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William P. Marshak Interview For Wright State University History Course 485, David J. Marshak, William P. Marshak

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On April 26, 2001 David Marshak interviewed William Marshak, the interviewer’s father and Chief Scientist for SYTRONICS, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview William discusses growing up in Chicago, working on a missile crew in the Air Force, teaching at the Air Force Academy, and more.

Dr. Carl Becker Interview For Wright State University History Course 485, Jason Elkins, Carl Becker

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On April 22, 2001 Jason Elkins interviewed Dr. Carl Becker, a former professor at Wright State University, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Dr. Becker discusses his life, educational background, and his memories of being a founding faculty member at Wright State University.

William Nichols Interview For Wright State University History Course 485, Rebecca J. Moor, William F. Nichols

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On April 22, 2001 Rebecca Moor interviewed William Nichols, a World War II paramedic, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview William discusses his life, joining the navy, and his experiences in World War II. The majority of the interview focuses on his experience serving during World War II.

Mark Striebich Interview For Wright State University History Course 485, Joe Miller, Mark Striebich

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On April 12, 2001 Joe Miller interviewed Mark Striebich, a special needs teacher, for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Mark discusses his life and interesting events that he remembered. The majority of the interview focuses on Mark's experience during the Vietnam War.

Donald J. Mohr Interview, First Athletic Director And First Director Of Financial Aid, Wright State University, Ken Davenport, Donald J. Mohr

Wright State University Retirees Association Oral History Project

Ken Davenport interviewed Donald J. Mohr on April 4, 2001 about the founding of Wright State University and the development of the athletic program. In the interview Mr. Mohr discusses his career and his decision to come to Wright State as a founding staff member.

The Forgotten Origins Of The Ecumenical Movement In England: The Grindelwald Conferences, 1892-95, Christopher Oldstone-Moore

History Faculty Publications

Ruth Rouse, writing in A History of the Ecumenical Movement, made an extraordinary claim about the origins of modern ecumenism. She identified two factors in the 1890s that, in her words, "changed the course of Church history and made possible the modern ecumenical movement." One was the Student Christian Movement, established m 1895 by the American Methodist layman, John R. Mott. The other factor was the Grindelwald (Switzerland) Reunion Conferences, an assembly mostly of English church leaders organized by a Methodist minister, Henry Lunn, between 1892 and 1895. Mott's movement is very well known to modern readers. The Grindelwald Conferences, …

Studies On The Internal Diaspora Of The Byzantine Empire (Review), Martin Arbagi

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire (edited by Hélène Ahrweiler and Angeliki E. Laiou).

Faces Of The Holocaust: A Curriculum Guide For Teachers, Challon Roberts, Thomas S. Martin

Dayton Holocaust Resource Center Publications

"Faces ofthe Holocaust" is a unique series of fifteen videotapes created expressly as a classroom resource and curriculum supplement. I began to record these one-of-a-kind stories in 1985 with Wright State University Television Center Initially, there were nine interviews over a three year period, which included painstaking editing. The second part of the series was filmed in 1995, the fiftieth year of liberation, with interviews of five more liberators and one more survivor. The series was directed by K. Roland Knight of Wright State University Television Center. Dr. Thomas Martin and Challon Roberts assisted me in the editing process.

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The Gold Coast Church And The Ghetto: Christ And Culture In Mainline Protestantism By James K. Wellman (Review), Jacob Dorn

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism by James K. Wellman.

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, April 15, 2000, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This one page program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on April 15, 2000. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Byzantium In The Ninth Century: Dead Or Alive?: Papers From The Thirtieth Spring Symposium Of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1996 (Review), Martin Arbagi

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book Byzantium in the Ninth-Century: Dead or Alive?: Papers from the Thirtieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1996 (edited by Leslie Brubaker).

Diaries 1857-1917, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

The Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries was chosen in 1975 to be the repository for an extensive collection of Wright Brothers' material. Among the thousands of photographs, books, technical journals, correspondence, financial records, and memorabilia were the diaries of Bishop Milton Wright. These diaries of the father of Wilbur and Orville Wright record the full range of experiences of his adult life from 1857 to his death in 1917. They provide a detailed chronicle of Milton Wright's dynamic, and sometimes controversial, ministry and leadership in the United Brethren Church, and his role as the father …

Unsentimental Reformer: The Life Of Josephine Shaw Lowell By Joan Waugh (Review), Jacob Dorn

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book Unsentimental Reformer: The Life of Josephine Shaw Lowell by Joan Waugh.

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, March 21, 1998, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This one page program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on March 21, 1998. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Leimon: Studies Presented To Lennart Rydén On His Sixty-Fifth Birthday (Review), Martin Arbagi

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book Leimon: Studies Presented to Lennart Rydén on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday (edited by Jan Olof Rosenqvist).

