Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- United States History (1192)
- Military History (587)
- Social History (498)
- Public History (484)
- Cultural History (401)
-
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (253)
- Political History (193)
- European History (173)
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies (145)
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (86)
- African American Studies (85)
- Political Science (78)
- Women's History (73)
- History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (69)
- Sociology (67)
- Intellectual History (65)
- Education (63)
- Religion (59)
- History of Religion (52)
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (51)
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (51)
- International and Area Studies (46)
- Art and Design (45)
- Oral History (44)
- Higher Education (43)
- Women's Studies (37)
- American Politics (36)
- Library and Information Science (35)
- Keyword
-
- Gettysburg (405)
- Civil War (371)
- Gettysburg College (332)
- CW150 (184)
- The Gettysburg Compiler (178)
-
- Civil War Era Studies (159)
- Civil War Memory (150)
- 150th Anniversary (126)
- Contemporary Civilization (121)
- Civil War Interpretation (118)
- Sesquicentennial (114)
- Adams County (97)
- Slavery (90)
- Adams County Historical Society (89)
- Pennsylvania History (88)
- ACHS (87)
- Abraham Lincoln (72)
- Battle of Gettysburg (51)
- World War II (51)
- History (45)
- Memory (37)
- Pennsylvania College (37)
- Rudy (35)
- World War I (33)
- Freedom (27)
- Reconstruction (27)
- Christianity (26)
- Musselman Library (26)
- Pohanka Internship (25)
- Hidden in Plain Sight (24)
- Publication
-
- The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History (357)
- Student Publications (255)
- Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public (205)
- The Gettysburg Historical Journal (200)
- Adams County History (103)
-
- The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era (98)
- Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications (86)
- History Faculty Publications (52)
- Hidden in Plain Sight Projects (37)
- Gettysburg College Faculty Books (34)
- Wonders of Nature and Artifice (27)
- Oral Histories (24)
- GLI MA in American History Student Works (17)
- Civil War Institute Faculty Publications (16)
- Schmucker Art Catalogs (15)
- Section I: Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem: Background of Western Civilization (15)
- All Musselman Library Staff Works (12)
- Blogging the Library (10)
- Section V: The Rise of Capitalism and the National State to 1500 (10)
- Section XVIII: The Western World in the Twentieth Century: The Historical Setting (10)
- Celebration (9)
- CAFE Symposium 2023 (8)
- Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter (8)
- Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Faculty Publications (8)
- Section III: The Medieval Church (8)
- Section VII: The Protestant Movement (7)
- Section XIII: Political Liberalism and Nationalism, 1815-1871 (7)
- Africana Studies Faculty Publications (6)
- CAFE Symposium 2025 (6)
- CAFE Symposium 2026 (6)
- Publication Type
- File Type
Articles 61 - 90 of 1785
Full-Text Articles in History
Bringing Back Stories: Indigenous Peoples And Gettysburg College, Juliana L. Swanson
Bringing Back Stories: Indigenous Peoples And Gettysburg College, Juliana L. Swanson
Student Publications
History and storytelling are beautifully intertwined—every country, culture, community, and person has a tale of creation, conflict, and prosperity. The tragedy of stories, however, is that many things may never be recorded, may be lost in archives and memories, and may never be revisited again. Beginning August 2023, I’ve conducted archival research which centers around the connection and intersectionality between Indigenous peoples and Gettysburg College. My initial research project expanded and has cultivated into a story-telling presentation of the history of Native Americans in the United States, termination of federal recognition of tribal nations, the creation of the National Indian …
Marie Curie: The Quantum Matriarch, Diptiman Das
Marie Curie: The Quantum Matriarch, Diptiman Das
Student Publications
Entitled “Marie Curie: The Quantum Matriarch,” this paper illuminates the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of Marie Curie, whose groundbreaking work in radioactivity revolutionized the scientific landscape. Born as Maria Skłodowska in the heart of Warsaw, Curie’s odyssey from Poland’s clandestine Flying University to the hallowed halls of Paris’ Sorbonne epitomizes her tenacious quest for enlightenment amidst the shackles of societal norms. In collaboration with her spouse, Pierre Curie, she discovered the elements polonium and radium, thereby introducing the concept of “radioactivity” to the world and securing Nobel accolades in both Physics and Chemistry. This paper ventures into her intimate …
A Latter-Day Disease: Mormons And Cholera In The Nineteenth Century, Alexandra L. Wein
A Latter-Day Disease: Mormons And Cholera In The Nineteenth Century, Alexandra L. Wein
Student Publications
