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Race, Sexuality, And Masculinity On The Down Low, Stephen Kochenash

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In a so-called post-racial America, a new gay identity has flourished and come into the limelight. However, in recent years, researchers have concluded that not all men who have sex with other men (MSM) self-identify as gay, most noticeably a large population of Black men. It is possible that a tainted history of Black enslavement in this country that is inextricably linked with ideas of space, surveillance, subversion, and survival inform a Black male’s self-identification as being “on the down low” (DL). This begs the question: What does mainstream society view as gay-ness and how is the DL constructed …

Powerhouse Chihuahua: Electricity, Water, And The State In The Long Mexican Revolution, Jonathan Hill Jr

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

State formation has for decades been a major analytical focus for historians of Mexico, especially during the armed Mexican Revolution (1910–20) and the “long” political and social revolution which continued for decades thereafter. Since the 1980s, the cultural turn in the humanities has produced groundbreaking works in the field and introduced a model of state formation framed around hegemony, subaltern agency, and the nation. While these reflect prevailing approaches, this dissertation joins more recent interdisciplinary work on Mexico in conversation with a ‘material turn’ in the humanities and social sciences. Focusing on the policy debates and infrastructural networks which attended …

The Grizzly, February 1, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Naseem Syed, Julie Krasutsky, Kevin Leon, Xichang Wu, Kim Corona, Paige Szmodis, David Mendelsohn, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Spring Semester Opens with "MLK Week" • Ursinus Community Questions Response to Bias Incident • Ursinus Announces Nursing Affiliation with Villanova • Tune in to "Tune Out" • Campus Safety Welcomes a New Family Member • Opinions: Student Calls for Change Regarding Racial Bias Incident; Ansari Allegations Can Help Colleges Communicate About Consent • Swim Team Travels to Florida, Impresses Against Villanova • Eight Straight Wins for Men's Hoops

Women’S Suffrage In American Art: Recovering Forgotten Contexts, 1900-1920, Elsie Y. Heung

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In 1920, women in the United States finally won the right to vote. The campaign for suffrage, which began in the 1848, with the first women’s rights convention held at Seneca Falls, NY, involved the efforts and enthusiasm of countless women who believed that they both deserved and needed the right to vote. This dissertation investigates the ways in which women artists both responded to and contributed to this divisive movement through painting and sculpture during the final decades of the campaign, when visual culture and propaganda played a crucial role in advancing the suffrage and anti-suffrage agendas. The literature …

Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 628. Letters of James McMillian Scott, a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Sarah Elizabeth “Ellie” Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky, written before and after their marriage. Frequently separated from his wife because of his work on his family’s Texas farm and his editorial positions on newspapers in Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas, Scott writes of his family, his social and religious activities, his Spanish-American War service, and his newspaper work. He is frequently resentful of local attacks on his reputation arising from unspecified indiscretions committed while living in Kentucky. Full-text scans of several Spanish-American War …

"How Mature Are We? The Enduring Legacy Of Martin Luther King, Jr.'S 'Beyond Vietnam' Speech", Kristopher B. Burrell

Publications and Research

This speech was given by Dr. Kristopher Burrell on January 15, 2018 at St. Paul’s Church — National Historic Site, Mount Vernon, NY.

Williams, Samuel J., D. 1864 (Sc 3167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3167. Letter, 31 October 1861, of Samuel J. Williams, 33rd Indiana Infantry, to “friend Lorinda.” From Camp Calvert in Laurel County, Kentucky, he writes of illness among the soldiers and of preparing the camp’s defenses. He also writes of a nervous sentry’s mistaking a tree stump for an intruder, two orders to prepare for battle, and the capture of two Confederates. The letterhead includes an engraving of a flag-bearing woman and the slogan “Onward to Victory!”

Bringing The Kingdom: Religious Women's Engagement In Social Reform In Minnesota From 1880 To 1920, Jennifer Anne Hornyak Wojciechwoski

Doctor of Philosophy Theses

The turn of the twentieth century was a time of great civic engagement in the United States. Women, in particular, were engaged in a variety of benevolent organizations. Much of the previous historical investigation on women’s reform activity has focused on the actions of white, affluent, mainline Protestant women in older and larger cities. Because of this focus on affluent Protestant women, historians have largely ignored other groups of women who were also engaged in reform efforts all over the country.

