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Letter From John Coffee, C.C. To General Jackson (10.4.1813), John Coffee

Letters and Manuscripts

Transcription and correspondence from Colonel Commanding John Coffee to Major General Andrew Jackson concerning a march to Dittoes Landing across the Tennessee River near Colbert's Ferry.

Report Of The Effective Men In Genl. Coffee’S Brigade For The 31st Of October 1814, S. D. Hampson

Letters and Manuscripts

Transcript and report of the effective men in General Coffee’s Brigade for the 31st of October 1814.

Envelope 1 Transcript (Files Not In Original Finding Aid), John Coffee

Transcripts

The dated letters in this document range from 1813-1814 and are concerned with the daily activities of Brigadier General John Coffee and the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen during the War of 1812. The document is an indexed transcription of the letters and report in envelope one of the physical collection that were not included in the original finding aid.

Transcription Note

All grammatical and spelling errors appeared in the original text and were retained to preserve the text’s original content. Illegible text from the original document is indicated by “[illegible]” or “[?].” Minor editorial clarifications not present in …

General Coffee Papers, William Lindsey Mcdonald

Transcripts

Article by William Lindsey McDonald about the history and acquisition of the General John Coffee Papers at the University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections.

Coffee Papers Donated, Shelly Haskins

Transcripts

Copy of an article from the Times Daily about the Collier Library Archives and Special Collections' acquisition of the General John Coffee Collection.

Envelope 2 Transcript, John Coffee

Transcripts

The collection letters range from 1803-1817 and are concerned with the daily activities of Brigadier General John Coffee and the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen during the War of 1812. The document is an indexed transcription of all letters in envelope two of the physical archival collection.

Transcription Note

All grammatical and spelling errors appeared in the original text and were retained to preserve the text’s original content. A dash typically indicates places where John Coffee wrote dashes within the original letters, while a string of successive dashes indicates illegible characters (the amount of dashes roughly corresponds to …

Envelope 1 Transcript, John Coffee

Transcripts

The collection letters range from 1803-1817 and are concerned with the daily activities of Brigadier General John Coffee and the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen during the War of 1812. The document is an indexed transcription of all letters in envelope one of the physical archival collection.

Transcription Note

All grammatical and spelling errors appeared in the original text and were retained to preserve the text’s original content. Illegible text from the original document is indicated by “[illegible]” or “[?].” Minor editorial clarifications not present in the original are placed in brackets. The text contains several dashes as …

General John Coffee Collection Information & Updated Finding Aid, Una Archives & Special Collections

Transcripts

The "General John Coffee Collection Information & Updated Finding Aid" offers a concise list of the correspondence with transcripts in the digital collection. A selection of the original manuscripts is visible online here.

“Learning To Ask The Deeper Questions Behind The Image That Most People Don’T See:” Teaching Critical Visual Literacy To History Teacher Candidates Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Heather Koopmans, Richard Hughes

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Despite the ubiquitous role of images in teaching history, few teachers have formal training in how to help students critically read photographs, paintings, and other images. The essay centers on research on how Critical Visual Literacy, which focuses on how images reflect complex issues of power in society, can assist emerging teachers in helping students think historically and better engage visual evidence associated with curriculum mandates to broaden historical narratives

Using Scenario-Based Generative Ai In A Social Studies Methods Course, Timothy Lintner, Ellis Reeves

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming the landscape of educator preparation. This shift is especially evident in social studies. As emerging technologies like AI reshape how social studies is taught and learned, it is essential to incorporate them into course design and student outcomes. Simply put, we must ensure that the next generation of social studies educators can effectively use AI to create real-world, scenario-based learning experiences that foster inquiry and encourage student action-taking. This article examines how AI-supported, scenario-based learning was strategically integrated into a secondary social studies methods course at the University of South Carolina Aiken. From concept …

‘There Is No Continuity’: Assessment Of Pre-Service Teachers' Ability To Analyse Historical Sources In Two Ghanaian Public Universities, Anitha Oforiwah Adu-Boahen

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The paper examined student-teachers’ understanding of change and continuity in History. Using a convergent parallel mixed method approach, one hundred and thirty-five (135) student-teachers from two public universities examined images depicting classroom settings in Ghana’s educational system from different periods. Respondents were expected to show and explain the continuities and changes in the different periods in Ghanaian history. They were to focus on the disparities in ‘change’ and ‘continuities’ in classroom settings in the Ghanaian educational system over time. Again, student-teachers were expected to transform their knowledge of these changes into historical understanding by writing an interpretation from the sources. …

Using The Past To Better Understand The Present: Contextualizing Today’S History Wars, For Ourselves And For Our Students, Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This essay considers our contemporary moment in the context of the long history of the so-called "history wars" in the United States. It identifies four historical moments with ties to the present, and makes use of primary documents to discuss each time period. It also considers the ways in which historical activists such as Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois advocated for honest history in the past, and the ways in which we might argue for nuanced historical thinking in the present. Teachers may find the documents of use for their own classrooms, and a brief appendix at …

The Grizzly, October 8, 2026, Sidney Belleroche, Adam Denn, Saniya Jeter, Laela Stackhouse, Cora Johnson, Samantha Zwergel, Caitlin Cunnane, Erik Groff

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Launches "Go Global" Program • Myrin Renovations Finally Complete • Myrin Wasps Exterminated, Identified • The Lantern is Inevitable • Ursinus Graduate Program • Opinion: The Printing Situation • What's Behind Ursinus Football's Hot Start? • Ursinus Opens New Outdoor Gym

Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2020s

This issue of the Winonan, the Winona State University student newspaper, was published on October 7, 2026.

