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"The Spirit Of The Old South Can Never Die": Postbellum Middle Florida And The Elite Struggle For Social Hegemony, 1850-1942, Alexander J. Bowen
"The Spirit Of The Old South Can Never Die": Postbellum Middle Florida And The Elite Struggle For Social Hegemony, 1850-1942, Alexander J. Bowen
All Theses
The Lost Cause is an ideology that falsely portrays the antebellum South as an idyllic, agrarian society, the Confederacy’s cause as a just defense of states’ rights, and slavery as a benevolent institution. Historians of the U.S. South rightly attribute much of the Lost Cause’s creation to the South's prewar elite, particularly women from the planter class who led Confederate memorialization efforts. As the Lost Cause celebrates an antebellum slave society and Confederacy controlled by elites, it is clear the ideology also celebrated the South's prewar elite. However, previous studies of the Lost Cause fail to seriously question what benefit …
"Let The Castillo Be His Monument!": Imperialism, Nationalism, And Indian Commemoration At The Castillo De San Marcos National Monument In St. Augustine, Florida, Claire M. Barnewolt
"Let The Castillo Be His Monument!": Imperialism, Nationalism, And Indian Commemoration At The Castillo De San Marcos National Monument In St. Augustine, Florida, Claire M. Barnewolt
Theses and Dissertations
The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest stone fortification on the North American mainland, a unique site that integrates Florida’s Spanish colonial past with American Indian narratives. A complete history of this fortification from its origins to its management under the National Park Service has not yet been written. During the Spanish colonial era, the Indian mission system complemented the defensive work of the fort until imperial skirmishes led to the demise of the Florida Indian. During the nineteenth century, Indian prisoners put a new American Empire on display while the fort transformed into a tourist destination. The Castillo …
Down South In/Of Dixie: Rethinking The Tourist South, J. Souther
Down South In/Of Dixie: Rethinking The Tourist South, J. Souther
History Faculty Publications
Karen L. Cox, ed. Destination Dixie: Tourism and Southern History. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. ix + 315 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $74.95 (cloth); $26.95 (paper). Harvey H. Jackson III. The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider’s History of the Florida–Alabama Coast. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2012. 334pp. Illustrations, maps, essay on sources, and index. $28.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). Henry Knight. Tropic of Hopes: California, Florida, and the Selling of American Paradise, 1869–1929. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013. xii + 266 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $74.95. Catherine …
Spain's Enterprise Of Evil, Charlotte M. Gradie
Spain's Enterprise Of Evil, Charlotte M. Gradie
History Faculty Publications
Book review by Charlotte Gradie.
Rabasa, José . Writing violence on the northern frontier: the historiography of sixteenth century New Mexico and Florida and the legacy of conquest. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8223-2567-3.
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 3, Mary Lou Robson Fleming, Richard Matthews, William B. Fetterman, Erick D. Slazinski, N. F. Karlins, Leland D. Baldwin, Edward W. Chester
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 3, Mary Lou Robson Fleming, Richard Matthews, William B. Fetterman, Erick D. Slazinski, N. F. Karlins, Leland D. Baldwin, Edward W. Chester
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Folk Artist Jacob Maentel of Pennsylvania and Indiana
• Up Another River: Fourteen Days on the St. Johns
• An Appreciation of Russell Wieder Gilbert
• Holy Images: A Brief Study of Folk Religious Belief
• Lamont Alfred "Old Ironsides" Pry, Contemporary American Folk Artist
• Synopsis of the Penburne Quintet
The Ursinus Weekly, April 16, 1962, John B. Piston, Anne Mendelson, Woody Pollock, Carol Taney, Marion Pollanick
The Ursinus Weekly, April 16, 1962, John B. Piston, Anne Mendelson, Woody Pollock, Carol Taney, Marion Pollanick
Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978
Jane Mikuliak is prom queen; New Cub & Key men tapped • Sokoloffs sparkle in Forum program • Dr. Tornetta to address pre-medicals on Tuesday • Christianity versus communism heads weekend Y retreat • Building program rolls as ground broken for new heating and power plant Monday • Y slates 2-part seminar on modern art beginning this Wednesday evening • MSGA elections • PSEA sponsors high school day here • Navy information team to explain training program • Ursinus to give college S.S. qualification tests • IRC represents Yemen in recent Model UN session • Young Republicans slate events for …
The Ursinus Weekly, April 9, 1962, John B. Piston, Geoffrey Bloom, Dave Carter, Marion Pollanick, Ed Leister, Craig Garner, Benjamin Fisher
The Ursinus Weekly, April 9, 1962, John B. Piston, Geoffrey Bloom, Dave Carter, Marion Pollanick, Ed Leister, Craig Garner, Benjamin Fisher
Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978
Junior class "goes Parisian" for Sunnybrook event Friday • Wurster elected YMCA president • Dr. Helfferich elected as UCC educators treasurer • Coeds tap Taney, Hartzell, Andrews for prexy posts • Pre-medicals hear Hahneman's Bondi on chemotherapy • Sophomores slate weekend wingding • Thousands visit science fair at Ursinus College • Forum to present Sokoloffs in piano recital Wednesday • Pi Nu will sponsor music month here • Weekly banquet is Swint's swansong • Moll announces MSGA now accepting petitions for 1962 membership • Editorial: A matter of policy; Is it worth it, men? • Letters to the editor • …
The Ursinus Weekly, February 8, 1954, Mary Jane Allen, Joan Fisher, John Westerhoff, Marvin Rotman, Robert E. Armstrong, Margaret Kelly, Joan Higgins, Harold Smith, Ed Dawkins, Dick Bowman, Patricia Garrow, Roland Dedekind
The Ursinus Weekly, February 8, 1954, Mary Jane Allen, Joan Fisher, John Westerhoff, Marvin Rotman, Robert E. Armstrong, Margaret Kelly, Joan Higgins, Harold Smith, Ed Dawkins, Dick Bowman, Patricia Garrow, Roland Dedekind
Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978
Central Comm. announces plans for May Day • Lorelei date set as Feb. 12 • Schools of Egypt, U.S. compared by education • Bridge tournament at U.C., Feb. 18 • Frosh-Soph hop theme for '54 is "Mardi Gras" • Meistersingers plan tour; Present first concert • Demonstration is planned for C.C. general meeting • Pre-meds sponsor hospital tours • Spaghetti, speaker, stunts at Y dinner Wednesday • "Ruby" nears completion; Shows promise at 1/3 mark • Forum features Irish lord; Godley to speak, Wed. • Reporter remarks on MSGA session • Second semester welcomes 23 to U.C. • Stevenson, Cross, …
Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 3, Executive Committee Of The Board Of Directors
Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 3, Executive Committee Of The Board Of Directors
Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902
A digitized copy of the March 1887 Ursinus College Bulletin.
List Of Slaves, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation
List Of Slaves, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
This item is a list of over 80 "negroes" — slaves of African descent — at Spring Garden, a plantation in present-day DeLeon Springs State Park, Florida. The list notes the first names of slaves and their ages. Annotations indicate occupations and work assignments, family units, and if individuals were sent to Charleston or sold locally. The meaning of some annotations are unclear or at least not explicit, such as small circles next to females' names. Annotations indicate this list was used as reference more than once. One pair of twins is noted as are several infants. Reference to the …