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Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.

Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.

"With High Hope For The Future": Holy Temples Of Democracy, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I did it again. I went to Pennsylvania Historical Association's annual conference (this year in Harrisburg). I always seem to be the black sheep at these gathering, focused on raw emotional meanings and the usable past far more than the broader historiographical implications of either the proverbial or actual price of tea in China. This year I went to present a paper on the knock-down, dragout brawl that Daniel Sickles and William H. Tipton have throughout 1893 over the preservation of the Gettysburg Battlefield to a room full of professional historians. [excerpt]

The Grizzly, November 8, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Dave Muoio, Keith Miles, Alexa Lamontagne, Michael D'Amico, Christine Dobisch, Austin Fox, Amanda Frekot, Courtney Scott, Larissa Coyne, Michael Klazas, Chris Rountree, Marcus Foster

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Hurricane Hits UC, Campus Evacuated • Sandy: Climate Change? • Alumni Give Back to Ursinus • Hillel Fosters an Open Community • Christmas Mall • New Faculty Members in Residence 2012 • Photography Club Returns to Campus • Henna Event in Celebration of TWLOHA Day • Opinion: Sandy Victims Deserve Respect, Support; Gender Roles Changing in America • Spotlight: Chris Rountree, Football • Men's Swimming Looks to Have Big 2012 Season • Team Preview: Women's Swimming

Breckinridge Family Correspondence (Sc 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 46. Photostats of correspondence of John and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Lexington, Kentucky, with Thomas Jefferson, 1793-1821 (29 items); a letter to James Monroe, 1804, and correspondence containing comments on the Revolution in Virginia, 1781 (1), and on activities at the Breckinridge’s farm, Cabell’s Dale. Also photocopy of published article based on the papers, 1968.

Hardin Family Papers (Sc 2626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2626. Deeds, chiefly related to the W. O. Hardin farm in Meade County, Kentucky, and estate papers for W.O. Hardin; genealogical information for the Chandler, Hendrick, Campbell and Strother families; letters from Albert B. “Happy” Chandler to his Cousin Norman Henry Hardin related to family affairs; and letters (2) sent to William L. and Ann Lewis, Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky, in the 1840s by P.H. and Ann D.L. Hodges of Bloomfield, County, Kentucky.

Attica State Correctional Facility: The Causes And Fallout Of The Riot Of 1971, Kathleen E. Slade

The Exposition

Everyone has heard the rallying cry “Attica! Attica!” These are words shouted in protest by many in the 1970s including John Lennon in his song “Attica State” in 1971 and Al Pacino in the movie “Dog day Afternoon” in 1975. But what happened at Attica State Correctional Facility in the rural town of Attica, NY in 1971 to cause the bloodiest day in American history up to that time? A prison built to be escape proof and virtually riot proof in 1931 exploded just forty years later in a violent four day riot that ended in a bloody massacre of …

The Elements Of A Creative Environment: Was The Roycroft Campus Of 1900 - 1915 A Hothouse?, Katherine Somerville

The Exposition

Ancient Athens, Renaissance-era Florence, and Germany’s Bauhaus community that practiced between the two World Wars are all examples of what Barton Kunstler refers to as a hothouse. He defines a hothouse as an area where creativity flourishes wildly and magnificently, producing results that neither nature nor the usual round of human activity could ever anticipate. Out of each of Kunstler’s notable hothouse communities came extraordinary achievements and he theorizes that a hothouse is created out of a relatively rare confluence of forces – 36 factors within four dimensions, to be exact. In this essay I will show how the creative …

Thomas, James (Sc 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 41. Certificate of James Thomas, Steam Port, Kentucky, for one share of stock of the Henderson & Nashville Railroad Company, 1852, and current price sheet from Pickett’s New Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Kentucky, 1853.

