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Striking Tools Of Indigenous North America: Rethinking Their Representations In Media, Literature, And Collection Systems, Wesley Martin Oct 2026

Striking Tools Of Indigenous North America: Rethinking Their Representations In Media, Literature, And Collection Systems, Wesley Martin

University Research

The striking tool as a concept has existed since time immemorial. Once Europeans began colonizing the North American continent, Indigenous striking tools became conflated with the word “tomahawk.” The meaning of tomahawks and other striking tools is distorted in history, because western scholars and artists saw them from a limited worldview. This distortion made its way into archaeological reports, museum displays, and digital collections’ metadata. Some typologies that collectors and museum staff make for tomahawks continue to limit how the public may see them. Professionals working in the material culture fields should consider how this occurs. This article demonstrates these …


Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 23, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University Sep 2026

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 23, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for September 23, 2026.


Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 16, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University Sep 2026

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 16, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for September 16, 2026.


Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 9, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University Sep 2026

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 9, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for September 9, 2026.


Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 2, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University Sep 2026

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 2, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for September 2, 2026.


Student Senate Meeting Minutes August 26, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University Aug 2026

Student Senate Meeting Minutes August 26, 2026, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for August 26, 2026.


History Of Education In Alabama 1702-1889, Willis G. Clark Jul 2026

History Of Education In Alabama 1702-1889, Willis G. Clark

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Information on the educational system in Alabama with the founding of LaGrange College, its president and other members of the faculty, distinguished alumni. A later chapter gives a little information about the switch over to Normal Schools in Alabama and Florence.


A History Of Methodism In Alabama, Rev. Anson West, D.D. Jul 2026

A History Of Methodism In Alabama, Rev. Anson West, D.D.

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Rev. Anson West details the events leading to the Methodist Conference and the establishment of LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama.


Beginnings...Of The University Of North Alabama The Story Of Florence Wesleyan University, William Lindsey Mcdonald Jul 2026

Beginnings...Of The University Of North Alabama The Story Of Florence Wesleyan University, William Lindsey Mcdonald

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Part I of Beginnings...of The University of North Alabama, which discusses the history of LaGrange College.


Two Hundred Years At Muscle Shoals, Nina Leftwich Jul 2026

Two Hundred Years At Muscle Shoals, Nina Leftwich

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Information of education in Muscle Shoals (Franklin County) and LaGrange College. (Parts of Chapter 3)


The Life Of Robert Paine D.D., Bishop Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, R. H. Rivers, D.D. Jul 2026

The Life Of Robert Paine D.D., Bishop Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, R. H. Rivers, D.D.

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Chapters 4-13 of The Life of Robert Paine, D.D., which discusses the events of the establishment of LaGrange College in Franklin County, Alabama through the removal of the college to Florence, Alabama. Robert Paine, D.D. served as president of the college as well as a professor teaching a range of subjects, from moral science to geology from 1830 until 1846, when he was elected bishop of the Methodist church at the first General conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Petersburg, Virginia.


Beginnings...Of The University Of North Alabama The Story Of Florence Wesleyan University, William Lindsey Mcdonald Jul 2026

Beginnings...Of The University Of North Alabama The Story Of Florence Wesleyan University, William Lindsey Mcdonald

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Part II of Beginnings...of The University of North Alabama, which discusses the 13-year history of Florence Wesleyan University.


The Flor-Ala Alumni Edition, Florence State Teachers College Jul 2026

The Flor-Ala Alumni Edition, Florence State Teachers College

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The 1933 Publication of Alumni News from The Flor-Ala. This copy (folder) also includes a short bio on Beulah Young Pettey, who served as Vice President of the Senior class of 1940.


Lagrange College At Florence, Alabama Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Lagrange College Jun 2026

Lagrange College At Florence, Alabama Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Lagrange College

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1855 Junior Class Exhibition Program, LaGrange College (Florence, Alabama)


Florence Wesleyan University Oratorical Exhibition By The Second Division Of The Junior Class, 1860, Barr Brothers, "Gazette," Office Jun 2026

Florence Wesleyan University Oratorical Exhibition By The Second Division Of The Junior Class, 1860, Barr Brothers, "Gazette," Office

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Florence Weselyan University Oratorical Exhibition of Junior Class Program, 1860.


Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, Florence Gazette Print Jun 2026

Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, Florence Gazette Print

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Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, 1857.


Nineteenth Commencement State Normal College, 1892, State Normal College Jun 2026

Nineteenth Commencement State Normal College, 1892, State Normal College

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1892 State Normal College Commencement Program


State Normal School Graduates' Day, State Normal School Jun 2026

State Normal School Graduates' Day, State Normal School

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1885 State Normal School Graduates' Day Programme


Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, 1859, Florence Gazette Office Jun 2026

Florence Wesleyan University Sophomore Prize Declamation, 1859, Florence Gazette Office

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Sophomore Prize Declamation Program, Florence Wesleyan University, 1859.


Seventeenth Commencement State Normal College, 1890, State Normal College Jun 2026

Seventeenth Commencement State Normal College, 1890, State Normal College

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1890 State Normal College Commencement Program


Wesleyan University Commencement, 1857, Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala. Jun 2026

Wesleyan University Commencement, 1857, Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala.

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1857 Wesleyan University (Florence) Commencement Program


Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Geo. Beck, Printer, Florence, Ala. Jun 2026

Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of The Junior Class, Geo. Beck, Printer, Florence, Ala.

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1857 Exhibition of Junior Class at Florence Wesleyan University, 1857


Twenty-Third Commencement State Normal College, 1896, State Normal College Jun 2026

Twenty-Third Commencement State Normal College, 1896, State Normal College

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1896 State Normal College Commencement Program


1891 State Normal College General Program, State Normal College Jun 2026

1891 State Normal College General Program, State Normal College

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General Program for Commencement Week Activities for State Normal College, 1891.


Thirty-Second Commencement State Normal College, 1905, State Normal College Jun 2026

Thirty-Second Commencement State Normal College, 1905, State Normal College

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1905 State Normal College Exercise of Commencement Week Programs


Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of Junor Class, Florence Wesleyan University-Printed At The American Democrat Office Jun 2026

Florence Wesleyan University Exhibition Of Junor Class, Florence Wesleyan University-Printed At The American Democrat Office

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Exhibition of Junior Class Program at Florence Wesleyan University.


1892 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College Jun 2026

1892 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1892 State Normal College Program


1890 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College Jun 2026

1890 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1890 State Normal College Program


1893 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College Jun 2026

1893 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1893 State Normal College Program


1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Program, State Normal College Jun 2026

1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Program, State Normal College

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1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Activities Program