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Cowboy Narrative - James M. Mooney, Sheldon F. Gauthier, James M. Mooney

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy James M. Mooney. Mooney was born in Abbeville, Mississippi, but moved with his father to Scurry County, Texas at a young age. Scurry's father established a ranch on Deep Creek. From a young age, Mooney rode horses and performed cowhand duties around the ranch. By age 13 he served as a full-time ranch hand, and by age 19 he was the "trail boss" for his father's outfit. In the interview, he describes …

Cowboy Narrative - John T. "Sad" Gardenhire, Woody Phipps, John T. "Sad" Gardenhire

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy John T. "Sad" Gardenhire. Gardenhire was born near Rockwall in present-day Rockwall County, Texas. He attended school until age 18, then worked as a cowhand for nearly thirty years. In his interview, he discussed the Civil War's effect on cattle ranching, stampedes, cattle drives, shootouts, rustling, and branding. He also describes and names several cowhands he worked with at the US Ranch in Stephens and then Baylor County. After retiring from ranching, he …

Cowboy Narrative - John M. Hardeman, Sheldon F. Gauthier, John M. Hardeman

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy John M. Hardeman. Hardeman, whose uncle, J. Baily Hardeman, was a signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence, was born in Robertson County, Texas. His father moved the family to Williamson County, between Round Rock and Taylorville (now Taylor). The majority of the interview consists of Hardeman reciting information about various families and public servants in the early days of Taylor. He discusses killings, shootouts, feuds, and court cases. He also briefly …

Cowboy Narrative - T. E. Hines, Woody Phipps, T. E. Hines

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy T. E. Hines. Hines was born in North Carolina and left home at 21 to become a cowhand in Texas. He describes being very inexperienced when he arrived at the NUT Ranch in Erath County. He later worked at the JR Longacre outfit, the LXL Ranch in the Texas Panhandle, and the KILL Ranch near Demming, New Mexico. He also discusses stampedes, branding, the differences between American and Mexican cowboys, and entering the …

Cowboy Narrative - Sam Jones Washington, Sheldon F. Gauthier, Sam Jones Washington

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Sam Jones Washington. Washington, an African American man, discusses his time working as a cowhand in the aftermath of the Civil War. He was enslaved from birth by Sam Young, and after emancipation worked as a cowhand on Young's ranch. Washington describes earning the nickname "Loopleg" thanks to his skill at roping and wrangling wild horses. He also discusses stampedes, songs, food culture, and cattle running, among other topics. Finally, he describes …

Cowboy Narrative - Edward E. Jones, Sheldon F. Gauthier, Edward E. Jones

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Edward E. Jones. Jones was born in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and was related to Comanche leader Quanah Parker. He describes his career as a cowhand, which began at age 15. He worked at various outfits, including the BO, JA, and Farmer outfits. The interview covers topics including horse riding, raids by rival outfits and Native Americans, horse racing, stampedes, and what the cowhands did for fun in their spare time.

Cowboy Narrative - Frank M. Baker, Sheldon F. Gauthier, Frank M. Baker

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Frank M. Baker. Baker discusses growing up in Hamilton County, Texas on his father's ranch and going to school for one week before members of the Comanche Nation raided the school. He went on to work as a cowhand, working on several ranches and cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. He describes life on the range, including cattle ranching techniques, food, tobacco use, and encounters between cowhands and local Native American tribes.

Cowboy Narrative - Tom Garrett, Woody Phipps, Tom Garrett

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy Tom Garrett. Garrett, an African American man, discusses his time as a cowhand on Tandy Ranch in present-day Fort Worth near Handley. He describes learning to ride at a young age and emulating every task his father (Frank Garrett) did, trail drives leaving from Fort Worth, and wild horse wrangling. He and his father left Tandy Ranch to sell stock, and Garrett's job was castrating the animals. When his father died, he went …

Cowboy Narrative - R. L. Burns, Sheldon F. Gauthier, R. L. Burns

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former sheep and cow herder R. L. Burns. Burns began herding sheep at the age of 9, and the majority of his interview is related to his time as a sheep herder at the Boatwright Ranch in Tom Green County, Texas. He describes herding methods, the lonely life on the range, and the relationship between herder and sheep dog. He served briefly as a cowhand on the Boatwright Ranch before quitting the range to …

