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Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1936, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1936. Address given by Dr. Payson Smith.

Early American Costumes, Maryanne Jansky

Bachelors’ Theses

It shall be the plan of this thesis to present a careful and detailed discussion of the various articles of costume and their related accessories from the beginning of the American Colonies through the successive periods of development up to the period lmown as the Gay Nineties. There shall be no attempt made to determine the character of our ancestors from their dress; no attempt to determine what they were or what they did. The aim of the discussion will be solely to cover the periods of dress as represented by those groups of Americans most influential in the matters …

Death Of Charles E. Hearst

James Hearst Documents

An article from the Cedar Falls daily record reporting on the death of Charles E. Hearst, the father of James Hearst.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1935, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1935. Address given by Rev. Hilda Libby Ives.

Present Status Of Teacher Training Courses In Industrial Arts In Teacher-Training Institutions Belonging To The American Association Of Teachers Colleges, G. E. Nicholson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Mattie Palmer's Scrapbook 1935-1937, Mattie Palmer

Scrapbooks

Mattie Palmer attended Ward-Belmont during the 1935-1937 school years.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1934, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17 and 18, 1934. Address given by Dr. Bertram E. Packard.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1933, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 18 and 19, 1933. Address given by President Daniel L. Marsh.

The Shantung Revival, Mary K. Crawford

Books and Other Holy Spirit Artifacts

Mary K. Crawford compiled the testimonies of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the North China Mission in the Shangtug (Shangdong) province of China. The author calls it "the greatest revival in the history of Southern Baptists in North China." Testimonies include healing, manifestations of the Holy Spirit, radical conversions and signs and wonders. The revival occurred among the students of Shangtun Christian University and the regional Southern Baptist Churches. Includes several photos of the mission and participants.

The images of this book are copyrighted to the Holy Spirit Research Center and may not be reproduced in any form.

Programme-Souvenir: Vingt-Cinquième Anniversaire De La Paroisse Sainte-Marie (1907-1932), Paroisse Sainte-Marie

St Mary's (Ste Marie) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Parish of Saint Mary's in Lewiston, Maine.

September 21, 1932: To Geneva Cornell, Archives

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection – Letters

Letter to Geneva Cornell from Ohio State Teachers Retirement System; discussing her retirement package.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1932, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 12 and 13, 1932. Address given by President Livingston C. Lord.

A Survey Of Junior High School Literature Texts Based Upon An Evaluation Of Literary Characteristics, William R. Moore

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Part Of Tossed By Fortune Historical Novel, Rene J. Rousseve

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932, presents a portion of an original historical novel titled "Tossed by Fortune," set in colonial New Orleans and Louisiana during the 1760s. The narrative follows Louis de Montaigne, a young French Creole nobleman, and his family as they experience the political upheaval surrounding the transfer of Louisiana from French to Spanish rule under the Treaty of Paris.

The excerpt traces events from the arrival of news of Louisiana's brief reannexation to France, through the formal cession of the colony to Spain, …

Shadows Of The Long Ago Or Early Day History Retold, W. L. Fox

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed essay entitled, "Shadows of the Long Ago or Early Day History Retold", dating from circa 1932. The story is attributed to a Mr. W. L. Fox and obtained by Mrs. E. L. Esher. Within, the author tells the tale of Esther Dreibelbis and Henry Koch, providing an example of a courting practice involving quilting parties and grubbing bees.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1931, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 15, 1931. Address given by Rev. John C. Schroeder.

Eleanor Linebarger Scrapbook, Eleanor Linebarger

Scrapbooks

No abstract provided.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1930, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17, 1930. Address given by President Charles McKenney.

The Cat Who Went To Heaven, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Lynd Ward

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Winner of the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1931, this novel is the story of a struggling Japanese artist and his housekeeper who adopt a three-colored cat and how that affects their lives and fortunes. Commissioned to make a painting of the death of Buddha to be hung in the village temple, the artist imagines the various animals whose forms had been taken in the Buddha’s past lives and the generous deeds they had done, as the cat—auspiciously named “Good Fortune”—looks on with hopes to be included. Could a cat, from a species usually so proud …

Lewiston C.1930, Janelle-Paradis Family Collection (Scrapbook #9), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Assorted newspaper clippings of national news, local news, family events, obituaries, and wedding annoucements in Lewiston, Maine from the 1930's.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1929, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 14, 1929. Address given by Rev. James Gordon Gilkey, D.D..

The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman

Maine Collection

The Oxford Hills and Other Papers

by Charles E. Waterman

Merrill & Webber Co., Auburn, Maine 1929.

Contents: The Oxford Hills / Mansion and Man / Androscoggin Valley Paper-Makers / Gem Stones of the White Mountain Foot Hills / Andrew Cragie

Is Sex Necessary? Or Why You Feel The Way You Do, James Thurber, E. B. White

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Contents: The Nature of the American Male : A Study of Pedestalism • How to Tell Love From Passion • A Discussion of Feminine Types • The Sexual Revolution: Being a Rather Complete Survey of the Entire Sexual Scene • The Lilies-and-Bluebird Delusion • What Should Children Tell Parents? • Claustrophobia, or What Every Young Wife Should Know • Frigidity in Men • Answers to Hard Questions • Glossary

Two paragons of twentieth-century letters launched their publishing careers in 1929 with this wry and delightful book about sex and sexuality.

James Thurber (1894–1961) was a journalist, writer, cartoonist, and longtime …

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1928, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Baccalaureate Services and Graduating Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 17 and 19, 1928. Address given by President Mary E. Woolley.

Social Bias Of American Literature, Dorothy A. Gannon

Bachelors’ Theses

Literature is said to embody the best thoughts of the world, a knowledge and appreciation of which is the essential element of culture. It is influenced by whatever effects the thought and feelings of the people, the race, epoch, and surroundings.

The Negro In Literature, A. W. Arnaud

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis traces the development of the Negro in American literature from its origins in the spirituals through the flowering of the "New Negro" Renaissance of the early twentieth century. Arnaud opens by defining literature as the artistic record of a people's inner life and argues that Negro literary expression developed first through song, tracing the movement from oral spirituals through the early poetry of the enslaved and freed population toward increasingly sophisticated literary forms.

The thesis presents Paul Laurence Dunbar as the foremost early exponent of Negro poetry, examining his biography and his work in both classic English verse …

Charlotte Sanders 1928-1929, Charlotte Sanders

Scrapbooks

Charlotte Sanders attended Ward-Belmont during the 1928-1929 school years.

November 6, 1927: To Merriss Cornell, Archives, L. E. Smith

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection – Letters

Photographs sent to Merriss Cornell from L. E. Smith; features the Grand Canyon and a group of men.

20th Annual National Campmeeting To Be Held Here July 16 To Aug 16, Charles F. Parham

Parham News Paper Clippings

A clip from the July 11, 1927 Baxter Springs newspaper.

Some Aspects Of The Intellectual Poise Of George Robert Gissing, Glenn Orville Kelley

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Thls study, Some Aspects of the Intellectual Poise of George Robert Gising, had its inception in a course in The Novel, an Intepretation of Life, offered by Doctor Frederick A. Stuff in the summer session of the University of Nebraska in 1926. More narrowly, it began with that part of the course treating of the mode in literature known as realism. In one reference, Wilson Follett's The Modern Novel, was found the following statement relative to the novels of George Gissing, an author of whom the writer of this thesis had not previously heard.

"Hardly any parallel could show …