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Purchase, People, And Places: Murder And A Man Of The Cloth Jan 2024

Purchase, People, And Places: Murder And A Man Of The Cloth

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Purchase, People, and Places: Murder and a Man of the Cloth

Bobbie Smith Bryant


Book Reviews Jan 2024

Book Reviews

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Book Reviews

Bourbon's Backroads: A Journey Through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape

River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music: It All Equals Rockabilly, Part One

We Shall Conquer or Die: Partisan Warfare In 1862 Western Kentucky

Faith in Politics: Southern Political Battles Past and Present

Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce

Across the Kentucky Color Line: Cultural Landscapes of Race from the Lost Cause to Integration

Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri

Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace

Drowned Town

New Perspectives on Civil War Era Kentucky

The …


Floyd County - Community Oral History: The Town Of Martin, Chelsey Johnson, Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, Alan Whicker Jan 2024

Floyd County - Community Oral History: The Town Of Martin, Chelsey Johnson, Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, Alan Whicker

County Histories of Kentucky

Transcripts of oral histories conducted by Chelsey Johnson related to the town of Martin, Floyd County, Kentucky in January and February of 2024. Those interviewed included Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, and Alan Whicker.


The Power Of Polish: Exploring The Impact Of Nail Adornments On Perceptions Of Attraction, Sara Demichele Jan 2024

The Power Of Polish: Exploring The Impact Of Nail Adornments On Perceptions Of Attraction, Sara Demichele

Honors Theses

Understanding the significance of nail adornments in shaping perceptions of attractiveness and mate value provides insights into human behavior and preferences. In the current investigation, participants rated human nail length and color on physical attractiveness and partner desirability measures. Results revealed significant effects of nail length and color across different demographic groups. Medium-length nails consistently received higher ratings for physical attractiveness, cuteness, and partner desirability compared to short and long nails. White-colored nails were generally rated most attractive, while blue and black nails received the lowest ratings. Additionally, participants reported a moderate association between having manicured nails and feelings of …


Abrams, Sebastian B. - Volume 2, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Abrams, Sebastian B. - Volume 2, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Sebastian Basil Abrams family in Carter County, Kentucky.


Stamper, Andrew Jackson - Volume 3, Carter County Genealogical Society, Betty Stamper Wellman Jan 2024

Stamper, Andrew Jackson - Volume 3, Carter County Genealogical Society, Betty Stamper Wellman

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Andrew Jackson Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Andrew Jackson Stamper is the fifth child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Security, Stability, Or Both? Peru's Complexities In Detaining German Peruvians, Brissa Campos Toscano Jan 2024

Security, Stability, Or Both? Peru's Complexities In Detaining German Peruvians, Brissa Campos Toscano

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

The United States established internment camps during World War II, detaining families from Latin American Countries for national security, with a focus on German, Italian, and Japanese ethnicities (Roosevelt 1941). However, German ethnicity families living in Latin America who were taken to internment camps in Crystal City, Texas, are less visible in history, Jane Jarboe Russell’s book “The Train to Crystal City” made some of the internees’ stories more visible. I will contend that the principal reason for Peru’s collaboration in the U.S-Latin American Internment Program was to obtain economic, political and social benefits from the United States which would …


The Network For Autonomy: Development Of Early Black Voluntary Associations And The Progress Of The Black Community, Marc T. Williams Jan 2024

The Network For Autonomy: Development Of Early Black Voluntary Associations And The Progress Of The Black Community, Marc T. Williams

History Theses - Archive

This thesis centers around and attempts to answer the question: between the Revolutionary era and the beginning of the Civil War, how did some of the earliest local Black benevolent communities develop themselves over the course of their lifetime? Three Black benevolent societies established during the late eighteenth to mid nineteenth century period will be analyzed — the Free African Union Society of Newport and Providence Rhode Island, the Free African Society of Philadelphia and the New York African Society for Mutual Relief in Manhattan — to assist in answering this question. It follows the commonly held idea scholars have …


Making Up For Lost Time: The Historiography Of Ireland’S Great Famine, 1845-1852, Mikel Rand Inchausti Jan 2024

Making Up For Lost Time: The Historiography Of Ireland’S Great Famine, 1845-1852, Mikel Rand Inchausti

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I Synthesis Essay.............................................3

II. Primary Source Documents........................33

III. Textbook Critique.......................................44

IV. New Textbook Entry...................................47


“Because I Said So”: How National Leaders Use Rhetoric To Frame The Issues Of National Security And The War On Drugs, Saul Valle Jan 2024

