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8: Religious Life At Fort St. Joseph, Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

Written documents indicate that the Jesuit priests settled among neighboring Native American groups and were successful at creating some converts at the St. Joseph mission.

Remember The Rails, Joshua Buck

Charles R. Barnum History Award Papers

No abstract provided.

John Wood; Scotland To Ns, 1815: His Marriage To Margaret Cranston; Eckford, 1970. Modified Register Reports: [Part] A Wood, [Part] B Cranston, Harold S. Wood, Donald Chapman

Books and Documents

After publishing "John Wood (Blacksmith) From Scotland to Rawdon, NS in 1815, His Descendants" in 2013, the author traveled to the home of his ancestors in Scotland in 2014. There he met and exchanged information with other extended family members who had been compiling information on Margaret Cranston, the wife of John Wood, as well as John Wood. This additional information allowed him to amend his 2013 book, which is presented here in digital format.

Bilal, Bilal, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Bilal was 23 years old when he drowned in Greece. He was cheerful, intelligent, and full of energy.

He was a journalist in Afghanistan who received a death threat from the Taliban. His family decided that he should flee the country alone for survival since they couldn’t afford for the whole family to go.

He escaped from the camp in Moria by finding a hole in the fence. He outran the police, found a ship in port, and jumped on it as it was leaving. He later had 10 unsuccessful attempts to leave Greece for Germany. He was caught by …

Zurvan, Zurvan, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Zurvan and his family had a good life in Afghanistan. He worked as a clerk in a spice shop. After doing business with a foreign company, the Taliban threatened him with death. To escape this threat, he and his family escaped to Iran and hired a smuggler to get them to Turkey. From there, they traveled to Greece in an overloaded boat. They have been living in a camp in Greece, stuck in limbo, ever since. Zurvan feels hopeless, like everyone in the camp is being treated in an inhumane manner. He also feels guilty for bringing his children into …

Aarash, Aarash, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

As an anti-corruption journalist in Afghanistan, Aarash’s family’s life was threatened by warlords. His car was shot at, their guesthouse was bombed, and later when they were threatened at gunpoint, they tried to make a new life in India. But in India, they discovered difficulties in obtaining permanent visas so they had return to Kabul where they hid at a friend’s house for 20 days while obtaining documentation to flee to Turkey. Once in Turkey, they learned that Afghan registries had been closed since 2010. They determined that they needed to either apply for asylum in Turkey or leave for …

Idiris, Idiris, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Idiris is an 18-year-old Somalian refugee now living inUtah. He describes his life, mentioning that he only lived in Somalia for six years then moved to Ethiopia, where he stayed for seven and a half years.His life inEthiopia was peaceful and happy in comparison to Somalia, where Idiris and his family witnessed continuous violence. Idiris’s father eventually learned of the opportunities and education available in America and decided to move his family there for a better life, leaving behind family and friends. Coming to America, Idiris and his family did not know what their new home would be like. They …

Awards; 2016-04-30; Sojourner Truth Award (3), Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

No abstract provided.

Awards; 2016-04-30; Sojourner Truth Award (4), Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

No abstract provided.

Leap Year: Chance, Chase, Or Curse?, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Based on a popularized legend in which St. Patrick granted to St. Bridget the right for all single women to propose marriage during leap years, the custom has produced ephemera as evidence of stereotypical old maids and bachelors and created vinegar valentines, ball invitations, dance cards, sheet music and calling cards. Between 1904 and 1916, at least 54 publishing houses created Leap Year postcards illustrated by more than 17 of the most talented artists of the day. Despite possible good intentions, the majority of the ephemera stereotypes single women as so desperate to marry that even unsuitable spouses, including alcoholics, …

Vulcan Historical Review 20 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Vulcan Historical Review 20 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Beyond The Whipping Post: The Judicial Sanctioning Of Cruel And Unusual Punishment In Atmore Prison 1964-August 28, 1975, John David Russell

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 104-121

Uneasy Lies The Head: Richard Ii, Henry Iv, And The Struggle For Legitimacy, Timothy Granger

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 169-184

Suffragette, Zoe Zaslawsky

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 216-218

Review Of Stone, The Liberation Of The Camps: The End Of The Holocaust And Its Aftermath,, Carol A. Leibiger

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Dan Stone, The Liberation Of The Camps: The End Of The Holocaust And Its Aftermath, Carol A. Leibiger

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua1c11/79 Rotc Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from ROTC scrapbooks.

