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Hart County, Kentucky - Prescriptions (Sc 2279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Hart County, Kentucky - Prescriptions (Sc 2279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2279. Prescriptions written primarily by physicians practicing in Hart County, Kentucky and surrounding counties. Some are written on the physician's own form while others are written on the form of a local druggist or drugstore.


The Powerful Mythology Surrounding Bugsy Siegel, Larry Gragg Ph.D. Mar 2010

The Powerful Mythology Surrounding Bugsy Siegel, Larry Gragg Ph.D.

Occasional Papers

Journalists, authors, filmmakers, and historians have been interested in Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel for over six decades. Collectively, they have crafted a cohesive mythological narrative of Siegel’s life one focused upon “rags to riches” success and his contributions to the development of Las Vegas, Nevada. Most attribute to Siegel the inspiration for not only the Flamingo Hotel‐Casino, but also for the glamorous, classy, flashy resort city Las Vegas became after World War II. This paper describes the development of the myth since Siegel’s murder in 1947 as well as how it has been sustained.


The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2010

The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.


The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2010

The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.


The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2010

The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.


The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2010

The Shanachie, Volume 22, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.


Rhythms Of Rebellion: Artists Creating Dangerously For Social Change, Susan J. Erenrich Jan 2010

Rhythms Of Rebellion: Artists Creating Dangerously For Social Change, Susan J. Erenrich

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

On December 14, 1957, after winning the Nobel Prize for literature, Albert Camus challenged artists attending a lecture at the University of Uppsala in Sweden to create dangerously. Even though Camus never defined what he meant by his charge, throughout history, artists involved in movements of protest, resistance, and liberation have answered Camus’ call. Quite often, the consequences were costly, resulting in imprisonment, censorship, torture, and death. This dissertation examines the question of what it means to create dangerously by using Camus’ challenge to artists as a starting point. The study then turns its attention to two artists, Augusto Boal …