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Associate Dean Mary Beth Thomson’S Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Mary Beth Thomson 2012 University of Kentucky

Associate Dean Mary Beth Thomson’S Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Mary Beth Thomson

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

No abstract provided.


Cultural Institutions In The Digital Age: Finding Common Ground, David S. Ferriero 2012 National Archives and Records Administration

Cultural Institutions In The Digital Age: Finding Common Ground, David S. Ferriero

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

No abstract provided.


Provost Tracy's Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Timothy Tracy 2012 University of Kentucky

Provost Tracy's Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Timothy Tracy

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

No abstract provided.


Miller, Carl Haskell, 1889-1964 (Sc 2587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Miller, Carl Haskell, 1889-1964 (Sc 2587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2587. Daily diary and journal of Carl Haskell Miller, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. A manager on the Chautauqua circuit, Miller writes in a detailed but lighthearted way of his family, his life at home and of his travels in the United States and Mexico. He also reproduces some of his personal and professional correspondence, and writes of his mother’s death in 1927.


Ware, Josiah William, 1802-1883 (Sc 2561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ware, Josiah William, 1802-1883 (Sc 2561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 2561. Letter of Josiah William Ware, written from Greensburg, Kentucky to his cousin Winnifred Williams, Paris, Kentucky. Ware provides anecdotes relating to his travel, including an acquaintance’s account of a conversation with the guards of accused murderer Jereboam O. Beauchamp about evidence of his guilt.


Maddox Brothers Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Maddox Brothers Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2586. Letter, 1920, from Maddox Brothers Tobacco company, Mayfield, Kentucky, soliciting orders for tobacco.


Local Option Election - Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1960 (Sc 2592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Local Option Election - Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1960 (Sc 2592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2592. Handbill and voting precinct information relating to a local option vote in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


The Journal At Fifty, Archie P. McDonald 2012 Stephen F. Austin State University

The Journal At Fifty, Archie P. Mcdonald

East Texas Historical Journal

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Book Reviews, 2012 Stephen F. Austin State University

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

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Nichter On Mahan, 'Foreign Relations Of The United States, 1969-1976, Vol. 32, Salt I, 1969-1972', Luke A. Nichter 2012 Chapman University

Nichter On Mahan, 'Foreign Relations Of The United States, 1969-1976, Vol. 32, Salt I, 1969-1972', Luke A. Nichter

Presidential Studies Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, vol. 32, SALT I, 1969-1972 edited by Erin R. Mahan.


Morris, Walter B. (Sc 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Morris, Walter B. (Sc 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 29. Photocopies of letter written by Walter B. Morris, Gallatin, Tennessee, to his brother, Eastin Morris, Fort Pickering, Tennessee, pertaining to a shower of flesh and blood near Lebanon, Tennessee, on 17 August 1841, and of an article from American Journal of Science, 1841, pertaining to the same event. Also a letter to Julia Neal regarding photocopies, 1968.


Latinos (Research Report #115), Amanda D. Cawley, Mark J. Schafer, Troy Blanchard 2012 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Latinos (Research Report #115), Amanda D. Cawley, Mark J. Schafer, Troy Blanchard

LSU AgCenter Research Reports

This first review in this series focused on various racial and ethnic groups in the Gulf of Mexico region explores the experiences of Latinos -- a group that has gained significant local and national attention over the past 20 years as the number of Latinos residing in the area, and in the nation, has drastically increased.


Book Review: The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, And The Remaking Of New Orleans, J. Mark Souther 2012 Cleveland State University

Book Review: The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, And The Remaking Of New Orleans, J. Mark Souther

History Faculty Publications

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“Savages” In The Service Of Empire: Native American Soldiers In Gorham's Rangers, 1744–1762, Brian D. Carroll 2012 Central Washington University

“Savages” In The Service Of Empire: Native American Soldiers In Gorham's Rangers, 1744–1762, Brian D. Carroll

History Faculty Scholarship

Gorham's Rangers, initially an all-Indian ranger company, was instrumental in Britain's conquest of Nova Scotia (Acadia) during the eighteenth century. In the process of uncovering that story, the essay assesses New England Indians’ role in shaping colonial frontier warfare as well as the impact of military service on Native American communities.


Capacity Building Legacies: Boards Of The Richmond Male Orphan Asylum For Destitute Boys & The Protestant Episcopal Church Home For Infirm Ladies 1870-1900, F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O'Connor, David P. Fauri 2012 Virginia Commonwealth University

Capacity Building Legacies: Boards Of The Richmond Male Orphan Asylum For Destitute Boys & The Protestant Episcopal Church Home For Infirm Ladies 1870-1900, F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O'Connor, David P. Fauri

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

What strategies did early boards of managers of charitable human service agencies pursue to build capacity in a way that sustained their efforts for more than a hundred years? Using primary and secondary documents to focus on two organizations- The Male Orphan Asylum (1846) and the Protestant Episcopal Church Home (1875)-three norms emerged: run it like a business, keep it like a house, and base it in the community, along with a host of associated activities. Based on these norms and activities, three strategies were identified: diversification of resources, working boards, and leadership continuity, all of which have implications for …


Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2591. Typescript copy of an address titled “The State Line,” delivered by Senator B.T. Davis, Hickman, Kentucky, before the Kentucky State Bar Association at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The address details information about the borders of Kentucky and the history of the borders and territories in America.


Conner, Juliana Margaret (Courtney), 1804-1881 (Sc 2590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Conner, Juliana Margaret (Courtney), 1804-1881 (Sc 2590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2590. Typescripted diary of Juliana Margaret (Courtney) Conner concerning her wedding trip to North Carolina to visit her husband’s family.


Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 581. Illustrated paper by Rachel Hopkin titled “A Reel in a Bottle: The Bottle Art of Chris Wood.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of creating bottle art, or bottle whimsies. Folk artist Chris Wood’s path from observer to artist is detailed and includes his interpretations of the work of several historical and modern artisans within the genre. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 582. Illustrated paper by Katherine Chappell titled “Fine, Folk, or Functional? The Art of Mark Whitley.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of furniture making and the distinctions between the artistic formation of furniture and mass production. The project details the journey of one craftsman, Mark Whitley of Warren County, Kentucky, from one who makes furniture, into an artist whose work is practical, functional, and enduring. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2012 Western Kentucky University

Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 584. Illustrated paper by Shamira A. Faytullayeva titled “A Great Tailor in My Family.” This illustrated project describes the economic benefits of the tailoring skills of a Russian emigrant, Samisiya Faytullayeva. Samisiya’s mother taught her to sew when she was a child, and the skill has provided an income for her family in the years since her husband’s death and their subsequent immigration to the United States. This project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


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