Cowboy Narrative - John S. Davis, Sheldon F. Gauthier, John S. Davis

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy John S. Davis. Davis, born in Tennessee, moved to Hubbard, Texas - near Hill and Ellis Counties - in 1893 as a baby. In his interview, he describes the life of a cowboy, including herding cows, breaking wild horses for use on the range, training horses for specific purposes, food and cooking at ranches, stampedes and weather, and song lyrics. Davis also tells several anecdotes about his time working at the "Dash …

Cowboy Narrative - M. C. De La Flor, Woody Phipps, M. C. De La Flor

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a Cowboy Narrative, or Rangelore, interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with former cowboy M. C. De La Flor, of Fort Worth, Texas. In the interview, De La Flor discusses the differences between Mexican and American "cow punchers" or cowboys. He was raised on a Mexican ranch belonging to the Madero gang, near Parras in Coahuila State, Mexico. He describes fights between the Maderos and other local ranchers, including the Santos men. He also describes planting corn, training animals, breaking wild horses, and stampedes.

Automated Generation Of Short-Form Video Ads From Business Profile Data, Paolo Pigozzo, Elisa Paravidino, Daniele Conca

Defensive Publications Series

Businesses may face technical barriers to creating video advertisements, particularly for short-form platforms, due to the complexity of asset creation and the lack of resources. The disclosed method provides for the automated generation of short-form video ads by leveraging existing data from a business's public profile. The system can programmatically collect business information, including photos and customer reviews, and can utilize a machine learning model to analyze the reviews to identify value propositions. Based on this analysis, the system can select suitable photos and a corresponding video template to automatically generate a vertical video ad, which may include text overlays …

Linguistic Identity: An Ostensive Definition, Kiesha Martin

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation offers an ostensive definition of linguistic identity illustrated through historical and literary examples, lived experience, and even public policy. Linguistic identity consists of three parts: idiolect, dialect, and linguistic agency. The idiolect is a speaker’s personal identity. The dialect is a speaker’s social identity. Linguistic agency is the synthesis of both. This is an attempt to clarify the nature of the relationship between language and the self. Linguistic identity is an aspect of identity that has received scant attention in philosophy—even amidst the focus on language and linguistic analysis in this discipline. The objective is to bring linguistic …

Volume 48 Masthead

Seattle University Law Review

Volume 48 Masthead

Keynote Address: Community Over Constitution, Riddhi Mukhopadhyay

Seattle University Law Review

In this keynote address, Riddhi Mukhopadhyay challenges the veneration of the U.S. Constitution by highlighting its origins in exclusion and its continued failure to protect marginalized communities. Drawing from her experience in civil legal aid and gender justice, she argues that the Constitution was drafted to consolidate power among white, wealthy men and continues to reflect that legacy through racial, gender, and class-based inequities. While acknowledging the significance of constitutional amendments and landmark cases, Mukhopadhyay emphasizes that meaningful change has always come from community-led action, not top-down reform. Additionally, Mukhopadhyay calls on lawyers and legal advocates to center community, practice …

The Lost Child: A Critique On Transracial Adoption Rhetoric, Hallie Conyers-Tucker

Seattle University Law Review

Transracial adoption in the United States reflects a deeply rooted history of colonialism, cultural assimilation, and racial hierarchy, masked by rhetoric focused on the “best interest of the child.” The author critiques that rhetoric and traces how adoption practices and policies, both domestic and international, have evolved to reinforce systemic inequities. Through historical analysis of the forced adoption of Native American, Black, and Asian children, it reveals how the best interest standard has been wielded not to protect children but to uphold political and racial ideologies. The author argues that the prevailing adoption framework relies on child-saving and color-blind narratives …

A Global Reconstruction: Black Internationalism And The Human Rights Regime, Britta Redwood

Seattle University Law Review

Black American advocates for civil, political, and economic rights have long taken an internationalist approach and fostered connections with international organizations and transnational movements. This engagement has also been a generative force and played role in shaping international law. Beginning in the early years of the twentieth century, Black intellectuals and leaders, spearheaded by the NAACP and the UNIA, focused on human rights as a means for addressing and repairing the harms wrought by slavery, Jim Crow, and racism. From the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Genocide Convention, and the drafting of …

The Gap: Addressing The Missing Piece In HawaiʻI’S Anti-Discrimination Laws On Credit And Lending, Wendy Mun

Seattle University Law Review

This author addresses the significant gap in Hawaiʻi’s anti-discrimination laws, specifically the lack of explicit protections for LGBTQ+ individuals against credit and lending discrimination. Although federal laws like the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and recent interpretations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) extend some protections, they remain vulnerable to shifting federal priorities and interpretations. The author explores how other states, particularly California and Washington, have enacted robust statutory protections that clearly prohibit credit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. They argue that Hawaiʻi, despite its large LGBTQ+ population, must amend its credit protection laws to reflect …

The U.S. Drug Policy Hamster Wheel: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Seattle’S New Drug Ordinance, Hallie Conyers-Tucker

Seattle University Law Review

The author critically examines Seattle’s new drug ordinance using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to reveal how legislative language influences the policy's actual effect. Although the ordinance claims to prioritize diversion and community health, the use of permissive language such as “may” and “shall” grants broad discretionary power to law enforcement and undermines the stated intent. The author situates the ordinance within a broader historical context, highlighting how drug policy in the United States has consistently been shaped by racialized and stigmatizing narratives. Additionally, the author argues that meaningful reform requires reframing the discourse around substance use to support public health …

Something Concrete: How Labor Advocates Can Best Respond To The Ambiguity Of Glacier Northwest, Ateş Serifsoy

Seattle University Law Review

The Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in Glacier North-west, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. 174 (Glacier) marked a critical moment for workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the longstanding practice of Garmon preemption. Yet, initial fears of a significant rollback of workers’ rights, driven by sensational headlines, were met with an unexpectedly narrow Court opinion. This Comment examines Glacier’s implications for Gar-mon preemption and the right to strike. It offers the historical background of the doctrine of labor law preemption before Glacier; presents a detailed analysis of Glacier itself, including its …

Season 2 Episode 4: The Upsides, Sara Gras

Season 02

With all the negative coverage of sports betting – concerns about gambling harms, cheating scandals, bad behavior directed towards athletes – the casual observer to wonder why we ever wanted it in the first place or why state legislators continue to push sports betting forward. The reality is that the sports betting industry has benefits, both economic and social, that make it hard to quit.

Features excerpts of interviews with:

Matt Holt, CEO (former)
IC360

Prof. Marc Edelman, Law Professor, Attorney and Sports Business Expert
Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College

Jacob Coin, Executive Advisor   
San Manuel Band of …

The Nature Of Anthropogenically Driven River Drying: Spatiotemporal Causes And Consequences, Eliza Inez Gilbert

Biology ETDs

Streambed drying naturally occurs in over 60% of rivers and streams worldwide. Climate change and human regulation of surface and groundwater have increased drying in naturally intermittent systems and caused perennial systems to transition to intermittency, impacting water security, water quality, and biodiversity. To understand human-induced drying dynamics, we used 12 years of daily drying data along a 154-km regulated reach of the Rio Grande. We conceptualized river drying as a regime analogous to the natural flow regime paradigm and quantified drying magnitude, rate of change, and duration. Although linear models predicting drying magnitude and rate of change were uninterpretable, …

A New Exclusionary Rule To Protect Bodily Integrity And Discourage Pretext Stops, Josephine Ross

Seattle University Law Review

The author proposes a novel state-level exclusionary rule to reduce racial profiling and protect bodily autonomy during police encounters. The current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence fails to deter pretextual stops and frisks because the exclusionary rule often turns on officer fault and "good faith," allowing racially motivated practices to go unchecked. As federal rollbacks on diversity and data collection hinder efforts to track racial bias, the author argues for a statutory evidentiary rule that automatically excludes drug evidence found during (1) traffic stops, (2) pat-downs for weapons, and (3) consent searches, regardless of an officer’s intent or the legality of the …

Navahine V. HawaiʻI Dept. Of Transportation: The Keiki Will Lead Us, Catherine Smith

