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The Grizzly, April 7, 2016, Brian Thomas, Johnny Myers, Emily Jolly, Saki Murakami, Deana Harley, Rachel Dickinson, Sarah Hojsak, Tyler Arsenault, Phoebe French, Leighnah L. Perkins, Johnny Cope, Hunter Gellman Apr 2016

The Grizzly, April 7, 2016, Brian Thomas, Johnny Myers, Emily Jolly, Saki Murakami, Deana Harley, Rachel Dickinson, Sarah Hojsak, Tyler Arsenault, Phoebe French, Leighnah L. Perkins, Johnny Cope, Hunter Gellman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC Bikeshare Program Looks to Make Changes • UC to Hold First Disability Awareness Week in April • Course Registration Timeline • International Perspective: Cultural Approaches to Accepting Visitors and Foreigners • Update on Academic Affairs Office Change • Kaleidoscope Turns Ten • Poetic Start to Spring • Getting Down to Business • Opinions: Tuition Increase Goes Unexplained; Students Must Recognize Sexual Assault on Campus • Softball Makes Push for Conference Playoffs • Fresh Start


Naccs 43rd Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies Apr 2016

Naccs 43rd Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

¡Chicana/o Power! Transforming Chicana/o Activism, Discourse and Scholarship into Power

April 6-9, 2016

DoubleTree by Hilton


Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 2996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 2996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2996. Letter, 25 July 1841, of Oliver Hazard Perry Anderson to his sister Penelope Wingate, Frankfort, Kentucky, describing his arrival at Marseilles, France, his travel to Paris, and the sights there. A second letter, 18 September 1844, written from Frankfort, Kentucky to Penelope’s son Reuben Wingate in Louisville, Kentucky, describes a banquet in honor of ex-Governor Robert P. Letcher. Reuben’s sister Sarah adds a page asking Reuben for sundries, including marrow to treat her thinning hair, and refers to the birth of another grandchild to their father.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2016, Musselman Library Apr 2016

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2016, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library Receives 9/11 Commission Papers (Fred Fielding '16)

Library News

Digital Scholarship Fellows

From Paupers to Presidents

Fair Use Week

Reading About Race

Student Workers Save the Day (Nadia Romero Nardelli '19)

Life in the Fishbowl (Brittany Barry '17)

In Memory of Douglas R. Price; Former Aide to Eisenhower

Special Purchases

From the Piano Bench (Jay P. Brown ’51, Doug Brouder ’83, Julie Caterson ’84 and Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fiery)

Research Reflections: The Spirit of Gettysburg (Timothy Sestrick)

Gift of Art

Old Gettysburg Back to Thee (Jenna Fleming '16, Avery Fox '16, Melanie Fernandes …


The Unexpected Belle La Follette, Nancy Unger Apr 2016

The Unexpected Belle La Follette, Nancy Unger

History

Although the New York Times eulogized Belle Case La Follette in 1931 as perhaps "the most influential of all American women who have had to do with public affairs in this country," she faded quickly from popular memory.1 And when she is recalled, it's usually in relation to her husband and sons. This minimization of her own accomplishments began with progressive reform giant Robert M. La Follette famously calling her "my wisest and best counselor." He openly deferred to his wife's judgment throughout his storied professional life: as a district attorney, three-term congressman (1885-1891), lawyer (1891—1900), three-term governor of Wisconsin …


Alabama's Rocket City: Cotton, Missiles, And Change In Huntsville And Madison County, Christopher M. Young Apr 2016

Alabama's Rocket City: Cotton, Missiles, And Change In Huntsville And Madison County, Christopher M. Young

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Part Ii: Madison County's Doughboys: The Enemies: Germany And La Grippa, Jacquelyn Procter Reeves Apr 2016

Part Ii: Madison County's Doughboys: The Enemies: Germany And La Grippa, Jacquelyn Procter Reeves

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, Spring-Summer 2016, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Apr 2016

The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, Spring-Summer 2016, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Of Myth And Moo: Huntsville's Lily Flagg, Whitney Snow Apr 2016

Of Myth And Moo: Huntsville's Lily Flagg, Whitney Snow

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


From Hard Money To Branch Banking California Banking In The Gold Rush Economy, Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti Apr 2016

From Hard Money To Branch Banking California Banking In The Gold Rush Economy, Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

In Gold Rush–era California, banking and the financial sector evolved in often distinctive ways because of the Gold Rush economy. More importantly, the abundance of gold on the West Coast provided an interesting test case for some of the critical economic arguments of the day, especially for those deriving from the descending—but still powerful—positions of the “hard money” Jacksonians.


Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2016, Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Anthony Nadler, Leigh Woolston Karsch, Nicholas A. Scoville Apr 2016

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2016, Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Anthony Nadler, Leigh Woolston Karsch, Nicholas A. Scoville

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Melrose Center honors the global vision of alumnus and professor • Top chef • The future face of physics • Diplomacy rules • Where the love began • The last lecture • When in Rome • Meeting his match • Student achievement all day, all over campus • Lost and found • Life's a beach • The light at the end: What we learned from a campus health crisis • Unsung heroes: Emergency medical services • First person: Having heart • Burning question: Is there a resurgence of populism in the 2016 election and does the rise of social media …


A Gettysburg Snapshot: N. Stratton Street In 1943, Andrew C. Nosti Apr 2016

A Gettysburg Snapshot: N. Stratton Street In 1943, Andrew C. Nosti

Student Publications

This paper provides a brief examination of the east (odd) side of North Stratton Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during 1943. As N. Stratton was primarily a residential road, the examination focuses on the individuals' and families' connection with each other, the Gettysburg community, and the broader world.


Achieving Sourdough Status: The Diary, Photographs, And Letters Of Samuel Baker Dunn, 1898-1899, Robert Nicholas Melatti Apr 2016

Achieving Sourdough Status: The Diary, Photographs, And Letters Of Samuel Baker Dunn, 1898-1899, Robert Nicholas Melatti

History Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines Samuel Baker Dunn and other prospectors from Montgomery County in Southwestern Iowa who participated in the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896-1899. The thesis explores three min research questions: Why was there such an exodus of people to the Yukon from Montgomery County and the town of Villisca in particular? 2) How did Montgomery County citizens experience the Yukon Gold Rush and furthermore, what meaning did they attribute to the journey and the mining experience? How did they measure success? 3) What particular insights do letters, diaries, and photographs – and in particular Samuel Baker Dunn’s personal documents …


Parsons, James T., 1835-1875 (Sc 2990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2016

Parsons, James T., 1835-1875 (Sc 2990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text of letters (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2990. Letters of James T. Parsons to his parents, written during his service with the 17th Ohio Infantry. He details his regiment’s arduous marches through Kentucky, especially Boyle and Pulaski counties, and remarks on bad roads, picket duty, and high prices charged by the sutler. He criticizes Kentucky soldiers as both braggarts and cowards. In December 1861, he speculates on the “great Battle to come” at Bowling Green but, in hospital at Nashville in August 1862, doubts the prospects for victory over the South. He …


The Grizzly, March 31, 2016, Brian Thomas, Jay Farrell, Rachel Rhindress, Courtney A. Duchene, Naseem Syed, Lisa Abraham, Rachel Dickinson, Robert Rein, Abigail R. Wood, Tyler Arsenault, Bryce Pinkerton Mar 2016

The Grizzly, March 31, 2016, Brian Thomas, Jay Farrell, Rachel Rhindress, Courtney A. Duchene, Naseem Syed, Lisa Abraham, Rachel Dickinson, Robert Rein, Abigail R. Wood, Tyler Arsenault, Bryce Pinkerton

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Investment Club Back in Business • Politics Class Goes to NY for Model UN • UCSG to Hold Executive Elections • Q&A with President and VP Candidates • New Platform for Student Expression • Leaving Behind a Legacy • Opinions: "This Election is About You"; Advocacy on Issues You Care About • Acing the Competition • Neff Strives in Net


Prostitution And The Civil War, Anika N. Jensen Mar 2016

Prostitution And The Civil War, Anika N. Jensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

It was to my slight disappointment that I found out that the term "hooker," one of many referring to prostitutes (or, as they were called during the Civil War era, "public women), is not actually a play on the name of Joseph Hooker, the infamous and promiscuous Union general. Fighting Joe may, however, have helped elevate the term to its current popularity; after all, a certain red light district in Washington, D.C. was dubbed "Hooker’s Division." [excerpt]


Walter W. Tooley Papers, Walter William Tooley, Jesse Stuart, Mckell High School (South Shore, Ky.) Mar 2016

Walter W. Tooley Papers, Walter William Tooley, Jesse Stuart, Mckell High School (South Shore, Ky.)

