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Jack London's Heroes: A Study Of Evolutionary Thought, Roy W. Carlson

American Studies ETDs

The important thing, in terms of this study, is that evolutionary speculation had a popular audience and a relatively large audience. Not only did people who had never seen copies of The Origin of Species or The Descent of Man feel perfectly familiar with their contents and qualified to talk about them, but serious thinkers were reading scientific and pseudo-scientific books at an unprecedented rate. For instance, Spencer's books had a sale of 368,755 copies in the authorized editions in the United States between 1860 and 1903. The testimony of John R. Commons as to Spencer's popularity is well known. …

An Investigation Of The Validity Of The American School Intelligence Tests, Roger Alan Hofferth

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, George L. Moore, Edith Patterson, Nicholas Bervinchak, Russell S. Baver, Edna Eby Heller, Mary C. Kreider, E. Estyn Evans

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Tin: With Holes In
• Nineteenth Century Shooting Matches
• Dunkard Life in Lebanon Valley Sixty Years Ago
• Nicholas Bervinchak
• An Album of Etchings of the Pennsylvania Coal Region
• Corn Culture in Pennsylvania
• Rye Bread Lehigh County Style
• "Dutchified-English": Some Lebanon Valley Examples
• The Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival: A European Report

Letter From Harold C. Shank To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 18, 1961, Harold C. Shank

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Harold C. Shank addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 18, 1961. Within, Shank provides personal stories surrounding the holidays in Berks and Lancaster counties, including "Belsnickles," annual auctions, cherry trees and Santa Claus.

Note On Amish "Old Christmas", January 6, 1961, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten note on the reverse of a newspaper clipping from the Ohio Daily Record entitled, "'Old Christmas' Today Is Serious 2nd Holiday For Amish Residents Of Area", by Clif Bushnell and dated January 6, 1961. The note speculates about whether the Amish have always used this date or whether it was influenced by changes in the calendar.

The Wood-Pile, Robert Frost

James Hearst Documents

The poem The wood-pile by Robert Frost sent as a Christmas greeting in 1961. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason.

The Records Of The First Church In Boston 1630-1868, Volume 1, Richard D. Pierce , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

LISTS
Pastors and Teachers
Ruling Elders
Deacons
Meeting Houses

CHURCH RECORDS
VOLUME ONE
Admissions to Membership, 1630-1778; Church Discipline, Dismissals; Occasional Church Votes, 1630-1738
Church Votes, 1719-1785
Baptisms, 1630-1847 [1666]

Volume 1 of 3; contains baptisms through Sept. 25, 1666

Outline For An Article On Apple Butter, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten outline composed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated circa 1961. The list compiles various aspects of apple butter ranging from terminology and history to uses and appearances in rhymes and other literary forms.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 2, Samuel Preston Bayard, Walter E. Boyer, Robert C. Bucher, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Walter Ellsworth Boyer (1911-1960)
• The Meaning of Human Figures in Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art
• Meadow Irrigation in Pennsylvania
• Receipt Books-New and Old
• Pennsylvania Cave and Ground Cellars
• The Amish in Their One-Room Schoolhouses
• Collectanea

Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.

Pennsylvania Folklife Special 1960 Festival Issue, Don Yoder, J. William Frey, Edna Eby Heller, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Martha Ross Swope, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Plain Dutch and Gay Dutch: Two Worlds in the Dutch Country
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Displaced Dutchmen Crave Shoo-flies
• Hex Signs: A Myth
• Lebanon Valley Date Stones
• Antiques in Dutchland
• Antique or Folk Art: Which?
• Folk Festival Program
• Religious Patterns of the Dutch Country
• The Costumes of the Plain Dutch
• "Love Feasts"
• "Horse-and-Buggy" Mennonites
• The Courtship and Wedding Practices of the Old Order Amish

University Of Maine In Portland Commencement Program 1960, University Of Maine In Portland

Commencement Programs

The University of Maine in Portland program for Commencement Exercises. Held in Portland, Maine June 3, 1960. Commencement Speech given by Mr. Sylvester M. Pratt, Vice-president, Casco Bank and Trust Company.

