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Open Pedagogy & Wikipedia Historical Narratives, And The Five Pillars: Analyzing The U.S.-Mexico Past In Wikipedia, Luis Quesada Nieto

Open Educational Resources

This assignment directs students to critically examine how public historical narratives regarding Texas annexation, the U.S.-Mexico War, and U.S. expansionism are organized and presented on Wikipedia. Students are required to read assigned Wikipedia sections and review associated Talk pages to identify editorial debates surrounding terminology, neutrality, organization, and historical interpretation. Applying the principles of the Wikipedia Five Pillars, students must write a two-to-three-page analytical response and formulate an evidence-based "Wikipedia Intervention" that proposes constructive improvements to the collaborative digital platform.

History Happenings, Georgia Southern University

History: News & Publications

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Review Of: To And From The Juniata Hills: Banks And Anna Mae Weaver (1915-1936)—Mary Alice Charlton, Alvin Hoover

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

This collection of letters was written between Anna Weaver from Union Grove, PA, and her boyfriend Banks Weaver from Thompsontown, PA, from 1915 to 1919. After their marriage, Banks and Anna lived in their parental homes till spring 1920. After they settled in Juniata County around the beginning of Mar, the letters continued as Anna wrote to her parents and siblings. [First paragraph.]

Historian David “Titus” Luthy (1941–2025): A Principled Convert, The Personification Of Academia Among The Amish, Cory Anderson

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

David Richard Luthy—Amish historian, bibliographer, editor, and the founding steward of the Heritage Historical Library at Aylmer, Ontario—died on Oct 21, 2025, in North Carolina, where he had gone two weeks earlier to be near his children after spending a last summer at his home in Aylmer. He was 84. Worthy of a New York Times obituary, his passing drew little notice beyond Amish and Plain Anabaptist circles, yet few figures of the past half-century did more to shape how the Old Order Amish remember themselves or what primary materials scholars have been able to access. By any reckoning, he …

"Does The Penis Lie?": Truth, Sexuality, And Psychocarceral Power, Erin Mcqueary

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis critically examines the use of penile plethysmography (PPG), or phallometry, in the treatment and management of sex offenders in the late-twentieth century. Using the Florida Mental Health Institute’s 1986-1989 sex offender treatment program as a case study, it asks how phallometry came to be understood as an objective method for uncovering otherwise hidden sexual truths. Instead of focusing only on its appearance and development throughout the second half of the twentieth century, this thesis draws on the work of Michel Foucault to situate phallometric science within a broader history of sexuality and biopower. In doing so, it argues …

Why Not Pachucos? Mexican Americans, Hollywood, And The Impact Of Sleepy Lagoon In The 1940s And 1950s, Krystal Catalina Ledesma

Journal of 20th Century Media History

The unsolved murder of a young Mexican American on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1942—commonly known as the Sleepy Lagoon Murder—came at a pivotal time in Mexican American history. The consequent arrests, unjust trial, and imprisonment of over one dozen young Mexican American men caused such a stir that Sleepy Lagoon is considered a precursor to the infamous Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. During the Sleepy Lagoon trial, impassioned leftists in Los Angeles created the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee (SLDC) to raise awareness about the crime and trial and to collect funds from supporters across the U.S., who ranged …

Framing Tragedy: Discourse And Influence In Us Media Coverage Of The 1994 Rwanda Genocide, Andrew P. Young

Journal of 20th Century Media History

There is little doubt as to the mark left by the 1994 Rwandan genocide on historical discourse and perhaps even the American cultural consciousness. U.S. evening news broadcasts carried images of suffering and death into homes across the US, and in the process made Rwanda the site of one of the most recognized traumas in human history. While cultural proximity in mass media coverage played a role, the characterization of media coverage of the genocide, often defined in the press as explicit and constant, requires analysis. This project analyzes US evening network news broadcasts to address the actualities and implications …

[De]Constructing Jimmy's Grin: Doing Cultural Studies Through The Lens Of Boston Globe Editorial Cartoonist Paul Szep's Showcase Of Carter's White House Campaign, Lori Amber Roessner

Journal of 20th Century Media History

Heeding journalism historians Hanno Hardt and Bonnie Brennan’s call for inquiries that provide a new understanding of historical working conditions, this study explored the production of a sample of Szep’s editorial cartoons that surrounded Jimmy Carter’s campaign and presidency from 1976 to 1980. In particular, the manuscript considered the historical conditions and personal circumstances that influenced the cultural production of Szep’s body of work surrounding Jimmy Carter’s presidency; representations of Carter and his White House campaign in the sample of 20 editorial cartoons produced by Szep; moments of consumption by active Boston Globe audiences; the practice of identity [de]construction related …

