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Yerba Buena Center Statement [Moscone Center], George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's Remarks on the Yerba Buena Center (YBC) Project

Mayor's Statement Against The Briggs Initiative Petition, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's statement affirming his opposition to the Briggs Initiative

A History Of John W. Young's Utah Railroads, 1884-1894, Marlowe C. Adkins Jr.

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This is the story of three narrow gauge, short line railroads. Had fate been kinder, they might have become the hub of a major mountain west rail network. But this thesis will deal with facts, not possibilities, as it investigates the justification, construction, financing, and politics that surrounded these railroads and their location.

The locale was in and near Salt Lake City, Territory of Utah, during the decade between 1883-1894. Both location and time period have significance, for anti-Mormon feelings, within and without the the Territory, were very strong.

The visible cause of the anti-Mormon movement was polygamy.¹ For, …

"Up The Ditch:" The History Of Elsinore, Utah, 1874-1977, Ken Cregg Hansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study is to examine the settlement and institutions of Elsinore, Utah. The community was founded by Scandinavian converts to the Mormon church in the late Nineteenth Century. Their experience in adapting to the arid region of south central Utah is a chapter in the general movement by the Mormons to settle the Mountain West.

The historical method was utilized to uncover extant documents on the subject. Interviews were held with the oldest citizens of the community and those who had a vast knowledge of the town. A period of three months was spent living in Elsinore …

Gay Rights: Sf, Yes; Sj, No, Bay Area Reporter

Mayor Moscone

Article about Moscone signing the Human Rights Ordinance, pictured with Harvey Milk

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 1, Number 1, Department Of Library Special Collections

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mayor's Newsletter, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Newsletter discussing policy and the mayor's decisions

The Hammer And The Cross : The Conversion Of Scandinavia, James E. Cumbie

Honors Theses

The advent of a new religious faith is always a valuable historical tool. Shits in religion uncover interesting aspects of the societies involved. This is particularly true when an indigenous, national faith is supplanted by an alien one externally introduced. Such is the case in medieval Scandinavia, when Norse paganism was ousted by Latin Christianity.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) Advertisment, [Circa 1978], Bay Area Rapid Transit

Mayor Moscone

Clippings about BART Advertisment

1978 Ruby Yearbook, Gwyneth A. Williams, Barb Lanoce, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1978 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Elfrida Pedersen Collection, Clinton M. Hyde

The Bridge

Elfrida Jensen, born September 13, 1886, in Horsens, Denmark, came to Seattle with her parents ca. 1904. Within a short time she had a role in a Danish play presented by the Danish Young Peoples Society "Dagmar". Her association with this Danish Dramatic Club (later called Harmonien) lasted a lifetime. Besides playing the lead roles in many Danish plays, "Frida", as she became called, wrote and adapted scripts, wrote songs and poems in Danish and English for the stage in Washington Hall in Seattle and for parties and wedding anniversaries.

Dark Nights And Long Days: Myths Of The North, Erik S. Hansen

The Bridge

The following is a "retelling" of the major tales of Norse mythology. It seemed that a periodical of a society devoted to heritage might well pay homage to the deepest roots of our history, to the beginnings of it al/, to the earliest records of our forefathers and foremothers, who first grappled with who they were and where they came from . The author notes that "people need to be reminded that the Norse gods were not just a bunch of unruly pagans -- they were GODS in their own day, and not only that, they were a lot like …

Looking Back And Looking Forward, Enok Mortensen

The Bridge

If the newly formed Danish-American Heritage Society is to accomplish what it so boldly visualizes it must focus on two primary aims.

It must somehow convince, it not thousands, then at least a substantial number of Danish-Americans of the importance of its stated purposes, so that the Society can be adequately supported and become a vital force. Secondly, it must solve the difficult problem not only of collecting archivalia, but of maintaining central depositories, museums, or at least some kind of cultural service center. Swedish-Americans have their fine institute at Minneapolis, Norwegians their St. Olaf's and Decorah, and Finnish-Americans have …

Free Trade Versus Protection In The Early Third Republic: Economic Interests, Tariff Policy, And The Making Of Republican Synthesis, Michael S. Smith

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Methodist Circuit-Riders In America, 1766-1844, William A. Powell Jr.