Nineteenth-century America saw the emergence of two seemingly parallel entities - the epidemic disease of cholera and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon faith. To understand the intersection of Mormons and cholera, one must look within the interdisciplinary framework of Civil War-era history, religion, and epidemiology. Cholera epidemics in 1832 and 1849 coincided with the mass Mormon migration west, causing great suffering and death for Mormons traveling by land and sea. While their westward exodus exposed them to cholera, their religious teachings also contributed to why they contracted the disease. The Word of …
Presentation Of Culture: Framing History In Us And Italian Museums, Fiona G. Cheyney
Presentation Of Culture: Framing History In Us And Italian Museums, Fiona G. Cheyney
Student Publications
National legacies drastically impact museum work and archaeological ethical practices in the US and Italy. My research question asks, to what extent and how are ethical considerations of museum professionals shaped by nationalism and evolving perceptions of how museums should serve the public in these two different national contexts? Data collected from semi-structured interviews with academics in the field reflects that museums must be transparent about the history of the topics exhibited and their methodological practices; this is supported by many findings suggested in previous scholarship (Garoian 2001; Gazi 2014; Falcucci 2021). Particular moments in US and Italian national histories, …
Art And Propaganda :The Formation Of Habsburg Absolutism, Emily B. Suter
Art And Propaganda :The Formation Of Habsburg Absolutism, Emily B. Suter
Student Publications
Habsburgian propaganda is most often understood within the context of the 17th and 18th centuries, during the monarchy's period of baroque absolutism, causing earlier attempts at propaganda and centralization to be seen as ineffective in comparison. However, through analyzing royal, propagandistic art in the 16th century empire, produced by monarchs beginning as early as Maximilian I, it becomes clear that a unified foundation of an absolutist policy was developed and fostered within this era, one which was a necessity in the success of the absolutist ideologies two centuries later. Through analyzing trends of royal, propagandistic art in the 16th century …
Considering The Historical Houri In Early Islamic History, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Considering The Historical Houri In Early Islamic History, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Student Publications
This paper examines the question of how the houri (heavenly maidens in Islamic theology) figure into the historical context of early Islam. While the houri have been the subject of much discussion in terms of contemporary affairs, it is worth exploring how the houri may have played a utilitarian role in the growth of Islam. This paper conducts that analysis.
Fatally Flawed: D.D. Kosambi’S Grave Missteps In The Study Of Indian History, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Fatally Flawed: D.D. Kosambi’S Grave Missteps In The Study Of Indian History, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Student Publications
D.D. Kosambi, a multifaceted historian in late colonial and post-colonial India, has been acclaimed for his scholarship. However, this paper argues that Kosambi's Marxist ideology caused him to interpret Indian history in a way that conformed with his ideological presuppositions. Such an approach, this paper posits, led to critical historical inaccuracies in Kosambi's work.
Student Protest Publications At Gettysburg College, Audrey U. Bergan
Student Protest Publications At Gettysburg College, Audrey U. Bergan
CAFE Symposium 2024
Student protest publications written in the 1950s and 1960s of Gettysburg College history were generally regarded as passion projects, as the campus did not foster an activist culture. However, these publications had various missions. Black Awareness aimed to educate the predominantly white student population on the experiences of Black students both on and off campus. College Crier published polling information about opinions on school, national, and international issues. EATSIT wanted to challenge the status quo and attempted to shock readers with vulgar illustrations and sexual references. Overall, this project aimed to discover what Gettysburg College students were writing about, and …
A Changing Tradition Comes With A Strengthening Of Bonds, Kyle J. Shaffer
A Changing Tradition Comes With A Strengthening Of Bonds, Kyle J. Shaffer
CAFE Symposium 2024
Gettysburg College has many traditions that make it unique. One tradition that may not seem unique is Family Weekend, but at Gettysburg College, there is a vast history associated with the tradition. The weekend started as two separate-day celebrations in the fall semester and spring semester.
Cybernetics: How It Compares To Science-Fiction And Future Possibilities, Anindo Majumder
Cybernetics: How It Compares To Science-Fiction And Future Possibilities, Anindo Majumder
CAFE Symposium 2024
Cybernetics is a branch of science that studies how information is communicated in machines and electronic equipment compared to how information is communicated in the brain and nervous system. It also relates to the theory of automatic control and physiology, particularly the physiology of the nervous system. Usage of cybernetics is very popular in various science-fiction medium. This naturally leads one to be curious if its depictions might turn into reality one day. This research paper delves into the growth of cybernetics since its inception, current applications of cybernetics, and what the future might hold.
