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Margaret E. Puckett, Interviewed By Melissa A St. Peter, Part 2, Margaret E. Puckett

MF144 Women in the Military

Margaret E. Puckett, interviewed by Melissa A St. Peter, November 2, 2001, at Margaret’s home in Bangor, Maine. Margaret talks about her entering the military, Women’s Army Corps, in 1973; being stationed in Fort Bragg, NC, where she was a Second Lieutenant; ending her career as a Lieutenant Colonel; being part of and helping with the desegregation of the army; issues with male respect toward female officers; the “growing pains” they all went through; the mentorship of younger women by the older; serving 1973 - 1993. Text: 22 pp. partial transcript. Time: 01:37:18. Photographs: p14537, p14538.

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Barbara Beal, Interviewed By Laura Wheaton, Part 1, Barbara Beal

MF144 Women in the Military

Barbara Beal, interviewed by Laura Wheaton, November 14, 2001, in her home in Ellsworth, Maine. Beal talks about joining the Army Nurses Corps in 1970; being stationed in Hawaii; being sent to Vietnam where she served until 1972; her rank of Lieutenant. Text: 15 pp. transcript. Time: 01:06:45.

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Barbara Beal, Interviewed By Laura Wheaton, Part 2, Barbara Beal

MF144 Women in the Military

Barbara Beal, interviewed by Laura Wheaton, November 14, 2001, in her home in Ellsworth, Maine. Beal talks about joining the Army Nurses Corps in 1970; being stationed in Hawaii; being sent to Vietnam where she served until 1972; her rank of Lieutenant. Text: 15 pp. transcript. Time: 01:06:45.

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Helen Burns, Interviewed By Lacey Stone And Ellen Geraghty, Helen Mae Burns

MF144 Women in the Military

Helen Mae (Saurman) Burns, interviewed by Lacey Stone and Ellen Geraghty, November 9, 2000, Bangor, Maine. Helen talks about joining the Army Nurses Corps in May of 1945; serving in Camp Lee, VA, Frederick, MD, Phoenixville, PA, San Francisco, CA and Yokohama, Japan. Text: 12 pp. transcript. Time: 00:34:36. Photographs: p14533, p14534.

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Dolores “Del” Hainer, Interviewed By Rebecca Pelletier And Elizabeth Fowler, Part 2, Dolores F. Hainer

MF144 Women in the Military

Dolores “Del” (Theriault) Hainer, interviewed by Rebecca Pelletier and Elizabeth Fowler, November 10, 2000, Hampden, Maine. Hainer talks about joining the army after World War II; her basic training in Camp Lee, VA; and being stationed in San Antonio, TX. Text: 34 pp. transcript. Time: 1 hour 17 minutes.

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Beth Parks And Colonel Mary Cady, Interviewed By Devida Kellogg, Beth Parks, Mary Cady

MF144 Women in the Military

Beth Parks and Lieutenant Colonel Mary Cady, interviewed by Devida Kellogg, August 25, 2002. Parks and Cady, on the Veterans Panel, speak of their experiences in the military during the Vietnam War era; reasons for enlisting in the military; society’s reactions to the Vietnam War; propaganda, including “The Green Beret” by Robert Moore and “The Ballad of the Green Beret” by Staff Sergeant Barry Saddler; Beth’s experiences in a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital); Beth’s participation in constructing an evacuation hospital; MK’s education and participation in the Army at the University of Kansas; the College Army Nurse and WAC Student …

Dolores “Del” Hainer, Interviewed By Rebecca Pelletier And Elizabeth Fowler, Part 1, Dolores F. Hainer

MF144 Women in the Military

Dolores “Del” (Theriault) Hainer, interviewed by Rebecca Pelletier and Elizabeth Fowler, November 10, 2000, Hampden, Maine. Hainer talks about joining the army after World War II; her basic training in Camp Lee, VA; and being stationed in San Antonio, TX. Text: 34 pp. transcript. Time: 1 hour 17 minutes.

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Ben Hall

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

Document is Ben Hall's hand written obituary. No dates listed besides his birthday and no mention of the church or cemetery he was laid to rest in.

Elton L. "Tweetie" Hall

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

It's a program for a tribute, no mention of a church or interment. There is also no mention of the date this tribute was held.

Tribute was held at Moraine Country Club

The Grizzly, November 2, 2023, Marie Sykes, Erin Corcoran, Amelia Kunko, Kate Horan, Colin Brier, Andrew J. Perez, Dominic Minicozzi, Adam Denn

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Homecoming Recap • Berman Receives Grant for Upcoming Exhibition • Midweek Meditation • Brave in Season: Jon Volkmer's New Novel is a "Damn Good Read" • Victims of Duty: Absurdism and Ambiguity • Diving All in on Troubles End Brewing • Weekly Crossword Puzzle • From North Carolina to Southeast PA: The Future of Ursinus Basketball • UC Cross Country Chasing History

Gladys Gordon Guess

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

Interment: Fogartyville in Bradenton, Florida.

No listed birthdate.

[Vet] Veterans Day 2023, Special Collections & Archives, Shannon Pensa

Library Display Posters

UTRGV Special Collections & Archives presents an an annual poster exhibit honoring the service and sacrifice of military service veterans of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

This year's digital poster exhibit features information about the historic changes in the U.S. armed forces as well as profiles for valley veterans, including: Richard E. Cavazos, Dr. Eloisa Tamez, Pedro Cano, Maria Osorio, Ruth M. Abney, Eugene Gutierrez, Angela Burton, Herbert Pike, and Edgar Hernandez.