The Colorado River Upper Initial Units Take Center Stage, Eric Kuhn, Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara

The Traveling Wilburys of the Colorado River

In 1956, Congress authorized the Upper Initial Units—Flaming Gorge Reservoir,

Navajo Reservoir, and the Aspinall Unit (UIUs)—for a variety of water use

purposes in the Upper Colorado River Basin, including compliance with the

1922 Colorado River Compact (1922 Compact). The historical record is clear

that the primary reason these reservoirs exist is to satisfy the math of the 1922

Compact and the obligations it imposed on the Upper Division States

regarding flows at Lee Ferry.

Curating The Liberal Arts: High-Impact Approaches To Teaching Medical Humanities In The Archives, Alyssa Culp, Liz Bloodworth

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

This article emphasizes high-impact practices in the archives and encourages instructors and archivists to use prolonged collaboration as a way to teach digital learners analog thinking. The digital and physical exhibits we discuss were designed to model liberal arts thinking and curate experiential learning opportunities that led students to make connections between artifacts and lived experiences. Our case study focuses on one course developed with sustained archival interaction, which demonstrates an effective use of archives for promoting active learning through direct engagement with primary source materials in a liberal arts environment and thereby serves as an example of partnership for …

Rotc Correspondence Between Dr. J.A. Keller And Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr., 1947, President J.A. Keller

Correspondence

Thank you note from Dr. J.A. Keller to Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr. about his help securing a ROTC unit for FSTC, 1947.

Enrollment Of Normal School By Years Since 1915 (Regular Session), 1929, Dr. Henry J. Willingham/State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Correspondence between Dr. Henry J. Willingham, President of State Normal College and Dr. R. E. Tidwell, Alabama State Department of Education-Enrollment of college students from 1915-1929.

Annual Report Of State Teachers College, 1947-1948, F.E. Lund, Acting President

Correspondence

Correspondence between F.E. Lund, Acting President of Florence State Teachers College and The Alabama State Board of Education, 1948.

Correspondence Between Lt. Col. J. J. Hamlin And President J.A. Keller, 1948, Lt. Col. J. J. Hamlin/J.A. Keller

Correspondence

Correspondence from Lt. Col. J.J. Hamlin to President J.A. Keller-the application for establishment of a Corps of Military Police, ROTC unit, has been approved, 1948.

News Release-Rotc Unit To Be Activated At Florence, Alabama, 1948, Florence State Teachers College

Correspondence

A news release about the activation of an ROTC unit at Florence State Teachers College in July, 1948.

Western Union Telegram, 1948, E.B. Norton

Correspondence

A Western Union telegram from E.B. Dorton to Dean F.E. Lund, Acting President of FSTC, 1948.

Florence, Ala., 1890: The Philadelphia Of The South, Florence Land Sale Company

Documents

Viewbook and promotional for the city-Grand sale of lots commencing November 1890.

Lanthorn, Vol. 61, No. 05, October 5, 2026, Grand Valley State University

Volume 61, August 10, 2026 – current

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

Distribution Of The Students By Counties For The Regular Session 1926-1927, State Normal School, Florence, Alabama, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Statistics of students from each county in Alabama, as well as Total numbers from other states) that attended State Normal School during the regular session of school, 1926-1927.

Graduates, 1914-1929, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Number of Graduates from 1914-1929-State Normal School and Florence State Teachers College

Graduates Who Finished In The Junior High Curriculum, 1929, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Graduates who finished in the Junior High Curriculum at State Normal School between 1927-1929.

Length Of Time First One Hundred Graduates Of 1928 Spent In The Florence State Normal School Between Matriculation And Graduation, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Statistics on how long students who graduated from State Normal School spent between matriculation and graduation, 1928-1929.

Summer School Attendance, 1921, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

A breakdown of summer school attendance at State Normal School in 1921.

The French Revolution And Napoleon: The Beginnings Of A Modern World Order, S Trent Dunkin

Tête à Tête: Journal of Francophone Studies

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, roughly 1789 to 1815, witnessed the fall of the Ancien Régime in France and the foundation of the French Republic. However, this larger period can be divided into three smaller periods: (1) the French Revolutionary Period (1789-1799); (2) the Napoleonic Era (1799-1814); and (3) the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). This article discusses these three periods individually and their respective contributions that helped to usher in a political order more familiar to the contemporary world. Specifically, this article will explore the following things: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, the …