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123-S2-L7-131.013, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

122-S2-L7-131.004, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Oyster shell - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

131-S2-L7-131.012, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

130-S2-L7-131.010, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

118-S2-L5-129.011, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

129-S2-L7-131.006, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Black glass - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

127-S2-L7-131.008, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Oyster shell - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

128-S2-L7-131.009, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Oyster shell - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

Civility War, Jonathan Speirs

Graphic Communication

Civility War is a poster series that examines contemporary civil conflicts in contemporary world history and the precedent it sets for American political polarization. The early 2010s marked the beginning of America’s current ascent to historical highs for incidences of politically-fueled violence in the forms of hate crimes and domestic terrorism. With the documentation of the effects of similar circumstances available today in the digital age, spreading awareness for the human cost of using violence for political aims is highly topical. This project also attempts to address the aversion university students have to publicly discussing political opinions, as less than …

Marking Their Sacrifice: Headstones And History For Usct Veterans In Jacksonville, Florida, Christian Merkley

Dean's Leadership Council Library Research Prize

The project’s aim is to consolidate military and pension records to identify and honor United States Colored Troops (USCT) by providing them headstones for their unmarked graves.

These soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War in 1863 and 1864. They were almost always denied pensions during their lifetimes. One notable case is William Johnson, who was denied five times, only for his family to receive the pension posthumously.

We are working to establish a memorial site on the Jacksonville University campus. Currently, our main goal is to secure military headstones for these soldiers, many of whom were buried …

Syncretic Spirits / Espíritus Sincréticos, Angelica Tapia - Estrada

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

Syncretic Spirits / Espíritus Sincréticos is a multimedia exhibition that invites viewers into a fantastical space where cultural identity and perception intertwine. Colorful shaped panels, sculptural installations, prints, and drawings bridge physical and metaphysical realms. Personal archetypes intuitively inspired by natural forms drive the work.

Influenced by the dualities of my upbringing as a first-generation Mexican American, I was immersed in Mexican culture through my family traditions while finding a home in the nurturing embrace of the heartland. The work has become a means of reclaiming a new layered sense of self, disentangling from my Catholic upbringing, embracing indigenous healing …

Oceanic Wahhabism, Nicholas P. Roberts

Student Scholarship

At some point around 1810, a leading Wahhabi theologian in the capital of the First Saudi State fielded an intriguing question: Although Wahhabi leaders preached the ideals of enmity and violence toward non-Wahhabi peoples, could Wahhabi merchants travel to non-Wahhabi lands, do business with non-Wahhabi persons, and reside among them while pursuing commercial agend as? The theologian answered yes. I argue that this question and its answer reveal a lived reality in Najd that historians have yet to fully uncover. The theologian’s answer reveals how Arabia’s interior where Wah habismemerged was enmeshed alongside Arabia’s coasts within the broader Afro-Asian Indian …

Deacon Bernard Carr

African American Funeral Programs

Deacon_Bernard_Carr.pdf - Funeral program for Bernard Carr

Under The Veil: Women's Head Coverings In Tudor England, Savannah Toth

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This thesis seeks to discover and analyze the agency and meaning of the role of women’s head coverings and veils within the context of Tudor Christianity, society, and the fashion world of English culture. By observing the usage of the veil through various lenses, this thesis examines the nuance of the veil as an object and actor in Tudor society that enables yet prohibits personal choice for women. This research uses various sources such as Tudor paintings and portraits, surviving pieces of garments, and written accounts to paint a picture of the impact and significance the veil had in every …

Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 34. Did Alfred Russel Wallace’S Chief Assistant From His Expedition To The Malay Archipelago Really Name Himself Ali Wallace?, George Beccaloni, Charles H. Smith Editor

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

In 1907, Thomas Barbour met Alfred Russel Wallace’s former chief assistant Ali on Ternate Island, Indonesia. Ali apparently told him that he had adopted “Wallace” as his second name. This claim has been questioned by historian John van Wyhe and anthropologist Gerrell Drawhorn, probably because it appeared unprecedented. However, this was not an isolated example; in 1872, John Thomas Cockerell recorded that a man from the Aru Islands, Indonesia, employed by Wallace in 1857, along with his eldest son, had similarly adopted “Wallace” as part of their personal names.

117-S2-L5-129.006, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

Contagion: An Introduction To Infectious Disease & New Mexico Health History, Abbie Weiser Olivas, Deirdre Caparoso, Claire Hannon, Amy Weig-Pickering

Projects

Traveling exhibit about New Mexico health history and infectious disease. This exhibit was created as part of a HSLIC seed funding grant that was awarded to Deirdre Caparoso, Amy Weig-Pickering, and Abbie Weiser Olivas. Access the HSLIC Traveling Exhibits LibGuide here: https://libguides.health.unm.edu/travelingexhibits. Exhibit concept, text, and image selection by Abbie Weiser Olivas. Design and graphics by Claire Hannon.

"Insanity" As An American Empire: The Canton Insane Asylum For American Indians, 1902-1934, Thanh Chi Nguyen

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

This graduate thesis involves a retelling of the history of the now defunct Canton Insane Asylum, built in the early 20th century located in Canton, South Dakota. It was America’s first federal psychiatric facility dedicated exclusively for American Indians. The Canton Insane Asylum for American Indians is a touchstone whose microhistory reflects larger political and economic sentiments in both the state of South Dakota and in the United States writ large. Conceiving South Dakota, as first and foremost a white settler society erected on land forcibly wrested from American Indian people, the asylum played an important economic development role and …

2025-03-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from March of 2025.

056-S2-L2126.017, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Triangular amber glass shard - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

On/ In The Ground With Vietnamese Communists: The Cu Chi Tunnels In The Classroom, Wen-Qing Ngoei

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Undergraduates often arrive in my classes convinced that great men, and a few exceptional women, are the ones who make history. Here, they think of power wielded by presidents, generals, and self-styled geniuses of strategy and diplomacy. (Henry Kissinger’s name invariably bubbles up in class discussions, like it or not.) Perhaps this happens elsewhere? In Singapore, this mindset likely takes root because the country’s record of benevolent authoritarianism underpins the legitimacy and influence of political elites. Equally, male citizens of Singapore perform compulsory military service before entering university and internalize, readily or grudgingly, that rank confers power—it is power—and that …

035-S2-L1-125.005, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber glass, likely close to neck of bottle - excavated between March 17-19, March

063-S2-L2-126.026, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Rusted curled wire - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

081-S2-L4-128.006, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

090-S2-L5-129.015, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

116-S2-L5-129.002, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Pottery - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

007-S2-L1-125.026, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber glass - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

006-S2-L1-125.015, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Curved amber glass, possibly neck to body of the bottle - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

005-S2-L1-125.003, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Schlitz beer can top - excavated between March 17-19, 2025

004-S2-L1-125.041, Morehead State University History Department (Morehead, Ky)

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

Amber glass, 3 ridges - excavated between March 17-19, 2025