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1982 Keystonia, Kutztown State College Jan 1982

1982 Keystonia, Kutztown State College

Yearbooks 1980-1989

The yearbook of the class of 1982 of Kutztown State College, now Kutztown University, in Kutztown, PA.


Gabriel's Challenge: Slaves And Crime In Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Philip J. Schwarz Jan 1982

Gabriel's Challenge: Slaves And Crime In Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Philip J. Schwarz

History Publications

Historical analysis of a 1799 altercation and subsequent trial involving Gabriel Prosser, who a year later would lead a large slave insurrection. Schwarz notes, "the 1799 incident is primarily important for revealing the power of slave resistance to specific aspects of their bondage." Includes data from U.S. Census records 1790-1800 and Brunswick County Personal Property Taxes, 1799.


Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies Jan 1982

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.


The Zodiac Man In Medieval Medical Astrology, Charles Clark Jan 1982

The Zodiac Man In Medieval Medical Astrology, Charles Clark

Quidditas

A naked male figure was a familiar illustration in many medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. Standing with his legs and arms slightly spread, the twelve images or names of the zodiac were superimposed on his body, from his head (Aries) to his feet (Pisces). Used as a quick reference by physicians, barber-surgeons, and even laymen, the figure indicated the part of the body which was "ruled" by a specific sign of the zodiac. Once the correct sign was determined for the particular part of the body, the proper time for surgery, bloodletting, administration of medication, or even the cutting of hair …


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 2, R. Raymond Allen, Neil R. Grobman, John D. Kendig, Lee C. Hopple, Karl J. R. Arndt, Candace Heath, William J. Rupp, Timothy C. Rupp Jan 1982

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 2, R. Raymond Allen, Neil R. Grobman, John D. Kendig, Lee C. Hopple, Karl J. R. Arndt, Candace Heath, William J. Rupp, Timothy C. Rupp

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Fiddle Tradition in Central Pennsylvania
• A Polish Wycinanki Artist from Philadelphia
• Winter Holidays in the Dutch Country
• Germanic European Origins and Geographical History of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Amish
• Franklin's Lost Map of Germantown, Massachusetts
• Play Alternatives for the Lone Child: Commercialization and Innovation
• A Weisenberg Reminiscence


Selected Gallatin Bibliography: Primary Sources, Leo Schelbert Jan 1982

Selected Gallatin Bibliography: Primary Sources, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Hi-O-Hi 1982, Oberlin College Jan 1982

Hi-O-Hi 1982, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.


The Comment, December 3, 1981, Bridgewater State College Dec 1981

The Comment, December 3, 1981, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.


"No Bob Yet" A Collection Of Narratives From Nobob, Kentucky, Keith Ludden Dec 1981

"No Bob Yet" A Collection Of Narratives From Nobob, Kentucky, Keith Ludden

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Transcribed naridtives from the community of Nobob (Barren County), Kentucky, and its surroundings. The narratives were tape recorded between October, 1977 and November, 1978. Interpretation is offered in the form of an introduction, which includes a brief history of the area and a discussion of genre and annotations to the narratives. Annotations make use of standard bibliographical reference works and archival sources available at Western Kentucky University.

The narratives are divided into legend, tale, and personal experience stories. A number of the narratives refer specifically to the Great Depression. The collection seeks to particularly demonstrate the presence of valuable historical …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1981

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Callboard
  • Classifieds
  • Commentary
  • Editorial Cartoon
  • For the Record - arrests
  • Letter to the Editor
  • On the Western Front
  • Sports

This issue contains articles:

  • Newton, Tommy. Science Fields Luring Students
  • Francke, Kevin. Smokeout
  • Comer, Diane. Western, Murray Regents Join to Fight Budget
  • Paul, Steve. New Course Will Focus on Recreation, Tourism
  • Joint Meeting May Damage Credibility
  • Snyder, Doug. Dorm Watch Protested
  • Dono, Linda. Talismans Arrive in Time for Christmas – Barely
  • Norton, Wilma. Susie Q Learns as Prime-Time Disc Jockey – Susie Connolly
  • Norton, Wilma. Lieutenant Governor …


The Grizzly, November 6, 1981, James H. Wilson, Tracy Neill, Georgeann Fusco, Diane Niemy, Caryn Talbot, Buffy Cyr, Karen L. Reese, Jonathan Cowie, Paul Graeff, John Doyle, Drew Pecora, Jean Morrison, Duncan C. Atkins Nov 1981

The Grizzly, November 6, 1981, James H. Wilson, Tracy Neill, Georgeann Fusco, Diane Niemy, Caryn Talbot, Buffy Cyr, Karen L. Reese, Jonathan Cowie, Paul Graeff, John Doyle, Drew Pecora, Jean Morrison, Duncan C. Atkins

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Changing Role of Women • Spanish Professor Speaks At Literature Conference • Ursinus Grad Anticipates Changes • Whatley Invited to Testing of Nuclear Sub • USGA Notes • Canterbury Tales: Bawdy Production Rates 10 • Fashion Forum • Myrin Hosts Alumna's Art • Study Abroad Series: Continental Culture • Bear Pack Travels to MACs • Bears Fall to Swarthmore 27-10 • Questionable End to Hockey Season


The Comment, November 5, 1981, Bridgewater State College Nov 1981

The Comment, November 5, 1981, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.


