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Foreign Affairs: Policy, Culture, And The Making Of Love And War In Vietnam, Amanda C. Boczar

Theses and Dissertations--History

Foreign Affairs: Policy, Culture, and the Making of Love and War in Vietnam investigates the interplay between war and society leading to and during the Vietnam War. This project intertwines histories of foreign relations, popular culture, and gender and sexuality as lenses for understanding international power relations during the global Cold War more broadly. By examining sexual encounters between American service members and Vietnamese civilian women, this dissertation argues that relationships ranging from prostitution to dating, marriage, and rape played a significant role in the diplomacy, logistics, and international reception of the war. American disregard for South Vietnamese morality laws …

Jessie Huey Laurence Papers - Accession 5, Jessie Huey Laurence

Manuscript Collection

The Jessie Huey Laurence Papers primarily consist of correspondence, but also included are speeches, program notes, minutes, financial records, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks relating to her role in the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (1928-1937); her promotion of a compulsory school attendance bill for South Carolina (1934-1936); the formation of the South Carolina Council for the Common Good (1935); Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA) projects in South Carolina; and her interest in the Catawba Indians of York County, as chairman of Indian Affairs Committee for the Catawba Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. …

Obituaries - Volume A, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Obituaries from Rowan County, Kentucky volume A. Compiled circa 2015.

Obituaries - Volume M Part 2, Rowan County Historical Society

Rowan County Histories Collection

Obituaries of Rowan County, Kentucky. Volume M, Part 2. Compiled circa 2015.

Control Of Violence, Control Of Fear: The Progression Of Gun Control In San Francisco, 1847-1923, Josselyn P. Huerta

All Master's Theses

This paper focuses on gun control in San Francisco between 1847 and 1923, from the control of the rowdy men of the gold rush, to the management of the Chinese, to the control of the sale and distribution of firearms. For the purpose of this study, the main sources used to understand public perceptions are newspapers, specifically the Daily Alta California, San Francisco Call, and San Francisco Chronicle. While it is impossible to completely recreate the attitudes towards guns, newspapers provide a window into public opinion, while also providing multiple opinions on the same or similar subjects. In addition, …

A Public Revolt Against Spitting: Education And Politics In The Progressive Era, Patrick J. O'Connor

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Jewish Resistance To ‘Romanianization’, 1940-44, Stefan Cristian Ionescu

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

In this chapter, Jewish legal resistance to the Antonescu regime is investigated, focusing on the use of the law to bypass the Romanianization of businesses and urban real estate. Despite multiple attempts, Antonescu’s government failed to completely expropriate Jewish urban buildings in favor of the state and subsequently distribute those properties to ethnic Romanians. The Romanianization of businesses yielded similar results.

Camp, Combat, And Campaign: North Carolina's Confederate Experience, Peter R. Thomas Jr.

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research examines a sample of North Carolina Confederates as they transitioned from citizen to soldier between 1861 and 1863 during the American Civil War, and it questions how levels of commitment and devotion emerged during this transformation. North Carolina Confederates not only faced physical and emotional challenges as they transitioned from citizen to soldier, but also encountered social obstacles due to the strict social order of the Old South. Orthodoxy maintains this social dissent hindered any form of solidarity among North Carolina Confederates. The question remains, though, why did so many North Carolinians remain committed to the Confederacy until …

The Drunken Path: Discerning Women's Voices And Participation In The Informal Economy Of Illegal Manufacturing Of Prohibition Alcohol In The Historical And Archaeological Record, Kelli M. Casias

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This thesis puts the Prohibition years in Anaconda and Butte, Montana, into historical, and sociocultural context to discover an engendered narrative of liquor law violators between the years 1923 and 1926 and to investigate the scope of the local informal, illegal, illicit economic systems dictating the distribution of illegal liquor during that era. The transference of the means and modes of production, as envisioned by Karl Marx, and collective social resistance serve as the theoretical frameworks for analysis and examination of three case studies. The first, Poacher Gulch is a remote mining site in western Montana, was the subject of …

Race And Mental Illness At A Virginia Hospital: A Case Study Of Central Lunatic Asylum For The Colored Insane, 1869-1885, Caitlin Doucette Foltz

Theses and Dissertations

In 1869 the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia passed legislation that established the first asylum in the United States to care exclusively for African-American patients. Then known as Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane and located in Richmond, Virginia, the asylum began to admit patients in 1870. This thesis explores three aspects of Central State Hospital's history during the nineteenth century: attitudes physicians held toward their patients, the involuntary commitment of patients, and life inside the asylum. Chapter One explores the nineteenth-century belief held by southern white physicians, including those at Central State Hospital, that freed people …

The Reinvention Of The Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy And The Limits Of Religious Pluralism, Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr.

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy offers an analysis of how an historically Christian religious organization, one prominently sited within an important Canadian institution, adapted to pluralism. This research is the first to examine Canada’s military chaplaincy since Benham Rennick’s (2011) more broadly focused study of the role of religion in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). My study is the first to focus specifically on the chaplaincy and on the ways in which it has sought to develop and maintain a pluralist identity. I trace the process by which a legacy Christian institution developed a self-image as a …

Mcglone, Joseph Richard Book 6, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Book 6 of the family history of Joseph Richard McGlone, son of Owen and Mary Ann (Polly) McGlone of Carter County, Kentucky.

