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Chapter 12- Jefferson Vignettes, Pp. 523-592

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 13- Obsolete Jefferson Buildings, Pp. 593-640

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 10- The Board Of Trustees, Pp. 475-488

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 11- Jefferson Throughout The World, Pp. 489-522

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 9- Jeffersonians On The Winged Ox, Pp. 403-474

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 7- Eminent Jefferson Professors, Pp. 231-386

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 8- Jefferson Organizations, Pp. 387-402

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 6- Unusual Jefferson Alumni, Pp. 153-230

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 5- Alumni Who Attended U.S. Presidents, Pp. 139-152

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 4- Alumni Who Founded Medical Colleges, Pp. 119-138

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 3- Student Organizations, Pp. 93-118

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 2- Student Life, Pp. 49-92

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Chapter 1- Roots And Founding, Pp. 1-48

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Forematter (Cover, Title Page, Foreword, Preface And Contents)

Legend and Lore: Jefferson Medical College

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Readings For International Women’S Day

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In honor of International Women’s Day, China Beat posts two reading lists, one of contemporary (recent and by no means exhaustive) visions of Chinese women and another of historical visions of Chinese women.

Contemporary:

1) Xinhua reports on the increasing services for victims of domestic violence in China, following new regulations on police response to domestic violence calls implemented today:

Yu Xiuli, a victim of domestic violence, can turn to police for help if her husband continues to beat her thanks to a regulation which came into effect on Sunday.

The 40-year-old woman in eastern Shandong Province has been bearing …

Self-Promotion Saturday: Conferencing In Shanghai

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

China Beatniks Jeff Wasserstrom and James Farrer and friend of the blog Andrew Field will be presenting this week at a March 12-14 conference at NYU in Shanghai (on the ECNU campus), called “Urban Representations.” The conference is sponsored by NYU, Northwestern University, Sophia University, and ECNU. Click through for a schedule and paper titles.

Trevino Devante Littles Moody

African American Funeral Programs

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Free Book Up For Grabs

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

China Beat‘s First (and Maybe Last) Quiz with a Prize for the Winner

Jeff Wasserstrom recently mentioned in an interview with City Weekend magazine that he’s hoping someone at the audience for his March 15 PRC book launch ofGlobal Shanghai, 1850-2010 will ask him this question: “If you could bring back to life, for a day, two people you’ve written about who are now dead, and ask them questions about what Shanghai was like then, who would they be and what would you ask them?” Well, he wouldn’t tell the magazine who he was thinking of, but he’s now told …

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns, Battles, Military Actions - Tebbs Bend, 1863 (Sc 1872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1872. Letters related to the Battle of Tebbs Bend, Kentucky from two Union army participants; correspondence between Betty Mitchell Gorin and Lowell H. Harrison.

Correspondence; 2009-03-06; Nys Board Of Regents, Catherine Collins

Correspondence

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Year Of The Gorilla, Jonathan Tel

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

This is a selection from Jonathan Tel’s forthcoming collection of short stories, The Beijing of Possibilities, to be published this summer by Other Press. Tel is the author of Freud’s Alphabet and the story collection Arafat’s Elephant. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker and Granta. Drawn to “writing fiction set in places whose inhabitants believe themselves to be at the center of the world,” Tel first visted China in 1988 and has particular affinity for Beijing.

It’s been a while since the Monkey King set out on his Journey to the West. With his Fiery-Gazing Golden-Eyes he infallibly …

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 127. Letters of Joseph Holt written to family members about family matters, 1826, 1881 (2); letters concerning these early letters, 1961 (3); and typed copy of Holt's speech delivered to Kentucky troops under General Rosseau at Camp "Jo Holt" in Indiana, 31 July 1861.

Trail Blazer - Volume 83, Number 17, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on March 5, 2009.

The Grizzly, March 5, 2009, Kristi Blust, Gabrielle Poretta, Liz Kilmer, Jeremiah Long, Caitlin Dalik, Michael Wasserman, Roger Lee, Danielle Chmelewski, Christopher Schaeffer, Kevin Bendis, Zach Shamberg, Nathan Humphrey, Katie Callahan

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Memorable Performance Depicts Life of Anne Frank • Batter Up! Baseball Hopes for Home Run Season • Cheapest Trip to Italy • Young Invincibles Shun Medical Care • Black in History: Tribute to Debbie Allen • Money, Sex, Faith, Health and a True Happiness Formula? • Finding Inspiration on the Back of Your Dove Chocolate Wrapper • Opinions: Updike's Death Calls for a Greater Appreciation for His Life • Senior Leatherman Hurdles Into Eighth and Final Season at UC

Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1859. Correspondence and documents related to the Union army service of William E. Hobson during the Civil War, including requests for leaves of absence (one to return to his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky to assist in prosecuting local “rebel scoundrels”), recommendations for his promotion to Brigadier General, and his military discharge certificate; deeds related to land owned by William’s great-uncle Jonathan Hobson; will of Jonathan Hobson freeing his slaves; and receipts for the purchase of materials for the construction of William’s father Atwood G. Hobson’s home, …

China To Me

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

We’ve added a new blog to our daily reading–Evan Osnos’s dispatches at The New Yorker. Currently blogging from Vietnam, Osnos posted a few thoughts on Friday about Vietnam’s lengthy relationship with China (“Long After We Left“) and a few days earlier the delightfully-titled “From Karenina to Cyrus,” which in one short vignette traces the intellectual influences from West to East over the past few generations.

In his first post to the blog, Osnos mentioned a favorite China watcher here atChina Beat, Emily Hahn. Osnos writes, “I like to imagine what she would have made of this blog. Upon arriving in …

Interview No. 1539, Juan Bárcena

Combined Interviews

Juan Bárcena was one of 7 children born and raised in El Paso, Texas. His family immigrated from Mexico and settled in central/south El Paso. He graduated from Cathedral High School and attended East Texas High School before joining the airforce. Bárcena created his company ABA Labels printing inc which creates labels for all industries servicing the El Paso and Juarez area. He created this business at the age of 40, after her long term job began laying off people. Bárcena has 50 years of printing experience, now he specializes in creating food labels and computer printing. Through an SBA …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 23, March 2, 2009, 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, 2009-03-02, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

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

Ada News - 03/02/2009, 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.