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Waiting For A Funeral In Srebrenica: The Tenth Anniversary Of The Fall Of Srebrenica, Nicholas Hayes
Waiting For A Funeral In Srebrenica: The Tenth Anniversary Of The Fall Of Srebrenica, Nicholas Hayes
Headwaters
No abstract provided.
King Of Masks: The Myth Of Miao-Shan And The Empowerment Of Women, Kevin Dodd
King Of Masks: The Myth Of Miao-Shan And The Empowerment Of Women, Kevin Dodd
Journal of Religion & Film
King of Masks represents a particular type of mythic film that includes within it references to an ancient sacred story and is itself a contemporary recapitulation of it. The movie also belongs to a further subcategory of mythic cinema, using the double citation of the myth—in its original integrity and its re-enactment—to critique the subordinate position of women to men in the narrated world. To do this, the Buddhist myth of Miao-shan, which centralizes the Confucian value of filiality, is re-applied beyond its traditional scope and context. Thereby two prominent features of contemporary China are creatively addressed: the revival of …
Menstruation As Heroine’S Journey In Pan’S Labyrinth, Richard Lindsay
Menstruation As Heroine’S Journey In Pan’S Labyrinth, Richard Lindsay
Journal of Religion & Film
I propose that the Guillermo del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth (2006) follows the narrative outline of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey as experienced through the biological process of onset of menstruation in its young protagonist. I suggest a reading of the film that takes into account the visual and mythological symbolism of the figure of Pan, as well as the cultural context of menstruation in mythology and religion. I offer interviews from the director that support this interpretation, but ultimately I value a folk interpretation, or a "viewer's hunch" that the strange and fertile symbolism of the film represents a coming-of-age …
Caswell County, North Carolina - Weather (Sc 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caswell County, North Carolina - Weather (Sc 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 406. Notes by an unknown observer of the weather in Caswell County, North Carolina, 25 December 1844 to 6 January 1845.
Kernes, Adam (Sc 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kernes, Adam (Sc 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 388. Photocopy of a bill of sale of Adam Kernes, Russell County, Kentucky, to Bartholomew Helm, Russell County, for an enslaved African-American woman and her infant.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2540. “Fifty Years in a One-Room School,” an account by Alfred Leland Crabb, Jr. of the teaching career of his grandfather James Wade Crabb in one-room schools, primarily in Butler and Warren counties in Kentucky. Includes data on the Crabb family, a copy of James W. Crabb’s Warren County teaching certificate, a list of Warren County schools, 1908-1919, and an early twentieth-century photo of Plum Springs Schoolhouse, Warren County. Also includes A. L. Crabb, Sr.’s account of a student’s last day at Plum Springs Schoolhouse.
Gilliland, Thomas, 1745-1814 (Sc 2537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gilliland, Thomas, 1745-1814 (Sc 2537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2537. Letter, 29 December 1813, from Thomas Gilliland, Hardin County, Kentucky to his son Thomas in Warren County, Illinois. He endorses the wish of the younger Thomas to marry, as he is now of legal age.
Cossitt, Franceway Ranna, 1790-1863 (Sc 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cossitt, Franceway Ranna, 1790-1863 (Sc 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 396. Letter from Franceway Ranna Cossitt, Princeton, Kentucky, to brother, Ambrose, Claremont, New Hampshire. He reflects on the death of their mother, describes his family, and relates his success and progress as president of Cumberland College, Princeton.
Skaggs Family Bible Records (Sc 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Skaggs Family Bible Records (Sc 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) typescript (clip on "Additional File" below) for Small Collection 392. Removed from Skaggs family Bible. Records of James Skaggs, 1789-1861, and his wife, Dorothy Dunham Skaggs, b. 1789, married 1810.
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 (Sc 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 (Sc 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 410. Letter, from James Guthrie, Washington, D.C., to R.S. Fisher, New York City, stating that the Treasury Department does not have extra copies of documentation requested.
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 381. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 384. Photocopy of letter from Henry Clay, Washington, D.C., to Isaac Shelby, inquiring about the Indian title to the lands south of the Cumberland River in Kentucky which Clay thinks were purchased by Richard Henderson & Company from the Indians.
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small collection 385. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Harris, John (Sc 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, John (Sc 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 387. Bill of sale of John Harris, Union County, Kentucky, to heirs of James Huston, Union County, for a Negro woman and her children.
