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A Hidden Life, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of A Hidden Life (2019), directed by Terrence Malick.

Religion And Culture In Inherit The Wind, Zachary Sheldon

Journal of Religion & Film

Stanley Kramer’s Inherit the Wind (1960) has long been considered a classic for its indictment of McCarthyism as allegorized in a dramatic treatment of the Scopes Monkey Trial. But for all its political messaging, the film is also patently up front in its treatment of religious perspectives on culture. The presence of such material may be read allegorically but may also be read in connection with the period of the film’s production, as a statement piece on religious perspectives of media such as film. This article examines the religious messaging in Inherit the Wind in conjunction with religious perspectives of …

Prison Correspondence, Erik J. Chaput

Dorr Scholarship

This overview essay by SCE Professor Erik J. Chaput provides context for the drafting of the letters from Dorr to his mother Lydia. The essay provides a brief description of Dorr's treason trial, his sentencing and the nature of his imprisonment in the state prison on the Providence cove.

The Dorr Rebellion Project http://library.providence.edu/dorr

The Dorr Letters Project http://library.providence.edu:8080/xtf/index.html

Modern Intolerance And The Medieval Crusades [Excerpted From Whose Middle Ages?], Nicholas L. Paul

History

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the non-specialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where humans have dug for meaning into the medieval past and brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author teases out the stakes of a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy …

Ethnobotany And Dai Medicine: Herbal Roots, Jasper Tsai

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Xishuangbanna is home to one of the most biologically and culturally diverse regions in China. Dai medicine from the Dai people has been recognized by China as one of the four major ethnic minority medicines. With over 2,500 years of practice, Dai medicine utilizes the herbs found in the diverse region mixed with principles and theories from Buddhism. There have been over 500 unique herbs used in Dai medicine, each with different properties and functions. As Xishuangbanna continues to develop as a city and expand its rubber and banana plantations, it has large impacts on the environment, living standard, education, …

Sprout’S Sibyl Cartoons, David Sprout, Stephen D. Grinch Mr

Otterbein Coloring Books

The pages of the 1949 Sibyl were decorated with drawings by the talented Otterbein cartoonist, David Sprout (class of 1950.) These “slice-of-life” cartoons give us a humorous look at campus life in the 1948-49 school year. 8 ½” x 11”.

Alabama's Struggles During Their Centennial, Marjorie Ann Reeves

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.

The Civil Rights Movement In Huntsville, Kelly Fisk Hamlin

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of The 1918 Influenza Pandemic On U.S. Life Insurance Holdings, Dr. Joanna Short

Economics: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This paper examines the effect of a sharp rise in mortality, the 1918 influenza epidemic, on life insurance holdings in the U.S. The BLS Cost of Living Surveys of 1918-1919 provide a unique opportunity to examine the effect of the pandemic—some households were surveyed before, and others during or shortly after the worst of the influenza outbreak. In addition, I use state-level insurance sales data to compare the increase in spending on insurance in states particularly hard hit by the epidemic, relative to those that were not. I find some evidence that, in the immediate aftermath of the epidemic, those …

Arming Of The U.S. Army During War 1861, Jessica Colfer

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Length: 60 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• The student will be able to identify the armament of the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War.
• The student will consider the preparedness of the Union and Confederate armies.
• The student compare and contrast prior knowledge about the Civil War to interpret historical documents.
• The student will be able to analyze and interpret a primary document.

Vertical File Index, 1970s-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

Miscellaneous Inventories

Meriam-Webster defines vertical file as, “a collection of articles (pamphlets and clippings) that is maintained (as in a library) to answer brief questions or to provide points of information not easily located.”

Vertical files were very popular in libraries before internet searching as a way to collate like materials found on specific subjects. The Special Collections vertical files contain clippings, pamphlets, articles, booklets and other literature that is too insignificant to catalog. This index serves as a guide to the folders contained within the collection.

The bulk of this collection was curated from the 1970s-2000 and is broken into two …

Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments For An Ill-Used Past [Table Of Contents], Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nicholas L. Paul, Nina Rowe

History

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author looks to a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy to read and re-read familiar …

October 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Simchat Torah; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices

Art 400: Research Project, Katie Smith

Undergraduate Publications

No abstract provided.

Public History Service Learning In National Parks Campus-Community Partnerships For The Preservation Of Minidoka National Historic Site, Mia Russell

History Graduate Projects and Theses

This Master of Applied Historical Research project entailed the development and launch of an iOS-platform mobile application that provides an interpretive walking tour of Minidoka National Historic Site (Minidoka NHS). Established in 2001, Minidoka is a remotely located National Park Service unit which preserves one of the ten mainland United States WWII Japanese American concentration camps. With the Visitor Contact Station slated to open in 2019, the site has lacked in-depth interpretation of the history and landscape in a meaningful way, detracting from the typical visitor experience. The accompanying analytical essay situates the process of creating the Minidoka NHS mobile …

50 And Forward: Sandor Teszler Library Since 1969, Phillip Stone, Luke Meagher, Melissa Clapp

Library Exhibits

Wofford's Sandor Teszler Library, opened in 1969, celebrated its 50th anniversary in August 2019, and this exhibit features the growth and development of the library over the past half century.

