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Bridging Solidarity: Mapping Pittsburgh’S Strikes In A Digital And Inclusive Context, Glenna Van Dyke Jul 2026

Bridging Solidarity: Mapping Pittsburgh’S Strikes In A Digital And Inclusive Context, Glenna Van Dyke

Graduate Student Research Symposium

Bridging Solidarity is a digital map that fosters exploration of Pittsburgh’s long labor history. This project introduces audiences to fourteen strikes or strike-related conflicts across Allegheny County from the early nineteenth century to today, by combining secondary literature, newspapers, digital and physical archival material, visual media, and historic maps. Hosted in the platform HistoryPin, Bridging Solidarity promotes engagement with strikes across time and space, inspires an appreciation for local places, and highlights many diverging experiences within Pittsburgh’s labor movement. This essay contextualizes my work within three historic subfields: digital humanities, place-based public labor history, and diverse local labor history. First, …

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Redefining Bryan: Populism, Reform, And The Fight For The Common Man, Tracey Perilloux Drake Jul 2026

Redefining Bryan: Populism, Reform, And The Fight For The Common Man, Tracey Perilloux Drake

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation looks at the political career of William Jennings Bryan and argues that he was more than just a supporter of free silver during the 1896 election. While many historians focus mainly on his “Cross of Gold” speech and his views on silver, this study shows that Bryan had a much broader set of ideas. He supported reform in many areas, including the economy, government power, and moral issues, and believed the federal government should do more to help ordinary people. Using both historical studies and primary sources, this dissertation places Bryan in the context of the major economic …

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Earning The Green Light: How Organized Baseball Survived During World War Ii, Amanda Lauren Curto Jul 2026

Earning The Green Light: How Organized Baseball Survived During World War Ii, Amanda Lauren Curto

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation examines how professional baseball survived and contributed to the United States war efforts during the Second World War. It argues baseball’s survival was dependent on its relationship with the federal government during the war. Previous scholarships studied baseball’s symbolism, cultural, economic, and social impacts during wartime. The scholarship has not explored how these methodologies sustained baseball while under wartime conditions. Drawing on primary sources including federal government records, correspondences, and national and local newspapers, this dissertation reconstructs the relationship between professional baseball and the federal government. Providing crucial support for Organized Baseball’s continuation came from President Franklin D. …

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Besieged Emotions: Female Writers, Vicksburg, And The Domestic Sphere During The Civil War, Theresa Schaecher Jul 2026

Besieged Emotions: Female Writers, Vicksburg, And The Domestic Sphere During The Civil War, Theresa Schaecher

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, is most often interpreted in terms of military strategy, leadership, and battlefield outcomes. While these perspectives provide important insights into the campaign, they have often placed less emphasis on the experiences of civilians who endured the forty-seven-day siege within the city. This dissertation examines the civilian experience through women's writings, arguing that their diaries and memoirs serve as analytical accounts of survival, emotional endurance, and social transformation under siege. Drawing on the writings of Mary Loughborough and other female civilians, this study employs content and narrative analyses to identify patterns of fear, grief, hope, and …

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U.S. Navy Seal Operational Understanding From 1945 To 1989: A Case Study, Cade Morgan Kemp Pickford Jul 2026

U.S. Navy Seal Operational Understanding From 1945 To 1989: A Case Study, Cade Morgan Kemp Pickford

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation will examine the evolution of U.S. Navy SEAL doctrine, mission scope, and overall strategic role from their formal establishment in 1962 through the Cold War interventions in Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989). It will argue that the SEALs transformed from a more experimental counterinsurgency force into a much stronger and more strategically significant instrument of U.S. military policy, shaped by the combat experience, institutional challenges, and ever-evolving geopolitical demands. Drawing upon several primary sources, including archival records, official military histories, several oral interviews, and doctrinal publications, this study employs a qualitative, thematic methodology to analyze patterns in operational …

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Desegregation Of The Ranks: How The United States Military Was The First Professional Organization To Integrate All Ethnic Groups, Matthew Lee Spiller Jul 2026

Desegregation Of The Ranks: How The United States Military Was The First Professional Organization To Integrate All Ethnic Groups, Matthew Lee Spiller

Masters Theses

A nation’s military has often been at the forefront of social progression. The Spartans, a military society, granted women a voice in government and a degree of autonomy over their own lives, while the Athenians—the founders of democracy—considered women second-class citizens with no control over their own affairs. The United States military is no different, striving to ensure fair and equal treatment of all ethnicities within the armed forces. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the United States military—six years before the desegregation of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). This …

