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C. Fair Brooks, Preston W. Doyle

Honors Theses

"The wheel was the crowning achievement of prehistoric carpentry..." Since the discovery of the wheel and its part in revolutionizing transportation for the individual, it has been destined to play a leading role in transportation as an industry.

At the conclusion of the Civil War the era was marked by expansion in industry and agriculture. This expansion was possible through transportation. At the front was the railroad, but the horse and wagon method of transport was behind the scenes, playing an active role, and destined to rise to the front with the introduction of the combustion engine.

In the South, …

The Life And Missionary Labors Of George Washington Hill, Ralph O. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

The epic story of the Mormon pioneers is the story of a valiant, though persecuted group of people. Having been driven from their homes in the dead of winter, they fled to the Rocky Mountains and settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley. Here they became noted for their achievements in pioneering, homemaking, and colonizing great portions of this western country

Prominent in these activities of homemaking and colonizing, was George Washington Hill. Nature had endowed him handsomely. He was large and powerful of stature and he had a dignity and magnetism which drew men to him. In addition, he …

A History Of The Mormon Settlement Of Central California With Emphasis On New Hope And San Francisco, 1846-1847, And Modesto, 1920-1954, Kenneth Wayne Baldridge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Mormon contributions to California history are generally well known. Most school children have heard of the march of the Mormon Battalion. The name of Samuel Brannan is known to almost any student interested in this area. The more inquisitive scholar is familiar with the voyage of the BROOKLYN and subsequent relations of the Mormons to the history of San Francisco. The mention of New Hope, however, brings puzzled looks to the faces of most people, including Mormons today living within twenty miles of the area.

The Mormon movement to California was part of a general exodus by the Church of …

A History Of The T.C. Williams School Of Law, James R. Sipe

Honors Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to give the events which have occurred during the last eighty-five years which directly affect the history of the T.C. Williams School of Law.

There are many reasons why the history of the Law School is important. Since it was established in 1870, many distinguished and capable lawyers have received their legal education from this institution. In our society today the well-trained lawyer plays an extremely vital part. As a basic foundation he must develop a legally trained mind and be able to apply the correct principles of law by logical reasoning. To accomplish …

History Of Lamar School, Margaret Patterson Usher

Student Papers (History)

This seminar paper discusses the history of Lamar School in El Paso, Texas.

First Hillel In City Began Here At B.C., Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, the KEN, about the Brooklyn College Hillel Foundation

The Early History Of Buckingham County, James Meade Anderson

Master's Theses

This paper is an attempt to bring together unrelated facts concerning the history or Buckingham County, Virginia. lt is sincerely hoped that one may find the way of life of the early settlers and that this brief history can account (1700-1850), will relate the story or typical Americans in their struggle to establish a foundation that time has tested and found solid.

Buckingham County, in the heart of Virginia is one of the most fascinating counties of the Commonwealth. There are three different possibilities from which the county could have received its name. The most prominent idea is that it …

Walt's Here To Stay; New College Building Officially Opened, Al Edelman

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, the Kingsman, regarding the dedication of Whitman Hall

College Buys 2 Whitman Portraits, The New York Times

Brooklyn College History

Article clipping regarding two portraits of Walt Whitman purchased by Brooklyn College to hang in the new music and arts center, Whitman Hall

Student Activities Building, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Pamphlet in support of building a student activities building for Brooklyn College students, circa 1955

1955 Ruby Yearbook, Elsie R. Belz, Roland W. Dedekind Jr., Larry F. Zartman, Kathryn A. Feucht, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1955 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Latter-Day Saint Servicemen In The Philippine Islands: A Historical Study Of Their Religious Activities And Influences Resulting In The Official Organization Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In The Philippines, Lowell Eliason Call

Theses and Dissertations

Though generally unheard of in the Western world and the United States prior to the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Filipino people have made some remarkable contributions to world leadership and world history. Frequently they have been considered a pagan and an ignorant people, although in objectively observing them one finds such a belief unfounded and even the reverse of that to be true. Progress which the republic has made during the last fifty years, since being liberated to develop liberties in religion, politics, and education, is phenomenal, even when compared with the United States period of evolution to her …

Break Ground For New Hillel Center--Stark Sees Success, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, the KEN, about the groundbreaking for the Hillel Center

George Gershwin Theatre Dedication Program, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Dedication program for the new George Gershwin Theatre in Whitman Hall

Division Of Community Service Presents Leontyne Price, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Broadside program of first performance in Brooklyn College's new George Gershwin Theater

A History Of Virginia In The Spanish-American War, Virginia Rowe Christian

Master's Theses

Half a century ago, on February 15,1898, the United States Battleship Maine was destroyed by a mysterious explosion as she lay peacefully at moorings in Havana Harbor. At the time, the sympathy of the United States citizens lay strongly with revolutionists in Cuba who were then attempting to secure their freedom from the galling yoke of Spanish rule. The episode of the Maine gave added impetus to the trend which was inevitably drawing the United States and Spain into a state of war and the final breach occurred on April 19,1898, when the United States government recognized the independence of …

A History Of The Chesapeake Bay Ferries To Virginia's Eastern Shore Prior To The Civil War, Clarence Lee Beebe

Master's Theses

The decision of the Pennsylvania Railroad Authorities to abandon the ferry service of the Elisha Lee, prior to the boats annual inspection by the United States Coast Guard in March, 1953, created a bit of excitement on the part of the Eastern Shore Inhabitants. This ferry service connected the Shore with Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Virginia. The ferry made two trips a day across the Bay, carrying the mail, freight, cars, and passengers.

