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Spartanburg County School Integration Project: Rayfield Harrison Interview, Rayfield Harrison, Clayton Whisnant, Dallas Green

Oral History Interviews

Spartanburg County School Integration Project

Narrator: Rayfield Harrison (RH)

Interviewers: Dr. Clayton Whisnant (CW)

and Dallas Green (DG)

at Wofford College

June 30, 2025

Study Of Religious Experience Using The Introspection Method: Case Of Estonia, Siim Nigulas, Tõnu Lehtsaar

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This article revisits the method of introspection as a valuable tool for studying religious experience in Estonia, where spirituality is often personal, unaffiliated, and deeply introspective. Drawing on the legacy of the Dorpat school—particularly Karl Girgensohn—it highlights how experimental introspection can illuminate the dimensions of faith. Considering Estonia’s post-Soviet religious individualization, the method offers a culturally fitting and academically rigorous approach. The study argues for the revival and adaptation of introspective techniques to explore the inner dynamics of belief in a secular yet spiritually curious society.

Personal Responsibility Of Organizers And Participants Of Repressions Against Protestant Communities In Ukraine, Oksana Vysoven, Ihor Datskiv, Alina Zadorozhnya, Yurii Fihurnyi

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article analyzes the personal responsibility of the organizers and participants in the repressions against Protestant communities in Ukraine. The punitive and preventive atheistic campaigns of the communist regime were carried out by specific individuals who were organizers and participants in the destruction of churches, the dispersal of prayer services, the destruction of material and spiritual values of Protestant communities, the harassment of believers at work and their place of residence, the imposition of monetary fines on them, and so on. Communist regime functionaries participated in the persecution of believers during trials, in places of imprisonment, etc. Believers suffered most …

Religious Faith In The Context Of The Russian-Ukrainian War: Challenges And Risks, Olena Predko, Mykola Ptytsia

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This article examines the role of religious faith in the context of the russian-Ukrainian war, its impact on society, and the challenges and risks faced by religious communities and believers. The study analyzes how the war brings the issue of religious faith-seeking to the forefront, its semantic nuances, and how it transforms religious identity and the level of religiosity among the population. Special attention is given to the use of religious faith in hybrid warfare, the issue of spiritual support for both military personnel and civilians, as well as the risks associated with the politicization of religious life. The article …

The Canonical Status Of The Serbian Patriarch In The Statute Of The Macedonian Orthodox Church From 1960 And Its Differing Interpretations By The Two Churches, Ivan Yovchev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

After lengthy negotiations that began in the 1940s between the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) and the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) regarding the latter’s autocephaly, the Holy Synod of the SOC initially rejected the decisions of the Initiative Council for the formation of the Macedonian Church. However, at a later stage, the SOC revised its stance, and by 1959, it not only recognized the existence of the Macedonian Church but also granted it the right to independent organization and governance in the form of autonomy. The recognized autonomy of the MOC was met with mixed reactions among Macedonian church leaders. The …

Mr. Robert E. Polk

African American Funeral Programs

Robert E. Polk.pdf - Handwritten Obituary for Robert Polk

Mrs. Elizabeth Melvin

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Mrs_Elizabeth_Melvin.pdf - Death notice for Elizabeth Melvin

Mrs. Maggie Miller

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Mrs_Maggie_Miller.pdf - Death notice for Maggie Miller

Angela D. Dawson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Evangelist Gwendolyn Sue Bradley Frink

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

News Clipping, Made Colonel In Chicago

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Clipping with an image of Eartha M. M. White regarding her appointment as Colonel by General M. M. Bethune of National Defense Office, The Wands. Undated.

News Clipping, Annual Meeting Held At Mission

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Clipping regarding the annual meeting of the Clara White Mission, held at the mission, 613 W. Ashley Street, Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.

Letter From Babson's Statistical Organization To Clients

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Correspondence: Letter From Ralph B. Wilson, Vice President of Babson's Statistical Organization, Babson Park, Massachusetts, concerning business reports. Includes handwritten notes on reverse regarding yearly statistics for deaths and meals from September to September. Undated.

Clara White Mission Form For Meals And Relief

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Blank statistical form for meals and relief given at Clara White Mission. Undated.

Annual Report Of Persons Served, Clara White Mission

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Handwritten statistics for annual report of persons served at the Clara White Mission. Undated.

Publicity Card, Community Center For Colored People

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Publicity for Community Center for Colored People, 519 West Gwinnett Street, Savannah, Georgia. The Center was under the supervision of Eartha White during World War I. Undated.

War Work Compaign Mass Meeting Leaflet, November 4

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: War Work Campaign Mass Meeting, at Big Zion Tabernacle. Eartha M. M. White, State Chairman of Colored Women's Section of the Council of National Defense and Organizer for United War Work Campaign, listed as one of the speakers. Undated.

