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Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.


Sears Family Papers (Mss 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Sears Family Papers (Mss 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 518. Full text of Sears family documents can be accessed by clicking "Additional Files" below. Shaker manuscript hymnal commenced by Polly Ann Smith in 1848; copy book of Shaker Chauncey E. Sears, 1840-1870, which includes occasional original poems and essays by Sears as well as short examples of popular and historical authors; an 1829 letter from Rufus Bishop that extols the moral virtues of the Shakers; historical and genealogical information about the Sears family.


Bowman, Johnston & Company - New York, New York (Sc 2853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Bowman, Johnston & Company - New York, New York (Sc 2853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2853. Letter, 1 July 1840, of Bowman, Johnston & Company, New York, to P. W. Vaughan and Son, Greensburg, Kentucky commenting on the tobacco market; also letter, 20 November 1840 with particulars of a recent sale of 35 hogsheads of tobacco on account.


Working Hard Or Hardly Working?: An Examination Of Work Relief In Upstate New York 1931-1943, Maxwell Prime Jun 2014

Working Hard Or Hardly Working?: An Examination Of Work Relief In Upstate New York 1931-1943, Maxwell Prime

Honors Theses

Becoming the first U.S. state to provide direct funding and administrative support for work relief to its cities, counties and townships; with the creation of the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration in November of 1931, New York took its first steps in what would become a long tradition of work relief in the state. However, existing academic examinations of work relief in upstate New York in large part ignore activities in the state’s upstate region in favor of higher profile operations in New York City. This thesis attempts to chart the rise and developmental trajectory of work relief in upstate New …


New York Fashion Industry Goes To The Fair, Luisina Silva Jun 2014

New York Fashion Industry Goes To The Fair, Luisina Silva

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

At the beginning of the twentieth century New York City was the garment manufacturing capital of the United States of America, but it was not considered a fashion reference for the world. This study examines the role of the New York World's Fair of 1939/1940 as the first event where the New York fashion industry presented itself as a consolidated enterprise. To capture this important moment in fashion history, I examine the overlooked New York World's Fair archives from the New York Public Library and engage them with secondary research on American fashion history. With the use of digital tools …


Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 482. Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Mildred (Potter) Lissauer of Bowling Green and Louisville, Kentucky and of her family, especially her mother, Martha (Woods) Potter and her aunt, Elizabeth Moseley Woods. Includes a World War I scrapbook created for and about Mildred's brother John (Click on "Additional Files" below).


An Exclusionary Revolution: Marginalization And Representation Of Trans Women In Print Media (1969 – 1979), Emylia N. Terry May 2014

An Exclusionary Revolution: Marginalization And Representation Of Trans Women In Print Media (1969 – 1979), Emylia N. Terry

Honors College Theses

Stonewall, the act most associated with sparking gay liberation in 1969, was preceded by several events of queer insurrection. These events, which often featured trans people of color playing central roles, are not widely known. Similarly, Stonewall itself has been mythologized in order to be palatable within mainstream society, effectively whitewashing its history. This research utilized archival investigation and discourse analysis, as well as the concepts of symbolic annihilation and trans-misogyny, in order to examine certain publications’ representations of trans women from 1969 – 1979. I found that mainstream publications such as the Chicago Daily Tribune and the Los Angeles …


A Study Of The Journal Of Elisha P. Hurlbut, American Social Reformer, 1858-1887, Jeffrey Dunnington Apr 2014

A Study Of The Journal Of Elisha P. Hurlbut, American Social Reformer, 1858-1887, Jeffrey Dunnington

Theses and Dissertations

The life of Elisha P. Hurlbut (1807-1889) has been mostly forgotten since his death. This examination of his personal journal, which he wrote from 1858 to 1887, brings back to the forefront an influential figure that lived most of his life in and around Albany, New York. Prior to beginning the journal, Hurlbut was a lawyer and then a Supreme Court justice in New York. Seven years after retiring from public life in 1851, he commenced work on the journal that provided a detailed social and political commentary on New York, the United States, and the world as a whole. …


Thomas Pinckney, Agent At Virginia, Tennessee And Georgia Air Line (Railroad), Inquires With W.G. Macdowell, Treasurer Of N.& W. Railroad (Norfolk & Western?), As To The Status Of A Claim Made By Shippers Compress Co., Thomas Pinckney Feb 2014

Thomas Pinckney, Agent At Virginia, Tennessee And Georgia Air Line (Railroad), Inquires With W.G. Macdowell, Treasurer Of N.& W. Railroad (Norfolk & Western?), As To The Status Of A Claim Made By Shippers Compress Co., Thomas Pinckney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Thomas Pinckney, agent at Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line (railroad), inquires with W.G. Macdowell, treasurer of N.& W. Railroad (Norfolk & Western?), as to whether or not a claim of $1690.33 made by Shippers Compress Company has been paid to N. & W. October 25, 1887.


The Charleston Garden, B. Altman & Co., Fifth Avenue, New York, Date Unknown, B. Altman & Co. Jan 2014

The Charleston Garden, B. Altman & Co., Fifth Avenue, New York, Date Unknown, B. Altman & Co.

