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China’S Participation In The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Brian Arendt Nov 2013

China’S Participation In The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Brian Arendt

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition was a “world’s” fair in more ways than one. While it featured exhibits from regions around the globe, it was also embroiled in international politics between the United States and China shaped by American policy and European imperialism, as Brian Arendt demonstrates here.


President's Notebook, Fall 2013, James Evans Sep 2013

President's Notebook, Fall 2013, James Evans

James Evans

University updates and personal thoughts from Lindenwood University President, James Evans.


President's Notebook, Summer 2013, James Evans Aug 2013

President's Notebook, Summer 2013, James Evans

James Evans

University updates and personal thoughts from Lindenwood University President, James Evans.


A Presidential Vision For Lu, James Evans Jul 2013

A Presidential Vision For Lu, James Evans

James Evans

An outline of goals for Lindenwood University by President James Evans.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith May 2013

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“More Than A Fossil-Hunter: The Life And Pursuits Of Charles W. Beehler”, R. Bruce Mcmillan May 2013

“More Than A Fossil-Hunter: The Life And Pursuits Of Charles W. Beehler”, R. Bruce Mcmillan

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Besides being a noted paleontologist in the Gilded Age, Charles Beehler was also a noted inventor, manufacturer, and businessman— and he made Kimmswick famous for mastodon bones.


Spring/Summer 2013, Full Issue May 2013

Spring/Summer 2013, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“St. Louis Through The Camera”, Miranda Rectenwald May 2013

“St. Louis Through The Camera”, Miranda Rectenwald

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In 1892, St. Louis Autumnal Festivities Association published a booklet to promote the assets and amenities of St. Louis. Its photographs showed the city not as a grimy industrial metropolis, but in the most flattering light. They may say “the camera never lies,” but does it?


“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal May 2013

“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal

The Confluence (2009-2020)

As a merchant economy emerged in Missouri River towns in the 1820s, so too did a rhetoric about the roles of women in this changing economy. Rebekah Mergenthal examines the debate about changing gender roles in an evolving market economy.


“The Forest For The Trees: The Benefits Of The Trees Of Forest Park”, John L. Wagner May 2013

“The Forest For The Trees: The Benefits Of The Trees Of Forest Park”, John L. Wagner

The Confluence (2009-2020)

St. Louis was mostly exactly that—forest. After felling thousands of trees for the world’s fair and creating a new park, parts of Forest Park are still forested. John Wagner looks at tree plantings and species to determine if Forest Park is an environmentally sustainable park for the 21st century


St. Louis Central Library At 100, Jean Gosebrink May 2013

St. Louis Central Library At 100, Jean Gosebrink

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The St. Louis Public Library opened its renovated Central Library in downtown St. Louis in fall 2012 for the centennial of the building that was one of some 1,700 libraries funded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Here’s what makes this Cass Gilbert design such a community asset.


President's Notebook, Spring 2013, James Evans Apr 2013

President's Notebook, Spring 2013, James Evans

James Evans

University updates and personal thoughts from Lindenwood University President, James Evans.


2012-2013 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University Apr 2013

2012-2013 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University

Honors Convocation Programs

2012-2013 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation


2013 Lindenwood University Community Impact Report, Lindenwood University Jan 2013

2013 Lindenwood University Community Impact Report, Lindenwood University

University Documents

2013 Lindenwood University Community Impact Report


2013 Lindenwood University Annual Report, Lindenwood University Jan 2013

2013 Lindenwood University Annual Report, Lindenwood University

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

The 2013 annual report of Lindenwood University.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith Nov 2012

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


Fall/Winter 2012, Full Issue Nov 2012

Fall/Winter 2012, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“Living On The Color Line: 2800 Cass In A Period And Place Of Transition”, Lucas Delort Nov 2012

“Living On The Color Line: 2800 Cass In A Period And Place Of Transition”, Lucas Delort

The Confluence (2009-2020)

This co-winner of the Tatom Award explores the reasons why Delmar Avenue rather than Cass Avenue became the “Mason-Dixon Line” of St. Louis in the twentieth century.


“The American Bottom: The Bar, Between The Levees And The River”, Quinta Scott Nov 2012

“The American Bottom: The Bar, Between The Levees And The River”, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

This third installment of Quinta Scott’s work examining the Mississippi River environment looks at those narrow, man-made spaces between levees and the river, and the life within.


“To Love And To Cherish: Marital Violence And Divorce In Nineteenth-Century America”, Julian Barr Nov 2012

“To Love And To Cherish: Marital Violence And Divorce In Nineteenth-Century America”, Julian Barr

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In this co-winner of the Tatom Award, Julian Barr uses an 1865 divorce case to explore the ways women gained protection against domestic violence through the court system.


“Modern Day Canary In The Coal Mine”, John A. Crawford Nov 2012

“Modern Day Canary In The Coal Mine”, John A. Crawford

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Salamanders serve an array of functions in the Missouri environment, as this primer on amphibians by John Crawford suggests.


President's Notebook, Summer 2012, James Evans Jul 2012

President's Notebook, Summer 2012, James Evans

James Evans

University updates and personal thoughts from Lindenwood University President, James Evans.


“The Gilded Age Hair Trade In St. Louis”, David Straight May 2012

“The Gilded Age Hair Trade In St. Louis”, David Straight

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Much can be learned about industries from the envelopes and letterheads of companies. Take the sale of human hair in the Gilded Age, for example.


“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, And Spiritualism In Antebellum St. Louis”, Luke Ritter May 2012

“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, And Spiritualism In Antebellum St. Louis”, Luke Ritter

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Dr. Joseph Nash Smith’s Missouri Medical College was a leading school for physicians and part of the professionalization of medicine before the Civil War. He also required human dissection that, along with being a St. Louis character, made him one of the period’s most controversial figures as well.


Spring/Summer 2012, Full Issue May 2012

Spring/Summer 2012, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“American Bottom: The Floodplain Between The Bluffs And The Levee”, Quinta Scott May 2012

“American Bottom: The Floodplain Between The Bluffs And The Levee”, Quinta Scott

The Confluence (2009-2020)

The bottomland bluffs between the bluffs and levees along the Mississippi have been farmland for centuries. In this second of three photo essays, Quinta Scott documents the manmade environments on the floodplains.


“Luther Ely Smith: Father Of The Gateway Arch”, Mark Tranel May 2012

“Luther Ely Smith: Father Of The Gateway Arch”, Mark Tranel

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Eero Saarinen’s Arch may be among the most recognized works of public art, but the vision that led to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was that of Luther Ely Smith. Mark Tranel looks at Smith’s tireless work to have the warehouse district razed and a national memorial built on the St. Louis riverfront.


“Missouri Through Soviet Eyes”, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov May 2012

“Missouri Through Soviet Eyes”, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In 1935, Russian satirists Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov bought a Ford and drove across the United States and back; their observations shaped the ideas of Russians about the United States for some three decades. One of the places they visited was Hannibal, Missouri. Here is their account, including their own photos.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith May 2012

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


2011-2012 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University Apr 2012

2011-2012 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University

Honors Convocation Programs

2011-2012 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation