Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

History Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2015

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 871 - 900 of 3921

Full-Text Articles in History

April Miller Et Al. Vs. Kim Davis (Date Filled August 12, 2015), United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Kentucky Aug 2015

April Miller Et Al. Vs. Kim Davis (Date Filled August 12, 2015), United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Kentucky

Media Collection

CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-44-DLB APRIL MILLER, et al. PLAINTIFFS vs. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER KIM DAVIS, individually and in her official capacity, et al. DEFENDANTS


Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 409. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 October 7, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Thomas E. Wilson, 20 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.


Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 411. Photocopy of a land grant, 1843 July 7, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush 15 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.


Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscritps Land Grant 410. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 November 25, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Claudius Duvall, assignee of Presley Edwards, assignee of Rossland Jordan, 130 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.


Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2933. Clippings from the Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) relating to the history and activities of the Girls Club of Bowling Green. Includes a letter of Elaine (Eakles) Goad outlining her involvement with the Club as a member and Director, and a clipping describing her wedding held at the Club.


Humble, John S., 1886-1945 (Sc 2932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Humble, John S., 1886-1945 (Sc 2932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2932. Teacher’s certificates and diplomas of John S. Humble of Simpson County, Kentucky; yearbook excerpts relating to Humble’s teaching in Tennessee and Texas; and local color stories written by Humble.


The Unheard New Negro Woman: History Through Literature, Shantell Lee Aug 2015

The Unheard New Negro Woman: History Through Literature, Shantell Lee

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Many of the Harlem Renaissance anthologies and histories of the movement marginalize and omit women writers who played a significant role in it. They neglect to include them because these women worked outside of socially determined domestic roles and wrote texts that portrayed women as main characters rather than as muses for men or supporting characters. The distorted representation of women of the Renaissance will become clearer through the exploration of the following texts: Jessie Fauset’s Plum Bun, Caroline Bond Day’s “Pink Hat,” Dorothy West’s “Mammy,” Angelina Grimke’s Rachel and “Goldie,” and Georgia Douglas Johnson’s A Sunday Morning in …


Policy Recommendations For Alleviating Homelessness In Chittenden County, Vermont, Brittany E. Nevins Aug 2015

Policy Recommendations For Alleviating Homelessness In Chittenden County, Vermont, Brittany E. Nevins

Capstone Collection

Chittenden County, Vermont is suffering from increasing homelessness and poverty among both individuals and families. Residents of Chittenden County face an urban rental vacancy rate of less than .5% in Burlington, VT where the majority of jobs are located and only a 3% vacancy in suburban towns. Residents face waiting lists for rental subsidies of up to 8 years, and decreasing access to services for working class populations who are facing rent to income ratios of nearly 70% and utility costs of 30% of their income. The market rent is increasing and the state budget faces deep cuts to services. …


Why Were We There?: Using Oral History To Understand Soldiers’ Perceptions Of Why The United States Was In Vietnam, Bailie Avrit Aug 2015

Why Were We There?: Using Oral History To Understand Soldiers’ Perceptions Of Why The United States Was In Vietnam, Bailie Avrit

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Wallace, John (Lg 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Wallace, John (Lg 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 418. Original land grant, 2 June 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Wallace assignee of Joshua Armstrong, assignee of Phillip Wells, assignee of Samuel Wells, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Summer Commencement Program, August 8, 2015, Coastal Carolina University Aug 2015

Summer Commencement Program, August 8, 2015, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.


