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The Grizzly, August 28, 2008, Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Kristi Blust, Barbara Von Schlegell, Roger Lee, Christopher Schaeffer, Zach Shamberg, Katie Callahan, Stephanie Weir

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Welcomes Class of 2012: Largest in History • Students Embrace Unique Summer Research Opportunity • Academic Insight into the Lighter Side of Ramadan • That Dream Internship Just Might be Within Your Reach • Berman Exhibitions: Watercolors and Working Women • New Dining Options at Ursinus a Matter of Convenience • UC Theater and Dance Departments Have Lined Up a Full Season for Review • Opinions: Obama-nomics for the United States? No Thank You • UC Versus the Centennial Conference • UCXC Hits the Ground Running

Duncan, Wand Bolivar, 1884-1970 (Mss 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 57. Wand and Duncan family correspondence, 1863-1917 (8); informational letters about "Sue Mundy" and the disaster of the steamboat Bowling Green, 1940-1960 (7); receipts, printed items, clippings, etc., and account book of general store at Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1858-1860.

The Kmt Backstroke

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Now that the Beijing Olympiad has reached its glorious conclusion, people in Taiwan are starting to turn their attentions back to the home front. The Olympics did not go very well for Taiwan, which ended up winning only 4 bronze medals, its worst result in 20 years. Even the baseball team could only mange a fifth-place finish, including a shocking 8-7 loss to China in extra innings. One of the few bright spots was the competitive spirit of athletes like Su Li-wen 蘇麗文, who fought to the bitter end while losing her bronze medal match by a single point in …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 01, August 26, 2008, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

The Chanticleer, 2008-08-26, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Interview No. 1436, Félix Flores Juan

Combined Interviews

Mr. Flores describes what life was like when he was growing up and working with his father as a fisherman; he recalls men coming to town to recruit people for the bracero program; later, when he married, there were no more fish, which prompted him to enlist in the bracero program; he took a boat off the island and then took a bus with a group of men to Empalme, Sonora, México; as a bracero, he worked in the fields of Texas, picking and packing various crops; he goes on to detail housing, provisions, duties, treatment, contract renewals, payment, remittances, …

A Boy From Decatur: A Posthumous Memoir, Lindsey B. Thurman

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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In Case You Missed It: Stephen Mackinnon’S Latest Book On China’S War With Japan

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Everyone’s attention this month has been on the Olympics, and rightly so, but August can also be a time to reflect on China’s War of Resistance against Japan (1937-45). Throughout the entire month of August 1938, Japanese planes bombarded Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Party headquarters in the first provisional capital of Wuhan, a tri-city region in the central Yangzi river region in Hubei province. The fall of Wuhan after a protracted ten-month battle, on October 25th 1938, forced the government to move further inland to its second provisional capital, the city of Chongqing in Sichuan province. This gives us some perspective …

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 03, August 25, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Ccu Newsletter, August 25, 2008, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

Coastal Carolina University's weekly on-campus newsletter.

Reading Recommendations

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

The Olympics have ended, but the news continues. Here are a few of our favorite end-of-the-Olylmpics stories:

1. Danwei notes that last Friday, Google news searches for “China” (done via the Chinese language version of the search engine) returned no results.

2. In case you missed any Olympic highlights, check out Shanghaiist’s nod to the ultra-brief Mime Olympics. They also ran a “report card” on the Beijing Olympics,loaded with links for recommended reading.

3. August 18-22, the comic strip Candorville skewered the holier than thou aspects of some human rights protests against China. Though while doing this, some panels do …

Where Have You Gone, Hua Guofeng?

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Let’s face it: Hua Guofeng just never could get any respect. He’s the former leader of China, but was sidelined by Deng Xiaoping and relegated to the ashbin of history: the triumph of mediocrity…the Gerry Ford of Chinese politics. His death last week was greeted with a chorus of “Who? He was still alive? No kidding. How’s Liu Xiang’s ankle?”

The great Han historian Sima Qian once wrote that a man’s death could be as weighty as Mt. Tai or as light as a feather. Hua’s death was eclipsed by the achilles tendon of a 20-something hurdler/professional product endorser.