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Collisions Of Law: Judge William Howard Taft At The Intersection Of Labor, Capital, And Government, 1887-1900, Michael Richard Crill Jul 2026

Collisions Of Law: Judge William Howard Taft At The Intersection Of Labor, Capital, And Government, 1887-1900, Michael Richard Crill

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

William Howard Taft’s early judicial career has been dismissed by historians and biographers for nearly a century as merely an unimportant preliminary phase before his later political and Supreme Court career. This dissertation challenges that interpretation through a detailed examination of forty-six labor and antitrust-related opinions written by Taft while serving on the Superior Court of Cincinnati and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. During his eleven years on these courts, Taft wrote a disproportionate share of labor and antitrust-related opinions and engaged deeply with legal problems arising from the socioeconomic upheavals of the Second Industrial …

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The Flor-Ala Alumni Edition, Florence State Teachers College Jul 2026

The Flor-Ala Alumni Edition, Florence State Teachers College

Documents

The 1933 Publication of Alumni News from The Flor-Ala. This copy (folder) also includes a short bio on Beulah Young Pettey, who served as Vice President of the Senior class of 1940.

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Review Of "Canada’S Army: Waging War And Keeping The Peace, 3rd Ed." By J.L. Granatstein And "Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military At War Since 1867" By David A. Borys, Jean-Michel Turcotte Jul 2026

Review Of "Canada’S Army: Waging War And Keeping The Peace, 3rd Ed." By J.L. Granatstein And "Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military At War Since 1867" By David A. Borys, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Canada’s Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace, 3rd ed. by J.L. Granatstein and Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867 by David A. Borys

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Review Of "Myths Of Modern History: From The French Revolution To The 20th Century World Wars And The Cold War: New Perspectives On Key Events" By Jacques R Pauwels, Tod Strickland Jul 2026

Review Of "Myths Of Modern History: From The French Revolution To The 20th Century World Wars And The Cold War: New Perspectives On Key Events" By Jacques R Pauwels, Tod Strickland

Canadian Military History

Review of Myths of Modern History: From the French Revolution to the 20th Century World Wars and the Cold War: New Perspectives on Key Events by Jacques R Pauwels

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Review Of "Till We Meet Again: A Canadian In The First World War" By Brandon Marriott, Katelyn Stieva Jul 2026

Review Of "Till We Meet Again: A Canadian In The First World War" By Brandon Marriott, Katelyn Stieva

Canadian Military History

Review of Till We Meet Again: A Canadian in the First World War by Brandon Marriott

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Review Of "The Taking Of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs Of William Ivor Castle" By Carla-Jean Stokes, Bradley Shoebottom Jul 2026

Review Of "The Taking Of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs Of William Ivor Castle" By Carla-Jean Stokes, Bradley Shoebottom

Canadian Military History

Review of The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle by Carla-Jean Stokes

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Review Of "Cold War Workers: Labour, Family, And Community In A Nuclear State" Edited By Isabel Campbell, Rebecca Murray Jul 2026

Review Of "Cold War Workers: Labour, Family, And Community In A Nuclear State" Edited By Isabel Campbell, Rebecca Murray

Canadian Military History

Review of Cold War Workers: Labour, Family, and Community in a Nuclear State edited by Isabel Campbell

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Review Of "Anything But A Still Life: The Art And Lives Of Molly Lamb And Bruno Bobak" By Nathan M. Greenfield, Rebecca Murray Jul 2026

Review Of "Anything But A Still Life: The Art And Lives Of Molly Lamb And Bruno Bobak" By Nathan M. Greenfield, Rebecca Murray

Canadian Military History

Review of Anything but a Still Life: The Art and Lives of Molly Lamb and Bruno Bobak by Nathan M. Greenfield

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Review Of "Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations And The Ukrainian Nationalist Movement: Selections From The Secret Police Archives" Edited By Volodymyr Viatrovych And Lubomyr Luciuk, Michael J. Mccarthy Jul 2026

Review Of "Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations And The Ukrainian Nationalist Movement: Selections From The Secret Police Archives" Edited By Volodymyr Viatrovych And Lubomyr Luciuk, Michael J. Mccarthy

Canadian Military History

Review of Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement: Selections from the Secret Police Archives edited by Volodymyr Viatrovych and Lubomyr Luciuk

