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“The New Hebridean Is Everywhere”: The Oceanian Labor Trade To New Caledonia, 1865-1930, Dorothy Shineberg

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Colin Newbury's Review Of Brij V. Lal, Doug Munro, And Edward D. Beechert's Plantation Workers: Resistance And Accommodation, Colin Newbury

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Revising The Revisionists: The Historiography Of Immigrant Melanesians In Australia, Clive Moore

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Doug Munro's Review Of Nancy Y. W. Tom's The Chinese In Western Samoa, 1875-1985, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

“The Bridegroom Cometh”: The Lives And Deaths Of Queensland Melanesians In New Guinea, 1893-1956, David Wetherell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Contract Labor Under A Protector: The Gilbertese Laborers And Hiram Bingham, Jr., In Hawaii, 1878-1903, Sandra Rennie

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Noel J. Kent's Review Of Edward D. Beechert's Working In Hawaii: A Labor History, Noel Jay Kent

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

0429: Marguerite Bias Williams Spears Papers, 1979-1982, Marshall University Special Collections

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Ohio resident; papers relate to her career as a secretary and member of Professional Secretaries International.

0435: Edna Duckworth Typescript, 1984-1996, Marshall University Special Collections

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"A Black History of Huntington", includes comments by and material from Nelson L. Barnett Jr. "Ramblings of a Scorched Soul" was added to this collection later.

Noel J. Kent's Review Of Ronald Takaki's Pau Hana: Plantation Life And Labor In Hawaii, 1835-1920, Noel J. Kent

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Review Forum On H. E. Maude's Slavers In Paradise: The Peruvian Labour Trade In Polynesia,, H. E. Maude, Grant Mccall, Brij V. Lal, Harold E. Davis

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Norfolk In The First World War, Stephen Paul Nasca

History Theses & Dissertations

World War I brought the military establishment in the form of bases and service personnel to Norfolk. Because of Norfolk's close proximity to the various military bases, recruiting for the various branches of the Armed Forces was carried on very diligently. Those Norfolkians who did not volunteer for one of the services, or were not drafted, were encouraged to join the Norfolk Home Guard.

To build the military bases and to work in the various government plants, thousands of workers were needed. This demand for laborers strained Norfolk's public transportation, health, and social services as well as housing accommodations and …

The Union Bimetallic Party Of Oregon, 1896-1898, Ludger Mogge

Dissertations and Theses

On March 23 - 26, 1898, Populists, Democrats, and Silver Republicans of Oregon held their state conventions in Portland and agreed upon a common platform and a common state ticket for the elections of June 6, 1898. None of the available works on Oregon history explains that this fusion was the culmination of a two-year effort to unite the reform forces the state. This thesis tries to fill the gap. Because of the lack of secondary works on the subject, the thesis is based mainly on two sources: newspapers on microfilm, especially The Oregonian; and the unpublished correspondence of party …

Oral History Interview: James G. Matthews, James G. Matthews

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

James G. Matthews was a jack-of-all-trades. He worked as a coal miner for James C. Coal Company, worked for United Fuel Gas Company, the Nickel Plant, and as a mail courier. He also performed as part of a singing quartet. Mr. Matthews was born on May 30, 1902. He grew up on a farm near East Lynn, WV. After the death of his mother, Mr. Matthews attended elementary school on a part-time basis in order to work on the family farm. In the audio clip provided, Mr. Matthews discusses alcohol consumption and moonshine stills in East Lynn. During his interview, …

Oral History Interview: Helena Venturino Howell, Helena Venturino Howell

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Helena Venturino Howell was born on September 19, 1913. She was the first child of her family to be born in the United States. Her father emigrated from Italy to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 16. He first worked as a pin boy in a bowling alley and then took a job on the railroad. Her mother immigrated to Williamson, WV, with Mrs. Howell’s older sister in 1912. Mrs. Howell’s family lived in neighborhood in Williamson comprised primarily of Italians. Her family moved to New Boston, OH, when she was a young girl. During her interview, Mrs. Howell …

Oral History Interview: Frank Brooks, Frank Brooks

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Frank Brooks was born in Fayette County, WV, but grew up in Carter County, KY, in the early 1900s. He attended a one room school house through the third grade. Mr. Brooks began working in coal mines with his father in Borderland, WV, when he was 13 years old. In the audio clip provided, he discusses his first time in a coal mine. He focuses on how he tried to appear bigger than he was in order to be able to work. In his interview, Mr. Brooks compares and contrasts the labor conditions in the mines before and after unionization. …

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections

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Tape recordings and transcripts of oral interviews with residents in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State region regarding such topics as farming, schools, health care, folk customs, and many others related to life in this Appalachian region.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Marshall University Oral History Collection here.

Child Labor Reform Movement In Virginia: 1890-1938, Yukiko Maritani

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 50¢.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $10.

Wyoming Coal Company, Wyoming Coal Company

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Wyoming Coal Company mine with a value of $1.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $5.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the WInding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 10¢.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of $1.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 5¢.

Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated, Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated

Arthur Kilgore Mine Scrip Collection

This scrip is from the Winding Gulf Coals, Incorporated mine with a value of 25¢.

1958-11-06, Martin Himler

Magyar Banyaszlap Archive, 1913-1928

No abstract provided.

5. Some Social Effects Of The Industrial Revolution, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XIV: The Industrial Revolution, Classical Economics, and Economic Liberalism

The demands made by industrialization upon the worker were often severe, whether in England or France, Russia or the United States. He had to give up the somewhat desultory habits of work which had usually sufficed him and his ancestors from the beginnings of time. Significantly enough, one of Arkwright's first steps after establishing his factory was to draw up a code of discipline designed to keep his employees steadily on the job. The worker also gave up the ownership of his tools, if he had not already done so under the domestic system, and was thus left a proletarian, …

5. The Democracies Between The Wars (1919-1939), Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XVIII: The Western World in the Twentieth Century: The Historical Setting

At first glance, the events of World War I seemed to be a triumphant vindication of the spirit of 1848. It was the leading democratic great powers - Britain, France, and the United States - who had emerged the victors. In the political reconstruction of Europe, republics had replaces many monarchies. West of Russia, new and apparently democratic constitutions were established in Germany, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Yet the sad truth was that by the outbreak of World War II in 1939 the majority of the once democratic states of central and eastern Europe …

1. Some Major Factors Of The Contemporary Social World: The American Example, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XIX: An Analysis of the Contemporary World’s Search for Meaning

One of the major factors of the contemporary social world is industrialization. Recent industrial developments have moved in two major directions. First, there has been a tremendous increase in technological innovation, reaching the stage which we call automation. The machines which we have developed are doing their work only too well, including some tasks which we had long though could be done only by human hands and heads. Not only the blue-collar worker but also the white-collar worker seems to be faced with the possibility of technological unemployment. [excerpt]