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Gettysburg College Journal Of The Civil War Era 2017

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

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The Study Of Afro-Cuban Religions, Ella Shipp

The Student Researcher: A Phi Alpha Theta Publication

The scholarship of Afro-Cuban syncretic religions such as Santería/La Regla de Ocha and Palo Montewas powerfully affected by the disruption of the Cuban Revolution. Unlike other disciplines whose growth and maturation have progressed naturally since the development of modern scholarship in the 1900s, the study of Cuban orisha-based religion derived from the traditions of the Lucumí and Yoruba has only recently come into its own. During the 1800s and 1900s, there were some accounts of slave religion in novels, travel accounts, and some encyclopedic works by US and European authors. These accounts were mostly negative and strongly biased against slaves, …

A Few Comments About The Unfair Criticisms Of Abraham And Mary Lincoln Or Two Sides Of A Penny, Rebecca Clark

The Student Researcher: A Phi Alpha Theta Publication

There are a tremendous number of books and articles printed about Abraham and Mary Lincoln. They comment, critique, and analyze every aspect of their lives before, during, and after the Lincoln Presidency. No triviality has been deemed too small or inconsequential to dwell upon and debate. In fact, the Lincolns, from the beginning of Abraham’s courtship of Mary Todd to after the fatal assassination, were treated unfairly and subjected to false attacks by the press, public, and family members for self-serving agendas, and nefarious purposes. Despite her family’s qualms over her choice of a husband, Mary saw in Abrahamqualities others …

Windows To The Divine: The Development Of Byzantine Art, Sam Klein

Tenor of Our Times

Byzantine art took significant inspiration form its Greco-Roman heritage but then distinguished itself through a shift in focus away from Hellenic realism and towards formal abstractions of Christian motifs. These conventions developed alongside political and theological turbulence to eventually influence a vast area of Asia Minor and Eastern Europe.

From Crusaders To Flunkies: American Newspaper Coverage Of Black First World War Soldiers From 1915 And 1930., Matthew D. Laroche

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

This article concerns itself with the U.S. newspaper coverage given to black soldiers (primarily African-American) in the lead up to the U.S. entry into the First World War, through the war, and into the 1930's. In so doing, it chronicles the divisions that appeared within the black community in America as black Americans debated whether or not to serve a country that did not respect their liberties at home, the portrayal of black soldiers in U.S. newspapers, and the post-war betrayal that saw the rise of a popular silence on the rights of black veterans, and a forced return to …

Helpers In A "Heathen" Land?: An Examination Of Missionary Perceptions Of The Cherokees, Andrew C. Nosti

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

This analysis examines writings left behind by missionaries living among the Cherokees in the early nineteenth century to tease out the missionary perceptions of their Indigenous neighbors. This approach includes a heavy emphasis on decoding the white lexicon employed to discuss Native Americans to elucidate the broader cultural/racial intellectualism of the time. The utilization of this approach deconstructs a conventional “friend or foe” binary viewpoint of the missionaries, conversely constructing a greater complexity within the interracial and intercultural dynamics of the Early Republic, thereby providing a more layered and broader understanding of early America and, by extension, America overall.

Issue No. 106: Winter 2017

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Arizona-New Mexico History Conference Set for April 20-22, 2017

1 Little Known Bankhead Highway Linked Two Coasts, Delivered Commerce and Tourists to New Mexico

2 Chautaqua Performance

3 Research Grants Made to Individuals, Institutions

4 HSNM, Jewish Historical Society Partner in Speakers Bureau

5 Presidents Message, Winter 2017

5 A Look at Two Member Organizations of HSNM

5 Book Review - Jack M. Campbell: The Autobiography of New Mexico's First Modern Governor

Issue No. 107: Summer 2017

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 The Abreu Family: Movers and Shakers in Nineteenth Century New Mexico

1 Treasures Hidden in County Records: The Unveiling of the 1908 Coroner's Reports on the Death of Pat Garrett

2 A "Railroad Town" is Getting More Books While Recognizing Its History: Carrizozo and Educator and Historian Bill Thorpe Celebrates the Local Heritage

3 Meet the Officers and Board of the Historical Society of New Mexico

3 President's Message

3 2017 Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of New Mexico

4 Remarks by Dr. Robert J. Stahl at the Doña Ana County Clerk's Office Unveiling of the Pat Garret …