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The Negro In California Before 1890, A. Odell Thurman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Because so little has been written concerning the Negro in California and because the dynamic and romantic sequences in the development of this country have always interested me, I have become interested in knowing what part the Negro, free and slave, played in this panorama of events. Were there Negroes with early expeditions? To what extent did they migrate to the West when "gold fever" had become a nation-wide epidemic? Did they find gold? Where did they settle? What did they do? What difficulty did they encounter politically, socially, and economically? These are questions that have filled my mind, and …

1944-11-07, Birth Certificate, Norma Stegman

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1944-10-01, Jack To Evabel, Jack P. Bell

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1944-07-22, Expeditions, Engagements, Distinguished Service, Unknown

Series 4. Service Document Photocopies

No abstract provided.

1944-06-12, Allen To Wife, Allen M. Boyden

D-Day Correspondence

A surgeon in the Army, Maj. Allen M. Boyden performed some of the first surgeries on Omaha Beach. In this letter, Boyden writes to his wife, explaining that this is the first letter he was able to write to her in a long time - presumably the first letter since before the Allied invasion at Normandy, France on D-Day. He writes about not being able to sleep for a week due to the many major surgeries he had to conduct. Maj. Boyden writes that he feels he is making a difference in the war.

1944-06-06, Ralph To Parents, Ralph P. Goldsticker Jr.

D-Day Correspondence

This letter is written a day after June 6, 1944. Lt. Ralph P. Goldsticker, Jr., a bombardier with the U.S. Army Air Force Corps, writes about the 1944 June 5 debrief leading up to the D-Day. He also discusses how he flew two missions on D-Day and the second mission - in the afternoon - is when he was able to see the Allied forces along Normandy's beaches. Lt. Goldsticker writes that throughout the entire day, he and the rest of the Air Corps wanted to know the details of what was happening on the beachhead.

1944-06-06, David To Wife, David B. Biddle

D-Day Correspondence

Sgt. Davide Biddle, USA, wrote to his wife on D-Day, expressing to her the significance of the day and what it means to ending the war. He frequently reassures his wife that he is not trying to scare her but reassurring her that she is strong. Sgt. Biddle emphasizes the importance of praying and trusting God throughout the remainder of the war. The seargent also expresses he continued love for his wife as he writes the letter. Biddle would not land in Normandy until June 11, 1944, a few days after D-Day.

1944-05-29, John To Family, John G. Shindledecker

John G. Shindledecker First World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1944-03-05, Jack To Evabel, Jack P. Bell

Jack P. Bell Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1944, Phillip To Family, Philip A. Lathrap

Phillip A. Lathrap Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1944, Certificate Of Death, Unknown

Series 4. Service Document Photocopies

No abstract provided.

Conrad Baker, Former Governor Of Indiana, Arnold Ernst R. Muelller

Graduate Thesis Collection

This thesis was assigned by the Department of German principally to learn through the study of the German newspapers of the day what influence the German-American population of Indiana might have had upon the election of Governor Conrad baker and also upon his whole administration as such; since Governor Baker was of German descent and the act, August 16, 1859, which provided when the German language should be taught in the common schools, also took effect when Baker was Governor of Indiana.

1944, Photograph Of Helen G. S. Martin, Unknown

Helen G. Staebler Martin Second World War correspondence and photograph

Photograph of Lt. Helen G. S. Martin, USA – 1944

1943-12-21, Memorial Service Pamphlet, Meek Funeral Home

Ann Volk Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1935-10-24, Document, Unknown

Series 2. Condolence letters and other materials

This collection contains seven correspondence from 2ndLt. Norris K. Calkins, USAAF to his parents during the Second World War. Also included are ten correspondence to his parents in regards to his missing in action and subsequent killing in action status. Ephemera from his father Norris R. Calkins from the First World War is also included.

1943-10-05, Larry To Ann, Larry Langerholc

Ann Volk Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1943-09-16, Phillip To Ann, Phillip Langerholc

Ann Volk Second World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1943-04-20, Ephemera, Unknown

Series 2. Condolence letters and other materials

This collection contains seven correspondence from 2ndLt. Norris K. Calkins, USAAF to his parents during the Second World War. Also included are ten correspondence to his parents in regards to his missing in action and subsequent killing in action status. Ephemera from his father Norris R. Calkins from the First World War is also included.

Rowan County News - Diamond Jubilee Edition, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

County Histories of Kentucky

The Diamond Jubilee - Greater Morehead Edition of The Rowan County News published on December 11, 1941. This was also the first local edition published after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Shelby County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Shelby County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Recorded News Items And Historical Facts As They Happened Down Through The Past Years, Some Happy, Some Sad, Some Good, Some Bad, John R. Peavey

John H. Shary Collection

Scrapbook compiled by John R. Peavey, which includes sketches, photographs, and timeline kept by the author of local and national news between January 16, 1906 through December 7, 1941. Major topics covered are: local government, railroad, vegetable crops, prominent citizens, new cities, U.S. Army, assassinations, land buyers, sugar mills, weather, politicians, hospitals, airplane, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Border War, refugees, prohibition, WWI, Spanish flu, and transportation.

"At the beginning of this story I said that the facts and material for this story were taken from a diary that I kept through the years beginning in 1906. I now find that to …

Boyle County - 75th Anniversary Edition, Danville Advocate-Messenger

County Histories of Kentucky

75th anniversary edition of Danville Advocate-Messenger about the history of Boyle County, Kentucky published on July 10, 1940.

Baptists - History In Kentucky, Works Progress Administration, Writer's Project

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Baptists in the State of Kentucky.

Boyd County - General History, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

An article on the history and folklore of Boyd County, Kentucky by the Works Progress Administration.

Garrard County - General History, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Garrard County, Kentucky conducted by the Workers Progress Administration.

Johnson County - Facts, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of facts related to Johnson County, Kentucky written by the Works Progress Administration.

Pendleton County - Place Names, E. S. Barton, Mary Louise Barton

County Histories of Kentucky

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

Woodford County - General History, Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

County Histories of Kentucky

A historical survey of Woodford County, Kentucky conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Webster County - General History, Works Progress Administration

County Histories of Kentucky

A brief historical survey of Webster County, Kentucky that includes a list of community names and post offices.

Kentucky - History Of The Boundaries Of The Counties Of Kentucky, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project, Ruth Adele Preston

County Histories of Kentucky

A history of the county boundaries of Kentucky written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration.