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3 Msu Students Charged In Burning Of Newspapers - Student Paper Carried Report On Sex Assault, Art Jester
3 Msu Students Charged In Burning Of Newspapers - Student Paper Carried Report On Sex Assault, Art Jester
Morehead State College Histories
No abstract provided.
2005 Cave Run Storytelling Festival Poster, Cave Run Storytelling Festival Committee (Morehead, Ky.), Morehead Tourism Commission (Morehead, Ky.)
2005 Cave Run Storytelling Festival Poster, Cave Run Storytelling Festival Committee (Morehead, Ky.), Morehead Tourism Commission (Morehead, Ky.)
Cave Run Storytelling Festival Posters
Promotional development poster for the Cave Run Storytelling Festival held on September 23 to September 24, 2005. Those performing included: Donald Davis, Bill Harley, Baba Jamal Koram, Mary Hamilton, Peter Cook, Judith Black, Antonio Rocha, and Syd Lieberman.
Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art In River, Chillicothe Gazette
Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art In River, Chillicothe Gazette
Indian Head Rock Project
An article published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Steve Shaffer's research on petroglyphs in the Ohio River.
Oral History Interview: Sergeant David Sias, David Sias
Oral History Interview: Sergeant David Sias, David Sias
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. David Sias was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He discusses: his experiences as a helicopter gunner and mechanic; very detailed information about his experiences in the service and the Vietnam War; a brief discussion of his education in West Virginia; some discussion of weapons; a brief discussion of the Iraqi War (Operation Iraqi Freedom?); some discussion of torture and corpse mutilation; and other topics.
Oral History Interview: Dennis Ray Johnson, Dennis Ray Johnson
Oral History Interview: Dennis Ray Johnson, Dennis Ray Johnson
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. Dennis Ray Johnson was a member of the United State Marine Corp and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He discusses: very brief information about his employment history before the war; how he was drafted and why he chose the Marine Corp; his military training; his experiences in the service and in the Vietnam War; his employment & his experiences after the war; other Vietnam veterans; stories about the South Korean R.O.K. Marines; some discussion of the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom?); politics; the Kennedy assassination; a story …
Oral History Interview: Larry Blackaby, Larry Blackaby
Oral History Interview: Larry Blackaby, Larry Blackaby
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. Larry Blackaby was a veteran in the Vietnam War. He discusses: detailed information about basic training; detailed information about his experiences serving in Vietnam; a brief section on snakes in Vietnam, including an anecdote; a story of how he almost died; his experiences as part of military intelligence; R & R (Rest and Relaxation); his family; and other topics as well.
Oral History Interview: Norris H. Mitchell, Norris H. Mitchell
Oral History Interview: Norris H. Mitchell, Norris H. Mitchell
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. Mr. Norris H. Mitchell was a sergeant and a Vietnam veteran. He discusses: his military training (including Officer's Candidate School); very detailed information about his experiences serving in Vietnam; the Tet Offensive; returning to the United States after Vietnam; his education; the important of cadence while moving troops; an anecdote about R & R (Rest and Relaxation) in the Dominican Republic; why he enlisted in the service; segregation and African Americans in the service; stories about jumps & jump school; as well as sections on napalm & Agent …
Great Expectations Greet Morehead's New President - Universally Liked In Tennessee Job, He Comes Highly Recommended, Lee Mueller
Great Expectations Greet Morehead's New President - Universally Liked In Tennessee Job, He Comes Highly Recommended, Lee Mueller
Morehead State College Histories
No abstract provided.
Canary In The Dark, Andrea Fekete
Canary In The Dark, Andrea Fekete
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
I began researching Appalachian culture in 1998. I wanted to tell a story about conflict and beauty while revealing my vision of who my people were/are. I strived to create a fiction not unlike poetry with realistic and minimalist features to give Appalachia the most accurate face possible as perceived by me through my own lens.
I wanted to explore the idea of beauty: Virginia’s (the main character) ideas about her beauty, her culture and other cultures. What is beauty? Who defines it? Can it be found everywhere? How? What does it look like when it is somewhere you wouldn’t …
Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee, Volume 2, Rowan County (Kentucky) Courthouse Preservation Committee.
Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee, Volume 2, Rowan County (Kentucky) Courthouse Preservation Committee.
Rowan County Histories Collection
Contains correspondence, surveys, reports newspaper clippings, and other records created or received by Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee of Morehead, Kentucky during the 1980s prior to the courthouse's renovation.
Russell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick
Russell County - Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick
County Histories of Kentucky
A historical survey of post offices and communities in Russell County, Kentucky.
Hillbilly: A Cultural History Of An American Icon, Anthony Harkins
Hillbilly: A Cultural History Of An American Icon, Anthony Harkins
History Faculty Book Gallery
In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "white trash"-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values of family, home, and physical production, and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life. "Hillbilly" signifies both rugged individualism and stubborn backwardness, strong family and kin networks but also inbreeding and bloody feuds. Spanning film, literature, and the entire expanse of American popular culture, from …
Vet Village And The G. I. Bill (Draft), Jack D. Ellis
Vet Village And The G. I. Bill (Draft), Jack D. Ellis
Morehead State College Histories
A manuscript written by Jack Ellis on the history of Vet Village and the early post-war years on the Morehead State campus.
The Hillbilly In The American Imagination, Anthony Harkins
The Hillbilly In The American Imagination, Anthony Harkins
History Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee, Volume 1, Rowan County (Kentucky) Courthouse Preservation Committee.
Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee, Volume 1, Rowan County (Kentucky) Courthouse Preservation Committee.
Rowan County Histories Collection
Contains correspondence, surveys, reports newspaper clippings, and other records created or received by Rowan County Courthouse Preservation Committee of Morehead, Kentucky during the 1980s prior to the courthouse's renovation.