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The Foreign Policy Of Harry S. Truman, Patricia Reagan Slater

Graduate Thesis Collection

Without knowing it, a professor of mine, Dr. Emma Lou Thornbrough, stimulated my interest in President Truman when she stated in a freshman history course that Harry S. Truman would go down in history as one of the greatest American Presidents if not the greatest because of his ingenuity in foreign policy. The exact purporse of this paper is to examine these programs.

The Tolliver Song, Josiah Henry Combs

Rowan County War Collection

A song titled "The Tolliver Song" published in Folks Songs of the Southern United States (1967) by Josiah H. Combs, pages 161-162. Taken from the Jack Ellis Collection.

The Political Education Of Alexander Spotswood: The Legislative Sessions Of 1710-1712, Joseph Eugene Orndorff

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Historical Analysis Of The Nomination Of Wendell Lewis Willkie For The Presidency Of The United States Of America, Jerold David Gritz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In this rather apt description of Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, two important characteristics of the man stand out: his personal traits and energy and his strength of conviction in fighting for the principles in which he believed. Willkie cannot be regarded a politician in the usual sense; he was a businessman who, because of his convictions, waged a personal war against Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal - a war conducted outside the realm of partisan politics. His successes in the fight with the administration brough Willkie a measure of recognition and aroused the interest of certain …

The Politics Of Free Banking In The Old Northwest, 1837-1863, William G. Shade

Wayne State University Dissertations

There is a great gap in the history of American monetary politics between the years of Jackson’s “Bank War” and the lengthy debate over bonds, Greenbacks, and silver that occupied the energies of the nation after the Civil War. While these years w ere chaotic and produced little constructive monetary legislation, the money issue played an important role. This study is designed to help clarify the nature of the issues during this period and the ways in which the parties reacted. The study of these issues has usually been confused by assumptions derived from a projection of the post-war issues …

The Political Thought Of A Southern Negro Editor, 1921-1940: P. B. Young Of The Norfolk Journal And Guide, Laurel K. Gutterman

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.

Facundo Melgares And The Northern Frontier Of New Spain, Thomas M. Bolkan

History ETDs

This thesis deals with the military career and New Mexico governorship of Facundo Malgares. His career, from approximately 1800 to 1822, after Mexico had become independent of Spain, illustrated the operation of Spanish institutions during the last days of Spanish rule in the northern interior province of Mexico. Of special importance were problems associated with Spanish-Italian and Anglo-Spanish relations when the Indian was still powerful and the United States was beginning its westward expansion. Spanish land policy in New Mexico and its continued effect on individual holdings after United States possession was and continues to be important in New Mexico. …

The Social Bases Of American Voting Behavior; Wayne County, Michigan, 1837-1852, As A Test Case, Ronald P. Formisano

Wayne State University Dissertations

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The Virginia Executive Budget, Charles William Wyatt Iii

Master's Theses

Virginia, like the other states in our union, was without any set form of budget during its first century of existence. This was partly because there was no definite need for any governmental reform in this area until the twentieth century brought about an expansion of the powers and responsibilities of governments. The states relied on the general property tax for the bulk of their revenue and its return was relatively certain and constant. It enabled a legislature to accurately judge its yield and match this yield to what was needed by an easy adaptation of the rate of taxation. …

Jonathan Boucher: Moderate Loyalist And Public Man, Anne Young Zimmer

Wayne State University Dissertations

This inquiry began then, with an attempt to understand Jonathan Boucher, the Tory of Tories, the adversary of Locke and egalitarian principles, the spokesman for Filmer in America, and the divine rights advocate. The whole complex of Boucher's life has been examined, with particular emphasis on the pre-Revolutionary years of crisis in Virginia and Maryland between 1765 and 1775, together with the milieu of the two colonies, in order to discover what factors may have contributed to Boucher's High Tory role, if, indeed, he was a High Tory. And it has been an effort to understand all of the circumstances …

Norfolk And The K.K.K. In The Nineteen Twenties, Nancy B. Cuthbert

History Theses & Dissertations

Abstract unavailable.

Frontier Problems In New Mexico Preceding The Mexican War, 1840-1846, Ward Alan Minge

History ETDs

The original intent of this paper was to examine some phase of the interrelationship of the Mexican, Indian, and United States' cultures in New Mexico during the two decades of Mexico administration. Research soon revealed that cultural conflicts only contributed their share to the problems which existed on this frontier. Identification of the problem areas narrowed the period of interest of the few years preceding the "bloodless conquest" of New Mexico by the United States. These years, roughly from 1840 to 1846, saw the culmination of a combination of circumstances over which New Mexican officials had little or no control. …

Material Opportunities In Public Education In The Commonwealth Of Virginia: A Study Of Public School Property Differentials Between The Races (1962-1963), Edward H. Peeples

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Documents

Unpublished report of a study by Edward H. Peeples, Jr., which looked at the value of public school properties in Virginia by race. The study was financed by the Virginia Teachers Association, and the data was collected in 1964 by Edward H. Peeples, Jr.