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Review Of "War And Remembrance: Recollecting And Representing War" Edited By Renée Dickason, Delphine Letort, Michel Prum And Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, John R. Heckman Jul 2026

Review Of "War And Remembrance: Recollecting And Representing War" Edited By Renée Dickason, Delphine Letort, Michel Prum And Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, John R. Heckman

Canadian Military History

Review of War and Remembrance: Recollecting and Representing War edited by Renée Dickason, Delphine Letort, Michel Prum and Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger

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Review Of "The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story Of Two Elite Agents Who Became One Of The Most Decorated Couples Of Wwii" By Nahlah Ayed, Rosemary Giles Jul 2026

Review Of "The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story Of Two Elite Agents Who Became One Of The Most Decorated Couples Of Wwii" By Nahlah Ayed, Rosemary Giles

Canadian Military History

Review of The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII by Nahlah Ayed

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Review Of "The Next War: Indications Intelligence In The Early Cold War" By Timothy Andrews Sayle, Adam Coombs Jul 2026

Review Of "The Next War: Indications Intelligence In The Early Cold War" By Timothy Andrews Sayle, Adam Coombs

Canadian Military History

Review of The Next War: Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War by Timothy Andrews Sayle

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Review Of "Lost In The Crowd: Acadian Soldiers Of Canada’S First World War" By Gregory M.W. Kennedy, Nancy Carvell Jul 2026

Review Of "Lost In The Crowd: Acadian Soldiers Of Canada’S First World War" By Gregory M.W. Kennedy, Nancy Carvell

Canadian Military History

Review of Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War by Gregory M.W. Kennedy

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Review Of "He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’S Failure To Annex Canada" By Madelaine Drohan, Steven Bright Jul 2026

Review Of "He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’S Failure To Annex Canada" By Madelaine Drohan, Steven Bright

Canadian Military History

Review of He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada by Madelaine Drohan

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Review Of "The Mud And The Mirth: Marine Cartoonists In World War I" By Cord Scott, "They Were Chosin: U.S. Marine Cartoonists In The Korean War" By Cord Scott And "The First Black Marines: An Oral History, A Graphic History" By Trevor R. Getz, Robert Willis, Joseph H. Geeter Iii And Liz Clarke, Matthew Barrett Jul 2026

Review Of "The Mud And The Mirth: Marine Cartoonists In World War I" By Cord Scott, "They Were Chosin: U.S. Marine Cartoonists In The Korean War" By Cord Scott And "The First Black Marines: An Oral History, A Graphic History" By Trevor R. Getz, Robert Willis, Joseph H. Geeter Iii And Liz Clarke, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of The Mud and the Mirth: Marine Cartoonists in World War I by Cord Scott, They Were Chosin: U.S. Marine Cartoonists in the Korean War by Cord Scott and The First Black Marines: An Oral History, A Graphic History by Trevor R. Getz, Robert Willis, Joseph H. Geeter III and Liz Clarke

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Review Of "British Experiences In The French Foreign Legion During The Interwar Period: Myths And Realities" By Frédéric Barthet, Matthew Barrett Jul 2026

Review Of "British Experiences In The French Foreign Legion During The Interwar Period: Myths And Realities" By Frédéric Barthet, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of British Experiences in the French Foreign Legion during the Interwar Period: Myths and Realities by Frédéric Barthet

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Review Of "Admirals In Court: Discipline, Honour And Naval Justice, 1778-1814" By John Morrow, Matthew Barrett Jul 2026

Review Of "Admirals In Court: Discipline, Honour And Naval Justice, 1778-1814" By John Morrow, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of Admirals in Court: Discipline, Honour and Naval Justice, 1778-1814 by John Morrow

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The Bonga Collection And The Carleton And York Regiment Veterans Of The Liberation Of The Netherlands, Mackenzie Smith Jul 2026

The Bonga Collection And The Carleton And York Regiment Veterans Of The Liberation Of The Netherlands, Mackenzie Smith

Canadian Military History

The Dr. Agatha Bonga Memorial Collection contains over one thousand questionnaires completed by Canadian Second World War veterans surrounding the liberation of the Netherlands and is currently held in The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick. Focusing on the narratives of three veteran respondents, James Agnew, Donald Smith and R.O. Steeves, this article shows how veterans’ answers to the questionnaires creates a historical record of the attitudes, emotions and experiences of those who served in the Netherlands and survived the Second World War. When these narratives are examined with the eighteen …

