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Swiss American Historical Society Review

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Madame De Stael And Her Magnificent Salon At The Swiss Castle Of Coppet, Dwight Page Feb 2018

Madame De Stael And Her Magnificent Salon At The Swiss Castle Of Coppet, Dwight Page

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, one of the most influential Franco-Swiss writers of the nineteenth century, was the daughter of the prominent Swiss banker and statesman, Jacques Necker, the DirectorGeneral of Finance under King Louis XVI of France, and Suzanne Curchod, also of Swiss birth, who hosted one of the most popular literary salons of Paris during the late eighteenth century. Thus Madame de Stael was of direct Swiss descent . In addition, she had an intimate relationship with the Swiss Confederation throughout the entirety of her life, and she resided at her family's Castle of Coppet, near Geneva, for …


There Was Silence After Dawn: The Sinking Of The Wilhelm Gust/Off And Its Disappearance From History, Maren Johnson Feb 2018

There Was Silence After Dawn: The Sinking Of The Wilhelm Gust/Off And Its Disappearance From History, Maren Johnson

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Death was lurking beneath the surface of the sea in the form of a Soviet submarine which was slipping through the waves of the Baltic Sea . The men on the deck of the vessel glimpsed the lights of an ocean liner sliding across the icy water. The temperature of the water was be low freezing with snow falling, and the radar on the ocean liner was so cold it did not function .


Minutes And Report Feb 2018

Minutes And Report

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Back Cover Feb 2018

Back Cover

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Feb 2018

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Llano Del Tequisquita, Diseño 133, Glo No. 230, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Llano Del Tequisquita, Diseño 133, Glo No. 230, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Los Coches [SuñOl], Diseño 167, Glo No. 186, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Los Coches [SuñOl], Diseño 167, Glo No. 186, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Ojo De Agua De La Coche, Diseño 95, Glo No. 199, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Ojo De Agua De La Coche, Diseño 95, Glo No. 199, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Posolomi, Diseño 125, Glo No. 145, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Posolomi, Diseño 125, Glo No. 145, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


RíO De Santa Clara, Diseño 225, Glo No. 403, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

RíO De Santa Clara, Diseño 225, Glo No. 403, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


RincóN De Los Esteros (Berreyesa), Diseño 277, Glo No. 140, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

RincóN De Los Esteros (Berreyesa), Diseño 277, Glo No. 140, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Las Animas, Diseño 161, Glo No. 224, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Las Animas, Diseño 161, Glo No. 224, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Pala (White), Diseño 638, Glo No. 180, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Pala (White), Diseño 638, Glo No. 180, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Salsipuedes, Diseño 527, Glo 223, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Salsipuedes, Diseño 527, Glo 223, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Refugio De La Laguna Seca, Diseño 244, Glo No. 196, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Refugio De La Laguna Seca, Diseño 244, Glo No. 196, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Rincon De San Francisquito, Diseño 200, Glo No. 146, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Rincon De San Francisquito, Diseño 200, Glo No. 146, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Potrero De Santa Clara, Diseño 8, Glo No. 178, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Potrero De Santa Clara, Diseño 8, Glo No. 178, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


CañAda De Pala, Diseño 617, Glo No. 181, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

CañAda De Pala, Diseño 617, Glo No. 181, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Rinconada De Los Gatos, Diseño 386, Glo No. 192, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Rinconada De Los Gatos, Diseño 386, Glo No. 192, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


CañAda Del Corte De Madera, Diseño 306, Glo No. 551, San Mateo County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

CañAda Del Corte De Madera, Diseño 306, Glo No. 551, San Mateo County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Spanish or Mexican citizens for land located in Alta-California.

Hoffman Table of Land Claims Appendix, Reports on Land Cases, Vol. I, 1862, Ogden Hoffman – Index of land claims, in chronological order by Diseño number, made to the U.S. Land Commission for rancho land previously granted by the Spanish/Mexican governments in California.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work …


San Francisco De Las Llagas, Diseño 25, Glo No. 226, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

San Francisco De Las Llagas, Diseño 25, Glo No. 226, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Spanish or Mexican citizens for land located in Alta-California.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Quito, Diseño 276, Glo No. 187, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents. Feb 2018

Quito, Diseño 276, Glo No. 187, Santa Clara County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Santa Clara County

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the U. S. Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.