Whitehouse, Austin (Sc 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 43. Deed of land in Boyle County, Kentucky, of Addison Minor and other heirs of William Minor, to Austin Whitehouse, 1856, and Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company tax receipt, Marion County, Kentucky, of Whitehouse, 1887. Also land rental agreement made by Milton Conder with Thomas Edwards and Wilber Sinkhorn (no place given), 1860.

Preserving Our Cemeteries_ Action Steps To Making It Happen.Jpg, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

This article resulted from attending Preservation Kentucky's "Our History Rests Here: Preservation and Restoration of Historic Cemeteries" workshop. As a member of the Warren County Cemetery Board, the author gives 15 practical steps for cemetery enthusiasts, property owners and family members. It informs its readers how to get in touch with the author and encourages local citizens to get involved.

Wallingford, Hiram L., 1811-1888 (Sc 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 44. Bill of sale for a slave girl named Emily, who was sold for $1000 to P. S. Dudley by Hiram Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky, and a letter concerning the bill of sale, 1951.

A Matter Of Scale: Assessing The Great Recession Against The Great Depression, Steven L. Danver

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

The Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession of the late 2000s are compared using economic, social, and political measures to determine if the later economic downturn was as much of a bellwether event as its predecessor.

Letters To Annie : Ordinary Women In Late Nineteenth Century Maine, Rachel C. Thomas

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Library

Table of Contents:

• Letters to Annie: introduction
• Religion: "I wonder if I am a Baptist because you are?"
• Education: "I will see my dear niece an accomplished woman"
• Romance and insanity: "He cast 'those eyes' on me and they spoke volumes"
• A question of legacy
• Pease family papers transcriptions.

Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 (Sc 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 42. An application which was made to James Guthrie, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, by A. Gelin & Co., for admittance of merchandise imported from Havre on the ship “Mercury” that was approved and signed by Guthrie and Redfield, Collector of Customs, New York.

Rutherford Family Collection Celebration: Exhibit Catalogue, Charlotte Rutherford, Marti Clemmons, Meg Langford, Jeanne Roedel, Tasha Triplett, Marc Carpenter, Patricia Schechter

"Say We Are Here" Exhibit

This is the catalogue for the exhibit, "Say We Are Here: Culture, Community and Activism across Four Generations of Black Oregonians."

Rutherford Family Collection Celebration: Poster, Thomas Cober

"Say We Are Here" Exhibit

This is the poster advertising the exhibit, "Say We Are Here: Culture, Community and Activism across Four Generations of Black Oregonians."

Asians (Research Report #117), Amanda D. Cowley, Mark J. Schafer, Troy Blanchard

LSU AgCenter Research Reports

This is the third in a series of reviews. This review discusses the experiences of other Asians (not Vietnamese) in the region. Given the significant number of Vietnamese immigrants living in the southeastern United States, a vast body of literature in the social sciences has described, explored and explained the presence of Vietnamese immigrants living along the Gulf of Mexico.

Vietnamese (Research Report #116), Amanda D. Cowley, Mark D. Schafer, Troy Blanchard

LSU AgCenter Research Reports

This review discusses the experiences of Vietnamese in the region. This group that became prominent in the United States during the Vietnam War.

The Grizzly, November 1, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Matthew Johnston, Michael D'Amico, Michael Klazas, Vivek Reddy, Larissa Coyne, Olivia Z. Schultz, Rachel Brown, Allen Weaver, Brett Hillsberg, Dave Muoio, John Parry, Anthony Sierzega, Kaitlyn Ott, Jordan Demcher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Search for Student Activities • Presidential Debate Wrap-Up • Staff Editorial • Homecoming 2012 • 24-Hour Play Set to Begin Friday • Departments Revise Curriculums • Students Prepare for November 6 Election • Campus Radio Grows • Up 'Til Dawn Fights Kids' Cancer • Opinion: Presidential Candidates Head to Head; No Matter Political Affiliation, College Students Need to Vote; Reaction to Sports Opinion Piece • Football Falls to JHU