The Student Researcher 2016 (Title Page, Preface, Table Of Contents), Selena Sanderfer Faculty Advisor

The Student Researcher: A Phi Alpha Theta Publication

No abstract provided.

The Munich Visiting Program, 1960-1972, Jesse Gamoran

Honors Papers

In 1960, during a resurgence of anti-Semitism, the Munich government initiated a program to invite Jewish former residents of Munich (who left during the 1930s and early 1940s due to the Nazis) back to their hometown for two-week visits. This program offered the participants a chance to reminisce about their childhoods, reconnect with their heritage, and visit their former communities. For the government, this program provided a crucial connection between the old prewar Munich and the new Munich of the 1960s, between Munich as the birthplace of National Socialism and Munich as a newly rebuilt city, ready to move forward …

Virtus In The Roman World: Generality, Specificity, And Fluidity, Kyle W. Schrader

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

Virtus in the Roman world was often cited, by the Romans themselves, to be their defining attribute that allowed them to conquer the Mediterranean. Virtus’ meaning changed throughout the Roman Republic as different successful methodologies came into usage, and eventually the word virtus focused solely on those who were successful, rather than their own moral or practical character.

2016 Constitution Day Essay Contest: Honorable Mention, Drew Brinkman

Constitution Day Essay Contest

No abstract provided.

Ua94/6 Gemini 15 Memories, Pam Thurman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Pam (Livingston) Thurman's answers to WKU Gemini jazz band questionnaire. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.

Ua94/6 Gemini 14 Memories, Nancy Pollard

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Nancy (Baker) Pollard's answers to WKU Gemini jazz bands questionnaire. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.

Ua94/6 Gemini 14 Memories, Karen Matchus

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Karen (Warren) Matchus' answers to WKU Gemini jazz band questionnaire. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.

The Chart House Restaurant : Dinner Menu, The Chart House Restaurant, Dingle, Co. Kerry

Menus of the 21st Century

Jim McCarthy’s attractive stone-built restaurant has been one of Dingle’s favourite dining destinations since opening in 1997.

Harvey's Point : Tasting Menu, Harvey's Point Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

Restaurant at Harvey's Point, Donegal Town.

The Restaurant at Harvey's Point was included in a list of the top 10 restaurants in the country by TripAdviser Traveller's Choice Awards.

Owned & managed by the Gysling family since 1989

The Global Village Restaurant, The Global Village Restaurant : Dingle

Menus of the 21st Century

No abstract provided.

La Nouvelle-Orléans : Une Ville Créole, Torrey Smith

Richard A. Harrison Symposium

Using the author’s experience this past summer living in New Orleans and working at l’Alliance Française de la Nouvelle-Orléans (a French cultural center in town) as a jumping-off point, this essay explores the birth and evolution of the city under French colonization. During her two-month stay, the author observed that l’Alliance seemed to attract mainly wealthier, white New Orleans residents; this limited interest seemed strange not only considering the incredible racial and socioeconomic diversity of the city, but also given that New Orleans’ French heritage seemed prevalent in the physical and cultural structure of the city.

To tackle the question …

Creating Knowledge, Volume 9, 2016

Creating Knowledge

Dear Students, Colleagues, Alumni and Friends,

Throughout my career as faculty and administrator in higher education I have been honored with the opportunity to introduce and celebrate the publication of scholarly work by colleagues and graduate students in many disciplines and institutions around the world. After more than three decades of doing so, this is the first time that I have the pleasure of introducing a formal publication of work created by a talented group of undergraduate scholars. This honor is further magnified by the fact that beyond its formal format, this is a reviewed publication of extraordinary rigor and …