Unidentified Files - No. 1, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Unidentified genealogy files found in the Carter County Public Library, Olive Hill Branch.

Unidentified Files - No. 3, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Unidentified genealogy files found in the Carter County Public Library, Olive Hill Branch.

Gettysburg Historical Journal 2015

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Glance In Their Direction: The New York City Press And Their Coverage Of African Americans During World War Ii, Michael Losasso

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

My thesis examines the New York City press’ interpretation of African Americans and the Civil Rights movement of World War II. I seek to determine in what measure the press reported on African Americans in the military and at home during the war including segregation of the Armed Forces, and the riots of 1943. Through examining the white and black media’s perception of these events I hope to elucidate how the press wrote about the topic of race during the period and if there was any change in their reporting on race due to the war. Although addressed marginally in …

The Grizzly, December 4, 2014, Rachel Brown, Mark Branca, Andrew Mackin, Andrew Simoncini, Lisa Abraham, Ayesha Contractor, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Jaime Bocanumenth, David Slade, Dana Feigenbaum

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

On-Campus Sexual Assault Investigated • Lights Installed on Roof of Pfahler • Main Street Freshmen to Move to Main Campus • Students Debut Independent Theater Production • Preparing for Final Exams in Myrin • Wallace Receives Award • UCARE Created by Three UC Students • UC Sorority Faces Extinction • Student Ambassadors Assist the Community • Opinion: Kim Kardashian Breaks the Internet; Ebola: A Controversial Clash to Prevent the Spread • Track Assistant is an Olympic Hopeful • Crossing Over • Women's Soccer had Season to Build On

"Our Long Lost Patrimony": The Belding Family's Battle For The Spa, 1849-1887, Regina A. Bates

ATU Theses and Dissertations 2010-2020

The original Belding letters are part of the Belding-Gaines-Williamson Family Papers housed in the special collections section of the Riley-Hickingbotham Library at Ouachita Baptist University. Other original Belding letters are owned by Shawn Gibson of Texas, who is a direct descendent of the Belding family. The Beldings came to Hot Springs, Arkansas, after a brief stay in Virginia in 1828. Their letters are some of the only firsthand records of the Hot Springs Cases. The letters of the Belding and Gaines families begin in the 1840s and extend into the 1920s. This project focuses on the years surrounding the Civil …

The Grizzly, November 13, 2014, Rachel Brown, Steve Valverde, Andrew Simoncini, Yongshi Li, Brian Thomas, Sydney A. Dodson-Nease, Aliki Torrence, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jaime Bocanumenth, Jennifer Round, Dana Feigenbaum, Drae Lewis

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Art Department Debuts New Class • Delta Pi Becomes First Gender-Neutral Fraternity in UC History • Twin Brothers Host 5 Hour Study Marathon • Midterm Election Results • Chinese Culture Should be Shared, Not Hidden • High Prices Cause Complaints • Walking Through a Day With UC EMS • Berman Museum Timeline Installed • Feminists In Action Club Tackles the Issue of Gender Inequality • Opinion: Denial of Birth Control is Unconstitutional; Jewish Frat Vandalized • Letter to the Editor • Back-to-Back Champs • Sticking Together at Ursinus

The Grizzly, October 30, 2014, Rachel Brown, Yongshi Li, Olivia Frymark, Andrew Simoncini, Brian Thomas, Joao Angelotto, Andrew Mackin, Steve Valverde, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Allie Cook, Drae Lewis, Gerard Brown

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Board Announces National Search for New President • Residents Relocated After Fire • Clubs Host First Ever "Festifall" • Yik Yak Exposes Use of Fake IDs • Midterm Elections Approaching • Halloween Compared to Other International Holidays • UC Alumni Return • Viewers are Drawn to Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville • Student Interns at Disney World • Opinion: Must Halloween Costumes for Women be Sexy?; Occupy Movement in Hong Kong Persists • Local Athlete Stong Giving Field Hockey a Scoring Spark • Diving Into 2014-15 Slate • Seri-ously Good

U.S. And Spanish Newspapers And The Coverage Of The Land Campaign Of Cube In The Spanish-American War: June 7 - July 16, 1898, Tyler Wilson

Honors Theses

The Spanish-American War was a significant event in the history of the United States that initiated America’s imperialistic goals by spreading its economic and political influence in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and other overseas markets. In 1898, the U.S. saw its foreign and economic interests collide with Spain and its foreign policy in Cuba. This was an opportunity for the United States to expand and colonize areas of the world by challenging Spain and declaring itself as an emerging super power at the time.