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Buccaneers In Battledress: Building The Canadian War Museum’S Second World War Collection, May-November 1945, Drew Lowerison Carter, Jeff Noakes, Tim Cook Jul 2026

Buccaneers In Battledress: Building The Canadian War Museum’S Second World War Collection, May-November 1945, Drew Lowerison Carter, Jeff Noakes, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Artifacts in the Canadian War Museum’s collections trace their origins to a wide range of people, organisations, locations and events. This article is a preliminary exploration of the part played by the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team, led by Farley Mowat, in locating, gathering, documenting and arranging for the transportation of a vast collection of Second World War weapons and materials from Northwest Europe to Canada in 1945. In addition to helping to shed more light on the complexities of the collection’s acquisition, it also provides insights into the challenges that the museum and other institutions faced, and which …

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“The Best Co I’Ve Ever Served Under”: Lieutenant-Colonel Bert Kennedy And Removal From Battalion Command In The Second World War, Matthew Barrett, Norma Graham Jul 2026

“The Best Co I’Ve Ever Served Under”: Lieutenant-Colonel Bert Kennedy And Removal From Battalion Command In The Second World War, Matthew Barrett, Norma Graham

Canadian Military History

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert A. Kennedy’s war service could be lifted from the pages of a suspense novel, an action-adventure story and a courtroom drama. He bravely served as commanding officer of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in Italy, where he led from the front, earned the Distinguished Service Order and for a time was even held as a prisoner of war. His command of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada in North West Europe, by contrast, ended in a confidential report and charges of alleged conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. We examine Kennedy’s Second World War experiences …

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A New Approach To Understanding Cef Enlistment Statistics, Curt Mainville Jul 2026

A New Approach To Understanding Cef Enlistment Statistics, Curt Mainville

Canadian Military History

The ability to measure rates of Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) enlistment as a percentage of the eligible Canadian male population has proven both politically sensitive and historically relevant: on the one hand, contemporary politicians have used this data to blame certain provinces for not carrying their weight in the prosecution of war; on the other, historians have continuously refined these measurements in order to gain a better understanding of who enlisted for military service and why. Unfortunately, the latter has proven to be a rather imperfect exercise. This case study, using the New Brunswick census for 1911 as the reference …

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Beyond Just Reconnaissance: The 12th Manitoba Dragoons In The Netherlands, 1945, Cameron Meikle Jul 2026

Beyond Just Reconnaissance: The 12th Manitoba Dragoons In The Netherlands, 1945, Cameron Meikle

Canadian Military History

This article explores the historical significance of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons in facilitating the rapid movement and success of II Canadian Corps during the liberation of the Netherlands in the spring of 1945. While Canadian historiography of the Second World War has rarely offered more than a passing reference to the Dragoons, the regiment played crucial roles in reconnaissance, security and economy of force operations. During the Netherlands campaign, the Dragoons made pivotal contributions to II Corps’ success by providing timely information, preventing gaps in the frontline and conducting offensive actions to disrupt enemy positions, all at significant risk to …

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"The Canadian Army In Afghanistan" And The Decline Of Official Military History In Canada, Peter Kasurak Jul 2026

"The Canadian Army In Afghanistan" And The Decline Of Official Military History In Canada, Peter Kasurak

Canadian Military History

This article examines Sean Maloney’s The Canadian Army in Afghanistan in the context of the Canadian Armed Forces’ longstanding official history program. The development of official military history in Canada is briefly described with emphasis on its high levels of access and independence, its links to military operations and its ability to capture and preserve participant accounts and official records. The Canadian Army in Afghanistan was commissioned by the Canadian Army outside the official history program. It suffered publication delays due to a lack of independence, was limited in scope due to its unofficial nature and the fate of its …

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Defending Canada’S Arctic, Greg Taylor Jul 2026

Defending Canada’S Arctic, Greg Taylor

Canadian Military History

Editor's note: Forty years ago, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel planned and executed Exercise LIGHTNING STRIKE 86, which explored the possibility of a Soviet threat in the Canadian Arctic. In the dying days of the Cold War, the exercise seemed irrelevant. No longer. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor’s account draws upon his long experience and memories of the operation. It reminds us of the immense operational challenges the CAF face in Canada’s North; the important role of the Canadian Rangers; and the need for a “historical memory” of operations that were once thought unimportant. It is also a reminder of how quickly …

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