Anyway, …

Mrs. Ruthie Mae "Macy" Wilkerson

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Ruthie_Mae--Macy--Wilkerson.pdf - Funeral progarm for Mrs. Ruthie Mae Wilkerson

Raymond L. Howard

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Jessie T. Wright Adams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

The Great Convergence?*

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

China and America, according to much U.S. Olympic commentary, currently offer a study in contrasts. Not surprisingly, we’ve been hearing repeated references of late to the stark differences between our young land and their old one when it comes to religious freedom and press censorship. And we’ve seen some novel variations on the familiar U.S.-China contrasts theme, like an August 18 Los Angeles Times piece by Mary McNamar that focused on style. Our every-day-can-be-casual-Friday approach, she claimed, clearly differentiated the look of “laid-back,” gum-chewing U.S. competitors, a sockless Matt Lauer, and a shirt-sleeved George W. in sports fan mode from …

Barnes, Carlisle Brown, Sr., 1894-1974 (Sc 1703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1703. Letters to politicians from Carlisle Brown Barnes, Bowling Green, Kentucky related to his son's appointment to West Point.

Prowse, George Odom, 1840-1884 (Sc 1718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1718. Pension requests made by George O. Prowse and his widow, Nannie C. Prowse, related to his Civil War service with the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry. Includes his 1864 commission as a captain in the Kentucky militia.

Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1737. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly membership lists. Also includes subscription lists for church maintenance and repair.

Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1738. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly lists of members who agreed to pay a portion of the preacher's salary. Also, subscription lists to fund special services and missions.

Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1705. Contract between Frank Garvin and his wife Kate and J.D. Duncan of Warren County, Kentucky in which the Garvins agree to work for Duncan as a farm hand and a cook and house hand, respectively.

Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1704. Two 1910 letters to Lucy Ann Boucher of Settle, Allen County, Kentucky from two admirers. One is in answer to a personal ad.

Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1715. Correspondence of Lennie Young Lancaster related to three organizations: Kentucky Academy of Science, 1937-1940; Kiwanis Club, 1937-1940; Pennyrile Conservation Club, 1937-1939.

Bard, James, 1782-1846 (Sc 1710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1710. Letter, 2 February 1832, from James Bard and his wife Martha (Adams) Bard, Bardstown, Kentucky to her brother John Adams in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. They express concern about the death of Adams's wife and the health of Martha's mother.

Olympic Hurdles, Trials, Losses And Wins

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

As we go into the final laps of the long race to the Closing Ceremonies, here are five things worth reading (actually, four to read and one to watch) to put issues related to the Olympics (albeit sometimes vaguely) into novel perspectives.

1) Warren Cohen, a leading scholar of U.S.-China relations has a smart essay on the truthdig site that compares and contrasts the frameworks and details of books on the PRC by journalists, Philip Pan’s Out of Mao’s Shadow and Joshua Kurlantzick’s China’s Charm Offensive.

2) Speaking of Kurlantzick, whose book came out some time ago, he’s got an …

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1717. Memorandum book containing names, addresses, and notes to be sent with flower orders collected by William Perry Stamps, Jr. while serving in the military during World War II. The orders were sent to Deemer Floral Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Stamps's former employer.

Kite, Thomas, B. 1818 (Sc 1723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1723. Journal of a trip taken by Thomas Kite from Cincinnati, Ohio through south central Kentucky, May-June 1847, focusing on a three-day visit to Mammoth Cave. Includes the text of an alternate version published anonymously in the Quaker magazine The Friend in 1847.

Hines, James Richard, 1903-1995 (Sc 1706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1706. Statement of James Richard Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to expanded navigation of the Green and Barren Rivers and the potential for regional economic growth.

Lucas, Marion Brunson, B. 1935 (Sc 1733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1733. Research notes (saved on CD-ROM) used in the compilation of "History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891" (first published in 1992; paperback in 2003). Includes an index with eighteen specialized topics.

The Beijing Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The Olympics in Beijing has been a great disappointment. No one has collapsed into a coughing fit from the air pollution. This seemed a certainty from all the reports leading up to the opening of what are so quaintly termed “the games.” The American cyclists who arrived in the Beijing Airport wearing face masks seemed to have made it through the opening ceremonies without contracting “black lung” or suffering a terminal case of “ring around the collar.” I feel I have been let down yet again by the press.