This dissertation examines four groups of religiously engaged women in Minnesota between the years 1880 and 1920 (immigrants, Roman …

"Theirs Is A Never Ending Job": Gender And Temple Forest Products Industries, 1945-1975, Meredith May

East Texas Historical Journal

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Ethj Vol-56 No-2

East Texas Historical Journal

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Archeological And Historical Investigations Of The Proposed 28.7-Acre Sweeny Hospital Tract, Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas, Jeffrey D. Owens, Eugene Foster

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by Berg-Oliver Associates, Inc. (BOA), on behalf of the Sweeny Hospital District, to conduct a cultural resources inventory survey and assessment for the proposed development of an approximately 11.6-hectare (28.7- acre) tract in Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas. The proposed tract consists of a largely undeveloped, lightly wooded parcel bounded on the north by County Road (CR) 524 (a.k.a. Main Street) and on the south by Stevenson Slough. The proposed project would involve the construction of a new hospital that represents a single-site replacement facility for an existing community hospital. The Area of Potential …

Cultural Resources Investigation Report Of The Proposed Longview Arboretum In Longview, Texas Gregg County, Texas, Michael Ryan, Victor Galan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Sphere 3 Environmental, Inc. (Sphere 3) and Deep East Texas Archaeological Consultants (DETAC) conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resources survey of an approximately 10.5- hectare (26-acre) tract of land on April 2, 2018 for MHS Planning & Design, LLC. Proposed development includes 1,255.8 meters (m) (4,120 feet (ft)) of trails 3.1 m (10.0 ft) wide with two bridges, three benches, and a boardwalk for the Longview Arboretum in Longview, Texas. The project area is located east of the Muade Cobb Convention Center, south of W. Cotton Street, west of The Green, and north of Highway 31. The land is owned …

Intensive Archeological Survey For The Bridge Replacement On County Road 279 At Kings Creek, Kaufman County, Texas, Jay King, Benjamin Morton

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on June 6–7, 2018, of a potential bridge replacement consisting of approximately 2.0 acres of new and existing rightof-way (ROW) along County Road (CR) 279 in Kaufman County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, the work was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must …

Intensive Mechanical Scraping Near The Mitchell Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas, Fort Worth District, Christopher Shelton, Steve Carpenter

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey in April 2018 of 0.22 acres of existing TxDOT right of way (ROW) adjoining the western side of the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe railroad located within the City of Fort Worth in Tarrant County. This survey was conducted in support of the proposed State Highway (SH) 183 improvements. Investigations included pedestrian survey and intensive mechanical scraping to assess the presence of or potential for unmarked extramural graves associated with the historic Mitchell Cemetery. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways …

Intensive Archeological Survey For The Bridge Replacement Project On County Road 1511 At Resaca Creek, Leon County, Texas, Dan Rodriguez

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on April 16–17, 2018, of a potential bridge replacement consisting of approximately 1.5 acres of existing right-of-way (ROW) along Farm-to-Market (FM) Road 1511 in Leon County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, the work was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply …

Intensive Archeological Survey For The Bridge Replacement On Farm-To-Market 1511 At Serasca Creek, Leon County, Texas, Mary Rodriguez

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on April 16–17, 2018, of a potential bridge replacement consisting of approximately 2.4 acres of existing right-of-way (ROW) along Farm-to-Market (FM) Road 1511 in Leon County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, the work was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply …

Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Proposed City Of Conroe Outfall Relocation, Montgomery County, Texas, Susan E. Butler, Steve Cummins, Todd L. Butler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Carollo Engineers, Inc. and the City of Conroe, Texas, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archaeological survey for the proposed City of Conroe Outfall Relocation project located southwest of the existing City of Conroe wastewater treatment facility in Montgomery County, Texas. The proposed project consists of the construction of a new pipeline and outfall structure within a 2,190-foot-long, 60-foot-wide corridor (approximately 3 acres in total), with potential depth of impact from 5 to 17 feet below surface.

