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Gatsby And Jazz: One Coin, Two Sides, Sally Van Der Graaff

2011 Awards for Excellence in Student Research & Creative Activity - Documents

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Toni Morrison's JAZZ both tell the story of the American 1920s, but from opposite points of view. Fitzgerald and Morrison offer two compelling narratives of the societal shift that took place in post-World War 1-era America, but although the accounts share the same general topic and historical era, it is otherwise difficult to reconcile the two American portraits that have been painted. It is as though the two authors are giving a description of the same coin, but one describes the front and the other describes the back. To the white population this …

Moving Through Fear: A Conversation With Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Jennifer L. Fabbi, Amy L. Johnson

Library Faculty Research

Prior to its release in August 2010, Susan Campbell Bartoletti's newest book, They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group (2010), received an incredibly positive response in the form of starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Horn Book, and Kirkus Reviews. Through her impeccable research and ability to weave a compelling story out of the place "where darkness and light smack up against each other" (Bartoletti & Zusak, 2008), she has made it possible for children and young adults to access and understand the horror of the Third Reich …

Keeping History Alive: David Mccullough And The Debate Between Popular And Academic History, James R. Allen

History

The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between academic history and popular history through David McCullough, one of the most successful popular history writers. It attempts to reconcile the schism between the two schools of thought, and provide a middle ground where each can stand.

Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

At Home In The City: Urban Domesticity In American Literature And Culture, 1850-1930, Elizabeth Klima

University of New Hampshire Press: Open Access Books

An interdisciplinary study of urban literature and domestic architecture in the United States from 1850-1930. With chapters on the hotel, Central Park, tenement houses, and apartment buildings, At Home in the City juxtaposes literary criticism with a history of the built environment to show the inception of American modernity. Works treated include: The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern, The Bostonians by Henry James, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist urban utopias, and Nella Larsen's Quicksand.

Hooks, Malinda (Cunningham), 1853-1948 (Sc 1440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1440. "Recollections and Thoughts", 1930, written for her family by Malinda Hooks, Trigg County, Kentucky. She writes of her childhood, family, and the Civil War. Includes her poetry and two unidentified photographs.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Brooks, Lynnette and Cindy Calisi. The Effect of Selenium Supplementation on the Immune Response of Mice with Experimental Chagas' Disease
• Hildreth, John. Teasing the Muse
• Jenkins, Rhonda. Steinbeck's Portraits of Prostitutes: Progression of an Author's Vision
• Kirkham, Michelle. The Prenatal Use of Crack Cocaine: How It Affects Children and How Schools Can Respond
• Gibson, Jeanette and Juli McCay. Circadian Rhythm of Brain GABA Levels in the Cockroach, Leucophaea Maderae
• Patterson, Dana. Home Schooling …

Granville Hicks And The Small Town, Leah Levenson, Jerry Natterstad

The Courier

This article tells the story of Granville Hicks' life, especially his life during the 1940s, revealed through journals that are now held in Syracuse University's Special Collections. The author was famously a Marxist critic and member of the Communist party during the 1930s, before defecting in 1939 due to the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. He then somewhat retreated from intellectual life to become a member of a small community in Grafton, New York, closer to his rural upbringing. He struggled to try to better the small community in areas of civic institutions and racial prejudice, seeing Grafton as a microcosm of …

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, April 16, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes the recent loss of inspiration while working on her novel, but speaks of her plans to push forward in writing. Linda updates John about life at home during the spring and her plans for the farm.

Letter From Christopher Lasch To Linda Grace Hoyer, April 13, 1951, Christopher Lasch

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from John Updike's roommate, Christopher Lasch, to Linda Grace Hoyer, Christopher thanks Linda for her kindness during a visit to Plowville over the spring vacation. Christopher also provides his opinion of the Dear Juan novel.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, April 9, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John about life at home after his visit on spring break. Linda describes the sadness she feels from missing John's presence, and hopes he and Christopher Lasch enjoyed their stay.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 22, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John on her progress with the novel and wonders how her husband will spend his time at home during break. She also speculates about John's class rank at Harvard.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 19, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes plans for John to visit with the Greenwich Updikes during spring break. She also comments on John's school work, discussing philosophies of education and happiness.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 16, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda inquires about John's plans for spring break and warns him not to accept charity from the Greenwich Updikes. She also praises John for his exam grades.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 14, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda wishes John a happy birthday and updates him on the expected arrival of his cake to Harvard.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 12, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda notes that Wesley and her father have been arguing lately. She shares her plans for sending a birthday cake to John and comments about boys in the community and the draft.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 9, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda relates a story about selling hay. She updates John about her progress on the novel and writes about Wesley receiving cards from an "unknown woman".

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 7, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda thanks John for conducting research on the historical facts within her novel. She updates John about her progress and worries that an early spring might set her behind schedule.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 4, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda praises John's latest cartoon work and advises him not to worry about his health. She ponders a recent church sermon and relates a story of the dogs' adventure with a muskrat.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, March 1, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda details research she has done regarding her novel. She also updates John about life at home and the continued recognition he is receiving for his work on the Harvard Lampoon.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 27, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda writes about growing old and feeling distant from John. She thanks John for the continued help with researching her novel and commends him for stopping his correspondence with Nancy Wolf.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 26, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda writes about the health of her father, who may have suffered a seizure. She also worries that her novel is becoming a "chore."

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 23, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes reactions from home and from the Reading Eagle offices to John's initiation into the Harvard Lampoon. She notes changes to the Shillington school district and wonders if her novel is good or bad.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 21, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda provides her opinions about second-hand clothing and notes that John's letters have become too infrequent.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 19, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda tells John about reactions from the community regarding his acceptance to the Harvard Lampoon. She describes the many movies she has been seeing and updates John about "the dog story."

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 15, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda congratulates John on his acceptance to the Harvard Lampoon and writes about notifying the Reading Eagle of his accomplishment.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To Walter S. Dillon, February 14, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to Walter S. Dillon, Linda writes to the staff of the Reading Eagle to inform them that John Updike has a job writing for the Harvard Lampoon. Linda outlines John's accomplishments and thanks Walter for his kindness to her son.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 13, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John about the family's finances and describes progress writing her novel and researching Spanish history.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 9, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda writes about tragic events in Reading. She describes the snow in Plowville and tells John about a novel she is reading.

Letter From Linda Grace Hoyer To John Updike, February 7, 1951, Linda Grace Hoyer

Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John about her progress working on the Dear Juan novel and contemplates it as a means of escape. Linda urges John not to worry about his scholarship, encouraging him to continue with cartooning.