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Rebranding Empire: Consumers, Commodities, And The Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1933, Ashley Kristen Bower

Dissertations and Theses

The Empire Marketing Board (EMB) was a British government organization established in 1926 by the Conservative Party, under the authority of Colonial Secretary Leopold Amery. Its goal was to encourage Britons to "Buy Empire," namely, to buy products from the Dominions and colonies of the British Empire. To encourage consumption, the EMB funded scientific research and economic analyses, as well as publicity for Empire trade in the form of posters, films, educational materials, and government-sponsored events. The Empire Marketing Board attempted to sell the concept of "Empire" to the masses as a new cooperative project which stressed the value of …

Crania Japonica: Ethnographic Portraiture, Scientific Discourse, And The Fashioning Of Ainu/Japanese Colonial Identities, Jeffrey Braytenbah

Dissertations and Theses

Japan's colonial activities on the island of Hokkaido were instrumental to the creation of modern Japanese national identity. Within this construction, the indigenous Ainu people came to be seen in dialectical opposition to the 'modern' and 'civilized' identity that Japanese colonial actors fashioned for themselves. This process was articulated through travel literature, ethnographic portraiture, and discourse in scientific racism which racialized perceived divisions between the Ainu and Japanese and contributed to the unmaking of the Ainu homeland: Ainu Mosir. The resulting narrative was used to legitimize Japanese imperialism, transforming the Empire of Japan into the only non-Western member state …

Carolyn Lee Baldwin

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ada News - 01/06/2020, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

2020-01-06 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for January 6, 2020.

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 19, January 6, 2020, Grand Valley State University

Volume 54, July 15, 2019 - April 27, 2020

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

2020-01-06 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from January 6, 2020.

Pastor Jeanette Mikell Johnson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ms. Gail Roberson

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Ms. Gail Roberson on Jan. 4, 2020 at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church

Ruby Deloach Arnold

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Benevolent Women And An Orphan Asylum: The Case Of Rochester, New York, Joseph Resch

Theses and Dissertations

Rochester, New York typified the rapid growth towns were experiencing in the early 19th century. Benevolent women established charitable societies and institutions like the Orphan Asylum to combat the social ills brought on by that growth. Their humanitarian endeavors laid the foundation for today’s child welfare agencies.

Western Influence In The Cover-Up Of The Holodomor, Michael Galka-Giaquinto

Theses and Dissertations

This paper discusses how the Holodomor (Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933) was effectively covered up by Stalin with the help of compliant actors in the West. A confluence of media, political, and economic interests in the West was critical in successfully covering up Stalin's crimes against the Ukrainian people.

“Don't Forget”: The Life And Role Of Arab American Women In The Early 20th Century, Caitlin Gannam, Jonathan Sciarcon

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

While Arab American women have often been excluded from the narrative of the Arab American community, they have had lasting influence on the nature and development of the American identity. As mothers, teachers, and supporters of the community, Arab American women have been active cultural influences, despite social restrictions and a lack of formal power.

Faculty Spotlight—Dr. William Phillpot, Will Moody

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

William (Bill) Philpott Interview

Everything With A Smile: Loxie Dowdy, Alexandra Graham

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

This biography details the life of Vietnam Veteran Loxie Dowdy and her partner Lucille Laugesen.

Tradition And Service: Jordan L. Bear, Laurel Schlegel

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

Veterans Legacy Program - Jordan L. Bear

On The Difficulty Of Reckoning With Settler Colonialisms: Transnational And Comparative Perspectives, Baligh Ben Taleb

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Review essay on:

Settler Colonialism and (Re)Conciliation: Frontier Violence, Affective Performances, and Imaginative Refoundings By Penelope Edmonds. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Unsettled Expectations: Uncertainty, Land, and Settler Decolonization By Eva Mackey. Halifax; Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2016.

The Limits of Settler Colonial Reconciliation: Non-Indigenous People and the Responsibility to Engage Edited by Sarah Maddison, Tom Clark and Ravi de Costa. New York: Springer, 2016.

In settler societies, coming to grips with historical wrongs continues to pose an enduring dilemma. Powerful scripts and events of redress, forgiveness and reconciliation are used to petition for and engage with narratives of the …

Book Review: Down With Traitors: Justice And Nationalism In Wartime China, By Yun Xia., Parks M. Coble

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Few Chinese phrases carry the emotional weight of the term hanjian (汉奸), mean- ing Chinese who were traitors giving aid and comfort to the enemy. In this important new study, Yun Xia examines the concept primarily in regard to Japanese aggression during the War of Resistance and its aftermath following Japan’s surrender. The book goes far beyond the usual focus on well-known collaborators such as Wang Jingwei and Wang Kemin or the war crimes trials—though these are covered. Yun Xia’s expansive study examines popular attitudes toward collaborators, the political and economic aspects of holding individuals accountable, and the uses of …

From Student To Citizen: The Impact Of Personal Narratives In University-Level Genocide Education, Ari Kohen, Gerald Steinacher

Department of History: Faculty Publications

What follows, then, are some of the lessons gleaned from the first ever long-term, multi-phase, interpretative case study conducted in higher education; a complete exploration and analysis of the data collected in the project is beyond the scope of this short essay. Using more than one thousand surveys, in-person interviews, and other evaluative materials gathered over the course of five years, our research team sought answers to the questions posed above and looked specifically at the ways in which certain types of instructional materials make impressions on students.

