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Full Issue Mar 2024

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The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

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Guilty By Association: Race And Religion In George Romney's 1968 Presidential Campaign, Matthew K. Steen Iii Mar 2024

Guilty By Association: Race And Religion In George Romney's 1968 Presidential Campaign, Matthew K. Steen Iii

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

In 1966, Republican Governor George W. Romney of Michigan was considered by many in his party, and among Democrats, to be a front runner for the 1968 presidential election. By March 1968, however, Romney dropped out of the race due to a lack of popular support. Several factors contributed to his unsuccessful campaign. Foremost was his wavering position on U.S. involvement in Vietnam coupled with his general lack of knowledge of foreign affairs. To a lesser degree, Romney's membership in The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave him a negative image in the press. Because the Church denied its …


Revolutionary Creations: Memory And Political Sentiment In Rural Zanzibar, Mark Troger Mar 2024

Revolutionary Creations: Memory And Political Sentiment In Rural Zanzibar, Mark Troger

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

On the northeast coast of the tiny island of Zanzibar lies a small village called Matemwe. About six thousand inhabitants are scattered among palm trees in dwellings that stretch across five miles of coastline. There is no electricity in the village and the road leading to town was paved just a few years ago. No one is sure about the origins of the local people, but there are accounts carried down by elders who remember the stories told by their ancestors. One story tells of Africans who came from the mainland and settled in Matemwe, originally calling it Mumni. They …


The Rites Of Women: The Continuity Of Gender Roles In Roman Religion, Ariel E. Bybee Mar 2024

The Rites Of Women: The Continuity Of Gender Roles In Roman Religion, Ariel E. Bybee

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

The second-centrury B.C. historian Aulus Gellius recounts the ceremony by which a girl was inducted into the cult of the Roman goddess Vesta in his Attic Nights. A maiden between six and ten years of age and of aristocratic birth was selected from among her peers by the drawing of lots. The chief pontiff took her by the hand and declared, "I take thee, Amata, as one who has fulfilled all the legal requirements, to be priestess of Vesta, to perform the rites which it is lawful for a Vestal to perform for the Roman people, the Quirites." She was …


Participants' Observations Of American Intervention In Siberia, 1918-1920, Daniel R. Smith Mar 2024

Participants' Observations Of American Intervention In Siberia, 1918-1920, Daniel R. Smith

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

By early 1918, the United States was deeply involved in the international politics of Europe's Great War. As the country's attention turned to Europe, Charles Love Flake left his pregnant wife in Arizona to go to Fort McDowell in California for military training. On May 13, he wrote to his wife about the difficulties of boot camp, "If it takes this grind to stop the Huns, I'm the boy that can do it cheerfully."1 On 22 June 1919, Charles Love Flake died from wounds received in active duty. His death happened long after the November Armistice, when most fighting had …


"Are They Our Enemies?" Delta Interaction With The Japanese-American Internment Camp At Topaz, Heather Pabst Mar 2024

"Are They Our Enemies?" Delta Interaction With The Japanese-American Internment Camp At Topaz, Heather Pabst

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

In the small town of Delta, in the barren desert valley of central Utah, a rare phenomenon occurred during World War II. For the first time, fresh seafood was available in chis land-locked town. The entrepreneurs were the Hoshiyama brothers, internees of the Japanese-American internment camp located just sixteen miles outside of Delca. The wartime internment brought more than just fresh fish co Delea. le provided an economic boom, a new rival for high school sports, a venue for incerculcural exchange, and much more. Sadly, it also unearthed some of the intolerance of the town. In many aspects, the reaction …


Reclaiming A Rich Heritage: "Because They Don't Make Wood Like They Used To!", Mary Alice Cannon Mar 2024

Reclaiming A Rich Heritage: "Because They Don't Make Wood Like They Used To!", Mary Alice Cannon

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

Railroad fans, history enthusiasts, or those who just like old things, sit back and relax! One no longer needs to search for musty old buildings to feel a part of the past. It is now possible to enjoy one's heritage while sitting in the comfort of one's home. In fact, one's own home might be made out of history. Such is the case in hundreds of homes and buildings throughout the United States that have been built from the millions of board feet of salvaged wood coming from a large part of railroad and United States history-the Lucin Cutoff trestle. …


Preface, Joni Poppitz Stimpson Mar 2024

Preface, Joni Poppitz Stimpson

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

A few years ago, at the beginning of my career as a history major, I first noticed The Thetean. While passing through the department lounge its cover caught my eye-its contents then surprised me even more. I still remember my amazement that a journal existed to publish the work of history students. I picked up a copy, took it home to read, and from chat moment on I have been hooked.


Front Matter Mar 2024

Front Matter

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

No abstract provided.


Coyotes, Tim Lacy Mar 2024

Coyotes, Tim Lacy

Appalachia

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William Preston Phelps And Mount Monadnock, David Crews Mar 2024

William Preston Phelps And Mount Monadnock, David Crews

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Three Of Hearts, Russ Capaldi Mar 2024

Three Of Hearts, Russ Capaldi

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Evolution Creek, Marcyn Del Clements Mar 2024

Evolution Creek, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Cryptogram, Robin Chapman Mar 2024

Cryptogram, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: Dark Places, Christine Woodside Mar 2024

A Peak Ahead: Dark Places, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Mar 2024

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the UTMB, by Doug Mayer; Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature, edited by Amber Wendler and Shaz Zamore; AMC's Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains, by Robert N. Buchsbaum; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Boston, by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O'Leary; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Washington, D.C., by Jennifer Adach and Beth Homicz; Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks and Trails, Volume II, edited by Dave Kyu and Ilyssa Kyu; …


Skyline Sketches: The Dog Bell, Michael Keck Mar 2024

Skyline Sketches: The Dog Bell, Michael Keck

Appalachia

A bear bell evokes bittersweet memories of a hiker’s deceased dog, Rufus.


