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From The Vaults: Objects Relating To The Canadian Experience In Hong Kong, Stacey Barker, Jeff Noakes

Canadian Military History

This article focuses on the material culture of Canadians’ experiences during and after the Battle of Hong Kong. Stories of combat, captivity, and the return home are told through this selection of personal objects now preserved in the collections of the Canadian War Museum. These artifacts highlight the particular circumstances and harsh conditions faced by prisoners of war and civilian detainees, and serve as entry points into the wider history of the battle, its aftermath and its lasting consequences.

Cet article porte sur la culture matérielle des expériences des Canadiens et Canadiennes pendant et après la bataille de Hong Kong. …

Fun Behind The Wire?: Francis “Huck” O’Neill And The Canadian Pow Experience In Hong Kong, 1941-1945, Michael B. Pass

Canadian Military History

Many prior studies of Canadian POWs during the Pacific War have focused on the sadism and mistreatment of their Japanese jailors, helping to make this a dominant image of the conflict. This article moderates this view by discrediting the notion that Japanese soldiers were motivated by an omnipresent belief in “bushido,” as well as by studying newly discovered documents produced in captivity by Canadian Auxiliary Services Officer Francis O’Neill. It argues that Japanese conduct towards POWs was more variable than previously recognised and highlights moments of levity and fun as O’Neill and his fellow prisoners organised sporting events, games and …

The Battle Of Hong Kong, Forgotten And Remembered: C Force, Cultural Memory And Commemoration, Alexandra Mckinnon

Canadian Military History

This article considers how veterans of C Force and their families have shaped Canadian cultural memory of the Battle of Hong Kong and their engagement with memorial and material landscapes. In considering bottom-up processes of commemoration, this article suggests that the “forgotten battle” of Canadian service in the Second World War has not been forgotten after all. Instead, Canadian cultural memory of the battle reflects the enduring impact of individual experience in shaping national narratives.

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

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Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE MERCHANT OF MANCHAC: THE LETTERBOOKS OF JOHN FITZPATRICK, 1768-1790, edited by Margaret Fisher Dalrymple, reviewed by William S. Coker; EARLY MEDICAL HISTORY OF PINELLAS PENINSULA: A QUADRICENTENNIAL EPOCH, by Frederick Eberson, reviewed by William M. Straight; THE SOUTH, A HISTORY, by I. A. Newby, reviewed by Bell I. Wiley; ANDREW JACKSON IND THE COURSE OF AMERICAN EMPIRE, 1767-1821, by Robert V. Remini, reviewed by Edwin A. Miles; DEEP LIKE THE RIVERS: EDUCATION IN THE SLAVE QUARTER COMMUNITY, 1831-1865, by Thomas L. Webber, reviewed by Peter Kolchin; POLITICS AND POWER IN A SLAVE SOCIETY: ALABAMA, 1800-1860, by J. Mills Thornton …

The Naval Career Of John Eliot, Governor Of West Florida, Robert R. Rea

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Royal Navy offered a promising career to the younger sons of many an English county family in the eighteenth century, and when political influence could be brought to bear, prospects for rapid advancement were considerably increased. The case of John Eliot offers an interesting example of the making of a naval officer during the Seven Years War and demonstrates the heights to which family connections could raise a very young man, for Eliot’s elevation to the governorship of the colony of West Florida at the age of twenty-four far surpassed the claims of his service at sea. Eliot’s naval …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

DANIEL LADD: MERCHANT PRINCE OF FRONTIER FLORIDA, by Jerrell H. Shofner, reviewed by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; EIGHTEENTH -C ENTURY FLORIDA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY SOUTH , edited by Samuel Proctor, reviewed by Jack D. L. Holmes; LE CONTE'S REPORT ON EAST FLORIDA, edited by Richard Adicks, reviewed by Margaret L. Chapman; WORKDAYS: FINDING FLORIDA ON THE JOB, by Bob Graham, reviewed by Charlton W. Tebeau; THE GREAT EXPLORERS : THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA , by Samuel Eliot Morison, reviewed by Charles W. Arnade; THE INDIANS AND THEIR CAPTIVES, edited and compiled by James Levernier and Hennig Cohen, reviewed by …

