusses his health treatments at Hot Springs, Virginia, and mourns the death of his cousin Mary Neal. Includes a clipping about his retirement.
Hidden In Plain Sight: The Coster Avenue Mural,
2014
Gettysburg College
Hidden In Plain Sight: The Coster Avenue Mural, Brianna E. Kirk
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
The Gettysburg Battlefield has over one thousand monuments dedicated to a host of brave men who fought and gave their lives during the three day engagement in July of 1863. Littered alongside well-traveled roads and points of attraction on the battlefield, most do not go unnoticed. There are a few, however, that do. One of them commemorates Captain Heckman’s Battery K of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, an oft-passed but unnoticed monument on Gettysburg College’s campus and the focus of one of my previous blog posts . Another cluster of monuments in the vicinity of the Gettysburg College campus and …
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2880),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2880. “Mammoth Dome of The Mammoth Cave National Park, Plus My Ramblings,” by Frank Henry Green, a guide at Mammoth Cave National Park. The manuscript includes color llustrations,a chronology of major events relating to Mammoth Cave, and a discussion of the Mammoth Dome and other aspects of the cave.
Gettysburg: A Town Built On Tourism,
2014
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg: A Town Built On Tourism, Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In my most recent blog posts, I’ve adopted a rather unforgiving stance on the rampant consumerism that pervades the town of Gettysburg. Essentially, I have argued that the borough’s tacky gift shops sell odious little trinkets to gullible tourists and profiteer from the public’s morbid obsession with war and death. But while I firmly believe that this zealous consumerism is a persistent threat to healthy historical engagement, there is another side to the issue that demands to be recognized: Gettysburg kitsch is part of what has made Gettysburg into a town brimming with opportunities to broaden the public’s historical consciousness. …
Veach, Steely Edwin, 1923-1997 (Sc 1213),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Veach, Steely Edwin, 1923-1997 (Sc 1213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1213. Notes, 1941-1952, written to Steely Veach, Alva, Harlan County, Kentucky, thanking him for singing at funerals; letters from ballad musician John Jacob Niles concerning plans to meet in Louisville, 1965; and obituary of Veach, 1997.
Strattan, Oliver H., 1827-1905 (Sc 1215),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Strattan, Oliver H., 1827-1905 (Sc 1215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1215. Letter, 17 January 1864, written by O. H. Strattan, Louisville, Kentucky, to F. P. M. Estes, St Joseph, Missouri, regarding his visits to various shipyards in the area. Because of the tremendous cost of having a boat built under wartime conditions, Strattan thinks they should buy one. He describes the steamer Echo in detail.
The Grizzly, November 13, 2014,
2014
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, November 13, 2014, Rachel Brown, Steve Valverde, Andrew Simoncini, Yongshi Li, Brian Thomas, Sydney A. Dodson-Nease, Aliki Torrence, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jaime Bocanumenth, Jennifer Round, Dana Feigenbaum, Drae Lewis
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Art Department Debuts New Class • Delta Pi Becomes First Gender-Neutral Fraternity in UC History • Twin Brothers Host 5 Hour Study Marathon • Midterm Election Results • Chinese Culture Should be Shared, Not Hidden • High Prices Cause Complaints • Walking Through a Day With UC EMS • Berman Museum Timeline Installed • Feminists In Action Club Tackles the Issue of Gender Inequality • Opinion: Denial of Birth Control is Unconstitutional; Jewish Frat Vandalized • Letter to the Editor • Back-to-Back Champs • Sticking Together at Ursinus
Lost: Sesquicentennial Sanity. If Found, Please Contact Borough Of Gettysburg.,
2014
Gettysburg College
Lost: Sesquicentennial Sanity. If Found, Please Contact Borough Of Gettysburg., Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
If you were in Gettysburg during the summer of 2013, you surely encountered the ubiquitous 150th Gettysburg logo branded on everything from promotional materials to souvenirs. The latter – tacky at best and irreverent at worst – filled the town to the point of excess, making some of us wonder how many people completely missed the point of the sesquicentennial. Anniversaries exert a powerful force on the American historical psyche, but it is dubious whether Gettysburg’s celebration exerted an appropriate one. The sesquicentennial was a wonderful opportunity to refocus on the events of July 1863, but sadly many businesses in …
Moore, George, 1771-1812 (Lg 119),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Moore, George, 1771-1812 (Lg 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 119. Original land grant, 5 July 1803, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Moore, assignee of Henry Youngblood, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
