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Interview No. 1531, Roberto Torres

Combined Interviews

Roberto Torres, owner of the eponymous certified public accounting firm, here shares his experiences both as a successful professional and El Paso business owner. Born in El Paso in 1951 to Gustavo and Carolina Torres, young Roberto was strongly influenced by his father’s entrepreneurial aspirations. After graduating from Jesuit High School, Torres attended the University of Texas at El Paso, earning an accounting degree in 1974. Gaining valuable experience, Torres spent many years working for large accounting firms. Throughout his early career he learned to understand the field’s unique climate and perfected his both his accounting and interpersonal skills. In …

Time Machine: Dear Us Presidential Candidates…, Robert A. Kapp

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

February, 2009: we are in the early days of a new Administration, and the Internet and print media bulge with messages of advice to the new President and the new Secretary of State about how to deal with China. Some of the missives are Olympian. Others are avuncular. They serve multiple purposes, and seek to reach multiple audiences.

Reading them, I was reminded of one of my own exercises of a similar nature, in the fall of the year 2000. Eight long years; so much has happened. Then, we were only a couple of months beyond the huge political battle …

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1863. Travel diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky of a trip to Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia in the summer of 1990.

Oral History Interview With President Emeritus Thaddeus Seymour, February 20, 2009., Thaddeus Seymour, Wenxian Zhang, Denise K. Cummings, Julian Chambliss

Oral Histories

Thaddeus Seymour came to Rollins in 1978 as the twelfth president of the College. During his twelve-year tenure, he not only transformed the school through fund-raising efforts, but also enhanced the academic excellence of its liberal arts education and strengthened the relationship with the local community.

Seymour was born on June 29, 1928, in New York City. His father was Whitney North Seymour, a well-known attorney and president of the American Bar Association. Seymour attended Princeton and the University of California at Berkley as an undergraduate. From there, he went to the University of North Carolina, studied eighteenth-century English literature, …

Crusader, February 20, 2009, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 45, February 19, 2009, 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.

Punks At Kinko’S, Pierre Fuller

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Microfilm is deadly. Deadly for the eyes, the brain and, as I recently learned here on a research jaunt to Beijing, the stomach. So when a CD booklet on the bar of a Haidian district livehouse caught my weary eye I thought I’d found a good wall ornament for the apartment and a better image to set my evenings eyes on. The only problem was the insert – a black & white sketch of a mass of punks tossing Molotovs at a grinning Mao – wasn’t big enough. I was thinking poster size, so I took it to the first …

Debating The Summer Palace

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

While scholars, like James Hevia in English Lessons, have revised historical views of the impacts of Western imperialism in China during the nineteenth century, China’s government is arguing for a revision of its own. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Chinese government has been pressing for relics stolen from the Summer Palace—about to go up for auction at Christie’s—be returned to China:

The two Qing dynasty bronze animal heads, one depicting a rabbit and the other a rat, are believed to have been part of a set comprising 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac that were …

Elections-Appointments; 2009-02-19; Wny Council Of Communication Workers Of America, Catherine Collins

Elections and Appointments

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Richardson, Charles Baker, 1917-2000 And Charlotte Wright (Thomas) Richardson, 1913-1998 (Sc 1856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1856. Travel diary kept by Charlotte Wright (Thomas) Richardson on various trips to Texas in the 1980s and a 1997 Christmas letter from both Richardsons.

Riggs, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1930 (Sc 1857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1857. Memoir written by Benjamin Franklin Riggs, with particular emphasis on his Civil War service in Arkansas with Confederate forces. Also, a copy of his surrender document, 7 June 1865.

Young, Sibert, 1903-1981 (Sc 1854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1854. List of funeral expenses for Sibert Young, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Bush, John Lafayette, 1877-1961 (Mss 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 246. Notebooks, surveys, and field notes compiled by Warren County, Kentucky native John Lafayette Bush who was elected County Surveyor in 1917.

Trail Blazer - Volume 83, Number 15, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on February 19, 2009.

The Grizzly, February 19, 2009, Kristi Blust, Gabrielle Poretta, Michael Wasserman, Liz Kilmer, Jeremiah Long, Caitlin Dalik, Eva Bramesco, Serena Mithboakar, Chris Capone, Spencer Jones, Zach Shamberg, Jameson Cooper, Frank Martin

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Opening Minds and Hearts • Alumni Advice • Lecturer Dr. Andrew Delbanco Reviews Lincoln Now and Then • Thai Spice is Giving You a Taste of a Different Part of Asia • Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Cautionary Reminder • Fresh Talent, New Face: Heather Dougherty Visits Ursinus • French TA Spotlight: Vincent Brousse • Opinions: Reading for Pleasure? Trilogies Will Have You Hooked; There is Always Time to Learn: Confessions of an Art Enthusiast

The Jas For Free: Revolution!