Archaeological investigations were conducted in compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas (Texas Natural Resource Code, Title 9, Chapter …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of Boyce Lane At Harris Branch, Travis County, Texas, Dan Rodriguez, Steve Carpenter

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on February 23, 2018, of a potential bridge replacement consisting of approximately 1.5 acres of existing right-of-way (ROW) along Boyce Lane over Harris Branch in Travis County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, the work was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also …

Intensive Archaeological Survey Of The Proposed Casa Bella Estates Land Development Project And Data Recovery At Site 41bx2131, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Mary Jo Galindo, Katie Hill, Jacob I. Sullivan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

At the request of Matiraan, Ltd., Pape‐Dawson conducted an intensive archaeological survey with shovel testing and backhoe trenching of the proposed 37‐acre (15‐hectare [ha]) Casa Bella Estates residential development in compliance with the Historic Preservation and Design Section (Article 6 35‐360 to 35‐ 634) of the City of San Antonio (COSA) Unified Development Code (UDC). Based on the results of those investigations, the COSA Office of Historic Preservation (SA‐OHP) requested further work to mitigate the effects of the proposed development on a potentially significant archaeological site (41BX2131). Subsequently, data recovery investigations were accomplished at site 41BX2131. This report documents all …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of Farm-To-Market 148 In Kaufman County, Texas, Christopher Shelton, Steve Carpenter

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on January 4, 2018, of 58.7 acres along and between Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 148 and U.S. Route (US) 175 in Kaufman County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply with the Antiquities Code of Texas …

Intensive Archeological Survey: State Highway 34 At Kings Creek, Kaufman County, Texas, Mary Rodriguez, Chris Shelton, Steve Carpenter

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey on January 3, 2018, of 111.45 acres of existing right-of-way (ROW) along State Highway (SH) 34 at the Kings Creek in Kaufman County, Texas. As the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y); therefore, the archeological survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply with the …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of The Kegley Road Improvements City Of Temple, Bell County, Texas, Caitlin Gulihur, Ann M. Scott, David Yelacic

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The City of Temple has proposed the Kegley Road Improvements project where approximately 11,985 linear feet of Kegley Road, from Charter Oak Drive to Adams Avenue, will be expanded in southwest Temple, Bell County, Texas. The project engineer, Kasberg Patrick and Associates, LP, retained Terracon Consultants, Inc. to conduct a systematic, intensive pedestrian survey of the approximately 55-acre project area. Because the City of Temple, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, sponsored the project, the proposed undertaking is subject to compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas and oversight from the Texas Historical Commission. In addition, the survey …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of County Road 541 In Montague County, Texas, Christopher Shelton, Steve Carpenter

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on January 4, 2018, of 0.31 acre of existing right-of-way (ROW) along County Road (CR) 541 in Montague County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply with the Antiquities Code of Texas (9 Natural Resources …

A Phase I Cultural Resources Survey Of The Charlie’S Pasture Marina Project, Nueces County, Texas, Sarah Boudreaux, Jennifer Cochran

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Perennial Environmental Services, LLC (Perennial), on behalf of the City of Port Aransas (City), conducted an intensive Phase I cultural resources survey for the Charlie’s Pasture Marina Project (Project) located on Mustang Island in Nueces County, Texas approximately 1.0-mile (mi) (1.6 kilometer [km]) west of Port Aransas. Within the Project, the City plans to construct an approximately 16-acre (6.5-hectare [ha]) marina, which would include the excavation of an approximate 170.0-foot- (ft-) (51.8-meter- [m-]) wide channel entrance that would extend approximately 650.0 ft (198.0 m) from the shore into the Corpus Christi Channel. Commercial development is also planned for the upland …

National Register Eligibility Evaluation Of Sites 41fb280, 41fb281, 41fb304, And 41fb306, And Assessment Of Three Suspected Locations Of Kirks Point Cemetery, On Former Knight Plantation And Harlem Prison Farm Property, Fort Bend County, Texas, James G. Foradas, Rebecca Sick