Dad, I Served: The Autobiography Of C.J. Mclin, Jr., C. J. Mclin Jr., Minnie F. Johnson

Books Authored by Wright State Faculty/Staff

Dad, I Served: The Autobiography of C. J. McLin, Jr. in 1998 to is a tribute to the political life of the late Honorable C. J. McLin, Jr. While his sphere of influence grew significantly over a 22 year career in the Ohio General Assembly, C. J. McLin willfully remained in local and state politics: a courageous strategist, a tireless negotiator, and a tough-minded idealist who used his regional and national connections not for his own glory but for the welfare of the least of his constituents. His influence was sought not only by those he served, but by Democratic …

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, March 22, 1997, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This one page program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on March 22, 1997. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

The Chartophylax: Archivist And Librarian To The Patriarch In Constantinople, Jeffrey M. Wehmeyer

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Chartophylax was the title given to the archivist/librarians who served in the adminstration of the Orthodox Church during the Byzantine Empire. By the 9th century, the position of chartophylax to the Patriarch in Constantinople had become one of the most important in the patriarchal administration. This article describes the duties of the chartophylax in Constantinople as they developed from the 5th through the 15th centuries; it also examines some of the reasons for the rise in prominence of this position.

Marceda Huffman Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Marceda Huffman, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Marceda Huffman on July 19, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mrs. Huffman discusses her experiences as a child during the flood.

Harry Jeffrey Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Harry Jeffrey, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Harry Jeffrey on July 19, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mr. Jeffrey discusses his experiences as a child during the flood.

Robert Smith Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Robert Smith, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Robert Smith on July 19, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mr. Smith discusses his experiences as a child during the flood.

Mildred Cotterill Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Mildred Cotterill, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Mildred Cotterill on June 13, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mrs. Cotterill discusses her experiences as a child during the flood.

Eleanor Mccann Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Eleanor Mccann, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Eleanor McCann on June 6, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mrs. McCann discusses her experiences as a child during the flood.

Ethel Weeks Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Survivors Oral Histories Collection, Ethel Weeks, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Ethel Weeks on June 6, 1996 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mrs. Weeks discusses her experiences as a child during the flood.

Ohio Academy Of Medical History Annual Meeting Program, March 30, 1996, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This one page program is from the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on March 30, 1996. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

The Making Of Byzantine History: Studies Dedicated To Donald M. Nicol (Review), Martin Arbagi

History Faculty Publications

Review of the book The Making of Byzantine History: Studies Dedicated to Donald M. Nicol (edited by Roderick Beaton and Charlotte Roueché).

C. Dale Hopkins Interview For The 1913 Dayton Flood Oral Survivors Histories Collection, Dale C. Hopkins, Jeff Moyer, Mark R. Lyons

1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories (MS-296)

Jeff Moyer interviewed C. Dale Hopkins on December 11, 1995 for the 1913 Dayton, Ohio Flood Survivors Oral History project. In the interview Mr. Hopkins discusses his experiences as a child during the flood.

Sam Heider Interview For The Faces Of The Holocaust Series, Sam Heider, Renate Frydman

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

Sam Heider was born in 1924 in the small village of Biejkow, one of six children of Yankel and Chaja Hajder. Unlike most Polish Jews, the Hajders had been farmers for generations and owned their own land. In 1941 the farm was confiscated by the German occupation forces, and the family moved to the ghetto in nearby Bialobrzegi. In 1942 the ghetto was liquidated and Sam's parents went to their deaths at Treblinka. Sam escaped because he had already been sent to a work camp at Radom. All he had left of his family was a photograph of his sister, …

Gabriel Vacca Interview For The Faces Of The Holocaust Series, Gabriel Vacca, Renate Frydman

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

Major Vacca was a fighter pilot whose squadron was stationed at a captured base in Weimar just before the end of the war. He was one of the first Americans to see Buchenwald when it was liberated, and he witnessed a famous event: hundreds of civilians from Weimar were rounded up and brought to see the death camp. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Gabe joined the army in 1941 and worked as an aircraft mechanic. He then went to flight school and was trained as a fighter pilot, sent to England, and then to France after the Normandy invasion. His 406th …

Bernard Mellman Interview For The Faces Of The Holocaust Series, Bernard Mellman, Renate Frydman

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

Bernie Mellman served with the U.S. Army in Europe in 1945 and 1946. In April 1945 his battalion, the 542nd Field Artillery, assisted in the liberation of the concentration camp at Dachau. He was twenty years old and Jewish, and yet like most American soldiers he had no idea that the death camps existed. It was, he remembers, "a soul-wrenching experience for me. . . . I can still see ... starved, emaciated inmates. . . . I remember seeing those ovens and smelling the stench of dead bodies." A few days later Bernie took part in the capture of …