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Newspapers; 2017-03-18; Criterion; Dr. Catherine Collins To Be Recognized, Catherine Collins

Newspapers

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Awards; 2017-03-18; New York State Senate Certificate Of Recognition, Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

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Mrs. Mattie Lou Martin

African American Funeral Programs

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Sharell Mercer

African American Funeral Programs

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Mr. Jimmy Darien

African American Funeral Programs

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Ebenezer Chinedum Ugorji

African American Funeral Programs

Ebenezer_-Chinedum-_Ugorji.pdf - Funeral program for Ebenezer Ugorji

The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent Collection: A Biographical And Genealogical Guide To A Digitized Manuscript Collection At The University Of Utah’S J. Willard Marriott Library, Ken Rockwell

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

: Description of the Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent Collection, a manuscript collection now available online through the University of Utah’s Marriott Library. The collection contains correspondence, reports, and other documents about medical missionaries in China, as well as correspondence of the Tallmon family of Iowa, California, and Oregon. This article is particularly useful in identifying the many writers and recipients of letters and reports in the collection.

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 49, March 16, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 - Letter To (Sc 3099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3099. Letter, 9 October 1861, from Kentucky secessionists James W. Moore, J. M. Burns, and Nathaniel M. Menifee to Confederate president Jefferson Davis requesting an urgent meeting to discuss Kentucky’s political situation. Research notes relating to this letter and its circumstances, referencing The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, are also included.

Crossland, Edward, 1827-1881 (Sc 3097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3097. Autobiographical sketch by Edward Crossland, Democratic Congressman from Kentucky, in which he provides details about his public and political career. The sketch omits any reference to his Confederate military service.

Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Collector (Sc 3102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3102. Letters chiefly sent to Frances Richards on miscellaneous topics, including the Bowling Green English Club, the 1960 Republican Party election campaign, and information on alumni from Western Kentucky University.

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 (Sc 3098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3098. Letter, 26 July 1858, from Alexander H. Stephens, future vice president of the Confederacy, to friend George Bristow, in which he describes his travels through Kentucky and Tennessee. He also comments on landscapes and agriculture.

Mrs. Sylvia Woods Holmes

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Sylvia_Woods_Holmes.pdf - Funeral program for Sylvia Holmes

Martin Luther: A Wild Boar, Claire Woodward, Craig Harline

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I assisted Dr. Harline in research with his upcoming book Wild Boar: The Rise of the Friar Martin Luther; 1517-1522. We explored these earlier key years of Martin Luther’s life, focusing on the events and people who shaped his rise to Reformation stardom, describing them in a new and refreshing way for a general audience. I was very involved not only in research and translation efforts, but also in seeking out illustrations for his book, contacting museums and obtaining permission to use each picture. Though many recognize Martin Luther as an important historical figure, this project has humanized many …

Rosa Mae Budgett

African American Funeral Programs

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Geraldine Burns

African American Funeral Programs

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Bush, Velma, 1923-2016 (Sc 3101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3101. Correspondence about lay-offs and eventual termination information for Velma Bush from M. B. Manufacturing Company, Glasgow, Kentucky. M. B. Manufacturing Company supplied material to Chrysler Corporation. The lay offs and eventual termination were due to strikes at Chrysler and a slow down in business.

Gano, John Allen, 1805-1887 (Sc 3096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding and and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3096. Letters from church leaders in the central Kentucky region to John Allen Gano, a Christian Church minister in Bourbon County, Kentucky. The letters reference the charisma of Gano’s sermons and solicit his visitation to various church meetings and services.

Great Fun At Wbc In Miami, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

My fellow Americans, today I want to report to you that although I have been going to baseball games for over a half-century, I have never been to a baseball game like the one I went to in Miami last Saturday night.

Ruth Victoria Raymond Nathan

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Isaac Bradshaw

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British Women Writers And The Reception Of Ancient Egypt, 1840-1910: Imperialist Representations Of Egyptian Women, Molly Youngkin

Faculty Pub Night

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Bond, Thomas J. (Sc 3094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding Aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 3094. Letter from Thomas Bond, Camp Wood [Munfordville], Hart County, Kentucky, to his parents, in which he relates a skirmish, including casualties, with Confederates near the Green River. He also mentions Simon Bolivar Buckner’s occupation of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and troop movements.

Fleming, Samuel, 1838-1916 (Sc 3095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3095. Letter from Union soldier Samuel Fleming, Camp Wood [Munfordville], Kentucky, to James C. Carnahan, in which he discusses a military engagement with Confederates at Green River, Kentucky. He mentions casualties for both sides. He also reports, by name, the death of a soldier from fever and soldiers sent to Louisville Hospital.

Guide To The Linfield College-Good Samaritan School Of Nursing Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

The collection features a variety of historical documents concerning the Good Samaritan School of Nursing, spanning more than a century. This includes photos, a memoir, personal and professional correspondences, articles, financial analyses, and documentation of key changes throughout the years.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 041, Number 24, March 13, 2017, Grand Valley State University

2016-2017, Volume 41

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 48, March 13, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Taylor Studies, Teaches The History Of Civil Rights., Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

For many, the era of the Civil Rights Movement belongs to the past, a time vaguely associated with hippies and protesters. However, in the last few months, we have seen both new and old grievances surfacing, whether regarding immigrants, women, ethnic minorities, or members of the LGBTQ group.

As the Spanish philosopher and Harvard professor Jorge Santayana once said, “Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it.” Therefore, it’s important to look at past struggles and ask ourselves whether there’s anything we can learn from them.

Mr. Michael Devonshay Tate

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Mr_Michael_-Devonshay-_Tate.pdf - Funeral program for Mr. Michael Devonshay Tate

Pastor Council Timothy Lee

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