What is argued here is that narrative sources such as autobiographies, diaries, …

Issue No. 112: Spring 2020

La Crónica de Nuevo México

ii President’s Message

1 A Captive of the Apaches by Mark Santiago

7 Meet the Officers and Board of the Historical Society of New Mexico—Nancy Owen Lewis, HSNM Vice President

9 Historical Society of New Mexico News

11 New Books for Your New Mexico Bookshelf compiled by Richard Melzer

13 Book Review

14 Chronicling America—Historic American Newspapers

The Sparrow Hawk Castle - A Mostly Ignored Literary Motif Across The Cultures And The Centuries, Albrecht Classen

Quidditas

Johann Schiltberger included a curious episode about the ‘Sparrow Hawk Mountain’ in his famous travelogue Reisebericht from 1427. This episode can be traced back to John Mandeville’s Travels in the German translation by Michel Velser. This study examines the similarities between Mandeville’s text and Schiltberger’s account, but then also the use of this motif in the tradition of the Melusine novel (Jean d’Arras and Thüring von Ringoltingen). Further attempts are made to identify sources for this episode Mandeville might have drawn from, including an Armenian chronicle and even the love treatise De amore by Andreas Capellanus.

Explanations And Justifications Of War In The British Kingdoms In The Seventeenth Century, Roger B. Manning

Quidditas

The influence of Machiavelli on English and Scottish political discourse can be detected not just on politicians and military men, but also among clerics and the well educated elite– even when they do not cite him directly. In England and Scotland, as in mainland European countries, Machiavellian discourse placed war at the center of discussion. Some justified their bellicosity in the secularized language of Roman historians and Italian humanists and thought that since war was the main theme of history and could be regarded as an inevitable phenomenon, England might as well profit by it. This necessarily brought England into …

Pokanoket: The First People Of The East Bay, Bristol, Rhode Island, Students Of Roger Williams University

Arts and Sciences Course Related Student Projects

The booklet illustrates the history of the Pokanoket nation, the original inhabitants of the Bristol and greater East Bay area, and their ancestral land which they called Sowams.

Building From Within: How Two Female Prisoners Survived Incarceration, Laura M. Cuevas Meléndez

Special Collections Research Center Learning Lab Student Research

According to the US Commission of Civil Rights, from 1980 to 2016, the percentage of imprisoned women surpassed 730% (4). Severe isolation, lack of sunlight, and sensory deprivation tactics were employed during the 1980s, when Silvia Baraldini and Laura Whitehorn were incarcerated at the federal women’s prison in Lexington, Kentucky. Both women maintained their basic humanity and spirit by creating educational opportunities for fellow inmates, advocating for improved conditions, and sharing their experiences through letter writing. They each wrote hundreds of letters to friends, family, and other social activists concerned with their plight. Using a collection of letters written by …

Raymond Clary Louisiana Industrial Institute Collection, 1913, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Set of picture postcards featuring buildings at Louisiana Industrial Institute

Ralph Bills Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Collection, 1950-1955., University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Photographs of Louisiana Tech campus taken during donor's Air Force training period

Reggie Mccleroy,, "Living Legacies Of Lincoln Parish", University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Drawings by area artist of local NAACP leaders in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: Clara Carr, E.D. Smith, C.C. McClain, Thalia Williams, J.K. Haynes

Rita M. Krouse Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Correspondence concerning the building of a military road between Fort Smith on the Arkansas River to Natchitoches, Louisiana

Robert J. Pfister Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Prints from the collection of Bob J. Pfister of photographic negatives from the inventories of the Ruston, Louisiana photographic studios of John Green Davis (1890's-?) and John Green Davis Jr. (?-1943), of the amateur photographers William Marbury (1930's-1940's) and J.E. Woodward (mid-1940's-1971), and of Louisiana Tech University photographer Bob J. Pfister (1950's), including index prepared by Pamela Pfister, who made the prints. Woodward accumulated the collection, which was given at his death to Pfister (some are photocopies). Prints funded by Ruston Building and Loan Association, President Benjamin Denny, in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

Robert Edwin Russ Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

Manuscript Finding Aids

Correspondence and his other writings reflecting Russ's life (1830-1902) as planter, community leader, and founder of Ruston, Louisiana; legal records and notes on the history of Ruston compiled by his descendants for the Diamond Jubilee in Ruston