Inside The Ring: Bisbee-Lee Correspondence, February-April 1880, Peter D. Klingman

Florida Historical Quarterly

The election year 1880 was critically important to Republicans nationally and in Florida. Despite the abandonment of southern Republican party organizations in the wake of Rutherford B. Hayes’s narrow victory and the resulting compromise in 1877, neither the national G.O.P. nor Florida Republicans were politically moribund. On the national level three Republican giants were in pursuit of the presidential nomination though none were to achieve it - Ulysses S. Grant, considering a third term, a move especially popular with southern blacks and carpetbaggers, John Sherman, secretary of the treasury in the Hayes administration, and James G. Blaine, “the Plumed Knight,” …

Legislating A Homestead Bill: Thomas Hart Benton And The Second Seminole War, Michael E. Welsh

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of the many causes Thomas Hart Benton espoused in his long Senate career, few demonstrate more clearly his perseverance and determination than his support for Florida during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), culminating in his Armed Occupation Act of 1842. The United States government and its citizens, in pursuit of a policy of aggressive territorial growth, met the stubborn resistance of an exotic blend of runaway slaves and expatriate Indians in the swamps and marshes of the Florida peninsula. Determined not to suffer a fate similar to other southeastern tribes during the years of Indian removal, the Seminoles mounted a …

Camp Hell: Miami During The Spanish-American War, Donna Thomas

Florida Historical Quarterly

"My domain begins in Jacksonville," Henry M. Flagler once playfully wrote to President William McKinley. Actually, he was not far from the truth. The Florida East Coast Railroad, the heart of Flagler’s financial empire, built many towns along the east coast of the state, and it linked them with each other and the rest of the country. Miami, which was incorporated in 1896, started as one of the villages in Flagler’s “domain.” It was virtually a company town in its earliest days. John Sewell and J. A. McDonald, early mayors of Miami, were Flagler employees. The Royal Palm Hotel, Miami’s …

"Rogues And Black Hearted Scamps": Civil War Letters Of Winston And Octavia Stephens, 1862-1863, Ellen E. Hodges

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Winston J. T. Stephens and his wife Octavia lived on a small plantation, Rose Cottage, near Welaka on the St. Johns River. In 1861 Stephens, although a Whig and not a proponent of war, joined and was later elected lieutenant in a militia company. He was later its captain. The letters which passed between Winston and Octavia during the war years are replete with personal, social, agricultural, racial, and military observations. Portions of the Stephens letters dating from 1861 to January 1862 were earlier Stephens letters dating from 1861 to January 1862, were …

Beginnings Of Popular Government In Florida, Allen Morris

Florida Historical Quarterly

As a soldier in Florida, Andrew Jackson asserted powers that stirred international protest. As a civil governor in Florida, Jackson worried about his use of lawful authority. Until Congress would establish a government for the territories of East and West Florida, Jackson took over the interim administration under a commission as governor of the Floridas, exercising “all the powers and authorities heretofore exercised by the Governor and Captain General and Intendant of Cuba, and by the Governors of East and West Florida within the said provinces respectively.“

Life And Health Concerns Of A European Monastic Scribe During The 14th Century, Jared Reiling, Christopher O'Neill, Nick Curatolo

2021 Festschrift: The Interpolated Roman de Fauvel in Context

Writing in a quiet, candle-lit room may sound hygge to some, but monks during the 14th century would describe their work on the scriptorium as cold, depressing, tedious, mundane, and exhausting. The copying of all texts, including biblical and musical, was done by hand with monks working around the clock copying, illuminating manuscripts, and binding books. With the regimented schedule of monastic life, the Church worked scribes till exhaustion which created health problems and aggravated underlying conditions. Though cataracts were a common problem, commoners performed surgery on each other to restore sight, but it only made the situation worse.

2021-12-07 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from December 7, 2021.