“Because I Said So”: How National Leaders Use Rhetoric To Frame The Issues Of National Security And The War On Drugs, Saul Valle

History and Political Science | Senior Theses

In the preamble of the 2024 presidential election seasons in both the United States and Mexico, there has been an increase in aggressive outspoken expression by national leaders regarding how to best handle the issue of drugs and drug use across the Western hemisphere. These types of sweeping policies are often credited to President Richard Nixon, who on June 18th, 1971, initiated his “War on Drugs,” a global policy campaign intended to address the production, distribution, and consumption of the illicit drug trade. Existing scholarship on this topic has extensively analyzed the early years of the American war on drugs …


War, Remembrance, And Katýn:
How Public Memory Sites Affirm National Identity, Adele Partington Jan 2024

War, Remembrance, And Katýn:
How Public Memory Sites Affirm National Identity, Adele Partington

History and Political Science | Senior Theses

The nation of Poland had a well-established national identity based on its culture, religion, language, and history prior to its occupation by the USSR, but this identity was suppressed in the sixty years of Soviet control from 1939 to 1989. After achieving their independence, Poles reexamined their history and identity, in addition to choosing which aspects of Soviet history and identity to keep or do away with. This thesis examines the relationship between public memory sites in or about Poland and the affirmation of the Polish national identity after Polish independence from the Soviet Union in 1989. Building on the …


Conferring Prestige Within Irish Diplomatic Dining: Éamon De Valera At Dublin Castle, 1934-1940, Elaine Mahon Jan 2024

Conferring Prestige Within Irish Diplomatic Dining: Éamon De Valera At Dublin Castle, 1934-1940, Elaine Mahon

Articles

This article explores the use of the diplomatic meal to confer prestige within Irish international relations between 1934 and 1940 when Éamon de Valera was both President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and Minister for External Affairs. It examines how state hospitality evolved under de Valera’s leadership and how de Valera used the meal to confer varying levels of prestige, indicative of rank, status and provenance, on his guests of honour at Dublin Castle. The results would lay the foundation for further developments in state protocols for entertaining important visitors in preparation for Ireland’s growing international …


Baseball: A Vehicle For Exchange Between Two Complicated Global Powers, Cole W. Tully Jan 2024

Baseball: A Vehicle For Exchange Between Two Complicated Global Powers, Cole W. Tully

Honors Theses

Baseball, America’s “national pastime,” has a similarly prominent role in Japanese culture and the nation’s history. Since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, baseball at professional, collegiate, high school, and youth levels has become increasingly prominent within each nation. As baseball became increasingly central to each nation's social and cultural identities, it also began to play a critical role in furthering the nations’ bilateral relationship.

The paper explores various periods where baseball has influenced diplomatic relations, especially “soft diplomacy” and cultural exchange between each nation’s citizens. This includes baseball’s institutionalization into Japan’s education systems during the Meiji Restoration, as …


Publishing Power: A Historiographical Investigation Into Treatments Of American Slave Narratives, Maya Sachs Jan 2024

Publishing Power: A Historiographical Investigation Into Treatments Of American Slave Narratives, Maya Sachs

Honors Theses

The purpose of this project is to document and analyze the factors that contributed to periods of interest in, and literature/scholarship on, American slave narratives, with particular emphasis on the role of publishers and publication (or non-publication). The specific historiographical survey focuses on three distinct time periods: 1845 to 1929, the 1960s through the 1980s, and the 2000s through the 2020s, with the epilogue focusing on the most recent scholarship. I have chosen these time periods because they represent periods in which there were notable evolutions in the ways the narratives have been studied in America, many of which can …


“You Are Not Obligated To Complete The Work, But Neither Are You Free To Desist From It.” Richmond Jews In Social Activism Post Civil Rights, Tracy S. Herman Jan 2024

“You Are Not Obligated To Complete The Work, But Neither Are You Free To Desist From It.” Richmond Jews In Social Activism Post Civil Rights, Tracy S. Herman

Theses and Dissertations

For centuries, the Jewish people have faced expulsions, pogroms, massacres, and Propaganda. that runs so deep it would be like staring into an abyss. This oppression has motivated Jewish activists worldwide to fight back not only on behalf of the Jewish community but for many areas of perceived need. Jewish involvement in social activism in the U.S. has been particularly recognized by scholars of the labor and Civil Rights movements. This thesis is based on eighteen oral history interviews focused on social activism in Richmond, Virginia since the Civil Rights era. The author conducted these interviews in 2021, 2023, and …


