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Book Review: Congressman Henry Emerson Etheridge: Aspects Of His Life And Times

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Book Review

Congressman Henry Emerson Etheridge: Aspects of His Life and Times

Dr. Marvin Downing

St. Louis Currents: The Bi-State Region After A Century Of Planning, Andrew Theising, Mark Abbott Ph.D.

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This collection of essays by leading scholars examines urban issues facing the St. Louis region in the 2010 era, which is 100 years after the first city plan in the US in 1907.

Ursinus Magazine, Summer 2009, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Cynthia A. Fisher, David Driver, Ellen Labrecque

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Alumni forum • Upcoming exhibitions • By the numbers: Student achievement • 2009 Commencement • Faculty expertise: Film studies • Growing greener: Ursinus invests in a sustainable planet • Class of 2009: A balance of studies and athletics • Class notes • 1959 & 1960: Carol Lecato & Jeanne (Lecato) Myers • A message from the Office of Career Services • Spotlight: Jay Defruscio 1982 • Spotlight: Jessica Lamina & Neal Cooper 2008 • Ann Paterson 1994: From bees to the captivating behaviors of the brown anole lizard • Marriages • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Alumni academy

American Friends Service Committee Efforts To Aid Japanese American Citizens During World War Ii, Theodore Wilbur

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

During World War II countries throughout the world were focused on domination, not only over their neighbors or other enemies further abroad, but over their own people as well. Across the world governments removed civil liberties, imprisoned citizens based on their race or religion, and executions became commonplace for anyone perceived as a threat or simply stood in their way. Throughout all of this the United States seemed like the “white knight” from North America, with a willingness to fight the forces of fascism overseas and the strength and courage to restore peace around the globe. While Americans sacrificed so …

"In This Time Of Close Trial": An Examination Of Quaker Women's Roles And Political Activism In Philadelphia, September 1777-April 1778, Kimberly Ann Stinedurf

History Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the flexibility of Quaker women's roles in their domestic, sacred, and secular communities. It traces the experiences of a group of Philadelphia Quaker wives and mothers who were forced to support their families when revolutionary authorities arrested and banished their husbands to Virginia during the American Revolution. First, it investigates Quaker women's duties in their households and suggests that gendered responsibilities overlapped significantly for eighteenth-century Quaker men and women. By considering the Quaker husband-wife relationship and the Quaker parent-child relationship, one may conclude that Quaker gendered tasks were not rigid. Chapter Three proposes the idea that Quaker …

The Office Of War Information Vs. The Foreign Nationalities Branch: The Roosevelt Administration And The Poles, Kristen Brooke Archambeau

History Theses & Dissertations

The Roosevelt Administration created two information agencies during World War II. The Office of War Information, consisting of a Domestic Branch and Overseas Operations Branch, disseminated information to occupied nations overseas. The Office of Strategic Services' Foreign Nationalities Branch gathered information on the political undercurrents of ethnic groups within the United States and provided information on their possible effects to the administration.

This work seeks to compare the policies of the Overseas Branch of the Office of War information with those of the Foreign Nationalities Branch of the Office of Strategic Services, with the Poles and Polish-Americans as a case …

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: July 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from July 2009.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: July 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from July 3, 17 and 31, 2009.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Documenting The American South, Tom D. Sommer

Library Faculty Research

If you’re interested in researching the American South, then the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill has an extensive digital collection for you. Documenting the American South is a fascinating digital collection that is geared towards K–12 and college-level students and teachers. The collection provides its users a variety of sources ranging from texts, images, and other materials that originate from various libraries of the UNC. These materials provide a springboard into several aspects of the American South and the Tar Heel State.

Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1944. Letters of Burns, Rogers, Arkansas, to O. O. Pillans, director of admissions at the Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Jefferson County, Kentucky, related to the admission of his son Robert J. Burns. Includes instructions to new students at the 1948-1949 session.

Chambers, David (Fa 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 463. Paper: [Street Gangs]" written by David Chambers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Certificate: Appreciation To Rodney Hurst From Durkeeville Historical Society

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

Certificate of appreciation to Rodney Hurst for his valuable contributions to Durkeeville Historical Society Inc. June 27, 2009.

Russell County, Kentucky (Fa 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 528. Collection consists of oral history interviews with various contemporary and former residents of Russell County, Kentucky conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students and Bobette Buster. Topics include the building of Wolf Creek Dam, teaching in rural schools, gospel music, logging, and local tourism.

Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text of a scrapbook (click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Collection 257. Correspondence of Edmonson County attorney and Republican Party stalwart Charles E. Whittle, Senior; his political writings and speeches; partial manuscript of his Edmonson County history. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Whittle and several political cartoons drawn by him.

Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1937. Programs, publications and news clippings related to the Third District Education Association, a subordinate organization of the Kentucky Education Association.

Ralph Bunche National Historic District - Oral History Project (Fa 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 457. Oral interviews with thirty-one African Americans who had some association with the area included within the Ralph Bunche National Historic District in Glasgow, Kentucky. Interviewees discuss family history, social rites and customs, the importance of the church and the school, integration and segregation, as well as urban renewal.

Green River Association Of Baptists (Sc 1921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1921. Scattered minutes of the association's meetings, 1800 to 1875; information sheets related to association's meetings, 1809-1937.

Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.

Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2276. Materials relating to the Hawes family of Daviess County, Kentucky. Includes wills, Bible and cemetery records, and biographical data. Also includes a speech by Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky, and recollections of Maria (Southgate) Hawes, who followed her husband, James Morrison Hawes, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas during his service in the Confederate Army (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Anna Julia Cooper, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Anna Julia Cooper Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Anna Julia Cooper. First issued June 11, 2009, 32nd in a series.

Jienan Yuan (Chien Yuan) Interview, Lauren Smith

Asian American Art Oral History Project

2009 interview with record producer and composer Chien Yuan by Lauren Smith

Camp Joy (Mss 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 251. Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, worship programs, by-laws, and policies related to the history of Camp Joy, a Baptist encampment in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Anita Chang Interview, Lauren Smith

Asian American Art Oral History Project

2009 interview with filmmaker Anita Chang by Lauren Smith. For more information on the artist visit: http://anitachangworks.com/

Sexton, William Earl, 1919-2004 (Sc 1930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1930. Letters written by Earl Sexton from various military posts to his wife Alma Sexton and their daughter Shirley in Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky during World War II.

Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 253. Documents related to New Deal relief programs in Warren County, Kentucky and surrounding counties; correspondence of Ida Leighton Hodges, Bowling Green, Area Administrator of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration.

First Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Columbarium (Sc 1931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1931. Records related to the inurnments of ashes at the columbarium owned by the Presbyterian Church.

Bowling Green Country Club, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Stock Certificate (Sc 1933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1933. Stock certificate, 1979, for the Bowling Green Country Club, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky, certifying that John P. Hines owns one share of stock in the organization.

Rose, John Landon, 1905-1992 (Sc 1932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1932. Letters (2) from Rose to Jane Morningstar and an accompanying news clipping related to the Fitch family visiting the Mouth of Gasper.

Cargile, Georgia Love (Hendrick), 1904-2002 (Sc 1935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1935. Invitation to attend church sent to Minnie Love, 1896; greeting cards sent to Georgia Love (Hendrick) Cargile, 1992, 1999 (2).

Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1934. Stock certificates (2) for the Bowling Green Industrial Foundation for Clarence Nahm (one share) and J.C. Penney Company (10 shares).