Front Matter
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Front Matter of the Gettysburg Historical Journal 2024
What They Sang: The Religious Roots Of Spirituals And Blues, Carly A. Jensen
What They Sang: The Religious Roots Of Spirituals And Blues, Carly A. Jensen
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
This paper investigates the religious themes in spirituals, the religious songs sung by enslaved people in America, and the blues, a predominantly Black genre from the early Twentieth century. This work aims to answer if spirituals influenced the lyrics and musical structure of the blues or if the two genres developed independently. The paper covers the origins of spirituals and the blues, their appearance in the WPA Slave Narratives, and concludes with a close analysis of the religious influence on the work of famous Blues artists. Primary sources referenced in this project include the WPA Slave Narratives, famous Blues songs, …
The Americans With Disabilities Act In The Borderlands, Theodore J. Szpakowski
The Americans With Disabilities Act In The Borderlands, Theodore J. Szpakowski
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
During the twentieth century, the United States federal government claimed to be working in partnership with Indigenous governments. However, it neither sufficiently ensured that Indigenous people were protected to the same extent as settlers nor fully released Indigenous governments to create their own protections. The results of this dynamic can be seen through examining civil rights legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Although settler disability historians have tended to view the ADA as a unifying success, it did not legally or culturally account for disabled Indigenous people living on Indigenous land within the United States.
In Defense Of The “Peculiar Institution”: The Influence Of European Scientific Racism On The Confederacy, Guillem Colom
In Defense Of The “Peculiar Institution”: The Influence Of European Scientific Racism On The Confederacy, Guillem Colom
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Through the antebellum period and American Civil War, American and European race theorists exchanged ideas through correspondence and scientific explorations asserting the truth of scientific racism. Scientific racist beliefs posited the natural superiority of white people and inferiority of Black people based on what these theorists claimed were innate biological characteristics, and these beliefs served as a critical linkage between Europe and the United States. Utilizing correspondence and journal entries, this paper shows that this exchange of scientific racist ideas significantly influenced the Confederacy’s political thought and policy positions, especially foreign relations, through the Civil War. Through the work of …
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2024
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2024
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Complete Issue of the Gettysburg Historical Journal 2024
Featured Piece: The Historians Of Tiktok, Hannah Greenwald
Featured Piece: The Historians Of Tiktok, Hannah Greenwald
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
This year’s featured piece was written by Hannah Greenwald, an assistant professor in the History department. Professor Greenwald teaches classes on Latin American history, Atlantic history, and borderlands history. Her research focuses on Indigenous resistance, settler colonialism and nation-state formation.
Letter From The Editors, Carly A. Jensen, Emily B. Suter
Letter From The Editors, Carly A. Jensen, Emily B. Suter
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
We are proud to present the twenty-third edition of The Gettysburg Historical Journal. The journal embodies the History Department’s dedication to diverse learning and excellence in academics. Each year, the journal publishes the top student work in a range of topics across the spectrum of academic disciplines with different methodological approaches to the study of history. This year, The Gettysburg Historical Journal received a plethora of submissions from both Gettysburg College students and other students around the country. The works accepted this semester focus on the diverse experiences of Americans throughout history, spanning from the American Civil War to the …
Book Review: Love And Duty: Confederate Widows And The Emotional Politics Of Loss By Angela Esco Elder, Margaret G. Matheson
Book Review: Love And Duty: Confederate Widows And The Emotional Politics Of Loss By Angela Esco Elder, Margaret G. Matheson
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
Although we often hear of the Civil War’s heavy death toll, scholars rarely peer behind the numbers to chronicle the effects of these deaths on individuals, families, and the state. In Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss, Angela Esco Elder explores the diverse experience of Confederate widows and situates their experiences within the standards of nineteenth century southern society. Elder examines the ideal of widowhood as commitment to the Confederate cause by proxy of widows’ commitment to their dead husbands. Some widows used their political capital to legitimize the Confederacy, but Elder also demonstrates the …
Gettysburg College Journal Of The Civil War Era 2024
Gettysburg College Journal Of The Civil War Era 2024
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
No abstract provided.
Front Matter
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
No abstract provided.
Letter From The Editors, Emily Jumba, Danielle S. Russell
Letter From The Editors, Emily Jumba, Danielle S. Russell
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
No abstract provided.
Remarks In Honor Of Dr. Peter S. Carmichael, Carly A. Jensen, Rj Lehal, Emily Jumba, Danielle S. Russell, Margaret G. Matheson
Remarks In Honor Of Dr. Peter S. Carmichael, Carly A. Jensen, Rj Lehal, Emily Jumba, Danielle S. Russell, Margaret G. Matheson
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
No abstract provided.