The Loss Of German Culture In The German-Dominated South Dakota, Katelyn Winberg Jan 2024

The Loss Of German Culture In The German-Dominated South Dakota, Katelyn Winberg

Schultz-Werth Award Papers

In 2021, the United States Census Bureau estimated that there were 305,215 German-Americans living within South Dakota, making up 34.1% of the state’s population.1 Despite being the largest ethnic demographic in South Dakota, German culture impacts the state’s culture very little. For the most part, the only things that remain are some ethnic foods and the Lutheran/Catholic religion. The two World Wars caused voluntary efforts to suppress the German identity and resulted in legislature that successfully completed the effort. This German suppression also occurred in the state of South Dakota, despite still being heavily populated with proud German-Americans.


“Slaves Of The State:” The Exploitation Of Women Through Convict Leasing, Beth F. Newton Jan 2024

“Slaves Of The State:” The Exploitation Of Women Through Convict Leasing, Beth F. Newton

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


How World’S Fairs Conceive Of The Future During Times Of Turmoil, Mikayla Lauren Tilden Jan 2024

How World’S Fairs Conceive Of The Future During Times Of Turmoil, Mikayla Lauren Tilden

Honors Theses and Capstones

During the 20th century, the theme of World's Fairs in the United States broke away from previous World Exposition traditions and centered around concepts of progress and the future. This thesis investigates the conception of the future and the evolution of the World's Fair themes during times of economic and political turmoil at the Chicago 1933–1934, New York 1939­­­–1940, and Seattle 1962 World’s Fairs. In each instance, the fair’s organizers felt the need to respond to world events, which caused them to shift their initial focus from a local attempt to increase prosperity, to a national commentary on global conditions.


Stamper, Silviania "Silvia" Book 5, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, Silviania "Silvia" Book 5, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Silviania 'Silvia' Stamper Fultz family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Silvia is the second child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Stamper, Synthia Sue, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, Synthia Sue, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Synthia Sue Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Synthia is the third child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Stamper, William - Part 1, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, William - Part 1, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of William Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

William the eleventh born child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Stamper, John 16??-, Carter County Genealogical Society, Margaret M. Hayes Jan 2024

Stamper, John 16??-, Carter County Genealogical Society, Margaret M. Hayes

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the John Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

This John Stamper was born sometime in the 1600s. His son, also named John, was born in 1647, England and died in 1690, Middlesex County, Virginia. It is unclear when the senior John Stamper died, although it is presumed it was prior to 1702.


Stamper, Andrew Jackson - Volume 1, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, Andrew Jackson - Volume 1, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Andrew Jackson Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Andrew Jackson Stamper is the fifth child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Mcglone, Donald, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Mcglone, Donald, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Donald McGlone family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Donald's daughter, Mary Cesaria, was born circa 1861 and died in 1951.

The first relative that was found who was buried in Carter County was Andrew McGlone, who lived from 1746-1782.


Stamper, George W. - Volume 1 Part 2, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, George W. - Volume 1 Part 2, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the George W. Stamper Sr. family in Carter County, Kentucky.

George W. Stamper Sr. is the first-born child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Stamper, William - Part 3, Carter County Genealogical Society, Betty Stamper Wellman, Gladys Meyers Jan 2024

Stamper, William - Part 3, Carter County Genealogical Society, Betty Stamper Wellman, Gladys Meyers

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the family William Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.

William is the eleventh child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie' Stamper


Fannin, Nancy Jane, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Fannin, Nancy Jane, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Nancy Jane Stamper Fannin family in Carter County, Kentucky.

Nancy is the ninth child of John R. 'Pewter John' and Sarah 'Sallie Stamper'


Abrams - Misc. Volume 1, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Abrams - Misc. Volume 1, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Volume 1 of the miscellaneous genealogy of the Abrams family in Carter County, Kentucky.


Stamper, Stephen M., Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Stamper, Stephen M., Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Stephen M. Stamper family in Carter County, Kentucky.


Abrams - Misc. Volume 2, Carter County Genealogical Society Jan 2024

Abrams - Misc. Volume 2, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Volume 2 of the miscellaneous genealogy of the Abrams family in Carter County, Kentucky.