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The Rowan County War: The Anatomy Of A Mountain Fued, Stuart S. Sprague

Rowan County War Collection

Manuscript written by Stuart S. Sprague on the Rowan County War in 1976.

0119: Franz Sigel Letter, 1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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Union general. Newly-appointed commander of the Department of West Virginia, Sigel wrote to Congressman Kellian V. Whaley concerning his command, requesting the names of reliable men, and giving his plan for defending the state.

0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters. The first group were written by Arminda Holiday Clendenning of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, to her sister Ann Holliday Winder of Iowa, from 1850 until 1867. She writes of local and family news, life in the country, and later, as a young married woman, of her family and her husband’s business. Several letters mention travels and migrations of family and friends to the West.

The second group of letters were written by Robert Joseph Clendenning, grandson of Arminda Clendenning, to his family during the FirstWorld War. He describes his life in …

Harrison County - Bicentennial Edition, Cynthiana Democrat

County Histories of Kentucky

Bicentennial Edition of Cynthiana Democrat about the history of Harrison County Kentucky published on August 21 1975.

The United States Military In The Cuban Missile Crisis, Frank Joseph Wikenheiser

Dissertations and Theses

One of the most significant events in the Cold War-dominated years of the 1950's and early1960's was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. It not only has been reputed by most authorities as a major turning point in the Soviet Union-American struggle, but it dramatically illustrated the critical dimension of thermo-nuclear weapons in international relations. In addition, and of particular interest to one directly involved, it showed that firmness in policy and proper application of military power are key factors in obtaining favorable and peaceful settlements of international disputes.

The American President As Legislative Leader: Historical Development Of The Role, Patricia Mathews Walhood

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis seeks to define the American President's role as legislative leader and to trace the origin and development of that role throughout the history of the office of the presidency. Presidents were not consistently active in this capacity until the middle of the twentieth century.

The first part of the thesis examines precedents set by strong presidents prior to and early in the twentieth century, as well as an important institutional change in the government, the creation of the Budget System, which smoothed the way for Presidential adoption of the tasks of legislative leader.