The History Of The L.D.S. Temple In Logan, Utah, Melvin A. Larkin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, is one of the few religious organizations in the world today that constructs temples, since its founding in the year 1830 these sacred edifices have exerted a definite influence upon its members, and have played an important part in the religious activities of the church and fulfilled a definite role in its gospel teachings. A number of these temples have been constructed under varying circumstances in different parts of the country where the need has arisen. These buildings were more than houses of worship, for …

A History Of The College Of Southern Utah, 1897 To 1947, Gerald R. Sherratt

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It is the purpose of this thesis to give an account of the significant events in the founding and development of the school, now known as the College of Southern Utah, Branch of Utah State Agricultural College, from the year 1897 to the observance if its fiftieth anniversary in 1947.

Kennebec Yesterdays, Ernest Cummings Marriner

Colby Books

A “social history of the Pine Tree State…especially…the Kennebec Valley” inspired by Marriner’s long-running Sunday evening radio program “Little Talks on Common Things,” broadcast by Waterville’s WTVL beginning in 1948.

From the foreword:

To my amazement I found hundreds of people interested in the social history of the Pine Tree State. Material has always poured in faster than I could use it. Out of trunks and boxes stored away in attics, came letters and diaries, account books and legal documents. Scrap books prepared by patient hands many decades ago were opened for my inspection. Yellowed newspapers, tied in neat bundles …

1954 Ruby Yearbook, Maxine Alma Walker, Robert E. Armstrong, Milo H. Zimmerman Jr., Margaret Rose Reiniger, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1954 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

History Of Dudley School, Mary Virginia Valentine

Student Papers (History)

This seminar paper discusses the history of Dudley School in El Paso, Texas.

Administrative History Of The Nauvoo Legion In Utah, Ralph Hansen

Theses and Dissertations

The Nauvoo Legion takes its name from the city in Illinois which was the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1840's, when the Mormon militia was organized. When the Mormons were driven to the Rocky Mountains they revived the militia, in 1849, under its original title.

The legislative organization of the Utah Nauvoo Legion was carried out through enactments of three lawmaking bodies, the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Legislature of the State of Deseret, and the Legislature of the Territory of Utah.

Early History Of Millard County And Its Latter-Day Saint Settlers, 1851-1912, Ladd R. Cropper

Theses and Dissertations

Millard County, Utah is located one hundred and fifty miles south of Salt Lake City in the west central part of the state. The county is bounded on the north by Juab County, on the west by Nevada, on the south by Beaver County, and on the east by Sevie, Sanpete, and Juab Counties.

There are interesting formations of extinct volcanoes. Fossils can be found and well marked evidences of an ancient lake named Bonneville.

A short account of the early explorer, Father Escalante, is given in the thesis. This tells of his travels in Millard County in the year …

The Contributions Of The Temporary Settlements Garden Grove, Mount Pisgah, And Kanesville, Iowa, To Mormon Emigration, 1846-1852, L. Robert Webb

Theses and Dissertations

For years the writer has been very interested in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His work as a teacher, employed by the LDS department of education, has been with the youth of the church. His teaching experience has taken him through a chronological consideration or sequence of events of the church from its origin down to the present. However, the absence of historical data during the period of 1846-1852 grew into a problem in the writer's mind. After reading in the histories of the church a brief paragraph about Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, …

A Comparative Study Of The Prasada Complex And The Grace Of God, Jay R. Mccullough

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A word or word group lifted from its context incurs the grave danger of a misunderstanding ranging from the greatest excess of analytical dismemberment to an overgenerous and all-inclusive synthesis which tends to rob it of any specific identity or meaning. Considered not only from within the body of textual material which may frame a particular word, but from the ground of these physical, mental and cultural needs which give it birth as well as the motivating force or forces which seem to endanger it, it may be possible to develop a better understanding of its varying harmonic nuances of …

Whitman Hall Opening Set For March--"'Subject To…", Judy Michaelson

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, the Kingsman, regarding the opening of Whitman Hall

Secord Assumes Directorship Of Whitman Building, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, the KEN, about the appointment of Professor Secord as Director of Whitman Hall

Gershwin Hall Unveiling Planned For Next Month, Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College History

Article in the student newspaper, The Kingsmen, about the unveiling of Gershwin Hall

Cornerstone To Be Laid Wednesday For Boro College's Whitman Hall, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn College History

Article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about the cornerstone laying of Whitman Hall