Menifee County - Place Names, George Boswell

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of place names in Menifee County, Kentucky.

Political Affiliations Of American Economic Elites: Wayne County, Michigan, 1844, 1860, As A Test Case, Alexandra Mccoy

Wayne State University Dissertations

The scope of this study has been dictated by its methodology, which, in turn, has been determined by its aim. In order to formulate with precision a theory of political behavior for economic leaders of the mid-nineteenth century it is necessary to document the economic careers, ethnic origins, religious affiliations and family backgrounds of a carefully selected economic elite. What is obtained by the extensive documentation of over one-hundred and seventy-five individuals is the opportunity to study the relationship of these attributes to political affiliation. By tabulating these attributes against party affiliation, relationships were discovered which indicate that religious and …

The Democratic Convention Of 1924, Vic Provinzano

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Campaign Of 1932 And The New Deal Relief Program In Kentucky, Bill Weaver

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This work is an attempt to tell, and in some measure interpret, the story of the relief phase of the New Deal in Kentucky. In a work of this length, the writer encountered difficulty in giving justice to the various agencies in operation.

Confederate Military Hospitals In Richmond, Robert W. Waitt

Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond

A publication containing information on Confederate military hospitals in Richmond, Virginia, during the United States Civil War. Sections include: Foreward, General Index of Hospital Names, General Hospital Buildings, Notes, General Hospital Buildings, Notes, General Hospital Encampments, Illustrations, Sources, and Picture Credits.

Ballad Of The Rowan County Troubles, Jean Thomas, Walter Kob

Rowan County War Collection

A section of a chapter on the ballad of the Rowan County Troubles from Jean Thomas' book titled Ballad Makin' in the Mountains of Kentucky published in 1964, pages 15 to 23.

Political Philosophy Of Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer, Wayne Delavan

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Comparative Analysis Of Thaddeus Stevens, Floyd M. Clay

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

The Political Career Of Roger C. Sullivan, Samuel Alvin Lilly

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Origins Of Thomas Jefferson's Anti-Clericalism, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Cannibals - mountebanks - charlatans - pious and whining hypocrites - necromancers - pseudo-Christians - mystery mongers. These are among the epithets which Thomas Jefferson applied to the clergy of the Protestant denominations and of the Roman Catholic Church as well. It was they who "perverted" the principles of Jesus "into an engine for enslaving mankind"; it was the Christian "priesthood" who had turned organized religion into a "mere contrivance to filch wealth and power" for themselves; they were the ones who throughout history had persecuted rational men for refusing to swallow "their impious heresies." This attitude of Jefferson, with …

New Mexico's Troubled Years, Calvin Horn

UNM Historical Documents

Foreword

The history of New Mexico is a distillation of the American experience. It provides striking evidence of the truth of Walt Whitman's dictum: "Here is not merely a nation but a teeming Nation of nations." For New Mexico offers a compact illustration of the way a diver­sity of races and cultures pooled their traditions and skills to build an American state—and, in doing so, displayed im­pressive qualities of courage and resourcefulness.

New Mexico's history goes back many centuries to the time when the Pueblo Indians, confronted by drought, dis­ease and hostile tribes, developed a civilization only a little less …

Perspective Of The Prince Edward County School Issue, Edward H. Peeples

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Documents

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Pennsylvania. Bibliography: leaves [81]-[84]

1963-01, Photograph 003, Raphael H. Barto

Bette J. Barto correspondence

This collection contains 139 correspondence from Maj. Bette J. Barto, USAFE to her parents while serving as a nurse during the late 1950s and 1960s. Also included are three photographs, one special orders document, and one marriage license. In several cases, Bette refers to her parents as "Lizzie" and "Hugh Elmer," or simply "Elmer." Three letters from 1961 or 1962 are undated and placed in a separate folder.

The Attitude Of Indiana's Congressional Delegation During The Civil War Toward Slavery And The Negro: 1861-1865, Emma T. Randall

Graduate Thesis Collection

In this thesis I have examined the attitudes on the Negro question of the members if the Indiana delegation to the Congress of the United States during the period 1861-1865. Two Congresses were is session during this period--the Thirty-seventh and the Thirty-eighth. The Globe and newspapers of the period have been my two primary sources of information. Every shade of opinion was expressed ranging from the utterances of so-called Abolitionist Republican George W. Julian, to the ultra-conservative sentiments voiced by Daniel Voorhees, Democrat.

The Alien Registration Act Of 1940, Carol R. Rice

History ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the various factors which led to the passage of the Smith Act. Into this consideration will enter the numerous bills introduced during the decade, the congressional investigating committee, and their reports.

Speech By Peter Z. Greer, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Run-Off Primary Election Speech, estimated to have been given on September 28, 1962. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Ua37/37 The Year 1861 In Brief Review Of American Civil War With Emphasis On Kentucky, Arndt Stickles

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Article regarding Civil War events occurring in Kentucky during 1861.