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"Ruin And Desolation Scarcely Paralleled" : An Examination Of The Virginia Flood Of 1870’S Aftermath And Relief Efforts, Paula Fielding Green

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

During the autumn of 1870, a massive flood engulfed parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. The turbid waters claimed over 100 lives and left communities and residents along the James, Shenandoah, Potomac, Rappahannock, Anna, Rivanna, Maury, Middle, South, Staunton, Rockfish, Tye, and Pamunkey Rivers in varying states of distress. At least one quarter of Virginia was affected by the storm and subsequent flooding, making it significant to multiple areas of the State through the loss of life, property, and infrastructure.

This thesis examines the flooding event in detail through both a written thesis and website component. The written thesis …

Traces Volume 43, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2015-2016, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog

The Kentucky Humanities Council is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities committed to providing programs and services that facilitate an understanding and appreciation of Kentucky’s cultural heritage and future. The Council’s program catalog features scholars from across the Commonwealth who make presentations on a myriad of humanities topics. Later, costumed actors, who delivered dramatic monologues about Kentucky’s famous, infamous, and composite personalities, were added. The catalog has gone by various titles over the years: Kentucky Humanities Resource Center, Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, Whole Humanities Catalog, and Humanities Catalog. This …

02 Water Bills During Tough Times, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

15 The Friends Burial Society Cemetery Of West Chester, Pennsylvania, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

04 They Also Ran (Stories Of Past Elections), James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

07 184 Years Of Borough Christmas Events, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

05 Joe Borden (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

03 Remembering Bud Sharpe, Ballplayer, Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

06 Brandywine Baseball Club (West Chester, Pa), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

16 Burials In The West Caln Baptist Cemetery Prior To 1936, Dan Lindley

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

03 An Early History Of West Chester University, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

10 The "Four Sisters", James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

08 Borough Botanist Was Also A Birder, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

03 The Scandalous Life Of Edwin Everhart, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

01 Transcribing The Everhart Deed, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

02 Partial Transcription Of The 1829 Everhart Deed, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

11 Polk's 1932-33 West Chester Borough Directory, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

River By Design: Essays On The Boise River, 1915-2015, Todd Shallat (Editor), Colleen Brennan (Editor), Mike Medberry (Editor), Roy V. Cuellar, Richard Martinez, Erin Nelson, Travis Armstrong, Doug Copsey, Sheila Spangler, Emily Berg, Dean Gunderson, Michael Gosney

Faculty & Staff Authored Books

River by Design marks 100 years since the Boise River emerged as an engineering sensation with the dedication of Arrowrock Dam. Sequenced like a tour with stops in Boise, Garden City, Eagle, Caldwell, and Parma, these essays collectively search for the politics and cultural values that drive engineering design.

03 Railroads And Stations In Chester County, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

05 Life And Death Matters, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

01 A Short History Of Riggtown (West Chester, Pennsylvania), James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

01 Borough Officials, 1799-Present (West Chester, Pennsylvania), Thomas A. Pitt Jr., James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

04 Mike Grady (Early Baseball Player), Charlie Weatherby

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

03 West Chester's Baha'i Roots, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

02 Interview With Jack And Charlotte Harvey, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

03 West Chester Gets A Sewer System, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

Chief Bowlegs And The Banana Garden: A Reassessment Of The Beginning Of The Third Seminole War, John Settle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines in depth the most common interpretation of the opening of the Third Seminole War (1855-1858). The interpretation in question was authored almost thirty years after the beginning of the war, and it alleges that the destruction of a Seminole banana plant garden by United States soldiers was the direct cause of the conflict. This study analyzes the available primary records as well as traces the entire historiography of the Third Seminole War in order to ascertain how and why the banana garden account has had such an impactful and long-lasting effect. Based on available evidence, it is …

Persons, Houses, And Material Possessions: Second Spanish Period St. Augustine Society, Daniel Velasquez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

St. Augustine in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was a prosperous, multi-ethnic community that boasted trade connections throughout the Atlantic world. Shipping records demonstrate that St. Augustine had access to a wide variety of goods, giving residents choices in what they purchased, and allowing them to utilize their material possessions to display and reinforce their status. Likewise, their choice of residential design and location allowed them to make statements in regards to their place in the social order. St. Augustine was a unique city in the Spanish Empire; the realities of frontier living meant that inter-ethnic connection were …

'The Tourist Soldier': Veterans Remember The American Occupation Of Germany, 1950-1955, Meghan Vance

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Studies of postwar Germany, from 1945-1955, have concentrated on the American influence as a military occupier, the development of German reconstruction and national identity, and memory of this period from the German perspective. Within the memory analyses, firsthand accounts have been analyzed to understand the perspectives of Germans living through the postwar period. Absent from this historiography is an account of American memories and firsthand perspectives of the occupation, particularly during the 1950-1955 period. This thesis employs oral histories of American veterans stationed in postwar Germany, American propaganda and popular cultural mediums during the early 1950s, and modern historiographical trends …