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Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 179. Chiefly correspondence related to government service for the Works Progress Administration and as Indian reservation school teacher, and as postmistress at Livermore, Kentucky. Includes materials related to Thornberry's military service and artwork from her Indian students.


Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2007

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1343. Facsimile of letter, 13 September 1842, written by Henry Clay, "Ashland," Lexington, Kentucky to Jacob Stratton. Clay outlines his views on the principal objectives of the Whig Party.


Interview With Mrs. Elizabeth Newton Daniel, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Apr 2007

Interview With Mrs. Elizabeth Newton Daniel, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History collection

Mrs. Elizabeth Newton Daniel interviewed by Marvin Goss, April 27, 2007. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!


Gentleman George Hunt Pendleton: Party Politics And Ideological Identity In Nineteenth-Century America, Thomas S. Mach Jan 2007

Gentleman George Hunt Pendleton: Party Politics And Ideological Identity In Nineteenth-Century America, Thomas S. Mach

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George Hunt Pendleton is a significant but neglected figure in the history of nineteenth-century politics. A Democrat from Cincinnati, Ohio, Pendleton led the mid-western faction of the party for much of the nineteenth century. He served in the Ohio Senate for one term before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1857 until 1865. He was a leader of the Extreme Peace Democrats during the Civil War and was General George B. McClellan's running mate in the presidential campaign of 1864. Losing both the election and his seat in the House, he spent almost fifteen years out of public …


Connecticut Government And Politics: An Introduction, Gary L. Rose Jan 2007

Connecticut Government And Politics: An Introduction, Gary L. Rose

Sacred Heart University Press Books

Connecticut Government and Politics: An Introduction is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the author’s book, Connecticut Government at the Millennium (Sacred Heart University Press, 2001). Like the first edition, it is intended to introduce students and general readers to the historical development and current operation of Connecticut’s political system. Individual chapters explore constitutional history in “The Constitution State,” the transformation of Connecticut politics, the various mechanisms through which citizens can participate in political affairs, the structure and powers of the three branches of government, and the pivotal role of the mass media, newspapers in particular, in protecting the …