2021-12-07 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from December 7, 2021.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

TORIES, DONS, AND REBELS: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN BRITISH WEST FLORIDA, by J. Barton Starr, reviewed by Aubrey C. Land; ZORA NEALE HURSTON: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, by Robert E. Hemenway, reviewed by Kevin M. McCarthy; THE LIVING DOCK AT PANACEA, by Jack Rudloe, reviewed by Wyatt Blassingame; FEARLESS AND FREE: THE SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR, 1835-1842, by George Walton, reviewed by Frank Laumer; AFRICANS AND SEMINOLES: FROM REMOVAL TO EMANCIPATION, by Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., reviewed by James W. Covington; RELIGION IN THE OLD SOUTH, by Donald G. Mathews, reviewed by Walter B. Posey; ADAMS AND JEFFERSON: A REVOLUTIONARY DIALOGUE, by …

Torment Of Pestilence: Yellow Fever Epidemics In Pensacola, George F. Pearce

Florida Historical Quarterly

For more than a century, yellow fever epidemics intermittently swept over Pensacola, Florida, producing a high mortality, disrupting its economic and social life, dividing community leaders and medical authorities over courses of action in combatting them, causing untold numbers to flee, some permanently, and keeping those who remained in a state of demoralizing terror. The approach of summer each year invariably brought with it the fear of a repetition of the dreadful experience. This atmosphere of apprehension and utter helplessness was nourished by ignorance about the origin, transmission, and prevention of the disease. It was not until 1900 that medical …

Colored Town: Miami's Black Community, 1896-1930, Paul S. George

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the time of Miami’s incorporation in 1896, the fortunes of black Americans had declined to their lowest level since the Civil War. The heady illusions and notable accomplishments of the freedmen during Reconstruction had succumbed to the harsh realities of economic dependency and the restoration of white Democratic rule in the South. Increasingly, blacks found themselves scapegoats for political and economic tensions and targets of virulent new doctrines of racial inferiority, resulting in widespread disfranchisement, segregation (Jim Crow) legislation, and increasing white intimidation and violence in Florida and elsewhere in the South. The problems worsened in the early decades …

Private Societies And The Maintenance Of Seminole Tribal Integrity, 1899-1957, Harry A. Kersey, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century the Seminole Indians of southern Florida were a relatively independent and prosperous people. The small remnant group which remained in Florida following the Third Seminole War (1855-58), numbering fewer than 200, evaded army efforts to capture them, and they faded away into the fastness of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. For several decades they lived in virtual isolation from the outside world, venturing forth only for occasional trading visits to frontier villages such as Miami, Fort Meade, and Fort Myers. During these years they completed the last stage of an ethnoecologic …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Olustee Battlefield, John C. Pace Library Acquisitions, Florida Miliary Collection, Conferences, Publications

Civil War Letters Of Major General James Patton Anderson, Margaret Anderson Uhler

Florida Historical Quarterly

In a time when patriotism was among the greatest of American virtues, few men pursued it more passionately than General James Patton Anderson of the Confederate army. Born in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, February 16, 1822, he was the son of Margaret Adair and Colonel William Preston Anderson, a veteran of the War of 1812. His maternal grandfather was General John Adair, a hero in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812, and the eighth governor of Kentucky.

A Love-Mad Man: Senator Charles W. Jones Of Florida, Judy Nicholas Etemadi

Florida Historical Quarterly

Following ten years of service in the United States Senate, Charles W. Jones of Pensacola was in a strong position to serve Florida when the forty-ninth Congress convened on December 7, 1885. As an Irish immigrant, he had used his background to aid Grover Cleveland’s successful 1884 presidential campaign. A publicized trip to Ireland in the summer of 1883 and addresses to large audiences of Irish-Americans had channelled votes to the Democratic party. As a result, Jones was regarded as a leader in the party. The inauguration of a Democratic president, whose campaign he had materially assisted, vaulted Jones into …

A View Of Spanish West Florida: Selected Letters Of Governor Juan Vicente Folch, David H. White

Florida Historical Quarterly

The waning years of the eighteenth century were a time of conflict and turmoil. Europe was convulsed by the wars of the French Revolution and their repercussions were felt throughout the world, including America. The isolated frontier province of Florida, so prized by Spain because of its strategic location to the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic shipping routes was in an exposed position. Besides the threats from the English and the French, Spanish officials in St. Augustine and Pensacola had to be concerned with the illicit activities of privateers, particularly along the northeast coast of Florida, antagonistic …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