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 393. Manuscript excerpts from diary which was used as proof of marriage by Polly Grundy Seay in her application for a pension. Samuel Seay was a Revolutionary soldier who immigrated to Kentucky in 1793 and lived in the counties of Washington and Graves. Evidently, he later lived in Amelia County, Virginia.
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 397. Affidavit, 1815, Warren County, Kentucky, stating that George Frazer has three horses in his possession that are not his; Frazer’s will, 1828; Warren County deeds, 1819, 1841 (2); and Warren County survey, 1846. Also, letter relating to a disallowed Civil War claim of Thomas A. Frazer, 1894.
Berry, John M. (Sc 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Berry, John M. (Sc 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 411. Certification that Ezra Pering had deposited $100 in a letter directed to C. Pering, Louisville, Kentucky. Signed by J. M. Berry, Postmaster. Letters containing money were sent by this method, with the recipient's postmaster witnessing the opening of the letter.
Dashiell, Henry (Sc 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dashiell, Henry (Sc 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 394. Certificate containing oath of Henry Dashiell, Baltimore, Maryland, affirming to the authorities of the Custom-House, London, England, that his ship Venus does not have anyone on board except the crew, and that his crew is composed of foreign seamen.
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 (Sc 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 (Sc 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 389. Order, Greenville, Ohio, instructing that bread, pork, and whiskey be given to fifteen Indians--seven Delawares and eight Shawnees. James Wilkinson was commissioner to the Indians.
Hall, Slaughter J. (Sc 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hall, Slaughter J. (Sc 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 386. Bills of sale (2) for slaves purchased by Slaughter J. Hall, Warren County, Kentucky, from William R. Covington, Warren County, 1852, and from John P. Smith of Missouri, 1855.
Shannon Family Papers (Sc 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shannon Family Papers (Sc 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 391. Warren County deeds of Shannon and Reid families, 1821-1872 (6); land lease of Samuel Reid, 1824; agreement for making bricks and erecting a building between Samuel Shannon, Sr. and his son, 1824; deed and miscellaneous papers of the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church near Rockfield, Warren County, 1839-1882 (5); will of James Shannon, 1846; and miscellaneous receipts, 1843-1882 (3)—one for school tuition, 1844.
Clarke, Beverly Leonidas, 1809-1860 (Sc 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Beverly Leonidas, 1809-1860 (Sc 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 407. Letter from Beverly Leonidas Clarke, Franklin, Kentucky, to William E. Graham, Bowling Green, Kentucky regarding petition of S.R. Hope, Franklin, for a Masonic degree from the Bowling Green Lodge.
Weed, Hugh M. (Sc 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weed, Hugh M. (Sc 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 395. Printed invitation to a Christmas ball at Hugh M. Weed's house, Shawneetown, Illinois, sent to Mr. Adrian Davenport and lady.
Finnell, John William, 1821-1888 (Sc 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Finnell, John William, 1821-1888 (Sc 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 405. Printed form letter from John William Finnell to Carlos Coolidge, Governor of Vermont, informing him that copies of statute books of Kentucky for 1849-1850 session have been sent to him. Finnell was Secretary of State.
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 (Sc 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 (Sc 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 404. Two letters of Jesup, Washington City, to J.C. Spencer and William Wilkins, Secretaries of War, with his opinion of Rouses’ Point, New York, as a military post, and his defense of the Seminole Indians’ claims and his concern for their ill treatment by the U.S. government. Also, an article entitled “Notice of the late Major General Brown, by Major General Jesup, 1828(?).
Hughlett, William H., 1819-1874 (Sc 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hughlett, William H., 1819-1874 (Sc 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 408. Letter from William H. Hughlett, Franklin, Kentucky to William E. Graham, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding petition of S. R. Hope, Franklin, for a Masonic degree from the Bowling Green Lodge.
Union Grove Society Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Union Grove Society Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 409. Notice of Union Grove Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s formation at Shiloh meeting house, Warren County, Kentucky, which was sent to the moderator and members of the Logan Presbytery, requesting to be under their care. Signed by O.C. Carson, J.S. McCormick, and H.W. Stagner.
Johnathan Ellison Maxwell-Mosby
Johnathan Ellison Maxwell-Mosby
African American Funeral Programs
No abstract provided.