Unidad Didáctica, Historias Universal, Sexto, Sylvia Rodríguez

Fall Workshop October 2019

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés):

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 6.3A: Identificar y explicar los factores geográficos causantes de los patrones de desplazamiento de la población en ciertos lugares y regiones. 6.15A: Identificar y describir las formas de difusión cultural, tales como el comercio, los viajes y las guerras. 6.13A: Identificar y describir las características comunes que definen una cultura y una región cultura.

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Comprender y relatar las similitudes y diferencias entre los olmecas, mayas y …

Amjambo Africa! (October 2019), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This issue...

Lewiston ..................................Page 2

Mana Abdi

Lewiston High School

Lewiston Adult Education

African Gala.............................Page 9

Candidates Talk Issues ...Page 10/11

Flc- Implementing High Impact Practices To Address Dfwi Rates - History 140, David Yaghoubian

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

History 140 syllabus for Fall 2019 addressing DFWI issues.

This Is A River: Malaysian Borneo Research Expedition, Gigi Buddie

EnviroLab Asia

No abstract provided.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2019, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

• Cite and Bite Workshops
• Open Access Week (Janelle Wertzberger, Alecea Standlee, Hana Huskic)
• Notes at Noon
• Friends Sponsor Guild Participation (Mary Wootton)
• Stop the Bleed
• The Wall Must Go
• Story Time
• Table to Farm
• Pop-up Library
• Take the Reading Challenge
• 1,000,000
• Grant to Digitize Asian Art

Vietnam Oral Histories (Ron Bailey '67, Sue Hill '67, Michael Birkner, Devin McKinney)

Alexander von Humboldt's Secretary (William Bowman)

Focus on Philanthropy: Walter Miller Trust

A Gift in 3 Dimensions (Richard C. Ryder '70)

Remembering Richard Ryder '70 (Michael Birkner)

New Externship - Careers in Library and …

Early Modern Europe And Its Colonial World: A Guide To Course Readings, Barbara Ann Naddeo

Open Educational Resources

A guide to the readings most recently assigned in History 41501. Readings will vary with the semester.

Modest, Modern, Molly Mcclain

History: Faculty Scholarship

This article looks at the mid-century modern houses built by architect Russell Forester in the Scripps Estates Associates in La Jolla, California.

Race, Town, And Gown: A White Christian College And A White Suburb Address Race, David B. Malone

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Wheaton, Illinois and Wheaton College share a name derived from early settlers, a geographic space, and conservative political and religious values. In their early years, the college admitted black students and the suburb had black residents. Their paths diverged after pressure from religious movements and suburbanization: Wheaton continued as one of the few Chicago suburbs to have black residents, yet the college stopped admitting black students around the 1920s. Wheaton passed Illinois’ first fair housing law in 1967 but controversy regarding a significant downtown project led to subsequently pursuing development aimed at wealthier residents and the proportion of non-white residents …

The Gettysburg Campaign, Carol Reardon

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American military history for at least three major reasons. First, after three days of fighting on July 1–3, 1863, General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Major General George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac lost more than 51,000 dead, wounded, captured, and missing, making Gettysburg the costliest military engagement in North American history. Second, President Abraham Lincoln endowed Gettysburg with special distinction when he visited in November 1863 to dedicate the soldiers’ cemetery and delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address. Finally, Gettysburg …

The Shortcomings Of The Philosopher President: Sun Yat-Sen’S Provisional Presidency Of 1912, Sean Gray

Undergraduate Craft of Research Prize Papers

This paper explores the brief administration of Sun Yat-sen, the first president of China, and why he failed to maintain power. I argue that during the provisional presidency, Sun tried to lay the groundwork for a modern constitutional republic centered around the “Three People’s Principles,” but he failed due to the broader political uncertainty brought by Yuan’s presence. When Yuan took power, Sun initially supported his administration, but soon he became frustrated with Yuan’s increasingly autocratic decisions. Sun’s political involvement, then, did not cease with the end of his presidential term; instead, he was politically active and even belligerently idealistic …

The Election Of 1860 And The Secession Of The South, Jessica Colfer

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Length: 80 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• Students will be able to analyze primary documents and identify the relation between student attendance and the political and societal context of the time.
• Students will be able to analyze and apply their prior knowledge to interpret the perspectives of those during the outbreak of the Civil War.
• Students will be able to identify the primary causes of South Carolina’s secession from the Union.

The Scott Memorial Library Quasquicentennial: Celebrating 125 Years Of The Jefferson Library (1894-2019), Kelsey Duinkerken, Msi

Library Posters

The Early Years

(1894-1930s)

The Modern Library

(1960s-1970s)

The Computer Age

(1980s-2019)

Review Of "The Nature Of Disaster In China: The 1931 Yangzi River Flood" By C. Courtney, Lillian M. Li

History Faculty Works

No abstract provided.