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Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Mss 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 174. Includes personal and business correspondence of Margaret Morehead Hobson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to oil and gas exploration in south-central Kentucky. Collection also includes nature notebook containing flora and fauna sketches done by Hobson as a child, Hobson family genealogy, some small artwork done for interior decorating, and information about Riverview at Hobson Grove.

Bennett, Mackie E. (Smith), 1880-1966 (Mss 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 5. Center Street Elementary School (Bowling Green, Kentucky) grade books and various club records kept by Mackie E. (Smith) Bennett, a Warren County, Kentucky native. Includes a large group of records related to the Sue Young Sewing Circle of Bowling Green's State Street Methodist Church, 1915-1948. Full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) have been made of the material related to the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary (Box 1, Folder 7).

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Community Feminism And Politics; A Case Study Of Santa Clara County As The Feminist Capital, 1975-2006, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Lucas, Nelda G., 1924-1991 (Sc 1514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1514. Five-year diary (365 p.) kept by Nelda G. Lucas. She describes family events, remodeling a house, work issues, family health matters, purchases, etc., from March 8, 1958 to December 31, 1962.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Maine Now Times (Fall 2007), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Organizational records including minutes, yearbooks, financial records, constitution, by-laws, history, correspondence, photos, and newspaper articles related to the Twentieth Century Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club made up of twenty female members.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Dinner In The City: Reclaiming The Female Half Of History: Christine De Pisan's The Book Of The City Of Ladies And Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, Marsha M. Pippenger

Master of Humanities Capstone Projects

Although separated by more than 500 years, Christine de Pisan's "The Book of the City of Ladies" (1405) and Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party" (1979) were created to validate and defend women and women's achievements and to move them from the periphery of the historical canon to the center, alongside accomplished men of history. Both are responses to misogynist beliefs and texts of their times. In this essay I present the historical basis of misogyny as well as events that led the two women to create their pieces. I illuminate the parallels between "The Book of the City of Ladies" …

Gen Ms 23 Esther Wood Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper, Megan Turner

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Esther Wood taught Social Sciences and History at Gorham Normal School from 1930 to 1972. She regularly wrote columns for the Christian Science Monitor and received many awards, including “Woman of the Year” from the Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce and a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Colby College. In 1973, the University named a dormitory building on the Gorham campus in her honor. The Papers consist of her lecture notes on the history of New England from the 16th century through the colonial period and the Revolutionary War to the founding of the State of Maine …

Visual Representations Of Student Life At San Jose State University; Building Visual Critical Thinking Skills, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Wome In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program 2006-2007, Womein In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program, University Of Maine Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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"Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow: San Jose University 150 Years, 1857-2007, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Maine Now Times (Spring 2007), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

The Marketplace, Laura Shapiro, Leslie Land, Amy Bentley, Jan Whitaker

From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food

The Marketplace -- “I Guarantee”: Betty Crocker and the Woman in the Kitchen / Laura Shapiro -- Counterintuitive: How the Marketing of Modernism Hijacked the Kitchen Stove / Leslie Land -- Feeding Baby, Teaching Mother: Gerber and the Evolution of Infant Food and Feeding Practices / Amy Bentley -- Domesticating the Restaurant: Marketing the Anglo-American Home / Jan Whitaker.

Interview Of Zane Wolf, Ph.D., R.N., Faan, Zane Wolf, Melissa Pompeo

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Dr. Wolf has been a faculty member in the nursing department (now the School of Nursing and Health Sciences) since its inception in 1980, when it was still a division of the School of Arts and Sciences. She was the first full-time faculty hired for the new department and worked under the leadership of Dr. Gloria Donnelly. At the time of the interview, she was Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The interview was conducted in her office in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences main offices on the Mezzanine Level of Wister Hall.

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.

Book Review - "Pigs And Raunch: 21st-Century Feminism?", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

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Interview Of Minna F. Weinstein, Ph.D., Minna F. Weinstein, Jon Saltzman, Nathan Starr

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Minna F. Weinstein (1933-2008) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents were both deaf and met at a school for the deaf in Western Maryland. Her father was a major proponent of education, and both she and her brother became teachers. She went on to college and graduate school at the University of Maryland, where she earned her B.A. in History, 1955, an M.A. in History, 1957, and a Ph.D. in History in 1965. During her time in the PhD program, she was a history instructor at Temple University, from 1961 to 1964, becoming an Assistant Professor in 1965. In …

Interview Of Barbara Millard, Ph.D., Barbara Millard Ph.D., Aviad Adlersberg

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An oral history of Dr. Barbara Millard, professor of English and former Dean of Arts and Sciences, La Salle University. The purpose of this interview is to gather information regarding her impact on La Salle University and her experience during her tenure at the University. This interview part of an oral history project for Dr. Barbara Allen’s’ History 650 Oral History course. Specifically, this interview deals with Dr. Millard’s views on sexism she experienced or witnessed, beginning in the 1970’s until today in 2007. The interview also seeks to explore her views on education, balance between work and life, and …

Clerical Marriage And Territorial Reformation In Ernestine Saxony And The Diocese Of Merseburg In 1522-1524., Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer

History Faculty Publications

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0757: First Presbyterian Church [Huntington, Wv] Records, 1839-1990, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The First Presbyterian Church of Huntington Archives contain material dating back to the early nineteenth century, with the bulk of the items dating from between the 1880s and the 1990s. The collection consists primarily of 'Minutes of Session,' which relate to official church business; 'Bulletins,' which give information about church sermons, calendars, and events; and 'Church Groups,' which provide information on the social structure and individuals within the Church. There are extensive financial records pertaining to the church, as well as membership rosters for many Church groups, and some marriage/baptism registers. Also included are a few "histories" written by Church …