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

MS038-2016


Liberty's Last Post Office: A Story Of A Gold Mining Camp In Washington State, Wesley C. Engstrom Mar 2016

Liberty's Last Post Office: A Story Of A Gold Mining Camp In Washington State, Wesley C. Engstrom

Works by Local Authors

There was once a large center of activity in the Swauk Basin of upper Kittitas County. The place is called Liberty. Liberty was once the most action packed place in Kittitas County. At least it was for a while after gold was discovered in Swauk Creek. Like many gold camps the place boomed and ebbed over the years. Unlike some other places it never quite went completely bust. It came close, and fortunately for some it didn’t. It still exists today as a living ghost town.

The Liberty story has been told before in various ways. This telling of the …


The Grizzly, March 24, 2016, Brian Thomas, Joe Iullici, Mami Shimanuki, Chi-E Low, Tyler Arsenault, Sarah Hojsak, Andrew Foronda, Leighnah L. Perkins, Emily Jolly, Johnny Cope, Bryce Pinkerton Mar 2016

The Grizzly, March 24, 2016, Brian Thomas, Joe Iullici, Mami Shimanuki, Chi-E Low, Tyler Arsenault, Sarah Hojsak, Andrew Foronda, Leighnah L. Perkins, Emily Jolly, Johnny Cope, Bryce Pinkerton

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Library Reveals Swank Database • Professors Find New Forms of Teaching • Presidential Election: How is Ursinus Involved? • Challenges of Studying Abroad: Work vs. Studying • U-Imagine Center to Host Symposium on Careers in Art • Slice of History: The Story of Marzella's and its Close Relationship with Ursinus College • An "Honorable" Mention • CAB Rolling Out New Events • Opinions: It's Always Sunny in Philly, But it's Too Far Away; Scoop on Classroom Conflict • Four Gymnasts Earn All-American Honors • Making a Splash


Sons Of Our Founding Fathers: Men Of Renowned Lineage And The American Civil War, Ryan M. Nadeau Mar 2016

Sons Of Our Founding Fathers: Men Of Renowned Lineage And The American Civil War, Ryan M. Nadeau

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Political dynasties have always occupied a strange spot within the democracy of the United States. Though the argument is frequently made that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant, and that it is only the ability of a person which propels them through society, it is foolish to ignore the effects that a name can have how a person is judged by society—for better or worse. In the decades following the Revolution, when the descendants and fortunes of the Founding Fathers were still easily identifiable, this was especially true. When you possessed a name like Washington or Adams while their …


The Death Knell For Jim Crow: How African-American Soldiers’ Experiences Abroad Impacted The Modern Civil Rights Movement, Richard J. Sipe Mar 2016

The Death Knell For Jim Crow: How African-American Soldiers’ Experiences Abroad Impacted The Modern Civil Rights Movement, Richard J. Sipe

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

This paper examines African-American soldiers’ experiences abroad in Europe during the Second World War and the occupation of Germany, and how these experiences affected their fight for Civil Rights on their return to the United States. The paper argues that the experiences of African-American soldiers in Europe, where they were free from Jim Crow Laws and treated with respect and equality by Europeans, created a new consciousness of equality that led to the demand for equal rights at home. The paper challenges traditional historical interpretations of the Civil Rights Movement by emphasizing the Movement’s international aspect. It accomplishes this by …


Durston, James Marion, 1920-2011 (Mss 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2016

Durston, James Marion, 1920-2011 (Mss 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 571. Letters of James M. “Brandy” Durston, a Bowling Green, Kentucky chiropractor and later a resident of Southaven, Mississippi, with copious reminiscences of people and places in Bowling Green. Includes material relating primarily to Durston’s church in Memphis, Tennessee.


Dorothy Sue Cobble Interview, Jennifer Thomson Mar 2016

Dorothy Sue Cobble Interview, Jennifer Thomson

Bucknell: Occupied

Jennifer Thomson, assistant professor of History at Bucknell University, interviews Dorothy Sue Cobble, professor at Rutgers University in the departments of Labor Studies and Employee Relations and the department of History. Thomson and Cobble discuss the feminism movements in the United States and the intersection of women's movements with labor and class movements. Cobble discusses grassroots activism, movements for equal rights and equal pay, and the changing objectives of feminists. Thomson and Cobble conclude by discussing contemporary issues and the historical precedent of affecting change at the state level.


Session D-4: From Guernica To Nuremberg: Teaching Human Rights Themes In Mid-20th-Century History, Peter Carroll, Eric Smith Mar 2016

Session D-4: From Guernica To Nuremberg: Teaching Human Rights Themes In Mid-20th-Century History, Peter Carroll, Eric Smith

Professional Learning Day

A critical turning point in modern warfare—aviation, civilian casualties, and population displacement during the Spanish Civil War and World War II—led to the Nuremberg Tribunals and UN Declaration of Human Rights, foreshadowing contemporary debates about bombing, drones, refugees/immigration, and interventionist foreign policies. This session will span World History and US History, drawing from free archival primary sources (graphic and textual) that reveal changing perceptions of warfare.