Learn more about Special Collections & Archives resources on the history of military service in the Valley by visiting our research guide.

Wilbur Alfonso Glenn

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 26, 2023, Marie Sykes, Sidney Belleroche, Colin Brier, Erin Corcoran, Michael Nieves-Hoblin, Kate Horan, Charlotte Dilello

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

A Conversation With Dr. Gundolf Graml • Thinking Locally With UC Votes • Future Developments on Main • A Look Inside Art Club • Film Club Documentary • Opinions: A Divided Ursinus • Ursinus Women's Rugby Team Prepares to Tackle the Season Ahead • UC Field Hockey Doesn't Cut Corners in Victory Over Ranked Swarthmore

Casar Student Discussion Series: Should Cultural Artifacts Be Returned To Their Country Of Origin?, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

Student Debate Series - Launched in Fall 2023:

The Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) launched a Student Discussion Series in Fall 2023 semester, it is a student-led debate on a plethora of current hot topics. In this student discussion series, students play the role of delving into topics together to understand one another. This event is broadcasted on facebook live via the CASAR Facebook Page, where the entire record is still available to watch. Students passionately present their arguments in an organized manner, going back and forth between the two sides, and often students become excited about leading …

Street Index And Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889

Baist Atlas Indexes

Index created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.

Street Index For Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889 (Combined)

Baist Atlas Indexes

Combined index and atlas created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.

The Scramble For Africa And The Conquest Of The Congo, Adam Hochchild

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Adam Hochschild writes frequently about issues of human rights and social justice. The latest of his eleven books is American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, which won the Gold Medal for Nonfiction of the 2023 California Book Awards. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion. 1914-1918. His Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves was a finalist for …

American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, And Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, Adam Hochschild

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Book Talk

In American Midnight, award-winning historian Adam Hochschild reassesses the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor. American Midnight brings alive the horrifying yet inspiring four years following the U.S. entry into the First World War, spotlighting forgotten repression while celebrating an unforgettable set of Americans who strove to fix their fractured country showing how their struggles still guide us today.

The Medieval North And Its Afterlife: Essays In Honor Of Heather O’Donoghue, Siân Grønlie, Carl Phelpstead

Northern Medieval World

This book showcases the variety and vitality of contemporary scholarship on Old Norse and related medieval literatures and their modern afterlives. The contents of the volume reflect the range of current research on Old Norse and related literatures, featuring original work on Old Norse poetry and saga; related languages and literatures of medieval north-western Europe; and accounts of the afterlife of Old Norse in modern English literature.

Emarilla Anderson Boyd

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

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Joseph Nathaniel Brack

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2023-10-23, Homecoming Issue, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

George H. Taylor: From Colorado To The Pinnacle Of Black Baseball, Mark E. Eberle

Monographs

George H. Taylor was a Black baseball player born in Kansas but raised in Denver, Colorado, where he learned to play the game. From the 1880s to 1894, he played primarily for integrated teams in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, and Iowa, including minor league clubs in Aspen, Colorado and Beatrice, Nebraska. Taylor was also invited to play for otherwise white teams in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah after they saw him play on visiting teams from Denver. From 1895 to 1907, Taylor mostly played for Black teams in Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, including the Page Fence Giants, Leland Giants, and …

John Henry Lawrence, Ii

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

John_Henry_Lawrence_II.pdf - Funeral program for John Henry Lawrence, II

The Famine Foods Co-Op / Bluff Country Co-Op Oral History Project, Michael William Doyle

Famine Foods Co-op / Bluff Country Co-op Oral History Project

The Famine Foods Co-op / Bluff Country Co-op Oral History Project collects the oral narratives of people associated with the member owned, cooperatively run natural foods grocery store in Winona, Minnesota. The Project was launched in 2022 by Michael William Doyle, a founding member of the Co-op and a retired History professor, in commemoration of the Co-op’s 50^th anniversary year. It is endorsed by the Co-op’s board of directors and sponsored by Winona State University and the Winona County Historical Society.

This enterprise began as a buying club in spring 1972, inspired by the example of North Country Co-op …

Louella Wilson Brinson

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

Virtual Zoom meeting and graveside service and burial

Fogler Library Workshop: How To Do A Literature Review, Lindsay Decker

UMaine Video

This recorded online workshop, How to Do a Literature Review, discusses tools and strategies to help graduate students make literature searches more efficient, including strategic searching, organizational methods, and synthesizing information. Presented by Lindsay Decker, Fogler Library Science Reference Librarian, University of Maine, Orono.

Casar Public Lecture: Mapping The Journeys Of Enslaved People From Zanzibar To The Gulf, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

Part of the CASAR October lecture series and in partnership with AUC’s history department, this event featured guest scholar John Thabiti Willis, an associate professor of history at Clarendon College in Northfield Minnesota. For the last ten years Thabiti has dedicated himself to the study of African contributions to the history and heritage of pearling in the Gulf. In this event, AUC had the honor of listening to how Thabiti uses geographical information systems (GIS) to organize primary evidence gathered from manumission statements to analyze enslaved peoples journeys from Zanzibar to British political agents in Bahrain, Muscat, and Sharjah between …

The Chanticleer, 2023-10-12, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.