The 1920s And The Distortion Of Democracy: The Fourteenth Census, The Fight Over Reapportionment, And Its Consequences, William L. Paine

Department of History

Following the 1920 decennial census the United States Congress, for the first and only time in its history, failed to pass a reapportionment bill to redistribute representation in the House of Representative in a timely manner. Congress would debate and delay reapportionment for nearly a decade before finally passing the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, which provided for the next reapportionment after the 1930 census as well as for all future censuses. There were many factors that helped perpetuate the debate over reapportionment in the 1920s, some of which were unique to the decade and some of which weren’t. The …

"Your Problem Is Not At All An Uncommon One": Visibility, Black Men, And Sexual Orientation In The Anti-Apartheid And Civil Rights Movements, Wren Addison Weddell

Dissertations and Theses

The South African Anti-Apartheid Movement and the American Civil Rights Movement are two of the most well-known examples of racial liberation movements, but there are few scholarly works that offer comparisons between the two. Furthermore, the experiences of people who fall outside the bounds of heteronormative society are often overlooked in historical research on both movements. Despite the dearth in research, there are several key factors that are revealed when comparing the lives of Black non-heterosexual men among the activists for both of these movements, including the role of the global community, unique local cultures, and how the state polices …

Lagrange College At Florence, Alabama Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Lagrange College

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1855 Junior Class Exhibition Program, LaGrange College (Florence, Alabama)

Florence Wesleyan University Oratorical Exhibition By The Second Division Of The Junior Class, 1860, Barr Brothers, "Gazette," Office

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Florence Weselyan University Oratorical Exhibition of Junior Class Program, 1860.

Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, Florence Gazette Print

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Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, 1857.

Nineteenth Commencement State Normal College, 1892, State Normal College

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1892 State Normal College Commencement Program

State Normal School Graduates' Day, State Normal School

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1885 State Normal School Graduates' Day Programme

Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, 1859, Florence Gazette Office

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Sophomore Prize Declamation Program, Florence Wesleyan University, 1859.

Seventeenth Commencement State Normal College, 1890, State Normal College

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1890 State Normal College Commencement Program

Wesleyan University Commencement, 1857, Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala.

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1857 Wesleyan University (Florence) Commencement Program

Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Geo. Beck, Printer, Florence, Ala.

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1857 Exhibition of Junior Class at Florence Wesleyan University, 1857

Twenty-Third Commencement State Normal College, 1896, State Normal College

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1896 State Normal College Commencement Program

1891 State Normal College General Program, State Normal College

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General Program for Commencement Week Activities for State Normal College, 1891.

Thirty-Second Commencement State Normal College, 1905, State Normal College

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1905 State Normal College Exercise of Commencement Week Programs

Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of Junor Class, Florence Wesleyan University-Printed At The American Democrat Office

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Exhibition of Junior Class Program at Florence Wesleyan University.

Ion Channels As Targets For Parasiticides: A Brief Review Of Past, Present, And Future Directions, Josette V. Ricker, Mallory Mendenhall

Georgia Journal of Science

Scientists and healthcare providers have tried for decades to find parasite treatments that balance patient safety with efficacy in eliminating the pathogen. One approach is to target specifically the parasite’s important bodily functions while sparing the host. This brief review examines the historically significant antiparasitics - pyrethrins, picrotoxin, piperazine, and avermectins – all which specifically target parasite ion channels. We discuss the history of their discovery and use, which subsequently led to the development of new generations of parasiticides, and continues to inspire the search for safe and effective treatments.

1892 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1892 State Normal College Program

Soft Korsi: An Embodied Spatial Interior System For Communal Warmth, Faezeh Panahandeh

Graduate Final Projects

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Soft Korsi: An Embodied Spatial Interior System for Communal Warmth reconceptualizes the historic Iranian Korsi as an innovative textile-based interior system. Traditionally, the Korsi functioned not only as a heating device but also as a spatial, material, cultural, and embodied system, which brought people together around a shared warm focal point. The integration of a heat source, textile coverings, floor seating arrangements, closeness of bodies, and domestic traditions related to warmth made possible a collective experience, rather than an individual or environmental one.

This design project seeks to address the disappearance of the Korsi from contemporary domestic environments as …

1890 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1890 State Normal College Program

1893 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1893 State Normal College Program

1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Program, State Normal College

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1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Activities Program

State Normal School Second Section Of The Class In Declamation, State Normal School

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1874 State Normal School Program