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Full-Text Articles in American Studies
Canal Boy To President 1881 Miller Ed.Pdf, Jon Miller
Canal Boy To President 1881 Miller Ed.Pdf, Jon Miller
Jon Miller
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Built Ford Tough: Masculinity, Gerald Ford's Presidential Museum, And The Macho Presidential Style, Dustin Jones
Built Ford Tough: Masculinity, Gerald Ford's Presidential Museum, And The Macho Presidential Style, Dustin Jones
Major Papers
In Cold War America, spanning roughly from 1945-1991, masculinity was in crisis. The rise of Communism and the Soviet Union had led to a fear of spies, infiltrators, and defectors known most commonly as the Red Scare. Americans were encouraged to be hyper vigilant in sussing out deviant behaviour. Alongside this scare came the Lavender Scare. It was suggested that homosexuals were deviant peoples and were therefore more susceptible to being turned Communist than their heterosexual counterparts. This led to a crisis of masculinity where even the smallest suggestion of femininity could lead to accusations of potential compromise, an effect …
Lorraine Grace Libby Bowdoin Interview, Susie R. Bock
Lorraine Grace Libby Bowdoin Interview, Susie R. Bock
Lorraine Grace Libby Bowdoin Papers
Lorraine Grace Libby Bowdoin, Gorham State Teacher's College '59. A Portland native, she attended King Middle School and Portland High School. Mrs. Bowdoin taught for several school districts during her long teaching career and advocated tirelessly for mental health and elder issues.
Lorraine Grace Libby Bowdoin's physical papers are expansive and cover her entire life and career, including items from her attendance at Camp Laughing Loon as a child and young teen, her school assignments from elementary through graduate school, photos of her family and friends, items from her run as a Maine house representative, and several meticulously organized scrapbooks …
The Evolution Of The “We Can Do It” Poster And American Feminist Movements, Reina Aguierre
The Evolution Of The “We Can Do It” Poster And American Feminist Movements, Reina Aguierre
McNair Research Journal SJSU
World War II created mass destruction and economic distress but was also responsible for creating new opportunities for women. The war had torn families apart and had altered family dynamics. The high demands of the wartime economy called for a reevaluation of American women’s roles in society. In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee to create a range of propaganda posters to encourage women to join the war effort.1 The most iconic was christened “Rosie the Riveter” and further popularized by Norman Rockwell. These images exemplified how the government …
Female Cyclists: Two Essays From The 1869 Hancock Jeffersonian, Paige Zenovic
Female Cyclists: Two Essays From The 1869 Hancock Jeffersonian, Paige Zenovic
Nineteenth-Century Ohio Literature
Paige Zenovic introduces and explains two nineteenth-century essays from the Findley, Ohio Hancock Jeffersonian on the subject of women riding bicycles from the time when they were first being introduced to Ohio.
“Jailed On The Charge Of Sodomy”: A Same-Sex, Interracial Marriage In 1888, Adam Yeich
“Jailed On The Charge Of Sodomy”: A Same-Sex, Interracial Marriage In 1888, Adam Yeich
Nineteenth-Century Ohio Literature
Adam Yeich explains and presents an Ohio newspaper report of a same-sex, interracial marriage in 1888 in Arkansas. This article includes the full text of the newspaper report, an introduction explaining its significance, and a bibliography.
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project 2017 Annual Report, Michael Nassaney
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project 2017 Annual Report, Michael Nassaney
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
In 2017, the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project (hereafter the "Project") continued its focus on discovering and sharing the history of Fort St. Joseph while emphasizing the importance of community partnerships. This was a logical theme for 2017 since the Project has long been a collaboration between Western Michigan University (WMU) faculty and students, the City of Niles, the Fort St. Joseph Archaeology Advisory Committee (see Appendix A), interested stakeholders, supporters, members, and community volunteers in the greater Niles area. In addition, the Project has embraced a community service-learning model to guide our field, laboratory, and outreach activities. Students learn …
Technology Then And Now 4: Hide Processing In The Fur Trade, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 4: Hide Processing In The Fur Trade, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Native Americans were the primary procedures of hides in the fur trade.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and Michael Worline.
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Technology Then And Now 6: Flintlock Muskets, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 6: Flintlock Muskets, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Flintlocks were imported from Europe and widely distributed in New France for hunting and warfare.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and Michael Worline.
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Technology Then And Now 1: Technology Then And Now, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 1: Technology Then And Now, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Archaeologists employ technology to learn how goods were made and used at Fort St. Joseph in the eighteenth century.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and …
Technology Then And Now 2: Glass Beads, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 2: Glass Beads, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
People at Fort St. Joseph used glass beads to embellish their appearance in the eighteenth century.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and Michael Worline.
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Technology Then And Now 5: Birch Bark Canoes, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 5: Birch Bark Canoes, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Birch bark canoes were a technologically-sophisticated means to travel and transport goods during the fur trade.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and Michael Worline.
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Technology Then And Now 3: Building A House In New France, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Technology Then And Now 3: Building A House In New France, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Fort St. Joseph buildings were constructed using Old World techniques and local and imported raw materials.
Technology Then and Now was developed by the students (Nicole Aquino, John Campbell, Patrick Dwyer, Abby Floyd, Jacob Kowalczyk, Allie Lewis, Amanda Owens, Brendan Sapato, and Callisto Wojcikowski) in the Museum Studies class (HIST 4080) at Western Michigan University under the direction of Professor Michael Nassaney. The research, contents, and design of the exhibit were made possible through the support and assistance of Christina Arseneau, David Brose, Mary Ellen Drolet, Joe Hines, Larry Horrigan, Cori Ivens, Erika Loveland, Meghan Williams and Michael Worline.
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