Skyline Sketches: Their First Mountain At Ages 75 And 83, Julie Midura Mar 2024

Skyline Sketches: Their First Mountain At Ages 75 And 83, Julie Midura

Appalachia

A woman, 75, and her fiancé, 83, climb their first mountain.


Skyline Sketches: A Hiker Called Taps Plays "Taps", William Barrett Mar 2024

Skyline Sketches: A Hiker Called Taps Plays "Taps", William Barrett

Appalachia

A thru-hiker plays “Taps” on his bugle at Lakes of the Clouds Hut in the White Mountains.


News And Notes Mar 2024

News And Notes

Appalachia

A video promoting the Appalachian Mountain Club’s efforts to preserve the night sky wins an Emmy Award from the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in June 2023. AMC and the Conservation Fund join in purchase of the Barnard Forest in Piscataquis County, Maine.


In Memoriam Mar 2024

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Tributes to: John Edward Mullens, who died December 3, 2022, just after receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the Appalachian Mountain Club, which he served as a volunteer in many roles over many years; George DeWolfe, who died July 2, 2023 after a long career as a photographer that included many contributions to AMC projects; and Douglas W. and Mary Louise Backus Rankin, geologist and China historian who’d met working for AMC in the 1950s and who did mountain research together for years before their deaths in 2015 and 2020.


Alpina Mar 2024

Alpina

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges in late 2022 and early 2023 is a report of a record 479 permits issued for Mount Everest in spring 2023; seventeen died. In May 2023, climbers establish a new route on India’s Meru. Updates on Kristin Harila’s record time of completing all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in 2023. Three climbers establish a new route, Technicolour Superdream, on Alaska’s Mount Huntington. A new route on the East Face of Mount Dickey. German Jost Kobusch tackles a hard route up Denali. A new route by Czechs up Suru Peak in Nepal. An …


Accidents Mar 2024

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains from the start of winter weather in November 2022 until mid-April 2023. A detailed analysis of the events of Emily Sotelo’s solo trail-run of the Franconia Ridge, which ended in tragedy. A longtime engineer on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, Joseph Eggleson, died in a fall while taking a photo on Mount Willard. A man succumbs to hypothermia below Mount Lincoln. Two skiers triggered an avalanche on Wildcat Mountain that buried one of them for long minutes. Hikers get in trouble on Mount Chocorua relying on a trail app.


Letters Mar 2024

Letters

Appalachia

An appeal for old documents related to the history of ice-climbing, especially back issues of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Boston Chapter Mountaineering Committee newsletter, The Crux, and documents related to AMC’s New York Chapter Mountaineering Committee and notes from an AMC rock- and ice-climbing guidebook project in the 1960s.


The First Kinship: The Native American Relationship With Katahdin, John W. Neff Mar 2024

The First Kinship: The Native American Relationship With Katahdin, John W. Neff

Appalachia

An excerpt of the book Katahdin: An Historic Journey: Legends, Explorations, and Preservation of Maine’s Highest Peak, first published in 2006 by Appalachian Mountain Club Books.


Anticipation Is Half The Problem: Navigating 6,649 Reviews Of One Trail In Bryce Canyon, Elissa Ely Mar 2024

Anticipation Is Half The Problem: Navigating 6,649 Reviews Of One Trail In Bryce Canyon, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A hiker describes the evenly split opinions of thousands of people who’d posted online that they knew the best direction to travel the Fairyland Loop in Bryce Canyon.


Bushwhacking In The Mahoosucs: With A Compass And Laminated Map, A Patient Hiker Finds Magic, William Geller Mar 2024

Bushwhacking In The Mahoosucs: With A Compass And Laminated Map, A Patient Hiker Finds Magic, William Geller

Appalachia

An experienced backcountry adventurer describes the highlights of 22 trailless trips in New Hampshire and Maine from 1992 to 1994.


Early Encounters With The Underhills: Did They Know The Young Climber Was Jewish?, Steven Jervis Mar 2024

Early Encounters With The Underhills: Did They Know The Young Climber Was Jewish?, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

The latest in a series of climbing memoirs by the editor of Appalachia’s Alpina section gives a firsthand look at his experiences meeting climbers Robert and Miriam Underhill in the 1950s, and asks whether Robert Underhill, who had written several anti-Semitic letters in the 1930s and 1940s, knew the author was Jewish.


Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Smoke Report: Lamenting Fire, And The Behaviors That Help Cause It, Austin Hagwood Mar 2024

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Smoke Report: Lamenting Fire, And The Behaviors That Help Cause It, Austin Hagwood

Appalachia

The winner of Appalachia’s annual essay contest for emerging writers narrates his experience as a fire lookout in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho four years after the Gold Pan Fire burned 42,000 acres.


Finding Brave Blood Above A Raging River: A Via Ferrata Climb Vanquishes Fears In Colorado, Lisa Ballard Mar 2024

Finding Brave Blood Above A Raging River: A Via Ferrata Climb Vanquishes Fears In Colorado, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

An adventurer confronts her fears in Royal Gorge’s rapids and on the cliffs above.