Ink, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University Feb 2018

Ink, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2017-2018 Women Innovators in the Performing Arts

Award-winning choreographer and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown brings her company and its irresistible energy to Peak Performances. ink, the final installation of her dance trilogy about culture, race, and identity, celebrates the rituals, gestural vocabulary, and traditions of the African diaspora while examining the culture of Black life that is often appropriated, rewritten or silenced. Using the rhythms and sounds of traditional African music mixed with blues, hip-hop, jazz, and swing, ink travels through time from the abolitionist movement to the Civil Rights struggle, from the Black Power movement to the emergence of hip-hop. Through self-empowerment, Black love, brotherhood, …


Art Infested Water, February 2018, Nova Southeastern University Department Of Performing And Visual Arts Feb 2018

Art Infested Water, February 2018, Nova Southeastern University Department Of Performing And Visual Arts

Department of Performing and Visual Arts Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Henry Setter: An Artist's Meditation On Song Of Songs, University Of Dayton. Marian Library, Johann G. Roten Feb 2018

Henry Setter: An Artist's Meditation On Song Of Songs, University Of Dayton. Marian Library, Johann G. Roten

Marian Library Art Exhibit Guides

Exhibit guide written by Father Johann Roten, S.M., about the works of Henry Setter.


What Does It Mean For The Husband When His Wife Keeps Her Own Surname?, Rachael D. Robnett, Marielle Wertheimer, Harriet R. Tenebaum Feb 2018

What Does It Mean For The Husband When His Wife Keeps Her Own Surname?, Rachael D. Robnett, Marielle Wertheimer, Harriet R. Tenebaum

Research Briefs

No abstract provided.


From Maroons To Mardi Gras: The Role Of African Cultural Retention In The Development Of The Black Indian Culture Of New Orleans, Robin Ligon Williams Feb 2018

From Maroons To Mardi Gras: The Role Of African Cultural Retention In The Development Of The Black Indian Culture Of New Orleans, Robin Ligon Williams

Masters Theses

After a three hundred year journey from the continent, African cultural retention remains at the core of the Black Indian masking tradition of New Orleans. Prior research from progenitors in anthropology and ethnomusicology, focusing on African cultural retention, include the ground-breaking ethnographies of Robert Farris Thompson, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Michael P. Smith, Margaret Thompson Drewel, Stephen Wehmeyer, Jason Berry and others, have established a solid foundation for research on African influences and retentions in expressive folk cultures, laying a firm foundation for this project. The author’s insider experiences within the Black Indian tradition are underscored by several …


Does The Test Work? Evaluating A Web-Based Language Placement Test, Avizia Long, Sun-Young Shin, Kimberly Geeslin, Erik Willis Feb 2018

Does The Test Work? Evaluating A Web-Based Language Placement Test, Avizia Long, Sun-Young Shin, Kimberly Geeslin, Erik Willis

Faculty Publications

In response to the need for examples of test validation from which everyday language programs can benefit, this paper reports on a study that used Bachman’s (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) framework to examine evidence to support claims made about the intended interpretations and uses of scores based on a new web-based Spanish language placement test. The test, which consisted of 100 items distributed across five item types (sound discrimination, grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and vocabulary), was tested with 2,201 incoming first-year and transfer students at a large, Midwestern public university. Analyses of internal consistency and validity revealed the …


Pathology In Pinstripes: The Diseases Of New York Yankees Legends, Michael E. Goltzman Feb 2018

Pathology In Pinstripes: The Diseases Of New York Yankees Legends, Michael E. Goltzman

Quill & Scope

In Cooperstown, New York, the halls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame are drenched in timeless jerseys, oil-stained gloves, and an array of tarnished bats donned by the heroes of the sport. While some of these idols ended their careers with a tip of the cap, carrying their achievements proudly, enshrined in statues and plaques, others may have not been so lucky. Like the myths of demigods, some heroes meet their demise too early. By providing innovative insight into the lives outside of the baseball diamond of some of the most prolific baseball players of America’s pastime, this exploration …