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


The Latin Quarter, New York, Dinner Menu, 1940s, The Latin Club Jan 2014

The Latin Quarter, New York, Dinner Menu, 1940s, The Latin Club

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


The Latin Quarter, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, Latin Quarter Jan 2014

The Latin Quarter, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, Latin Quarter

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


The Lawyers Club, 120 Broadway, New York, Prix Fixe Menu, Date Unknown, The Lawyers Club, New York Jan 2014

The Lawyers Club, 120 Broadway, New York, Prix Fixe Menu, Date Unknown, The Lawyers Club, New York

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


Old Water Mill Shop And Tea Room, Long Island, New York, New York State Commission For The Blind, Gift Shop Menu, Date Unknown, Old Water Mill Shop And Tea Room Jan 2014

Old Water Mill Shop And Tea Room, Long Island, New York, New York State Commission For The Blind, Gift Shop Menu, Date Unknown, Old Water Mill Shop And Tea Room

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


The Rainbow Grill, Rockefeller Center, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, The Rainbow Grill Jan 2014

The Rainbow Grill, Rockefeller Center, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, The Rainbow Grill

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


Restaurant Mayan, International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, Date Unknown, Restaurant Mayan Jan 2014

Restaurant Mayan, International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, Date Unknown, Restaurant Mayan

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


Schrafft's, New York, Luncheon Menu, March 27, Year Unknown, Schrafft's Jan 2014

Schrafft's, New York, Luncheon Menu, March 27, Year Unknown, Schrafft's

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


Swedish Rathskeller Restaurant, New York, Date Unknown, Swedish Rathskeller Restaurant Jan 2014

Swedish Rathskeller Restaurant, New York, Date Unknown, Swedish Rathskeller Restaurant

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


The Continental, A Walter Reade Restaurant, New York, Date Unknown, The Continental, A Walter Reade Restaurant Jan 2014

The Continental, A Walter Reade Restaurant, New York, Date Unknown, The Continental, A Walter Reade Restaurant

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.


Hotel Nacional De Cuba, Havana, Cuba, A La Carte Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel Nacional De Cuba Jan 2014

Hotel Nacional De Cuba, Havana, Cuba, A La Carte Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel Nacional De Cuba

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, Hotel Paramount, New York, Drink & Supper Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel Paramount Jan 2014

Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, Hotel Paramount, New York, Drink & Supper Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel Paramount

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Piccadilly Circus Bar, Hotel Piccadilly, 45th St. Just West Of B'Way, New York, Cocktail Napkin, Date Unknown, Hotel Piccadilly Jan 2014

Piccadilly Circus Bar, Hotel Piccadilly, 45th St. Just West Of B'Way, New York, Cocktail Napkin, Date Unknown, Hotel Piccadilly

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Hotel Piccadilly Presents The Three Suns In The Piccadilly Circus Bar, New York, Music Selection Card, Date Unknown, Hotel Piccadilly Jan 2014

Hotel Piccadilly Presents The Three Suns In The Piccadilly Circus Bar, New York, Music Selection Card, Date Unknown, Hotel Piccadilly

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Hotel St. Regis, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel St. Regis Jan 2014

Hotel St. Regis, New York, Dinner Menu, Date Unknown, Hotel St. Regis

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Roosevelt Rib Room, Hotel Roosevelt, New York, Date Unknown, Hotel Roosevelt Jan 2014

Roosevelt Rib Room, Hotel Roosevelt, New York, Date Unknown, Hotel Roosevelt

Hotel Menus

No abstract provided.


Pullman Restaurant Car Service, Grand Central Terminal, Table D'Hote And A La Carte Menu, New York, Date Unknown, Pullman Restaurant Car Service Jan 2014

Pullman Restaurant Car Service, Grand Central Terminal, Table D'Hote And A La Carte Menu, New York, Date Unknown, Pullman Restaurant Car Service

Train Menus

No abstract provided.


Shtarker; The Convergence Of Organized Crime And Organized Labor In New York Garment Industry, 1920-1940, David Yee Jan 2014

Shtarker; The Convergence Of Organized Crime And Organized Labor In New York Garment Industry, 1920-1940, David Yee

Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Bombing For Justice: Urban Terrorism In New York City From The 1960s Through The 1980s, Jeffrey A. Kroessler Jan 2014

Bombing For Justice: Urban Terrorism In New York City From The 1960s Through The 1980s, Jeffrey A. Kroessler

Publications and Research

From the mid-1960s into the 1980s New York City experienced a wave of political violence and urban terrorism. Groups planted bombs, hijacked airliners, and engaged in assassination and attempted assassination to advance political, racial, or nationalist agendas. They included the Jewish Defense League, the Weathermen, the Black Panthers and the Black Liberation Army, FALN and other advocates of Puerto Rican independence, the United Freedom Front, Omega 7 and other anti-Castro Cubans, and Croatian nationalists. Juries often failed to convict these individuals, and others received light sentences. Judges scrutinized police actions for abuses of constitutional rights, and attorneys like William Kunstler …