Grand Valley Forum, Volume 006, Number 07, October 12, 1981, Grand Valley State University Oct 1981

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 006, Number 07, October 12, 1981, Grand Valley State University

1981-1982, Volume 6

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 1, Henry J. Kauffman, John D. Kendig, Guy Graybill, Marie K. Graeff, William T. Parsons, Ray W. Sauers Oct 1981

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 1, Henry J. Kauffman, John D. Kendig, Guy Graybill, Marie K. Graeff, William T. Parsons, Ray W. Sauers

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Pennsylvania Copper Tea Kettle
• "Our Camp and Soldiers Life" (1861-65)
• The Surprising Come Back of the Pennsylvania Rifle
• Folk Songs
• Port Royal and Philadelphia
• Pennsylvania Dutch Life Along Switzer Run and Penn's Creek
• Aldes un Neies / Old and New


Book Notes Oct 1981

Book Notes

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures In History, Eighth Annual Lecture: Requiem For Populism In Latin America, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of History. Sep 1981

The Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures In History, Eighth Annual Lecture: Requiem For Populism In Latin America, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of History.

Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History

Program of a lecture presented September 16, 1981, by Paul W. Drake, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois.


The Chanticleer, 1981-09-09, Coastal Carolina University Sep 1981

The Chanticleer, 1981-09-09, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.


A Sourcebook For The Interpretation Of Traditional Dance By Outdoor Museums & Historic Sites, Jan Alm Sep 1981

A Sourcebook For The Interpretation Of Traditional Dance By Outdoor Museums & Historic Sites, Jan Alm

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Folklife scholars often produce work which is valuable to outdoor museums and historic sites. Folklife scholars deal with functional, contextual, emic, and interdisciplinary studies--all approaches which produce valuable interpretive data for museums and sites. This thesis is an example of folklife work designed for use in the museum field.

Outdoor museums and historic sites are increasingly involved with the interpretation of social and emotional life. Because it is a social and emotional event, dance can be a valuable part of this interpretation.

Sites and museums developing programs of traditional dance interpretation may find it helpful to follow several steps: 1.) …


David Lewis Review Of Paul Johnstone, The Seacraft Of Prehistory, David Lewis Sep 1981

David Lewis Review Of Paul Johnstone, The Seacraft Of Prehistory, David Lewis

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Education, Change, And Assimilation In Nineteenth Century Hawai‘I, William E. H. Tagupa Sep 1981

Education, Change, And Assimilation In Nineteenth Century Hawai‘I, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Vol. 5 No. 1 (1981): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1981

Vol. 5 No. 1 (1981): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Ishmael Stagner Review Of Charles W. Kenn (Trans.), Moolelo Of Ancient Hawaii, Ishmael Stagner Sep 1981

Ishmael Stagner Review Of Charles W. Kenn (Trans.), Moolelo Of Ancient Hawaii, Ishmael Stagner

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr. Review Of Grant Mccall, Rapanui: Tradition And Survival On Easter Island, Edwin N. Ferdon Jr. Sep 1981

Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr. Review Of Grant Mccall, Rapanui: Tradition And Survival On Easter Island, Edwin N. Ferdon Jr.

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Burton G. Burton-Bradley Review Of John F. Mcdermott, Jr., Wen-Shing Tseng, And Thomas W. Maretzki, People And Cultures Of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile, Burton G. Burton-Bradley Sep 1981

Burton G. Burton-Bradley Review Of John F. Mcdermott, Jr., Wen-Shing Tseng, And Thomas W. Maretzki, People And Cultures Of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile, Burton G. Burton-Bradley

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Nicholas Besnier Review Of Jane And James Ritchie, Growing Up In Polynesia, Nicholas Besnier Sep 1981

Nicholas Besnier Review Of Jane And James Ritchie, Growing Up In Polynesia, Nicholas Besnier

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Vol. 5 No. 1 (1981): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1981

Vol. 5 No. 1 (1981): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Natives And Settlers On The New Hebrides Frontier 1870–1900, Roger C, Thompson Sep 1981

Natives And Settlers On The New Hebrides Frontier 1870–1900, Roger C, Thompson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Personal Work Histories Of Solomon Islands Plantation Labourers—Methodology And Uses, Judith A. Bennett Sep 1981

Personal Work Histories Of Solomon Islands Plantation Labourers—Methodology And Uses, Judith A. Bennett

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Patricia Polansky Review Of Glynn Barratt's Russia In Pacific Waters, 1715–1825: A Survey Of The Origins Of Russia’S Naval Presence In The North And South Pacific, Patricia Polansky Sep 1981

Patricia Polansky Review Of Glynn Barratt's Russia In Pacific Waters, 1715–1825: A Survey Of The Origins Of Russia’S Naval Presence In The North And South Pacific, Patricia Polansky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


William E. H. Tagupa Review Of Charles De Varigny, Fourteen Years In The Sandwich Islands, 1855–1868, William E. H. Tagupa Sep 1981

William E. H. Tagupa Review Of Charles De Varigny, Fourteen Years In The Sandwich Islands, 1855–1868, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.