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American Commemorative Panels: Vintage Black Cinema, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for Vintage Black Cinema Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps and information regarding the history of Vintage Black Cinema. First issued July 16, 2008.

Farley, Seth, 1917-1999 (Sc 1701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1701. Correspondence related to Seth Farley's varied educational, civic, religious, and political interests. The Henderson County native was a professor in the Educational Leadership Department, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Aviation - Accidents - Sioux City, Iowa (Sc 1684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1684. Letter, 26 July 1989, from Sister Kevin Cummings, Archivist, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, to Sue Lynn Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating her efforts to minister to victims of a plane crash that took place there on 19 July 1989.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Building Permits, 1895-1898 (Sc 1695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1695. Copies of building permits numbered 2 to 58 issued by the Bowling Green, Kentucky clerk's office between 1 May 1895 and 18 April 1898. Permits signed by G.S. Hollingsworth, clerk.

Burch, Benjamin D., 1808-1886 (Sc 1694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1694. Indenture for Benjamin D. Burch, Warren County, Kentucky to William M. Haner, 6 January 1827, to learn the saddler trade. Also, an order to Burch for militia training, 18 March 1836.

Olympic Readings

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

For those keeping up on coverage of the Olympics and China, the new issue ofForeign Policy has a piece by John Hoberman, professor of German Studies at UT-Austin. In FP’s regular “Think Again” feature (which seeks to challenge conventional wisdom), Hoberman argues that the Olympics are political, are not intended to promote human rights, are not (necessarily) a catalyst for change, don’t generate a lot of revenue for the host or sponsors, are not the most controversial Games ever, and that the IOC is even more corrupt than already reported. In an additional piece, “Prime Numbers: Rings of Gold,” Brad …

Whitehead, Thomas D., 1832-1872 (Sc 1707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1707. Diary kept by Thomas D. Whitehead, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, from 29 November 1862 to 12 October 1863 while traveling with his company to Port Hudson, Louisiana then back home to Wayne County, Tennessee. He comments on camp life, the weather, his own failing health, and his hopes for peace.

Interview With Dolores Soza "Lolo" Baeza, Dolores "Lolo" Soza Baeza, Roseann Bacha Garza

Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Lolo Baeza, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), shared his experiences during an interview conducted in Fort Davis, Texas.

He detailed his recruitment at age 17 and his early work at Big Bend National Park, focusing on repairing trails and bridges amidst challenging conditions. Baeza discussed his role in fixing the "Indian Lodge," addressing roof leaks and additional renovations over two years, along with the camaraderie he established with fellow workers from diverse backgrounds.

He discusses the economic struggles of the Great Depression, his military service in World War II, and the establishment of a family business …

Ccu Newsletter, July 14, 2008, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

Coastal Carolina University's weekly on-campus newsletter.

Bourgeois Shanghai: Wang Anyi’S Novel Of Nostalgia, Wittenberg University

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

After the recent publication of a translation of Wang Anyi’s 1995 novel A Song of Everlasting Sorrow, we asked Howard Choy to reflect on the novel’s contents and importance. Below, Choy draws on his recently published work on late twentieth century Chinese fiction to contextualize Wang’s Shanghai story.

Among all the major cities in China, Shanghai has become the most popular in recent academic research and creative writings. This is partly a consequence of its resuscitation under Deng Xiaoping’s (1904-1997) intensified economic reforms in the 1990s, and partly due to its unique experience during one hundred years (1843-1943) of colonization …

Ada News - 07/14/2008, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

The Cubs And The Rays, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

We have arrived at that moment in mid-summer when baseball takes a break for the All-Star Game. I read the other day that Wednesday will be the only day of the year in which there is not a major professional sporting event taking place in the United States. That is a fact worth some thought and contemplation and may lead to some conclusions about overkill and saturation. Rather than that, I would like to make a few observations about the current baseball season which I have found to be strange and maybe even portentous.