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Last spring, we reported from the annual AAS meeting on President Elizabeth Perry‘s inspiring address (“Reclaiming the Chinese Revolution“). For a short period of time, the address is available for free PDF download and we strongly encourage you to grab a copy while you can. [Link will take you to the issue and from there you can select the format in which you wish to view Perry’s piece.] The address begins:

REVOLUTIONS ARE UNPOPULAR THESE days, among Western politicians and scholars alike.We put our faith in liberal institutions such as markets and courts of law, looking to “democratic transitions” rather …

Readings Around The Net

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

1. Rebecca MacKinnon has a great new article at First Monday (“peer-reviewed journal on the internet”) called “China’s Censorship 2.0: How Companies Censor Bloggers.” It is required reading for all those tracking China’s web developments.

2. David Flumenbaum has produced a great reader that tracks the developments of and reactions to the CCTV fire in Beijing. It includes videos and excerpts from news reports.

3. If you haven’t yet read chinaSMACK, you can catch a clever recap of their 2008 postings here.

A week ago, we ran Lauri Paltemaa’s reflection on democracy movements and anniversaries in China this year. Here’s …

Awards; 2009-02-17; City Of Buffalo, African American History, Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

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Pelly, Donald Evans, B. 1950 (Sc 1855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1855. Photocopy of 17 July 1991 letter from Donald Evans Pelly, Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Dianne Watkins, Bowling Green, Kentucky regarding Janice Holt Giles's comments about his relatives in her book "Around Our House."

Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 - Collector (Sc 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 98. A collection of papers of related families consisting mainly of tax receipts, 1791-1846, of Andrew Hodges; receipts, 1839-1875, and militia notices, 1847, chiefly for Andrew Kellis; will of Robert Reynolds, 1814, all of Warren County, Kentucky; and agreement and receipts to teach school in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1842, 1846. Also miscellaneous items and research notes.

Arterburn, Charles Royce, B. 1952 (Sc 1817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1817. Letters and cards from friends while Charles Royce Arterburn of Monroe County, Kentucky is serving in the Army. Also, cards and letters to Arterburn after his discharge, chiefly from friends who remained in the service.

Certificate Of Appreciation Presented To Rodney Hurst For Participation In The Enaable And Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Florida 2009 Black History Month Celebration

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

A certificate presented to Rodney Hurst in appreciation for participation in the ENAABLE and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida 2009 Black History Month celebration. February 17, 2009

Interview No. 1532, Joe A. Rosales

Combined Interviews

Joe A. Rosales grew up in El Paso, Texas on the 1100th block of Missouri Street, which he calls “the barrio”. His father was a carpenter from Durango, Mexico and his mother was from Chihuahua, they had a total of 10 children including Joe. Rosales was a graduate of El Paso High School in 1957, the same year he opened his own concreate company. All throughout high school Rosales considered himself and entrepreneur, from collecting bottles, having a newspaper route, and washing cars. Since his father owned his own concreate business, Rosales learned business values and practices from his father. …

Ccu Newsletter, February 16, 2009, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

Coastal Carolina University's weekly on-campus newsletter.

The Chanticleer, 2009-02-16, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

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

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 21, February 16, 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.

A Year Of Telling Tales

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

“Tales from Taiwan” also celebrated its first birthday recently. Since our inaugural posting on January 14, 2008, Peter Zarrow, Jennifer Liu, Yong Chen, and I have been contributing pieces about various aspects of Taiwanese culture. In terms of readership, here is a bit of numerology provided courtesy of the China Beat‘s web wizards:

The general page for “Tales” received 1,297 views as of February 5, totaling approximately 500 fewer than the tenth-most viewed post for the China Beat (Five Sites for Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials on China; 1,775 views).

Our Taiwan top five reads as follows:

1. The KMT …

Campbell Family - Deeds (Sc 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 100. Deeds for land in Christian County, Kentucky, 1834, 1872, and 1881 related to the Campbell family.

Bill Powell (1919-2008)

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Stephen MacKinnon is a Professor of History at Arizona State University whose most recent book (reviewed by Nicole Barnes on China Beat last August) is Wuhan 1938. He has an abiding interest, as this post shows, in the history of Western journalists in China–an interest that led to publication of earlier books such asAgnes Smedley. He sent us this piece from India, but our PRC-based readers might like to know that they can catch him live at the Shanghai International Literary Festival on March 22, where he will give a talk at M on the Bund on “Intrigue and Romance …

Ms. Shanta Byrd

African American Funeral Programs

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