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Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott May 2017

Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In this second installment of her series of environmental studies, Quinta Scott examines the impact of lead mining on the region.


Spring/Summer 2017, Full Issue May 2017

Spring/Summer 2017, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“The City Is Filled With Exhibitions & Places Of Amusement”: George And Clara Catlin In London, Jeffrey Smith May 2017

“The City Is Filled With Exhibitions & Places Of Amusement”: George And Clara Catlin In London, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

George Catlin traveled to London and, later, Paris to exhibit and sell paintings of western Native Americans in the 1840s. His wife, Clara, joined him and sent these letters home about the experience.


2016-2017 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University Apr 2017

2016-2017 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University

Honors Convocation Programs

2016-2017 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation


2017 The Lindenwood Review, Lindenwood University Jan 2017

2017 The Lindenwood Review, Lindenwood University

State of the University Address (Formerly Annual Reports or President's Reports/)

The 2017 annual report of Lindenwood University. This issue includes a donor report.


Over The Santa Fe Trail To Mexico: The Diaries And Autobiography Of Dr. Rowland Willard, 1825–1828, Joy Poole Nov 2016

Over The Santa Fe Trail To Mexico: The Diaries And Autobiography Of Dr. Rowland Willard, 1825–1828, Joy Poole

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Rowland Willard’s journey to Mexico is more than a travel account. He gives us insights into the nature of medicine, the ways people interacted with the land, and the nature of a new emerging blended culture of Americans, Mexicans, and native peoples in what became the American southwest.


William Clark, Black Hawk, And The Militarization Of Indian Removal, Jeffrey Smith Nov 2016

William Clark, Black Hawk, And The Militarization Of Indian Removal, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

What became known as Black Hawk’s War pointed to the problems with treaties signed between the United States government and native tribes. Misunderstandings, cultural differences, and changing demands for land contributed to Indian removal, which erupted into warfare between the Sauk and Fox tribes and the United States Army. Former explorer William Clark was in the center of it.


Fall-Winter 2016–2017, Full Issue Nov 2016

Fall-Winter 2016–2017, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


So Much To Learn: The Ozark National Scenic Riverways And Its Karst Landscape, Quinta Scott Nov 2016

So Much To Learn: The Ozark National Scenic Riverways And Its Karst Landscape, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Emerging from Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, the Ozark National Scenic Riverway profoundly changed both the long-term landscape in the region and the ways people used that land, as Quinta Scott’s elaborately illustrated article suggests.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith Nov 2016

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


2015-2016 President's Year-End Report, Lindenwood University Jul 2016

2015-2016 President's Year-End Report, Lindenwood University

State of the University Address (Formerly Annual Reports or President's Reports/)

The 2016 annual report of Lindenwood University.


A New Era In Their History: Isaac Mccoy’S Indian Canaan And The Baptist Triennial Convention, Daniel Williams May 2016

A New Era In Their History: Isaac Mccoy’S Indian Canaan And The Baptist Triennial Convention, Daniel Williams

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith May 2016

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“Our Women And Children Cry For Food, And We Have No Food To Give Them”: The Environmental Dimensions Of Eastern Shoshone Dispossession, Adam R. Hodge May 2016

“Our Women And Children Cry For Food, And We Have No Food To Give Them”: The Environmental Dimensions Of Eastern Shoshone Dispossession, Adam R. Hodge

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


Manifesting Anti-Expansionist Anxiety At New York’S American Art-Union: A Sociopolitical Interpretation Of George Caleb Bingham’S 1845 Paintings, The Concealed Enemy And Fur Traders Descending The Missouri, Joan Stack May 2016

Manifesting Anti-Expansionist Anxiety At New York’S American Art-Union: A Sociopolitical Interpretation Of George Caleb Bingham’S 1845 Paintings, The Concealed Enemy And Fur Traders Descending The Missouri, Joan Stack

The Confluence (2009-2020)

George Caleb Bingham was one of the few artists with a political career as well, serving in the Missouri legislature. In this article, Joan Stack interrogates a body of Bingham’s work in the context of the social and political atmosphere of antebellum Missouri.


Consequences Of Peaceful Actions: Political Decisions Of The Illinois Indians, 1778–1832, Gerald Rogers May 2016

Consequences Of Peaceful Actions: Political Decisions Of The Illinois Indians, 1778–1832, Gerald Rogers

The Confluence (2009-2020)

A series of political decisions led to the decimation of the Native American population in Illinois during its territorial and early statehood periods leading up to the final removal of tribes after Black Hawk’s War.