Beyond Boundaries: Women In Border States During The American Civil War, Carly A. Jensen
Beyond Boundaries: Women In Border States During The American Civil War, Carly A. Jensen
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
From 1861-1865, the previously United States was torn apart by the Civil War. While many Southern states succeeded and joined the Confederate cause, five slave-holding states remained part of the Union. Women across the nation found their lives upended by the conflict, but those living in border states faced particular strife as neighbors turned against each other because of political ideology. Soldiers of both armies invaded towns in border states and used their positions to steal and take advantage of the women residing there. However, these women remained strong, demonstrating their enduring morale. This paper examines personal correspondence from women …
The Unseen War: Struggles Of Andersonville Survivors, Rj Lehal
The Unseen War: Struggles Of Andersonville Survivors, Rj Lehal
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
The American Civil War lasted from 1861-1865, in that period many lives were lost and many more lives were forever transformed. Families had lost loved ones and those who returned home were not themselves anymore. This paper will examine the post-war mental health of Andersonville survivors. Focus will also be placed on the difficulties of survivors trying to return to their post-war lives; along with the difficulties survivors faced in receiving a pension. And how Andersonville in recent American memory has been transformed into a place of remembrance, for all American POWs in all American wars. Different sources will be …
A Delicate Balance: Pennsylvania College In The Pennsylvania Borderlands, 1832-1860, Vivek K. Rallabandi
A Delicate Balance: Pennsylvania College In The Pennsylvania Borderlands, 1832-1860, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Student Publications
This paper discusses Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) and its presence in the Pennsylvania borderlands region during the antebellum period, 1832-1860. The paper argues that Pennsylvania College's location and the "borderlands" identity of many of its students and faculty were integral to how discourse and actions surrounding slavery and abolition manifested themselves at the institution. The paper indicates that Pennsylvania College's antebellum history can serve as a microcosm of broader trends in American borderlands communities during this period. Crucially, this paper is shaped by primary source research conducting using minutes of Pennsylvania College's debating societies, the Philomathean and Phrenakosmian societies, …
Tadaypaly Veeraragava Roy’S Gettysburg: A Reconstruction-Era Study, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Tadaypaly Veeraragava Roy’S Gettysburg: A Reconstruction-Era Study, Vivek K. Rallabandi
Student Publications
One of the first international students that attended Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) was Tadaypaly Veeraragava Roy, who was a student at the college for about a semester in 1876. Roy was a student from Guntur, a prominent city in what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur was the center of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church's missionary operations in India, and there were many missionary schools and churches in the region. It is possible that Roy came into contact with Lutheran missionaries that may have made him aware of Pennsylvania College's existence. As one of the college's …
“A Freedom Rider Before Freedom Rides:” Jackie Robinson Beyond Baseball, Amy Elizabeth Cantrell
“A Freedom Rider Before Freedom Rides:” Jackie Robinson Beyond Baseball, Amy Elizabeth Cantrell
Gettysburg College Headquarters
This paper seeks to evaluate the historical discourse surrounding the narrative of Jackie Robinson. Famed for being the first African American player to break the long withstanding color barrier in professional sports, a vast majority of discussion surrounding his story has centered solely on his athletic prowess and triumphs. However, as this paper will explore, Jackie Robinson’s contributions to the wider framework of racial equality and civil rights within America extend far beyond the baseball diamond. Evaluating both his laurels as an activist and socio-political figure as well as how these merits have been depicted, or neglected, in media representations …
"Kittenish Appearance:" Western Fashion In Meiji Japan, Harry Zhang
"Kittenish Appearance:" Western Fashion In Meiji Japan, Harry Zhang
Gettysburg College Headquarters
This paper seeks to examine the degree to which Meiji era Japan adopted Western fashion. It uses written and photographic sources to understand the attitude of Meiji era Japanese towards the introduction of Western fashion into everyday life, and the changing of said attitudes throughout the Meiji era and its implication on Japan's national identity.
History And Implications Of The Missouri Test-Oath Case, Matthew X. Wilson
History And Implications Of The Missouri Test-Oath Case, Matthew X. Wilson
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
Cummings v. Missouri (1867) is often overlooked in modern legal history, and very little scholarly literature exists chronicling the case’s implications for contemporary constitutional jurisprudence. When awareness does exist, there is a tendency to classify Cummings as simply a Civil War-era religious liberty case—a mischaracterization which reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the ruling’s background and modern relevance. In reality, born out of post-war paranoia over loyalty and past Confederate allegiances, the Cummings case is most notable as landmark judicial precedent in defining the U.S. Constitution’s proscriptions of bills of attainder and ex post facto laws, and possesses very little significance …
Chaos In Congress: Masculinity And Violence In The Congressional Struggle Over Kansas, Ian L. Baumer
Chaos In Congress: Masculinity And Violence In The Congressional Struggle Over Kansas, Ian L. Baumer
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
According to Joanne Freeman's recent book on congressional violence, in the years between 1830 and 1860, members of Congress engaged in 'manly' violence against one another more than seventy times. However, no issue caused more violent personal disputes in the legislature than slavery. In particular, the debate over the legal status of slavery in the Kansas Territory caused a panoply of incidents in Congress, including near-duel between John C. Breckinridge and Francis Cutting in 1854, Preston Brooks' caning of Charles Sumner in 1856, and a brawl in the House of Representatives in 1858. This article examines how these lawmakers' views …