HOPES, DREAMS, AND PROMISES: A HISTORY OF VOLUSIA COUNDY, FLORIDA, by Michael G. Schene, reviewed by Thomas Graham; THE EMERGENCE OF A CITY IN THE MODERN SOUTH: PENSACOLA, 1900-1945, by James R. McGovern, reviewed by Wayne Flynt; THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, 1926-1976, by Charlton W. Tebeau, reviewed by Thelma Peters; THE SOUND OF BELLS: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 1892-1969, by Joseph D. Cushman, Jr., reviewed by Samuel S. Hill, Jr.; CONFUSION TO THE ENEMY: A BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD BALL, by Raymond K. Mason and Virginia Harrison, reviewed by William M. Goza; THE FLEDGLING PROVINCE: …

Children Of Honor: Letters Of Winston And Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862, Ellen E. Hodges

Florida Historical Quarterly

When the Florida secession convention voted in January 1861 to withdraw the state from the Union, it made a fateful decision, the consequences of which its members scarcely understood. The lives of Floridians, white and black, would be fundamentally altered-at first almost imperceptably, then with increasing speed and force-by the action of the delegates. Typical in many ways of those citizens whose lives would be completely altered by secession and civil strife was a young couple from Welaka in Putnam County-Octavia and Winston Stephens.

Turmoil At Big Cypress: Seminole Deer And The Florida Cattle Tick Controversy, Kenneth R. Philip

Florida Historical Quarterly

Indian Commissioner John Collier and Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, who was accompanied by his wife and son, left Washington, D.C., during the early spring of 1935 to meet with representatives of approximately 600 Seminole Indians who lived on three reservations and on scattered plots of land in Florida. Their purpose was to honor the one-hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the Second Seminole War and to conclude an informal peace treaty with these native Americans. After their arrival at West Palm Beach on March 18, Commissioner Collier requested that officials from the Dania Seminole Agency take them …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

LEMON CITY: PIONEERING ON BISCAYNE BAY, 1850-1925, by Thelma Peters, reviewed by John D. Pennekamp; EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FLORIDA: LIFE ON THE FRONTIER, edited by Samuel Proctor, reviewed by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.; PRESENCIA HISPANICA EN LA FLORIDA, AYER Y HOY: 1513-1976, edited by José Augustín Balseire, reviewed by Bruce S. Chappell; PARADE OF MEMORIES: A HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, by Arch Frederic Blakey, reviewed by George E. Buker; SPAIN: FORGOTTEN ALLY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Buchanan Parker Thomson, reviewed by Aileen Moore Topping; THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ABROAD: PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FOURTH SYMPOSIUM, MAY 8 AND …

A New England Emigrant Aid Company Agent In Postwar Florida: Selected Letters Of James F. B. Marshall, 1867, Patricia P. Clark

Florida Historical Quarterly

When the New England Emigrant Aid Company, seeking to revitalize its colonizing enterprises after the Civil War, considered Florida as a prime location for northern settlers, the officers sent James F. B. Marshall on a scouting tour of the state. A native New Englander, former Hawaiian businessman, and paymaster general of Massachusetts troops, Marshall had volunteered for the assignment shortly after his election to the company’s board of directors in November 1866. Before he left Boston for a New York departure on December 18, Marshall was given a letter of instructions drafted by President John Murray Forbes and Vice President …

Lanthorn, Vol. 56, No. 16, December 6, 2021, Grand Valley State University

Volume 56, August 2, 2021 - April 18, 2022

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Librarian In Islamic Civilization, Muhammad Syafii Antonio, Aam Slamet Rusydiana, Yayat Rahmat Hidayat, Dwi Ratna Kartikawati, Amelia Tri Puspita

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Talking about improving human resources, the library occupies a very urgent role. This is in line with Law Number 43 of 2007 concerning Libraries, especially Article 3, which states that the library functions as a vehicle for education, research, preservation, information, and recreation to increase the intelligence and empowerment of the nation. A librarian, as explained in Article 1 paragraph (8) of Law No. 43 of 2007 on Libraries, is someone who has competence obtained through education and/or training and has duties and responsibilities to carry out library management and services. This study aims to find out the development map …