Spring/Summer 2016, Full Issue May 2016

Spring/Summer 2016, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


2015-2016 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University Apr 2016

2015-2016 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University

Honors Convocation Programs

2015-2016 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation


Celebrating Diversity: Building A Beloved Community, Lindenwood University Jan 2016

Celebrating Diversity: Building A Beloved Community, Lindenwood University

University Documents

Lindenwood University booklet, Celebrating Diversity: Building a Beloved Community..


2016 The Lindenwood Review, Lindenwood University Jan 2016

2016 The Lindenwood Review, Lindenwood University

State of the University Address (Formerly Annual Reports or President's Reports/)

The 2016 annual report of Lindenwood University. This issue includes a donor report.


St. Louis As Historical Hub, Jeffrey Smith Jan 2016

St. Louis As Historical Hub, Jeffrey Smith

Faculty Scholarship

In May 2011, the Missouri legislature adjourned without passing an economic stimulus bill that included an “Aerotropolis” at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. The idea behind it was to create a hub for international trade, particularly with China, through a series of tax credits for those forwarding goods to foreign destinations and incentives for those building the facilities to support that commerce.1 On the surface, it seemed like a bold innovation to connect Missouri, located in the center of the United States, with the global trade far from its borders by envisioning St. Louis as a “gateway zone” for goods. …


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith Nov 2015

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“In Defense Of The Faith: The Catholic Response To Anti-Catholicism In Early Nineteenth-Century St. Louis”, Sarah Hinds Nov 2015

“In Defense Of The Faith: The Catholic Response To Anti-Catholicism In Early Nineteenth-Century St. Louis”, Sarah Hinds

The Confluence (2009-2020)

One side effect of the Second Great Awakening was a rise in anti- Catholic sentiment, especially as new Catholic immigrants arrived in the 1840s. While much is written on this nativism, little examines the Church’s response. Sarah Hinds uses St. Louis as a case study for understanding the nature of antebellum nativism and the Church’s responses.


“So Much To Learn: Understanding Missouri’S Landscape—The Early Years Of The Missouri Conservation Commission”, Quinta Scott Nov 2015

“So Much To Learn: Understanding Missouri’S Landscape—The Early Years Of The Missouri Conservation Commission”, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In this second article of a two-part series, Quinta Scott examines the impact of Aldo Leopold on the formation of the Missouri Conservation Commission and his role in shaping Missouri’s views on the landscape.


Fall/Winter 2015, Full Issue Nov 2015

Fall/Winter 2015, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“Katherine Dunham’S Mexican Adventure”, Theodore W. Cohen Nov 2015

“Katherine Dunham’S Mexican Adventure”, Theodore W. Cohen

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Katherine Dunham was an internationally recognized dancer, but her time in Mexico often gets short mention in biographies. Theodore Cohen looks at her Mexican years in the contexts of race in both Mexico and the United States.


When Sleepy Hollow Came To St. Louis, Jeffrey Smith May 2015

When Sleepy Hollow Came To St. Louis, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

As part of a broader expedition, writer Washington Irving—whose famous works include “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip van Winkle”—visited St. Louis in 1832. He had lunch with explorer and former territorial governor William Clark and saw Black Hawk imprisoned at Jefferson Barracks. Here is his account.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith May 2015

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“The Missouri Conservation Commision: Part I: The Need For It And The Constitutional Amendment That Established It”, Quinta Scott May 2015

“The Missouri Conservation Commision: Part I: The Need For It And The Constitutional Amendment That Established It”, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In this first of two lavishly illustrated articles, Quinta Scott traces the evolution of thinking in Missouri that led to the creation of the state Conservation Commission and the influence of Aldo Leopold and Nash Buckingham.


“Gateway Liberalism: Catholic And Jewish Responses To Racially Transitioning Neighborhoods And Schools In St. Louis’ West End, 1945–1960”, Sarah Siegel May 2015

“Gateway Liberalism: Catholic And Jewish Responses To Racially Transitioning Neighborhoods And Schools In St. Louis’ West End, 1945–1960”, Sarah Siegel

The Confluence (2009-2020)

When St. Louis schools were desegregated starting with Catholic schools in 1947 and St. Louis public schools after the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision, not everyone supported the changes. Sarah Siegel compares the responses to desegregation by Catholics and Jews in the city’s west end.