Gorham State Teachers College Commencement Program 1960, Gorham State Teachers College

Commencement Programs

The Gorham State Teachers College program for the Commencement Exercises. Held in Portland, Maine June 3, 1960. Address given by Dean Francis S. Keppel, Graduate School of Education, Harvard College.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 1, Clarence Kulp Jr., Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Roy C. Kulp, John R. Mumaw, Amos Long Jr., John Cummings, Jane Keplinger Burris, Thomas R. Brendle

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• A Dunker Weekend Love Feast of 100 Years Ago
• The Peacock in Pennsylvania
• The Get-Togethers of the Young Amish Folk
• Church and Meetinghouse Stables and Sheds
• Abraham Harley Cassel - Dunkard Bibliophile
• Mennonite Folklore
• Springs and Springhouses
• Finishing Wooden Surfaces
• Early Funeral Notices
• Collecting Dialect Folk Songs

Letter From W. A. Weller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 28, 1960, W. A. Weller

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from W. A. Weller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 28, 1960. Within, Weller details the harmful consequences of working the farm on Ascension Day and Good Friday.

Letter From Lois Springer To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 16, 1960, Lois Springer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Lois Springer addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated February 16, 1960. Within, Springer inquires about an Amish bell she possesses in her personal collection and whether it found potential use in religious observations.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Long Beach Navy "Islanders", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Hill Air Base "Hornets", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. San Bernardino Valley College "Indians", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Compton College "Tartars", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Life Story Of Rev. O. H. Bond, O. H. Bond

Books and Other Holy Spirit Artifacts

This book tells the life story of Oscar H. Bond (1890-1957), an early holiness-Pentecostal leader in the Church of God of the Apostolic Faith (COGAF) denomination that was founded in 1914. Bond was a minister, evangelist, and publisher of the COGAF paper, The Apostolic Faith Messenger. (Also on the Digital Showcase). COGAF eventually established a headquarters in Tulsa and later in Ramona, Oklahoma. The Holy Spirit Research Center houses the an extensive archive for the COGAF denomination.

**Oral Roberts University was granted permission by COGAF to digitize and distribute freely this material on their behalf. No reproduction or distribution …

15eme Anniversaire, 1945-60; Les Petits Chanteurs Lewiston, Maine, Unknown

Sts Peter and Paul (SS Pierre et Paul, SSPP) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

The 15th anniversary of the Little Singers of Lewiston, Maine (1945-1960)

Programme Souvenir Du 50th Anniversaire De La Ligue Du Saint-Nom De Jésus De La Paroisse St. Pierre Et St. Paul (1910-1960), Ligue Du St.-Nom De Jésus

Sts Peter and Paul (SS Pierre et Paul, SSPP) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 50th anniversary of the Ligue du Saint-Nom de Jésus (League of the Holy Name of Jesus) anorganization affiliated with the Catholic Parish of Sts. Peter and Paul, Lewiston, Maine.

Accidentally On Purpose, Robert Frost

James Hearst Documents

The poem Accidentally on purpose by Robert Frost sent as a Christmas greeting in 1960.

Winter And Springtime: The Passing Of A Literary Generation In 1901, Kenneth R. Walker

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Notes From "Now And Then" Columns And The Devil In Bucks County, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten notes from a newspaper column and The Devil in Bucks County, compiled and transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1960. Within, Shoemaker details a variety of topics ranging from a character known as the "rag peddler" to an old verse from Dr. Thomas Wood's lecture book.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Phoenix College "Bears", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Letter From Robert A. Foster To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 21, 1959, Robert A. Foster

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Robert A. Foster addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 21, 1959. Within, Foster inquires about Shoemaker's potential help in composing an article on the topic of "bundling" for Woman's Day magazine.

Letter From Hubert Creekmore To Mittie Horton Creekmore (20 December 1959), Hubert Creekmore, Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore Collection

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: his holiday travel plans to Jackson, Mississippi for the holiday; update on the card sent from Chuck Shrader; delays in Grove Press shipping copies of his anthology.

Letter From Hubert Creekmore To Mittie Horton Creekmore (12 December 1959), Hubert Creekmore, Mittie Horton Creekmore

Hubert Creekmore Collection

Hubert writes from New York City to his mother in Jackson, Mississippi regarding personal and professional matters, including: enclosed book reviews; surmises why the publisher's shipment of the books had not yet reached Jackson, Mississippi; updates on his holiday shopping; wonders what high school students would think about his writing; his attendance at "Little Mary Sunshine" with Chuck Shrader; attendance at a concert with John Schaffner; dinner with Lehman Engel and seeing Peter Palmer; update on revisions to his Spanish translation.