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Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3553. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the activities of the Estill County, Kentucky Republican Committee. Topics discussed include the election of Governor Edwin Morrow, assessment of post-World War I political sentiment, investigation of political campaign expenditures, party publications, and the coming 1920 election. Also includes a blank form for polling voters in the county school districts.
Norcutt, Ruth Annette, 1898-1921 (Sc 3530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Norcutt, Ruth Annette, 1898-1921 (Sc 3530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3530. Letter, 8 April 1918, of Ruth Norcutt, Henderson, Kentucky, written to her brother Gilbert during his World War I military service. She reports on various family and friends, on a local parade to promote Liberty Bonds, and on hearing wounded soldiers recount their experiences at her church. She expresses hope that Gilbert may return home soon, but refers to talk of President Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to accept a negotiated peace. The letter includes a note from “Claude,” an employee of Ruth’s father’s plumbing company, reporting on …
100 Years: The Death Of John Purroy Mitchel – New York City’S Boy Mayor, Keith J. Muchowski
100 Years: The Death Of John Purroy Mitchel – New York City’S Boy Mayor, Keith J. Muchowski
Publications and Research
The blog post focuses on the life and times of John Purroy Mitchel, the mayor of New York City during the First World War. Mitchel was active in the Preparedness Movement and eventually killed in a military training exercise in July 1918, six months after leaving office.
100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Member, Keith J. Muchowski
100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Member, Keith J. Muchowski
Publications and Research
This invited blog post explores the circumstances under Lindley M. Garrison resigned as President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War in February 1916.
Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis And The Coming Of Prohibition In America, Keith J. Muchowski
Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis And The Coming Of Prohibition In America, Keith J. Muchowski
Publications and Research
One of the most immediate reasons for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment was the Grain Crisis of the First World War. The shortage of this food staple enabled Temperance activists to advocate for limits on the brewing of beers and malt beverages. Herbert Hoover oversaw the Commission for Relief in Belgium during this period. Prohibition became law just after the Great War.
Lost Cause In The Oval Office: Woodrow Wilson’S Racist Policies And White-Washed Memory Of The Civil War, Jeffrey L. Lauck
Lost Cause In The Oval Office: Woodrow Wilson’S Racist Policies And White-Washed Memory Of The Civil War, Jeffrey L. Lauck
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
For the past several weeks, students all across the nation have opened up discussions on race relations on university campuses and in American culture at large. The latest battlefield in the fight for greater inclusion is Princeton University, where protestors from the Black Justice League staged a 32 hour sit-in at the president’s office. Princeton University, traditionally viewed as a bastion of progressivism and liberal ideology, is coming under fire for its reverence for perhaps their most famous graduate, President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson graduated from Princeton University Class of 1879 and served as president of the school from 1902 until …
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 (Sc 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 (Sc 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 685. Letter written from Sea Girt, New Jersey, by Woodrow Wilson, to John A. Turpin, Bowling Green, Kentucky, expressing thanks for Turpin’s letter and check for $1.00.
Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text of a scrapbook (click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Collection 257. Correspondence of Edmonson County attorney and Republican Party stalwart Charles E. Whittle, Senior; his political writings and speeches; partial manuscript of his Edmonson County history. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Whittle and several political cartoons drawn by him.
New Rhetoric, Old Practices: Combining Old And New Diplomacy In 1919, Natasha M. Leyk
New Rhetoric, Old Practices: Combining Old And New Diplomacy In 1919, Natasha M. Leyk
History Honors Projects
The idea of a "new world order" based on peace, justice and democracy is not unique to the post-Cold War era. President Woodrow Wilson utilized the same rhetoric when discussing the end of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Wilson's "new world order" provided a foundation to his conception of New Diplomacy. Yet 1919 was not the start of a "new world order" based on New Diplomacy. The Treaty of Versailles, negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference, became considered a harsh treaty that was not based on New Diplomacy. How did New Diplomacy fail in 1919, …
Jenkins, William Marshall, Jr., 1918-2002 (Sc 1748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jenkins, William Marshall, Jr., 1918-2002 (Sc 1748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1748. Unpublished manuscript, "Mr. Democrat," written by William Marshall Jenkins Jr. about the political career of Alben W. Barkley, former U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky and former Vice President under Harry Truman. Chiefly excerpts from his speeches and remarks made on the floor of the House and Senate.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 101. Photographs of celebrities that Morningstar, formerly of Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably used for promotional purposes. He was a booking agent for many notables who performed on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits in the early twentieth century.
Review Of "America's Great War: World War I And The American Experience" By Robert Zieger, Jennifer D. Keene
Review Of "America's Great War: World War I And The American Experience" By Robert Zieger, Jennifer D. Keene
History Faculty Articles and Research
This is a review of Robert Zieger's "America's Great War: World War I And The American Experience."