China Images From The Library Of Congress

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

For those always on the lookout for more teaching images, you may be interested in taking a gander at the Library of Congress’s Flickr account. Though mainly featuring images of the United States (altogether about 4,000 images), if you search “China” at the top of the page you will receive several pages of images from or about China. (You can easily download the images to your computer by clicking on the photo, then selecting “all sizes,” then selecting “download the original size.”) These fascinating images include the photos below, taken between 1910 and 1915. The first is a photograph of …

Gwendolyn Brack Brooks Douglas

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Alma Harris Orr

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 1402, Raúl Hernández

Combined Interviews

Raúl Hernandez was born in Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán. His parents were field laborers and from a very young age, Raúl was taken out of school and he learned to care for goats. When Raúl was a 17 year old, poor, newlywed, he decided to travel North in search of a job. Prior to entering the Bracero Program, Raúl worked in Tamaulipas and Matamoros picking cotton and corn. After entering the Bracero Program, worked picking cotton and various types of produce in Texas and California. During this time, Raúl experienced discrimination against minorities and in his case, Mexicans working …

Petronia Jones Mccullough

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Correspondence; 2008-07-11; Nys School Boards Association, Catherine Collins

Correspondence

No abstract provided.

Anderson, William, 1766-1856 (Sc 1685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1685. Deed, 22 March 1850, conveying a tract of land in Grayson County, Kentucky from William and Sarah Anderson to their son Joseph Anderson.

Winstead, Joe Everett, 1938-2019 - Collector (Sc 1690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1690. Correspondence between Western Kentucky University students and members of Kentucky's congressional delegation related to air pollution and its potential effects on the state's agricultural economy.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 01, July 10, 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.

After The Olympics, What?, Nicolai Volland

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Exactly one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, all attention seems to be focused on those magic sixteen days, from August 8 through August 24. It is surprising, however, how rarely the question is raised: what will happen once the Games are over?

In the run-up to the Summer Games, China has been placed under an undeclared state of emergency. Special regulations and restrictions are effecting almost every of daily life. Taxi drivers and Beijing residents had to brush up their English and study brochures that explained how to stand in line and be courteous to foreigners. …

Napier, Cora Jewell (Claypool) - Collector (Mss 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 228. Courtship letters (8) to Ermine Frazer, Adair County, Kentucky from Edmund Curd, Calloway County, Kentucky, 1833-1835; letters (7) to Ermine (Frazer Page, Barren County from her sisters, 1848-1852; letters (2) from John F. F. Jewell, Louisville to his wife Ann Elizabeth (Page) Jewell.

Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 1700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1700. Photocopy of a daily diary kept by Lelia Emmaline Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She discusses shopping excursions downtown, courtship, fashion, and general community events. The handwriting is quite difficult to read.

Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Mss 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence, speeches, and writings of Shaker scholar and English professor, Mary Julia Neal, a native of Auburn, Kentucky. Neal served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1964 to 1972. Includes photos and correspondence with twentieth century eastern Shakers.

Interview No. 1427, Alonso Ayala

Combined Interviews

Mr. Ayala talks about his family and what life was like growing up; for a time, he worked on a finca, where he earned eight pesos for an eight to ten hour day, which was not enough to survive; he compares such work to slavery; after completing his military service when he was roughly nineteen years old, he decided to enlist in the bracero program; he went through contracting centers in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, and Monterrey, Nuevo León, México; as a bracero, he worked in the fields of California, Montana and Texas, picking beets, cantaloupe, cotton, lettuce and strawberries; he …

Interview No. 1456, Julio Valentín May May

Combined Interviews

Mr. May talks about growing up in a poor town and working to maintain an ejido; one of his older brothers enlisted in the bracero program and encouraged him to do the same; during the early sixties, Julio could not find work, and he had a wife and daughter to support; ultimately, he decided to follow in his brother’s footsteps and enrolled in the program; the names of eligible workers were printed in the newspaper, which he explains is how he knew when to go to the contracting center; he describes going to Empalme, Sonora, México, and the difficulties …

Out And About

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

It’s been a while since we’ve done a reading round-up–here a few things we’ve been reading (and writing) on the web lately:

1. If you’ve been picking up rumblings about “soy sauce” and “push ups” and haven’t been able to sort out the details, the always savvy Sky Canaves (with Juliet Ye this time) at Wall Street Journal‘s China Blog sorts it out for you. Check out Time‘s report for the basics. As CDT reports, debates over the Wengan riots have turned to the topic of internet censorship, while EastSouthWestNorth notesthat discussions of the incident are cooling down.

2. Looking …

Rocky Spring Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1689. Letter of dismissal in good standing of Elisabeth Hendrick from United Baptist Church of Christ at Rocky Spring, Warren County, Kentucky, 14 August 1852.

Allen County, Kentucky - Churches - Baptist, 1851-1861 (Sc 1688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1688. Four letters of dismissal in good standing for members from three Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky. Three of the letters are signed by minister Mordecai F. Ham.