The middle sections of the …

The Concept Of Tension In New England Puritanism, Edgar Porter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The New England Puritans who settled in Massachusetts in 1629 were the product of the Reformation as experienced in England. They struggled with Catholicism and Anglicanism for many years before deciding to move to New England. Moving as non-separating Congregationalists (not separating from the Anglican Church, yet rejecting episcopacy), they left the tensions of being Puritans, or radical Protestants, behind them only to find more tensions in their new holy state. When they settled New England they hoped to build a state that answered to God's call for the development of a new Israel. The saints were to interpret that …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Harris, Roger. Radio Station Expected to Start Operation in August
• Wethington, Jay. Threat of Communist Victory Terrifies Tran My Le
• McNally, Karen. War Orphan Adopts New Kentucky Home – Ut Hobbes
• Lamkins, Mike. Veterans Think Further Aid to Vietnam is a Waste
• Orphan, Father Want to Return to Saigon Someday
• Grocery Delay is Justifiable
• Ombudsman – Energy Cutbacks
• McCubbin, John. Claims Misquote
• Edwards, Terry. Asks Trunk Return
• Vos, Arvin. On Rats and Shrews
• Pease, Edward. Wants Faculty Senate
• Regents to Consider Budget Plan
• Leake, Betsy. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• McCamish, Jelaine. Plans Put on Hold for Campus Grocery
• Budde, Neil. Rick Kelley Seeks Committee on Activities
• Matteson, Teri. Yes, Religion is Alive and Well on Westerns Campus
• Matteson, Teri. Students Honored at Awards Fete
• Health Careers Day Scheduled
• Steen, Janet. Nursing Students Help as They Learn
• Too Many Have Bled and Died for Vietnam
• Henry, Steve. Participation
• Humpert, Jon. Questions Administration
• Lang, Dave. Seek Support for Inter-Hall Council
• Juett, Patricia. Red River Gorge Walk Planned
• Smith, Robert. Professors are Using Rats to Study Protestant …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Associated Student Government Abandons Plans for Final Concert This Semester
• Day, Mary. Phi Mu, Alpha Kappa Psi Win Top Honors in Greek Week
• Adams, Anne. Nursing Gets Approval to Plan 4-Year Program
• Chances for Vet School at Western Get Snagged
• Prof Wins Award – Robert Martin
• Kentucky Collegiate Veterans Association Elect Officers
• Steve Henry’s Entertainment Plan is Inadequate
• Ombudsman – Dormitory Visitation Policy
• Tolopka, Stephen. Favors Evaluation Change
• Daugherty, Sharon. Canteen, Sand Needed
• Watkins, Allan. Favors Nude Models
• Vogt, Christy. Encourages Involvement
• Segda, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Polls Remain Open as Campaigns End
• Wethington, Jay. John Dean Postpones Lecture Here Until April 29
• Caudill, Tom. Jeff Consolo Says Associated Student Government Needs More Student Involvement
• Faculty Wives Club Name Richard Walker Outstanding Senior
• Sigma Nu and Alpha Xi Delta Win Track Meet
• Music Teacher is Conductor – James Godfrey
• Taylor, Ken. Students Evaluate Teachers, Classes
• Required Library Course Useful; Freshman Orientation Unnecessary
• Harris, Roger. Ombudsman: Publishing Firm’s Politics Draw Complaints
• Stewart, Tony. Critical of Tom Blair
• Whitman, Connie. Likes Steve …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Leake, Betsy. Polls Open Monday to Elect Associated Student Government Officers
• Matteson, Teri. The Tornado: Scars Remain as a Constant Reminder of April 3, 1974
• Coffey, Bob. Getting into the Swim of It
• Bruce, Don Fill in Blanks for Letter to the Editor
• Payne, David. Supports Steve Henry
• Cross, Al. Favors Tom Blair
• Harmon, Frank. Likes Steve Henry
• McCubbin, Mary. Endorses John Butchko
• Day, Mary. for Nancy Wilk
• Butchko, John. Butchko: No Hassles
• Litchfield, Gerry & Jefferson Hartzog. Against John Dean Speech
• Adams, Anne. Activities …

Washington County - Lincoln Heritage Trail, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc

County Histories of Kentucky

Special edition about the Lincoln Heritage Trail and the history of Washington County, Kentucky published in Spring 1975.

Benjamin Butler And The Bureau Of Negro Affairs In Tidewater, Virginia, 1861-1865, Steven Frank Petrine

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The subject of this paper is the development of govern­mental policies toward the freedmen especially labor policies and the establishment of schools and relief programs for the freedmen in the tidewater area of Virginia during the Civil War. The first extensive school system for the freedmen was launched in this area, and it was in this area in November, 1863 that General Benjamin F. Butler created a central authority for the administration of Freedmen's Affairs. Government farms were also established in the area for those freedmen needing care and guidance while those deemed capable of managing their own plots were …

The Buchanan Administration And The Closing Of The African Slave Trade, 1859-1861, David Earl Buckingham

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Mob Violence In Prerevolutionary Norfolk, Virginia, Edward A. Smyth

History Theses & Dissertations

This study examines mob violence in pre-Revolutionary Norfolk, Virginia. Four chronologically distinct mob incidents are considered: the Arundel riot of 1762, the Stamp Act riot of 1766, the impressment riot of 1767, and the smallpox riots of 1768-1769. Emphasis is placed on the identification of mob participants and the motives for their involvement. Quantitative methods are used to assess the degree of participation by influential Norfolk residents in mass violence.

Statistical evidence reveals that an unusually large number of rioters were influential Norfolkians. Motivation for their participation is attributed to English Parliamentary decrees and the growing economic and political influence …

Northerners In The Reconstruction Of Hampton, Virginia, 1865-1870, Gladys A. Blair