Ms. Anna Belle Harrison

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program of Anna Harrison. Service held on June 27, 2025 in Statesboro, Georgia

Beyond The Gray Ghost: John S. Mosby And The Power Of Legend, Kevin R. Youngberg

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Civil War generals are among the most celebrated figures of their time. In the post-Civil war era, many of these officers retreated to farms, and businesses and disappeared into obscurity. This was not the case with Colonel John Singleton Mosby, who quickly transformed into a figure whose legacy from the Civil war gave him a unique place in the American imagination as the legendary Gray Ghost of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He lived until 1916, a remarkable fifty years filling those decades with a host of accomplishments in public service both at home and abroad. His legacy is complex, …

Living Heritage, Resilience And Ethically Informed Infrastructures In Malawi, Martha B. Lerski, Frank Puluputu Mwale

Publications and Research

Rooted in a rural community’s needs, this paper explores how historically, and ethically informed infrastructures can support community engagement towards identification, documentation, and dissemination of local, traditional, and indigenous knowledge relating to climate change. The paper examines climate adaptation and sustainability issues through the lenses of community organizing and Library & Information Science best practices. It draws on a growing body of literature identifying a role for expanded epistemological and subject discipline perspectives. While the impacts of climate on material culture are increasingly recognized, intangible, and biocultural heritage have not received as much attention. Living heritage traditions and knowledge systems …

Proletarianized Professionals: The Teachers' Movement And Martial Law, Michael D. Pante

History Department Faculty Publications

Ferdinand E. Marcos's Martial Law regime tried to present itself as heralding the advancement of the country's education system. To bolster this claim, it decreed the professionalization of the teaching vocation, among other ostensibly progressive education policies. However, teaching lost its prestige as an occupation during Marcos's term. Why did this counterintuitive development happen? How did teachers respond to this situation? Anchored on historical analysis of primary documentary sources and framed by the concept of proletarianization, this article answers these questions and argues that Marcos's policies, which led to inadequate salaries and poor working conditions in the education sector, thwarted …

Pretty And Problematic: The Use Of Music In Guadagnino's 'Call Me By Your Name', Brandon L. Foskett

Deliberately Queer Journal

Tension in the reception of the American-Italian film Call Me by Your Name (dir. Guadagnino, 2017)—as a beautiful film that implicitly condones a problematic narrative—is shaped in part by its compilation soundtrack. Already lauded as a timeless masterpiece in cinematography, sensuality, and music, the film also receives steadfast criticism regarding its portrayal of homosexuality and alleged condoning of interage desire between Elio, a 17-year-old Italian-French boy, and Oliver, a 24-year-old American man. In this paper, I analyze five musical episodes from the film, including The Psychedelic Furs’ “Love My Way,” Ravel’s Une barque sur l’océan, and Sufjan Stevens’s “Mystery …

Changes In Royal Air Force Aviation Technology, Tactics, And Strategy From World War I To World War Ii, Daniel J. Heiser

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The changes in aviation technology, strategy, and tactics in the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed at the end of World War I and throughout the Second World War would later sculpt the future of the modern era. This dissertation aims to explore the changes the RAF made which would ultimately help the Allied Forces win the Second World War and fill in the gaps of history that has seemed to have forgotten. The research shows that with the advancement of radar systems in the interwar period and the focus on fighter plane production the RAF became an outstanding fighting force. …

Dr. Malinda Hodges White

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Dr_Malinda_Hodges_White.pdf - Funeral program for Malinda White

Healthy Bodies, Moral Minds, And Rural Ideals: Contextualizing Interwar British Childhood And Citizenship Through Children's Country Holidays Fund Vacations, Paula J. Pack

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation uses the Children’s Country Holidays Fund (CCHF) as a critical lens to examine how philanthropy, childhood, class, public health, and rural nostalgia intersected within the broader context of citizen formation in interwar Britain. Founded in 1884 to provide country holidays for poor London schoolchildren, the CCHF evolved from a philanthropic response to Victorian slum life into an informal arm of welfare governance by the end of the interwar period. Through its country holidays, the Fund became an active participant in shaping ideals of health, morality, and civic responsibility in a period marked by heightened concern over national vitality …

News Clipping, Mission Thanks Many For Aid

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Newsclipping: Article regarding the list of the donors who made Christmas Dinners for the Blind and for Newsies and Bootblacks, possible for the Clara White Mission. Includes partial article regarding Jax Christmas Cheer Clubs, "Kiddies and Poor Aided Christmas". Undated.

Receipt From A. J. Hill To Eartha White

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Handwritten receipt to Eartha M. M. White from A. J. Hill for seventeen dollars. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Receipt From A. Gaff For Hanging Door

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Handwritten receipt on reverse of envelope, A. Gaff for one dollar and fifty cents for hanging door. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Receipt From National Bellas Hess Co. Inc.

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Document: Receipt from National Bellas Hess Company, for eighty-nine cents, March 7, for illegible item. Clara White Mission bills and receipts. Undated.

Christmas Party Invitation From The Merry Hearts Club

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Invitation from the Merry Hearts Club, sponsored by The Clara White Mission, for a Christmas party at Stanton High School. Undated.