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The Levant: France’S Colonial Crucible, Michael Adelson
The Levant: France’S Colonial Crucible, Michael Adelson
French Summer Fellows
In the medieval era of religious and political tumult that culminated with the Crusades, (mostly) Roman Catholic Western European citizens from all walks of life committed themselves to conquer Jerusalem and wrest control of historically Christian lands from the Muslim polities that claimed the region. The historical Kingdom of France was a major contributor to the Crusades, and as such, the feudal realms established in the Levant in the wake of the First Crusade were dominated by former French crusaders and citizenry. The geographic boundaries and demography of these Crusader States are reminiscent of French hegemony in the Middle East …
Coke Family Papers (Mss 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coke Family Papers (Mss 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 737. Correspondence and papers of the Coke family of Logan County, Kentucky and related families, principally the Guthrie and McCutchen families. Includes materials on the historic family homestead, McCutchen Meadows, near Auburn, Kentucky. Also includes J. Guthrie Coke's letters to his wife Carrie, January-February 1914, written in the form of journals describing his experiences as a state legislator in Frankfort, Kentucky (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Mss 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Mss 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 171. Correspondence and papers of Harry L. Jackson, a Warren County, Kentucky native and Cleveland, Ohio executive. Includes his World War II correspondence, genealogical research, and papers of his wife Evelyn’s family, the Minshalls of Ohio. A sampling of Jackson's World War II letters to sisters Sallie and Bernice can be viewed under "Additional Files" below.