Seattle University Law Review

The author analyzes the landmark case Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, which culminated in the world’s first constitutional climate settlement. Catherine Smith, serving as an expert for the youth plaintiffs, situates the case within Hawaiʻi’s legal tradition of prioritizing children’s rights and intergenerational equity. She explores the evolution of children’s constitutional protections, contrasting Hawaiʻi’s progressive jurisprudence with the dominant adult-centric legal framework on the mainland. She critiques four recurring analytical missteps in U.S. courts that marginalize children’s interests and highlights Hawaiʻi’s public trust doctrine and cultural values, such as the Aloha Spirit, as models for addressing climate-related harms. …

House Finches Lose Feeding Preferences During Infection: Behavioral Changes With Implications For Pathogen Spread, Francis Edward Tillman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Foraging is a fundamental behavior that animals use to acquire food resources. Because these resources are critical for survival and reproduction, animals are often thought to forage optimally, maximizing resource intake per unit of time. While the foraging behaviors of healthy animals often align with such predictions, we know little about how or if these predictions hold true in sick animals. This is especially relevant when considering sickness behaviors, or changes in behavior that accompany infection and frequently include lethargy and anorexia, both of which may alter foraging decisions or ability. Because food resources often cause animals to aggregate, a …

Optimization And Model Averaging Of Histogram-Based Place Cell Firing Rate Maps Using The Point Process Framework, Murat Okatan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The firing rate of hippocampal place cells depends on the spatial position of the organism in an environment. This position dependence is often quantified by constructing spike-in-location and time-in-location histograms, the ratio of which yields a firing rate map. The purpose of this study is to present a new method for optimizing the spatial resolution of histogram-based firing rate maps. It is pointed out that histogram-based firing rate maps are conditional intensity functions of inhomogeneous Poisson process models of neural spike trains, and, as such, they can be optimized through model selection within the point process framework. The point process …

Comparison Of Stem Student Reflections Of Their Undergraduate Research Experiences: Cures Vs. Apprentice Model, Chazzidy Harper

Master's Theses

Undergraduate research is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice that promotes engagement and academic success in STEM. However, limited research has examined how different research formats, particularly course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) and the apprentice model, shape student experiences. This study investigates undergraduate research (UR) course characteristics and student reflections across STEM disciplines at Kennesaw State University (KSU), focusing on differences between CURE and apprentice experiences. A mixed-methods analysis was conducted on 809 student reflections and 169 course syllabi spanning biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, computing, data science, software engineering, and information technology, psychological science, and engineering. Demographic data …

Metabolic Consequences Of Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Analysis Of Their Role In Diabetes, Victoria S. Parma

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to grow globally, and more strategies are needed to combat this public health problem. Considering the link between sleep problems and risk of type 2 diabetes, the objective of this review is to discuss the experimental and epidemiological evidence underlying the link between sleep disturbances (such as insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea), and the development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, which are impairments that can eventually result in type 2 diabetes. In order to explore this, PubMed and Google Scholar were utilized to find pertinent peer-reviewed publications, reviews, and …

Characterization Of The Role Of Rsd-6, A Tudor Domain Protein, In Antiviral Rnai Pathway In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Krishna Prasad Dahal

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

RNA interference (RNAi) triggered by virus produced dsRNA intermediate offers robust innate immunity against invading viruses in plants, insects and animals. Caenorhabditis elegans has been extensively used as a model organism to study host virus interaction. Recently, a forward genetic screen identified RNAi spreading deficient-6 (RSD-6), a Tudor domain protein, as a key component in antiviral RNAi pathway against Orsay virus in C. elegans but its contribution in the pathway remained unclear. Here, we generated a rsd-6 null allele using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, crossed it with other known RNAi mutants and analyzed Orsay virus replication in them and in combination …

The 18s Rrna Methyltransferase Dimt-1 Regulates Lifespan In The Germline Later In Life, M Hafiz Rothi, Gautam Chandra Sarkar, Joseph Al Haddad, Wayne Mitchell, Kejun Ying, Nancy Pohl, Roberto G Sotomayor-Mena, Julia Natale, Scarlett Dellacona, Vadim N Gladyshev, Eric Lieberman Greer

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Specialized ribosomes help determine which proteins are synthesized, however, the influence of age on ribosome heterogeneity and whether dysregulation of this process drives organismal aging is unknown. Here we examined the role of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) methylation in maintaining appropriate translation as organisms age. In a directed RNAi screen, we identified 18S rRNA N6'-dimethyl adenosine (m