History Theses & Dissertations

The 1870 census for Hampton, Virginia indicated that out of the 8,303 total population, 176 were foreign born and 672 came from states other than Virginia. A logical explanation for the presence of the large number of northerners is that they were carpetbaggers who had come South after the war to take advantage of the prostrate southerners. This paper analyzes the Yankee population in Hampton, Virginia in the period following the Civil War. It discusses the origins of the northerners, their reasons for coming to Hampton, their occupations, the Hampton political situation, and the impact the northerners made on the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Caudill, Tom. University is Taking Measures to End Bomb Threats
• Leake, Betsy. Primary Election for Associated Student Government is Canceled
• 20-Mile Walkathon Set Tomorrow – Muscular Dystrophy
• Leake, Betsy. Student Government Approves Constitutional Change
• Matteson, Teri. Commuters Lament Missing Campus Activities
• Gregory, Jim. Students May Register to Vote at Courthouse
• Today is Deadline for Adding Bi-Terms
• Threats Defeat Student Interest
• Butchko, John. Criticizes Associated Student Government Coverage
• Wurster, Robert. Annoyed by Cameras
• Adamchak, Donald. Food Stamp Reply
• Omega Psi Phi. the Muscular Dystrophy Charity Walk …

Oral History Interview: James A. Harmon, James A. Harmon

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

James A. Harmon was born in 1890 on his grandfather’s farm outside of Red House, WV. Mr. Harmon reminiscences about his childhood growing up on a 350-acre farm. He earned a sixth grade education at a two-room schoolhouse. When he was 14 years old, Mr. Harmon started his career on the river on the Steamer Calvert. During his interview, Mr. Harmon focuses on his varied jobs on many steamboats. Although he performed well in all of his duties, his greatest passion was engineering. He received his engineer’s license when he was 21 years old. In the audio clip provided, …

Casimiro Barela: A Case Study Of Chicano Political History In Colorado, Ray Burrola

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Lincoln County - Bicentennial Edition, Interior Journal

County Histories of Kentucky

Bicentennial edition of the Interior Journal about the history of Lincoln County, Kentucky published in 1975

Carroll County - Historic Carroll County, Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce, Mary Masterson

County Histories of Kentucky

A brief history of Carroll County, Kentucky published by the Carroll County Historical Society.

United Methodist Church Draft Statement On Russell Means, United Methodist Church

American Indian Movement and Activism

This single-page typed document is a draft from the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church concerning Russell Means' incarceration. It outlines Means' leadership role in programs supported by the Church and lists the many trials and attempts made on his life. It resolves that Russell Means be recognized as a political prisoner and demands his immediate release.

0076: Confederate States Of America, Army, Medical Department, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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Register/copybook of letters and orders of Hospital number four, Army of the New River, medical director Dr. John A. Hunter, with hospitals in Pearisburg, VA., Dublin Depot, VA., Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Va, Red Sulpur Springs and Union, (West), Va. as well as the copybook of Will Jennings, medical director of the Department of Southwestern Virginia. Volumes contain copies of letters and orders sent and received. The register for Hospital number four also contains lists of patients.

0098: S. J. Pollar Papers, 1862-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, railway dispatcher. Papers include railroad passes, dispatch book, and Civil War papers of John C. Pollard.

0117: Neal Family Papers, 1864-1957, Marshall University Special Collections

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Papers include diaries of Dr. Will Neal, Huntington, West Virginia, physician and member of Congress; diaries describe teaching school in Kentucky and Ohio in the 1890's, and life in Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. Scrapbooks describing the career of Richard Nixon comprise the bulk of the collection.

The Socialists Within The Black American Experience, 1917-1924, John M. Andrick

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Descent Into History: Chicago, Ideologies And Repression 1917-1918, Richard Allen Morton

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No abstract provided.

Ohio County - Centennial Edition, Ohio County News

County Histories of Kentucky

Centennial edition of Ohio County News about the history of Ohio County, Kentucky published on December 26 1974.

Luke Pryor Blackburn: The Good Samaritan, Nancy Baird

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Luke Pryor Blackburn, Kentucky’s only physician governor, is one of the forgotten public health figures of the 19^th century. As health officer of Natchez in the 1850s he instituted the first effective quarantine used in the Mississippi Valley and became a strong advocate of its use as a preventive measure in the control of yellow fever. During his lifetime Blackburn also became well known for his unselfish aid to communities stricken with the disease.

In March 1878 announced his candidacy for governor of his native state. Local politicians scoffed at his chances for election, but his actions during the …