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Pulaski County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Pulaski County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Pulaski County, Kentucky.


Pike County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Pike County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Pike County, Kentucky.


Oldham County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Oldham County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Oldham County, Kentucky.


Marion County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Marion County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Marion County, Kentucky.


Monroe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Monroe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Monroe County, Kentucky.


Montgomery County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Montgomery County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Montgomery County, Kentucky.


Madison County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Madison County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Madison County, Kentucky.


Mccreary County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Mccreary County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of McCreary County, Kentucky.


Marshall County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Marshall County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Marshall County, Kentucky.


Menifee County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Menifee County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Menifee County, Kentucky.


Nelson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Nelson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Nelson County, Kentucky.


Mclean County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Mclean County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of McLean County, Kentucky.


Mercer County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Mercer County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Mercer County, Kentucky.


Metcalfe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Metcalfe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Metcalfe County, Kentucky.


Meade County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Dec 2016

Meade County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Meade County, Kentucky.


The Modernization Of The Long Island Rail Road, Derek Stadler Dec 2016

The Modernization Of The Long Island Rail Road, Derek Stadler

Publications and Research

The history of Long Island embodies what public funding contributes to transportation infrastructure. The article contextualizes the Long Island Rail Road in American railroad history both as a private company and public service. Using the Port Jefferson branch as an example, it argues that state proprietorship was essential for modernization and that recent improvements proved to be a poor investment.


The Crisis At Fort Sumter: The Symbolic Monument That Transformed Northern And Southern Opinions During The Start Of The Civil War, Olivia C. Cabanban Dec 2016

The Crisis At Fort Sumter: The Symbolic Monument That Transformed Northern And Southern Opinions During The Start Of The Civil War, Olivia C. Cabanban

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Understanding the complexity of the Battle at Fort Sumter and the changing opinions of Northerners and Southerners acts as means of delving into the deeper roots of slavery, secession, and national discourse that laced our nation’s undeniable history. The first firings at Fort Sumter were the flashpoint of the entirety of the Civil War, triggering the four years of battle, death, destruction, and competing nationalisms that ensued between the North and South. Because the histories of the war—more specifically the battle of Fort Sumter—are biased because they are written from points of views laced with Confederate and Unionist undertones, comprehending …


Towards An Anthropometric History Of Latin America In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century, Amílcar E. Challú, Sergio Silva-Castañeda Dec 2016

Towards An Anthropometric History Of Latin America In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century, Amílcar E. Challú, Sergio Silva-Castañeda

History Faculty Publications

We examine the evolution of adult female heights in twelve Latin American countries during the second half of the twentieth century based on demographic health surveys and related surveys compiled from national and international organizations. Only countries with more than one survey were included, allowing us to cross-examine surveys and correct for biases. We first show that average height varies significantly according to location, from 148.3 cm in Guatemala to 158.8 cm in Haiti. The evolution of heights over these decades behaves like indicators of human development, showing a steady increase of 2.6 cm from the 1950s to the 1990s. …


Eleff On Katz, 'Bringing Zion Home: Israel In American Jewish Culture, 1948-1967', Zev Eleff Dec 2016

Eleff On Katz, 'Bringing Zion Home: Israel In American Jewish Culture, 1948-1967', Zev Eleff

Hebrew Theological College Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Reconciling The Past In Octavia Butler's Kindred, Haley V. Manis Dec 2016

Reconciling The Past In Octavia Butler's Kindred, Haley V. Manis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis uses the observations of Nancy J. Peterson on historical wounds as a springboard to discuss Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred and its use of both white and black characters to reexamine the origins of the historical wounds and why they are so difficult to deal with even today. Other scholarly works will be used to further investigate the importance of each character in the story and what they mean to the wound itself. Specifically, Dana is analyzed alongside the other main characters: Rufus, Alice, and Kevin. Though Dana’s relationships with these characters, Kindred’s version of the past can be …


Til Death Did Us Part, The Story Of The Health And Death Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mary E. Edgecomb Dec 2016

Til Death Did Us Part, The Story Of The Health And Death Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mary E. Edgecomb

Graduate Theses

The awe of celebrity, including presidents, creates the impression of beings who are larger than life, without the problems of the common man. Franklin D. Roosevelt, unbeknownst to many Americans, had significant health issues. These health issues predate his paralytic illness and worsened during his presidency. Efforts to maintain his image as the unconquerable president of the United Sates led to concealment of these problems and, in turn, negatively impacted his medical care. While most previous studies focused on individual health issues, this research will show a continuum of medical problems that not only impacted his presidency but also were …


Lower Prairie Creek Project Redwood National Park "Forest Owners", Susie Van Kirk Dec 2016

Lower Prairie Creek Project Redwood National Park "Forest Owners", Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

"This file addresses forest ownerships, using deeds, patents, and maps in the Humboldt County Recorder’s Office, Eureka Courthouse. Pretty boring to wade through, these records, nonetheless, document how the public domain of northwestern California—the ancient redwood forests—came to be concentrated in the hands of timber companies. ... Land in the Lower Prairie Creek Project area (plus much, much other forest lands) was obtained through fraudulent patents and deed transactions involving David Evans and his associates for transfer to Scottish investors and eventually to “legitimate” timber companies. The end result, of course, is that what once belonged to indigenous people and …


Initiating Race: Fraternal Organizations, Racial Identity, And Public Discourse In American Culture, 1865-1917, John D. Treat Dec 2016

Initiating Race: Fraternal Organizations, Racial Identity, And Public Discourse In American Culture, 1865-1917, John D. Treat

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Drawing on ritual books, organizational records, newspaper accounts, and the data available from cemetery headstones and census records, this work argues that adult fraternal organizations were key to the formation of civic discourse in the United States from the years following the Civil War to World War I. It particularly analyzes the role of working-class white and African-American organizations in framing racial identity, arguing that white organizations gave up older, comprehensive ideas of citizenship for understandings of Americanism rooted in racism and nativism. Counterbalancing this development, now-forgotten African-American fraternal organizations were among the earliest advocates of Afrocentrism. These organizations, form …


Kenton County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Kenton County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Kenton County, Kentucky.


Lawrence County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Lawrence County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place of Lawrence County, Kentucky.


Larue County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Larue County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of LaRue County, Kentucky.


Mccracken County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Mccracken County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names for McCracken County, Kentucky.


Jessamine County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Jessamine County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Johnson County, Kentucky.


Henry County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Henry County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Henry County, Kentucky.


Henderson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick Nov 2016

Henderson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Henderson County, Kentucky.