Mr. Melvin Morris Henry Aug 2015

Mr. Melvin Morris Henry

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Melvin Henry. Service was held on August 8, 2015 in Winston, Georgia


Mr. Melvin Morris Henry Aug 2015

Mr. Melvin Morris Henry

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Ronnie Roberts Aug 2015

Ronnie Roberts

African American Funeral Programs

Interment at Eastside Cemetery in Statesboro, Georgia


Jerry Lee Walker Aug 2015

Jerry Lee Walker

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Jessie James Aug 2015

Jessie James

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Summer 2015 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin Aug 2015

Summer 2015 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Summer 2015 Commencement - August 7, 2015


Interview With Betty Jean Ulmer Mcgregor, Betty Jean Ulmer Mcgregor Aug 2015

Interview With Betty Jean Ulmer Mcgregor, Betty Jean Ulmer Mcgregor

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Betty Jean Ulmer McGregor, 2009 South Carolina and National Mother of the Year.


Interview With Margie Mitchell, Margie Mitchell Aug 2015

Interview With Margie Mitchell, Margie Mitchell

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Margie Mitchell, daughter of 2003 South Carolina Mother of the Year, Marjorie Rivers Mitchell, and member of the South Carolina Mother of the Year Selection Committee.


Interview With Jean Ishbel Long Dowty, Jean Long Dowty Aug 2015

Interview With Jean Ishbel Long Dowty, Jean Long Dowty

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Jean Ishbel Long Dowty, mother of 2007 South Carolina Mother of the Year, Judith Dowty Pittard.


Interview With Kathleen Lightsey, Kathleen Lightsey Aug 2015

Interview With Kathleen Lightsey, Kathleen Lightsey

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Kathleen Lightsey, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association and South Carolina Mother of the Year Selection Committee.


Interview With Martha Cranford, Martha Cranford Aug 2015

Interview With Martha Cranford, Martha Cranford

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Martha Cranford, Chair of the South Carolina Mothers Association.


Interview With Shirley Fishburne, Shirley Herlong Fishburne Aug 2015

Interview With Shirley Fishburne, Shirley Herlong Fishburne

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Shirley Herlong Fishburne, South Carolina Mother of the Year Committee member.


Kashmiri Marsiya (Elegy) Manuscripts: The Valuable Sources For The Dissemination, Reconstruction And Safeguarding The History And Culture-Iii, Tawfeeq Nazir Aug 2015

Kashmiri Marsiya (Elegy) Manuscripts: The Valuable Sources For The Dissemination, Reconstruction And Safeguarding The History And Culture-Iii, Tawfeeq Nazir

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Manuscripts are the links to the historical facts that will otherwise remain unknown to the world. They contain authentic information and facts about the social, political and cultural aspects of a nation. Therefore their intellectual value cannot be over emphasized. Many countries and nations are joining hands towards preserving such cultural assets by way of taking conservation and preservation measures including digitization and documentation.

Marsiya or Elegy has gained more importance after the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s) and his companions and household in Karbala. Marsiya has been since written and recited in order to mourning the tragic events of …


Poole, John (Lg 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Poole, John (Lg 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 403. Original land grant, 1807 November 27, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to John Poole, 250 acres in Henderson County, Kentucky.


Phelps, Julian River, 1801-1856 & Robert W. Raglin (Lg 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Phelps, Julian River, 1801-1856 & Robert W. Raglin (Lg 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 400. Original land grant, 1834 May 9, by which James T. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Julian Phelps and Robert W. Raglin, assignees of Robert Morrison, 200 acres in Butler County, Kentucky.


Covington, Elijah Moorman, 1773-1848 (Lg 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Covington, Elijah Moorman, 1773-1848 (Lg 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 408. Copy of a land grant, 1807 December 6, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to Elijah M. Covington, assignee of John Biaz, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Cooke, Peyton (Lg 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Cooke, Peyton (Lg 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 405. Original land grant, 1819 June 30 by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Peyton Cooke, assignee of Thomas Elder, 27 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Cooke, Peyton (Lg 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Cooke, Peyton (Lg 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 407. Original land grant, 1826 November 15, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to Peyton Cooke 120 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Poole, John (Lg 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Poole, John (Lg 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 402. Original land grant, 1807 November 27, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to John Poole, assignee of Stacy Poole, 400 acres in Henderson County, Kentucky.