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Writing At The Williamsburg Bray School?, Terry L. Meyers Nov 2015

Writing At The Williamsburg Bray School?, Terry L. Meyers

Arts & Sciences Articles

"I’ve become interested recently in whether writing was taught to the pupils in the Williamsburg Bray School. I had assumed all along that it was, and that the discovery of 40 some slate pencils at the Bray School Dig was confirmation of that.

I’d not been alone in my assumption about the teaching of writing, for the great majority of those interested in the Bray School have affirmed that the curriculum included writing..."


Artful Manipulation: The Rockefeller Family And Cold War America, Julia Kaziewicz Jan 2015

Artful Manipulation: The Rockefeller Family And Cold War America, Julia Kaziewicz

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

My dissertation, "Artful Manipulation: The Rockefeller Family and Cold War America," examines how the Rockefeller family used the Museum of Modern Art, Colonial Williamsburg, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection to shape opinions about America, both at home and abroad, during the early years of the Cold War. The work done at Colonial Williamsburg tied the Rockefeller name to the foundations of American society and, later, to the spread of global democracy in the Cold War world. The establishment of a new museum for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art collection in 1957 renewed the narrative that American …


The Life And Legacy Of Marie Couvent: Social Networks, Property Ownership, And The Making Of A Free People Of Color Community In New Orleans., Elizabeth Clark Neidenbach Jan 2015

The Life And Legacy Of Marie Couvent: Social Networks, Property Ownership, And The Making Of A Free People Of Color Community In New Orleans., Elizabeth Clark Neidenbach

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation recovers the life of Marie Justine Sirnir Couvent and the Atlantic World she inhabited. Born in Africa around 1757, she was enslaved as a child and shipped to Saint-Domingue through the Bight of Benin in the 1760s. In the tumult of the Haitian Revolution, Couvent fled the island, along with tens of thousands of Saint-Domingue inhabitants. She resettled in New Orleans where she eventually died a free and wealthy slaveholder in 1837. Although illiterate, Couvent left property to establish a free black school in her will. L'Institution Catholique des Orphelins Indigents was founded on her land in 1847 …


The Black Gothic Imagination: Horror, Subjectivity, And Spectatorship From The Civil Rights Era To The New Millennium., Mikal J. Gaines Jan 2015

The Black Gothic Imagination: Horror, Subjectivity, And Spectatorship From The Civil Rights Era To The New Millennium., Mikal J. Gaines

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Making The Bronx Move: Hip-Hop Culture And History From The Bronx River Houses To The Parisian Suburbs, 1951-1984., Kevin Waide Kosanovich Jan 2015

Making The Bronx Move: Hip-Hop Culture And History From The Bronx River Houses To The Parisian Suburbs, 1951-1984., Kevin Waide Kosanovich

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Corporate Person: How U.S Courts Transformed A Legal Phantom Into A Powerful Citizen, Zachariah J. Demeola Jan 2015

The Corporate Person: How U.S Courts Transformed A Legal Phantom Into A Powerful Citizen, Zachariah J. Demeola

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


African American Civil Rights Museums: A Study Of The R.R Moton Museum In Farmville, Virginia, Christina S. Draper Jan 2015

African American Civil Rights Museums: A Study Of The R.R Moton Museum In Farmville, Virginia, Christina S. Draper

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Members, Don't Git Weary": Max Roach, "Treme", And The Sound Of Resistance, Brian Edward Jones Jan 2015

"Members, Don't Git Weary": Max Roach, "Treme", And The Sound Of Resistance, Brian Edward Jones

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Understanding "Roadkill" Through An Animal Method, Linda Angela Monahan Jan 2015

Understanding "Roadkill" Through An Animal Method, Linda Angela Monahan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Inviting The Principle Gentlemen Of The City: Privacy, Exclusivity, And Food Complexity In Colonial Taverns, Lauren Elizabeth Gryctko Jan 2015

Inviting The Principle Gentlemen Of The City: Privacy, Exclusivity, And Food Complexity In Colonial Taverns, Lauren Elizabeth Gryctko

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.