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

HRA Gray & Pape, LLC, of Houston, Texas, performed eligibility testing on four archaeological sites (41FB280, 41FB281, 41FB304, and 41FB306) located on the Aliana Development in Fort Bend County, Texas. Supplemental archival, oral historical, and geophysical research to investigate Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery (Site 41FB281); three suspected locations of Kirk’s Point Cemetery; and to further understand modern Prison era landuse on the Aliana Development, which is part of the former Harlem (later B.H. Jester) State Prison Farm, was also conducted. This work was an outgrowth of earlier cultural resource management investigations associated with the Aliana Commercial and …

The Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessel And Vessel Sherd Assemblage From The Nawi Haia Ina Site (41rk170) In The Angelina River Basin, Rusk County, Texas, Timothy K. Perttula

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Nawi haia ina site (41RK170), translated as “Our mother dwells below” (Mooney 1896:1096) in the Caddo language, contains habitation features and midden deposits from an ancestral Caddo residential occupation, as well as a small and spatially discrete cemetery (Perttula and Nelson 2003). These deposits date, based on the OxCal calibration of 11 C14 dates, between cal. A.D. 990-1190, A.D. 1185-1270, and A.D. 1297-1410 for the midden area and the Feature 2 burial, and between cal. A.D. 1432-1527 (see Selden and Perttula 2013) for the two investigated burials in the cemetery. The small cemetery appears to be contemporaneous as well …

Site Significance Testing Report Of Site 41bp920 On The 140-Mile-Long Vista Ridge Water Pipeline In Bastrop County, Texas, Daniel Rodriguez, Brandon Young

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of VRRSP Consultants, LLC, and Central Texas Regional Water Supply Corporation (CTRWSC), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological significance test excavations at multicomponent site 41BP920 within the proposed alignment of the Vista Ridge Regional Water Supply Project (Vista Ridge) in Bastrop County. The Vista Ridge project will involve construction of an approximately 140-mile-long, 60-inch-diameter water pipeline from north-central San Antonio, Bexar County, to Deanville, Burleson County, Texas. The project will also include three pump station locations in Guadalupe, Bastrop, and Burleson Counties. The majority of the alignment will follow existing utilities and traverse undeveloped, agricultural parcels in rural …

Archaeological Investigations For The Proposed Mission County Park Tree Planting Project, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Antonio E. Padilla

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI), was contracted by the Bexar Heritage Program (CLIENT) to conduct archaeological investigations of two areas of Mission County Park in anticipation of the planting of 22 trees. The Mission County Park Tree Planting Project will be funded and managed by Bexar County, an entity of the State of Texas. As such, the project falls under the jurisdiction of Chapter 35 of the City of San Antonio Unified Development Code, as well as the Antiquities Code of Texas (Texas Natural Resource Code, Title 9, Chapter 191), by virtue of it representing a public undertaking.

The investigations …

Cultural Resources Investigations Of The Cps Energy Research Plaza Street Light Installation Project, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Rhiana D. Ward

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI), was contracted by CPS Energy (CPSE) to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey for the installation of 14 overhead street lights, approximately 3,285 feet (1,001 meters [m]) of underground cable, and associated pull boxes within the soon-to-be constructed Research Plaza right-of-way (ROW) in southeastern San Antonio, Texas. The new city street will connect the existing ROW of Research Plaza at Boyle Road to Corpus Christi Highway and South Presa Street within the Brooks City Base community. Investigations consisted of an intensive pedestrian survey with shovel testing of the entire 0.43-mile (0.69-kilometer [km]) stretch of new …

Cultural Resources Investigations Of The Brooks City Base Proposed Improvements Street And Drainage Project, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Jason M. Whitaker, Antonio E. Padilla

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI), was contracted by the Brooks Development Authority (CLIENT) to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of 34.95 acres at the southern boundary of Brooks City Base between the southern terminus of South New Braunfels Avenue and the western terminus of Lyster Road. This survey was in advance of the connection of South New Braunfels Avenue with Lyster Road, the improvement of 3,500 linear feet of the existing Lyster Road right-of-way, the installation of utility lines (telecommunications, underground electric, potable and recycled water), as well as surface grading, installation of culverts, and the construction of a …