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In Case You Missed It: Chop Suey, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In 1961, Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking, among the most celebrated cookbooks of the 20th century. Designed to demystify the intricacies of French cuisine and convince the “servantless American cook” that she could conquer any of the recipes contained therein, Child’s book helped to bring French food out of upscale city restaurants and into the kitchens of families across the country.

Sixteen years earlier, Buwei Yang Chao had taken on a similar task, though she met with much less widespread success than Child would. Chao’s How to Cook and Eat in Chinese (1945) did not only …

The Tri-State District Strike Of 1935: How The Pressures Of The Great Depression And Ignorance Of The Wagner Act Led To Violence, Monnie Brewster

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The Tri-State Miner's Strike of 1935 was a result of attempts to unionize the miners in the area. Because of the strike, Eagle Picher Mining Company formed an illegal company union to begin a back to work movement. The pressures of the Great Depression and the threat of communism caused these remarkable events. Silicosis and social conditions also influenced both labor and management of the Tri-State area. The Great Depression led to national Labor Reform Legislation the Tri-State min operators resisted. Tri-State miners, who had previously resisted union organization, now considered the benefits the union offered. The efforts of union …

Slave Labor: The Taft-Hartley Act And The Tri-State Mining District, Sally Miller-Downing

Theory and Practice: HIST430

Before World War II, there was an unstable atmosphere to the industrial sector of the United States economy. As World War II began the industries settled down, and the production of means for the war boomed, as the employees joined together against the Axis powers. After the war, the sense of duty that many union members felt disappeared and the mining industries began to reveal extensive problems with labor relations. Because of these two factors, the Taft-Hartley act was compiled through a joint committee in June 1947. In the act, there were many provisions made to protect both the employer …

Labor And Health In The Tri-State Mining Area At The Turn Of The 20th Century, Kara Pittman

Theory and Practice: HIST430

From the late 1800's continuing through the middle of the 20th century, the tri-state area was a hotbed for the mining industries of materials such as led, zinc, and quarts. Mining camps and boomstowns seemed to pop us over night, and the rust to strike it big seemed to spread faster than wildfire. Through all of this it seemed one of the concerns that least weighed on anyone's minds was concern over the health and general well being of the miners themselves. Diseases such as silicosis and tuberculosis were seen frequently in the miners and often spread to their families. …

Silicosis: Discovery, Treatment, And Prevention Of The Disease In The Tri-State Mining District From 1900-1950, Aubrey Papen

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The mining operation at Picher, Oklahoma was the last successful strike in the Tri-State Area. The Picher Lead Company of Joplin was drilling prospect holes in an isolated farming area somewhere northeast of Commerce, Oklahoma in 1914 and made a rich strike in the area that became known as Picher. The town grew almost overnight as miners and their families flooded into the area to be a part of one of the most successful mines in the area. One Daily Oklahoman correspondent called Picher the "last bonanza" of the Tri-State District and said it was fitting that the district's colorful …

Tri-State District Railroads: Connection And Endurance, Brecken Larson

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The purpose of the railroad is to connect-people to places, commodity to consumer, all the while building a network of relationships. In the Tri-State Mining District, the area railroads served the local mining industry by hauling the ore concentrate to the purchasing smelter. Both industries worked to support the Tri-State area, despite governmental intervention and economic downturns Throughout the early to min-1900s, Tri-State District railroads connected to the mining industry, endured the government, and steamed into the future.

Ua5/3 University Attorney - Committee File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed committee files created by the University Attorney. Committees include the Council on Higher Education Special Committee on Minority Affairs, Administrative Council and Teacher Admissions, Certification, and Student Teaching Committee. This record group is unprocessed and must be reviewed for potential restricted materials before access is granted. Please contact the University Archivist prior to your visit.

Walking The Tightrope: The United States’ Policy In Vietnam, 1952-1954, Erin Flynn

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

This thesis demonstrates how the Truman and Eisenhower administrations sought to avoid direct intervention in Indochina and halt the spread of communism at the same time. This purpose is achieved through careful analysis of primary and secondary sources, with a particular focus on the primary documentation found in Foreign Relations of the United States: 1952-1954. Through examination of these day-by-day recordings and memos, the futility of pursuing the two conflicting aims becomes clear.

Doctor For Me? No Sir-E! Common Diseases That Miners Faced During The Early 1900s, Alicia Hansen

Theory and Practice: HIST430

Today, going to the doctor is about as eventful as going to the bank. We get check-ups once a year and make a visit every time we get a sniffle, but during the late part of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth century people were more reluctant to step foot in the doctor's office in fear of what the diagnosis might be. During the time where you could find an ad for cigarettes in medical journals or buy Adrenalin shots out of a catalog, people did not put their health as their number one priority whether it …

The Motherland Calls!: Nationalist Propaganda In The Soviet Union During The Great Patriotic War, Carolyn Blood

Senior Theses

This thesis examines the Soviet Union’s methods of promoting nationalism during World War II in specific relation to newspapers, film, and poster propaganda. The Soviet Union used traditional and heroic imagery in propaganda with the intention to inspire nationalism during World War II in an effort to unify and strengthen its citizenry. Through the integration of modern language and traditional imagery, Soviet propaganda during World War II sought to reach out to citizens of all ages and unite them in the face of conflict with Germany. Poster and newspaper propaganda centered around individual “extraordinary ordinary” heroes: Soviet citizens who risked …

Ua3/8/9 President's Office-Meredith Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Thomas Meredith.