Master's Theses

The Methodist Episcopal Church became the largest religious denomination in the United States during the 1820's. Local expressions of the national body were established in nearly every American community. Methodist expansion was largely a result of the activity of circuitriders. These itinerants traveled and proclaimed the gospel to citizens, many of whom joined the Church and became part of a religious movement which influenced the l development of culture in the United States.

The traveling minister in the Methodist Church was noted for his self-sacrificing spirit. He endured hardships in the ministry which few men of the present age can …

Mervyn Dymally To George Moscone, 7 June 1977, Mervyn Dymally

Mayor Moscone

Letter to Moscone from Mervyn Dymally about Jonestown

British Policy In South-East Europe In The Second World War, By Elisabeth Barker, Gerasimos Augustinos

Faculty Publications

Reviews the book British Policy in South-East Europe in the Second World War, by Elisabeth Barker.

The Life And Contributions Of Captain Dan Jones, Rex Leroy Christensen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study is an examination of the contributions made by Captain Dan Jones, called the father of the Welsh Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a pioneer to the Great Basin. Jones was one of the all-time missionary greats, instrumental in converting over 5,000 Welsh people and their introduction into the Utah pioneer society. He operated a steamboat on the Mississippi for the Mormon Church and later a commercial boat on the Great Salt Lake for Brigham Young. Jones headed a steambot expedition in opposition to an attempted kidnapping of Joseph Smith in Illinois. The …

Enterprise And Entrepreneurs In 19th-Century And 20th-Century France, By Edward C. Carter, Ii, Michael S. Smith

Faculty Publications

A review of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in 19th-Century and 20th-Century France, by Edward C. Carter, II

Hoi Hellenes Eis Ten Potamoploian Toy Kato Doynabeos (Greeks In Riverboating On The Lower Danube), By Spyridonos G. Fokas And Translated By Maria I. Markopouloy, Gerasimos Augustinos

Faculty Publications

Reviews the book Hoi Hellenes eis ten Potamoploian toy kato Doynabeos (Greeks in Riverboating on the Lower Danube), by Spyridonos G. Fokas and translated by Maria I. Markopouloy

1977 Ruby Yearbook, Iris S. Polaski, Barb Lanoce, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1977 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Moscone With The Public, [Circa 1977], Unknown

Mayor Moscone

Picture of George Moscone talking to the public

In The Beginning, Lee W. Lenz

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

This article traces the early history of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, California, starting ca. 1867 with the Portolà Expedition. The expedition was the first to record the site where the botanic garden later came to be located, in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County. Successive changes in land ownership eventually led to the Bixby family purchasing the land in 1875. Susanna Bixby Bryant, the founder of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, acquired the land in 1925.

Foreword 9(1), Mildred E. Mathias

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

Mathematics In America: The First Hundred Years, Judith V. Grabiner

Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research

There are two main questions I shall discuss in this paper. First, why was American mathematics so weak from 1776 to 1876? Second, and much more important, how did what happened from 1776-1876 produce an American mathematics respectable by international standards by the end of the nineteenth century? We will see that the "weakness" -at least as measured by the paucity of great names- co-existed with the active building both of mathematics education and of a mathematical community which reached maturity in the 1890's.

George Moscone In Office, [Circa 1977], Unknown

Mayor Moscone

Moscone Pictured at his desk

Sibley Hall: Then And Now, Mary Lichliter

University Documents

A brief history of Sibley Hall and Lindenwood College. Generally, the information in the pamphlet is correct, however, there are a few factual errors.

The Role Of The Woman In Traditional China As Reflected In The Dream Of The Red Chamber, Elizabeth Morrison

History Senior Independent Study Theses

This I.S. was digitized as a part of the History Department's archive.

Moscone And Milk, [Circa 1977], Associated Press

Mayor Moscone

George Moscone and Harvey Milk

Western Australian Readings, James M. R. Cameron (Ed), Edwin K. G. Jaggard

Research outputs pre 2011

When Churchlands College of Advanced Education opened in February, 1972 the first students undertook a short course in West Australian history, with particular emphasis on discovery, settlement and the gold boom of the 1890's. The course has gradually expanded and Western Australian Readings is an attempt to compile a limited collection of source material to which students can refer.