The growth of journalism in the 1890s developed alongside America’s outward expansion by being the primary …

The Grizzly, October 9, 2014, Rachel Brown, Mark Branca, Deana Harley, Kristen Costello, Caitlin Tillson, Evan Hill, Sydney A. Dodson-Nease, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Olivia Z. Schultz, Steve Valverde, Charles Brodsky, Jordan Breslow, Dana Feigenbaum, Matthew Maldonado

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Jewish Holiday Sukkot Begins • "Life Chain" on Main Street • Reimert Courtyard Program Becomes Permanent • UC Partners with Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy • Students Plant on Green Roof • Students Respond to Yik Yak • Students' Campus Jobs • Dorian Gray Comes to Ursinus • History of Bomberger Memorial Hall • Opinion: Islamic State in Syria Conflict Heats Up; Military Strategies for U.S. Foreign Affairs • Local HS Star Running Well for Bears • Far-Away Runner Excelling for XC

The Grizzly, October 2, 2014, Rachel Brown, Bryce Pinkerton, Jaime Bocanumenth, Maxwell Bicking, Evan Hill, Caitlin Tillson, Kristen Costello, Lisa Abraham, Ayesha Contractor, Emily Duffy, Jordan Breslow, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Matthew Maldonado, Dana Feigenbaum

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC Responds to Drop in Ranking • Ragball Tournament Returns • Assault Addressed • Letter to the Editor • Sustainability Kicks Off • What's the CSCG? • New Art Professor Explains Why She Came to Ursinus • Scudera Adapts Oscar Wilde • Opinion: Curbing Your Enthusiasm; Voting in Mid-Term Elections is Important • Snell Cup Allows Team to Interact with Past Players • Digging In: Groff Leads Volleyball to Hot Start • Fresh Faces

Revolutionary Decade: Reflections On The 1960s, Booth Library

Booth Library Programs

Photo galleries and supporting exhibits can be found on the REVOLUTIONARY DECADE exhibit page.

Exhibit Dates

This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library September 9 - November 20, 2014

Empire's Children: Child Emigration, Welfare, And The Decline Of The British World, 1869-1967 (Book Review), Christopher Bischof

History Faculty Publications

Empire’s Children is far from the now well-worn tale of imperial decline. It locates the shifting fortunes of the child emigration movement at the heart of the reconfiguration of identities, political economies, and nationalisms in Britain, Canada, Australia, and Rhodesia. Though Britons eventually had to face the diminishing importance of Britishness as either a cultural or racial ideal in the eyes of even their settler colonies, on the whole the story of the child emigration movement’s shifting fortunes testifies to the malleability and resilience of Britishness.

Outbreak In Washington, Dc: The 1857 Mystery Of The National Hotel Disease, Kerry S. Walters

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

The National was once the grandest hotel in the capital. In 1857, it twice hosted President-elect James Buchanan and his advisors, and on both occasions, most of the party was quickly stricken by an acute illness. Over the course of several months, hundreds fell ill, and over thirty died from what became known as the National Hotel disease. Buchanan barely recovered enough to give his inauguration speech. Rumors ran rampant across the city and the nation. Some claimed that the illness was born of a sewage “effluvia,” while others darkly speculated about an assassination attempt by either abolitionists or southern …

The Impact Of Empire On Native American Women And Mothers, Rebecca J.M. Yowan

Student Publications

No one doubts that the colonizing forces of the dominant, Euro-American culture have had an extreme and enduring impact on Native American cultures. However, the specific impact that empire has had on Native American women is a salient topic for research. Drawing on examples of environmental degradation, stolen agency, and psychological suffering, this essay illustrates the numerous and distressing effects that the philosophy and practice of empire have had and continue to have on Native American women.

A Surgeon’S Duty, Andrew P. Carlino

Student Publications

Dr. Albert Gaillard Hall described a scenario in where he was tricked by his soldiers; “At our rendezvous, on three successive mornings, men reported sick, complaining of backache and headache, and with a very heavily coated tongue, but without other symptoms. Thinking it might prove an oncoming fever, I excused the first and second lots, and then saw that they were ‘old-soldiering the surgeon.’ Long afterwards one of the men explained the trick. The camp was surrounded by rose-bushes in bloom, and a liberal chewing of rose-leaves a little before sick call produced the effect I saw on the tongue. …

Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2014, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Terry Winegar, Colin Fong

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Life and work as a calling • A community reflects • A voice for excellence • Man on a mission • An impact far beyond the gateway • On call at the National Aquarium • To Uganda with love • The gentleman judge • Treating the whole person • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Events • Field notes: Fielding theories on baseball, big salaries and opportunistic behavior

The Grizzly, September 25, 2014, Rachel Brown, Ayesha Contractor, Deana Harley, Maxwell Bicking, Olivia Z. Schultz, Evan Hill, Andrew Mackin, Dysean Alexander, Jordan Dunnigan, David Slade, Dennis Shull, Steve Valverde, Mark Branca, Drae Lewis, Brooke Overly

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC OSOS Plans Events for Year • Memorial Honors Fong • Organic Farm Expands • Raphael Speaks on Campus • Externship Program Changes • Summer Fellows Profile: Dancing for Social Awareness • Adjusting to Another Country • Cooking at Ursinus College Made Easy • Opinion: Consumers Should Know What They're Buying; Bigfoot in American Pop Culture: Fact or Fiction? • Megan Keenan Leading the Way • Dual-Sport Athlete Shines • Fresh Start: Women's Soccer Looking to Rebound