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The Spinster (1948), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later Hollins University)

1948 Agricola, Arkansas Tech University

ATU Agricola Collection (Yearbooks)

This is the 1948 yearbook of Arkansas Polytechnic College, now Arkansas Tech University.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 676-749:

• A Changing Christmas – 79
• A Dry Moon – 42
• A Folk Triumph – 4
• A Folklore Map of Kentucky – 46
• A Glossary of Passing Words – 135
• A Healthful Sign – 10
• Advancing or Retreating? – 36
• Analogy, Good & Bad – 28
• Ancestry & Common Sense – 105
• Another Dopester Wrong – 66
• Are You Superstitious? – 44
• Back on the Old Party Line – 145
• Blind, Deaf & Dumb – 141
• Bossy & Dobbin – 91
• Bucket Jelly – 16
• By Any Other Name – 147
• By Eye or By …

Hi-O-Hi 1948, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Morehead High School Future Farmers Of America 1948-2012, Rowan County Historical Society, Lloyd Dean

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets for the Future Farmers of America Club and Morehead High School in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky from the years 1948-2012 complied by Lloyd Dean.

Hollins Handbook (1948), Hollins College

Student Handbooks

No abstract provided.

The Octofoil, January 1948, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

0047: Miller-Thackston Family Papers, 1849-1941, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The bulk of the collection consists of letters written to Eugenia Miller Thackston while she was a student in boarding school in Greenupsburg, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by her parents in Barboursville, Virginia before the Civil War. The letters include information about family members, the difficulty in maintaining a school, and developments in the town of Barboursville. There are also some letters written during the Civil War describing the hardships of the war on the family. Other items include addresses and writings of Eugenia's husband, Benjamin Thackston, while he was a student at Randolph-Macon College.

(Former Accession 1973/01.0055 Eugenia Miller …

More Alte Weiver Glawe, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed set of Pennsylvania German folk beliefs ("old women's beliefs" or "old wives' tales") by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Included are cures for whooping cough and superstitions about fishing and death.

A Few More "Alter Weiver Glawe", H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of typed superstitions and beliefs by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Within, Gruber details more beliefs, presumably originating from Berks County, ranging from methods of gaining a husband to warding off bad luck and witches.

Notes On Bleeding And Cupping, 1948, Unknown

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes by an unknown author, dated 1948. The notes relate a story of a man who practiced bleeding and cupping, but nearly killed a woman when he practiced on a "bad luck" day.

1947-12-25 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 25, 1947.

The Independent, V. 73, Thursday, December 25, 1947, [Number: 30], The Independent, Paul W. Levengood

The Independent Newspaper, 1898-1952

[8] p. Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, agricultural reading matter, fiction, public sales and advertisements.

Campus Comment, December 19, 1947, Bridgewater State Teachers College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

1947-12-18 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 18, 1947.

The Independent, V. 73, Thursday, December 18, 1947, [Number: 29], The Independent, Paul W. Levengood

The Independent Newspaper, 1898-1952

[6] p. Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, agricultural reading matter, fiction, public sales and advertisements.

Tomahawk, December 17, 1947, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Ursinus Weekly, December 15, 1947, Robert Juppe, John Burton, Richard Wentzel, Alvin Knepper, George Gazonas, Doris Gill, Roy Todd, George Saurman, Fay Horner, John Martin

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Dance, banquet to highlight eventful pre-Christmas week • Large audience lauds "Messiah" presentation • Barrett-Browning story lives again at Ursinus in Curtain Club drama • Thirteen Ursinus seniors will appear in '47-'48 "Who's Who Among Students" • Unique game opens junior band drive • European aid poll sponsored by PAC • Rettew presents Christmas story for candlelight vesper service • Ursinus group gains experience at debate tourney in Vermont • Freshmen issue first copy of new "Highlights of '51" • Christmas carols to echo over campus Wednesday night in traditional custom • Dormitory thefts solved; Local man pleads guilty • …

Hollins Columns (1947 Dec 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Recital Presented by Miss Virginia Hover
• Senior Class Holds Forum
• Writers Talent Scout, Inc., Announces Contest
• A Christmas Message
• Dr. Blackwell, Eminent Sociologist, Addresses Students on Democracy
• Madonna and Choir to Appear In Annual White Gift Serivce
• Recital Rendered By Hollins Students
• A Christmas Thought
• It's Christmas, Not Tinker Day!
• For Faculty Only
• Don't Cross that Bridge!
• There's a Song in the Air
• Senior Sketches
• Gadabout
• Album Memoriese
• At the Theaters:
• Dear Santa, Please
• Back Campus with Carey
• Christmas in Denmark Described by Ebba
• Honor Court Seeks to Develop Citizenship at Hollins
• Bookstore Gay With Yuletide Gifts …

The Independent, V. 73, Thursday, December 11, 1947, [Number: 28], The Independent, Paul W. Levengood

The Independent Newspaper, 1898-1952

[6] p. Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, agricultural reading matter, fiction, public sales and advertisements.

1947-12-11 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 11, 1947.

Tomahawk, December 10, 1947, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Ursinus Weekly, December 8, 1947, Robert Juppe, Roy Todd, John Martin, Fay Horner, Nelson Yeakel

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Curtain Club's winter production ready for opening performance Friday night • 600 attend senior ball despite rainy weather • Tenth annual presentation of Messiah to inaugurate Ursinus yuletide season • Joint group works in relief campaign • AVC dance scores hit; Ulmer players perform • Y to present Christmas musical at annual candlelight service • Teacher legislation topic of FTA's panel discussion • Le Cercle Francais holds annual Xmas party; plans '48 activities • Canterbury Club leads vespers • Business Administration group meets tonite • New Red Cross unit, AVC raising funds for Valley Forge veterans • Marriage is Newman …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 24, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Kentucky Building News
• Veterans Views
• Alumni Flashes
• Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Society Page
• Sports Alley
• Your Manners are Showing
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Military Ball Will be Presented Tonight
• Dr. Weldon Hart Symphony Heard in Cincinnati
• Nashville Section American Chemical Society Meets Here
• Lewis, Bill. Western Beats Western 48-31 as All Star Alumni Give Visit Hilltop Gymn
• Talent Scouts Seek Writers
• Public Law 16 Meet Planned - Veterans
• Mrs. Myrtle Towery Has Lived in Cherrytown Since 1923
• J.E. Richardson Appointed Regent
• Dinner Held …

1947-12-04 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on December 4, 1947.

The Independent, V. 73, Thursday, December 4, 1947, [Number: 27], The Independent, Paul W. Levengood

The Independent Newspaper, 1898-1952

[4] p. Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, agricultural reading matter, fiction, public sales and advertisements.

Tomahawk, December 3, 1947, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Trail Blazer - Volume 18, Number 4, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on December 3, 1947.

The Octofoil, December 1947, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

1947-11-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

Rowan County News Archive

Rowan County News published on November 27, 1947.