2016-03-04 Beautyville: Murder In My Family (Part 5), Lydia Justice Edwards, Eastern Kentucky Voice Mar 2016

2016-03-04 Beautyville: Murder In My Family (Part 5), Lydia Justice Edwards, Eastern Kentucky Voice

Robert S. Frasure Murder Trials

Part 5 of "Beautyville: Murder in my Family" by Lydia Justice Edwards published in the Eastern Kentucky Voice on March 4, 2016.


U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings On Korea During The 113th Congress 2013-2014: Overseeing Multifaceted Aspects Of Washington's Peninsular Interests, Bert Chapman Feb 2016

U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings On Korea During The 113th Congress 2013-2014: Overseeing Multifaceted Aspects Of Washington's Peninsular Interests, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Numerous U.S. government agencies are involved in developing and implementing U.S. policy toward Korean Peninsula events, trends, and developments. Those studying U.S. government policies toward this region need to pay particular attention to the role played by U.S. Congressional committees in this policymaking. Congressional committees are responsible for approving new legislation, revising existing legislation, funding U.S. government programs and conducting oversight of these programs. This work examines Congressional committee hearings and debate during the 113th Congress (2013–2014) and reveals that multiple Congressional committees with varying jurisdictions seek to shape U.S. government Korean Peninsula policy and that this policymaking covers more …


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 552. Personal and professional correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian. Includes ancestral and family correspondence and papers, photographs, and genealogical research on the Helm, Carson, Porter, Blakey and related families.


The Grizzly, February 25, 2016, Brian Thomas, Deana Harley, William Diciurcio, Leighnah L. Perkins, Tingyue Gong, Valerie Osborne, Tyler Arsenault, Briana Keane, Johnny Cope, Hunter Gellman, Bryce Pinkerton Feb 2016

The Grizzly, February 25, 2016, Brian Thomas, Deana Harley, William Diciurcio, Leighnah L. Perkins, Tingyue Gong, Valerie Osborne, Tyler Arsenault, Briana Keane, Johnny Cope, Hunter Gellman, Bryce Pinkerton

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Students, Faculty Talk About Changes to CIE • Community Celebrates Life of Michelle Buck • Community Comes Together During Norovirus Outbreak • Learning More About Housing • International Perspective: Differences Within the Classroom and Without • Double Trouble • The Woman Behind the Screen • Opinion: Advice on Studying Abroad • Men's Lacrosse Looks to Ride Dominant Defense to Another Record-Breaking Year • Porada and Polimeni Partner Together to Join 1,000 Point Club • Women's Swimming Three-peats


2016-02-19 Beautyville: Murder In My Family (Part 3b), Lydia Justice Edwards, Eastern Kentucky Voice Feb 2016

2016-02-19 Beautyville: Murder In My Family (Part 3b), Lydia Justice Edwards, Eastern Kentucky Voice

Robert S. Frasure Murder Trials

Part 3b of "Beautyville: Murder in my Family" by Lydia Justice Edwards published in the Eastern Kentucky Voice on February 19, 2016.


The Grizzly, February 18, 2016, Brian Thomas, Deana Harley, Courtney A. Duchene, Valerie Osborne, Jay Farrell, Johnny Myers, Hunter Gellman, Tyler Arsenault, Madelyn Franklin, Erin Mckinney, Bryce Pinkerton Feb 2016

The Grizzly, February 18, 2016, Brian Thomas, Deana Harley, Courtney A. Duchene, Valerie Osborne, Jay Farrell, Johnny Myers, Hunter Gellman, Tyler Arsenault, Madelyn Franklin, Erin Mckinney, Bryce Pinkerton

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Norovirus Sickens 200+ • Ursinus Remembers Dr. Richard King • Rainbow Resource Center Comes Back • Mid-term Recharge Created to Help Students Through Slump • Renowned Author Visits Campus • Quaker Group Formalizing • Activities, Meals and Deals for Students Without Wheels • From Bike Lanes to BWC • Opinions: Wismer Wasted by Health Code Violations; Admin Response to Illness Strikes Controversy • For Hot-Shooting Knowles, Injury Ends Season Early But Future Still Shines Bright • Norovirus Keeps Wrestling Team Away from CC Championships