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The Grizzly, February 13, 2014, Dave Muoio, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Briana Mullan, Caroline Sandberg, Deana Harley, Shawn Hartigan, Evan Hill, Caitlin Tillson, Brian Thomas, Karch Connors, Elijah Kineg, John Parry, Kevin Medina, Austin Fox 2014 Ursinus College

The Grizzly, February 13, 2014, Dave Muoio, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Briana Mullan, Caroline Sandberg, Deana Harley, Shawn Hartigan, Evan Hill, Caitlin Tillson, Brian Thomas, Karch Connors, Elijah Kineg, John Parry, Kevin Medina, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Annual Job, Internship and Networking Fair Brings Potential Employers to the Ursinus Campus • International Medical Corps Representative to Speak This Wednesday • History Department Holds Nazi Regime Lecture • ZBS Group to Perform in Valentine's Day Improv Workshop • Recycle Mania Returns to UC • Students Bring Composting to Lower • Wismer Music Open to Input • TLI Reps to Visit Hong Kong • Opinion: Smartphones Make Communication a Chore; The Endgame of Piracy is Product Placement • Men's Lacrosse Boasts Strong Senior Class • All-American Football Player Announces He is Gay • Winter Sports Regular Season Coming to …


Stockholm United Baptist Church - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Stockholm United Baptist Church - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1286. An account of the formation of the Stockholm United Baptist Church, written by Thelma Strange. The church was formed in 1910 in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes a list of charter members and ministers.


Kentucky Dam - Benton, Kentucky (Sc 1285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Kentucky Dam - Benton, Kentucky (Sc 1285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1285. Color postcard of Kentucky dam near Benton, Kentucky, autographed by President Harry S. Truman, probably in connection with his dedication of the dam in 1945.


Tales From A Boston Customs House: “Living Monuments”, S. Marianne Johnson 2014 Gettysburg College

Tales From A Boston Customs House: “Living Monuments”, S. Marianne Johnson

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

The image of the amputee is a classic one in the memory of the American Civil War. Francis Clarke has argued that the long-suffering and sacrificial Union amputee became a national martyr to the righteousness of their cause. While this view was manifested in various ways throughout the postwar North, the case of double-arm amputee Lewis Horton serves to give depth insight into–and possibly push back against–this argument. [excerpt]


Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1284. Letters and greeting cards, 1963-1976, written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, to young Memphis, Texas admirer Mike Hughes. Mike initiated the correspondence, which developed into a friendship. Includes three of Mike’s letters, 2000.


Vertrees, Peter, 1840-1926 (Sc 1282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Vertrees, Peter, 1840-1926 (Sc 1282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1282. Autobiography of Peter Vertrees, an African-American native of Edmonson County, Kentucky, who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, 6th Kentucky Cavalry. Afterward, he was an educator and Baptist minister, chiefly in Sumner County, Tennessee. Includes associated biographical data, and the autobiography of his third wife Diora.


Darden, Amelia Adaline "Addie," 1856-1931 (Sc 1283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Darden, Amelia Adaline "Addie," 1856-1931 (Sc 1283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1283. Graduation speech delivered at Cedar Bluff Female College in Woodburn, Kentucky by salutatorian Addie Darden on 7 June 1877. Includes an essay read in Latin.


Tales From A Boston Customs House: Recovering From Trauma, S. Marianne Johnson 2014 Gettysburg College

Tales From A Boston Customs House: Recovering From Trauma, S. Marianne Johnson

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

After losing both arms in a gunnery accident aboard the USS Rhode Island in 1863 and being told he would not live, Medal of Honor recipient Lewis Horton resolved that he would recover and be with his family again soon. The double amputation, completed within an hour of the accident, was successful, but Horton lost a significant amount of blood and could merely wait and hope. Eighty days after amputation, the ligatures — cords left in the limb to hold arteries closed until they had sufficiently healed — were removed, and healing commenced quickly. Shortly after, he was discharged and …


Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1369. Letters, 1944, written to Hazel Alley, Smithland, Kentucky, by Marine Pfc. Louis E. Loper, describing a Solomon Islands battle with the Japanese in which her friend “Pete” was killed. Includes her submission of the letters (under the name Hazel Robertson) to Kentucky Explorer magazine, January 2003. Also includes two 1953 telegrams, a letter and clippings from the (Marion, Ky.) Crittenden Press relating to another friend who was killed in the Korean War.


Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2810. Letter, 30 November 1918, to Berta B. Hughes (Mrs. Charles Z.), Toledo, Ohio, from “Elliot,” a soldier stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. He expresses condolences on the death of her son Lee, refers to the death of another son, Tom, and praises her and both sons, who he describes as close friends.


Turner, Bedford (Sc 2809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Turner, Bedford (Sc 2809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2809. Letter, 2 January 1936, of Bedford Turner, minister of Settle Memorial Methodist Church, Owensboro, Kentucky, to Lawrence W. Hager, editor of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. He thanks Hager for providing space in the paper to the church for publication of items of interest during 1935.


Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1281. Diary kept by Hugh B. Hunter, a native of Jefferson County, Kentucky, during his service as a B-17 bomber pilot, 8th Air Force, during World War II. Stationed in Great Britain, the 8th Air Force conducted air raids into Germany and humanitarian missions into the Netherlands.


Evans, Dorinda R. (Bryan), 1805-1891 (Sc 2808), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Evans, Dorinda R. (Bryan), 1805-1891 (Sc 2808), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2808. Letters of Dorinda R. Evans, Glasgow, Kentucky, to her son John Evans, daughter-in-law Cornelia, and granddaughter Annie in Colorado. She relates news of her other sons and their families and her travel to Louisville, mourns the death of her sister, comments on John’s business-related absences from his family, and welcomes his second daughter Gracie. She also expresses her religious faith and mentions one son’s apparent break with his church.


The Grizzly, February 6, 2014, Dave Muoio, John Parry, Caroline Sandberg, Kristen Costello, Evan Hill, Olivia Z. Schultz, Deana Harley, Brian Thomas, Jordan Breslow, Derrick Falletta, John Carty, Dana Feigenbaum, Austin Fox 2014 Ursinus College

The Grizzly, February 6, 2014, Dave Muoio, John Parry, Caroline Sandberg, Kristen Costello, Evan Hill, Olivia Z. Schultz, Deana Harley, Brian Thomas, Jordan Breslow, Derrick Falletta, John Carty, Dana Feigenbaum, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Reimert Party Suspension Sparks USGA Meeting About Safety Risks • Career Department Clarifies Post-Grad Placement Data • Representative Will Discuss Drexel's Graduate Programs • Wismer Sanitation Revisited • Auntie Anne Shares Pretzel Wisdom with U-Innovate! • CIE Hits the Road for UC Graduates • Summer Mentors to Continue • Opinion: Ursinus Drug Policy Should Adhere to the Law; Multilingual Education Should be Considered • Blowout on Super Bowl Sunday • Krasna Chasing 1000, Succeeding in Classroom • Men's Basketball Breaks Losing Streak; Wrestling and Women's Swimming Remain Undefeated


Shelby County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Shelby County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2807. Letter, 4 March 1839, from Mary Louisa Hall, Shelbyville, Kentucky, to her brother Winchester Hall, Natchez, Mississippi. She mentions a Presbyterian revival in Shelbyville, gives news of family and of acquaintances in Louisville, asks about his marriage prospects, reports the making of a rag carpet, and conveys greetings from two slaves. Includes a postscript in another hand. Also letter, 24 February 1857, from J.E. Hewlett, Shelbyville, Kentucky, to M.L. Hallowell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, explaining the delay in payment of a debt.


Theater Of War: Booth And Beyond, Valerie N. Merlina 2014 [email protected]

Theater Of War: Booth And Beyond, Valerie N. Merlina

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Lastly, we come upon perhaps the best known actor of the Civil War era, John Wilkes Booth. Of course, the reason memory allows us to recall the name is not because of the merits achieved through his profession, but rather because he murdered the elected executive official – United States President Abraham Lincoln. Booth, a product of a theater family, was a dramatic, eccentric, and impatient being. He wanted the leading roles, did not want to prepare the role, but to simply play the role. His brother, Edwin Booth, a talented poetical performer, one might deduce, did prepare for his …


Walworth, Reginald Wellington, 1886-1983 (Sc 2806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Walworth, Reginald Wellington, 1886-1983 (Sc 2806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2806. Two letters to Rose F. Taylor, Branchland, West Virginia, from Reginald W. Walworth, Georgetown, Maryland. An organizer of the Constitution Party in Maryland, Walworth responds to her request for anti-Communist literature and offers suggestions on distribution. Includes a pamphlet attacking the Federal Reserve, the Council on Foreign Relations, the United Nations and other public bodies as Communist fronts.


Civil War, 1861-1865 (Sc 2805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

Civil War, 1861-1865 (Sc 2805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2805. Materials relating mainly to Civil War pension claims in Allen County, Kentucky. Includes blank application forms, notifications, correspondence, affidavits, and particularly information on the widow’s claim of Mary F. Patton and the invalid’s claim of James C. Wolf. Also includes two Allen Circuit Court summons, 1854, and a Bowling Green-Warren County Civil War Centennial program, 1962.


House, John Moore, 1844-1865 (Sc 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2014 Western Kentucky University

House, John Moore, 1844-1865 (Sc 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1280. Letter to John House from his father, S.C. House, Knoxville, Tennessee, and letter of John House to his aunt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letters concern family news and House’s needs as a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson’s Island, Ohio.


Theater Of War: Combining Entertainment And Art, Valerie N. Merlina 2014 [email protected]

Theater Of War: Combining Entertainment And Art, Valerie N. Merlina

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Did the theater work to benefit the causes for north or south, dependent upon region? Sautter stated that this phenomenon was less common than many might expect. Many actors stated their neutrality, or as one Civil War era actor said, “I am neither northerner nor southerner.” Still others simply responded to the war by leaving the country. One must consider the “clannish nature” of theater of the time in order to understand how actors could have taken the neutral role during a war of ideals: many actors were born into theater life, therefore did not grow up in any one …


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