Roderick Lewis "Rod" Campbell, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

Interment: Millen Cemetery in Millen, Georgia.

Deacon Roderick Lewis Campbell, Sr. "Rod"

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

How One Family Created Chinese America, Angilee Shah

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Hyphenated cultures seem to be a natural part of California’s landscape today, but it wasn’t always so. The Lucky Ones by Mae Ngai offers a fresh look at California history by reconstructing the lives of immigrant and second generation pioneers who lived between cultures when it was not such a common phenomenon. Ngai’s narrative brings Chinese Americans into a richer tradition of historical storytelling by humanizing an ambivalent, middle-class immigrant family, situating their lives within the more well-known histories of Chinese laborers and those who suffered from the 1882 Exclusion Act.

Ngai is a professor and immigration historian at Columbia …

"Looking As Wise As A Tree Full Of Owls": The Tri-State Mining District's Criminal Ring Disrupts Growth, Efficiency, And Stability Of Society In 1918, Sylvia Rusk

Theory and Practice: HIST430

During the year 1918, the criminal ring of the Tri-State mining district was at an all time high. Criminals like Dan Isley, Cedar Red, Harold Pickett, Jimmie Gardner, and the corrupt deputy Sheriff George Gibson terrorized the citizens of Picher, Oklahoma and the surrounding mining towns. These men were solely responsible for bringing and allowing a drug peddling circuit, prostitution, and bootlegging of illegal whiskey and liquor. During the criminal trusts height, the local newspapers of J.J. Shepherd displayed the truths of the illegal actions. These local publications gave the other side of the stories that the corrupt sheriff and …

Ada News - 12/13/2010, 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.

Goode, Cecil Earnest, 1915-2011 (Sc 2404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2404. Typed manuscript copy of Cecil Earnest Goode's book "World Wonder Saved: How Mammoth Cave Became a National Park." Also includes a copy of the book's copyright registration form as sent to the Library of Congress.

Reid, Patricia (Ennis) - Collector (Mss 347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 347. Genealogical data collected by Patricia (Ennis) Reid on numerous Ohio County, Kentucky families. Includes a copy of "Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky, 1797-1807."

Confederate States Of America - Bond Coupons (Sc 2403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2403. Full sheet of bond coupons issued by the Confederate States of America in $30 denominations with a full term of thirty years; total $1,000. The bonds were approved by the CSA on 11 February 1864. This sheet is hand numbered "8654" and was part of the "Fifth Series" issue.

The Walker War Reconsidered, Ryan Elwood Wimmer

Theses and Dissertations

In July of 1853, Chief Wakara's band of Utes clashed in a series of violent confrontations with the Mormon settlers. This conflict is known as the Walker War. Many complex factors contributed to this war. After some earlier violence between Mormons and different bands of Utes between 1847 and 1851, the Mormons continued their quick expansion settling on Ute lands. From 1851 to 1853 Mormon and Ute relations continued to decline as Mormons expanded their settlements occupying Ute hunting grounds. In addition to these land encroachments, new laws were enacted regulating trade between the Spanish and Utes by Brigham Young. …

Murderous Nation: A Review Of Randolph Roth's 'American Homicide', William Vance Trollinger

History Faculty Publications

In 1863, a cooper in Chillicothe, Ohio, named Schyler Courier angrily responded to a group of boys throwing snowballs at him by firing his shotgun, killing one of the boys. In 1866, in Petersburg, New York, Hiram Coon warned his employer's wife, Mary Laker, to quit taunting him for his criminal past; when she would not stop, he split her head open with an ax. In 1873, an enraged Waiden, Vermont, farmer named James Snow shot peddler John Stanton in the face for the latter's snarky comment to Snow's wife — "I guess you have money, as farmers generally have …

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 31, December 13, 2010, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

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

Fall Commencement Program, December 11, 2010, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

Fall 2010 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Fall 2010 Commencement - December 11, 2010

Common Sense 2010 Address, Delivered At Gvsu Commencement On December 11, 2010, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Common Sense 2010 Address, delivered at GVSU Commencement on December 11, 2010 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Joseph R. Flanders Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Joyce Swans Milton

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Sounds Of The Season, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

Programs

I love the program for this concert -- so many of the songs tell stories that we can all relate to. The test to "The Prayer" is what most of us dream of then we think of the holiday season. Peace, love and hope are symbols that should be with us all year long.

Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about John Minton and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Kern Alexander.