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Defined By What We Are Not: The Role Of Anti-Catholicism In The Formation Of Early American Identity, Brandi Hatfield Marchant

Masters Theses

From the colonial era through the mid-nineteenth century, anti-Catholicism colored key points of development in America's early history. Amidst the English colonial experience, the Revolution and establishment of the republic, and the educational reform efforts of the nineteenth-century, anti-Catholicism emerged as a fundamental factor in the development of America's characteristically Protestant political and religious identity. While many studies of early American anti-Catholicism focus on one region or time period, drawing connections across geographic boundaries and constructed historical periods attests to the sentiment's pervasive and enduring influence. While this sentiment varied in intensity throughout America over time, its presence profoundly shaped …

A Family Affair: The Pre-Kansas Saga Of James Henry Lane, James Robert Bird

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Historian Craig Miner suggests that territorial Kansas between 1854 and 1861 was "a nursery of weird and manic figures." Foremost among the weird and manic figures of Kansas history stands James Henry Lane, formerly a U.S. congressman from Indiana, and destined to become one of Kansas' first pair of senators. Writing at the midpoint of the twentieth century, Albert Castel pronounced Jim Lane "the most colorful and fascinating personality in the history of Kansas," adding that "Very likely, too, he was mentally unbalanced and paranoid."

Yet, James H. Lane never set foot on Kansas soil until he was well into …

Intimate Frontiers: Indians, French, And Africans In Colonial Mississippi Valley, Sonia Toudji

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Historians have agreed that the French were more successful than their competitors in developing cordial relations with Native Americans during the conquest of North America. French diplomatic savoir faire and their skill at trading with Indians are usually cited to explain this success, but the Spaniards relied upon similar policies of trade and gift giving, while enjoying considerably less success with the Indians. Intimate Frontiers proposes an alternative model to understand the relative success of French Colonization in North America. Intimate Frontiers, an ethno-historical examination of the colonial encounters in the Lower French Louisiana, focuses on the Social relations between …

Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 77. “Stone Masons and Their Craft in the Bluegrass Area of Kentucky,” interpretive paper and interviews executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1986. Collection includes photographs of stone cutting and stonework in the Bluegrass region.

Beck, Louis Marvin, 1933-1992 (Fa 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and audio file (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 76. Interview with Ophelia Ellen Johnson Hanna about her family and education growing up as an African American in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes taped interview and index.

Cox, Carolyn Ann (Helm) (Fa 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 79. “1920-1930 Logan CountyFurnishings: The Felts House,” oral history project executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interviews were recorded on cassette tape and are indexed.

The Quiet Bigotry Of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act, Nicole L. Mandel

Young Historians Conference

Oregon's Compulsory Education Act, passed in 1922 and rejected by the Supreme court in 1925, required that all school-aged children attend public school. It was a direct attack on Catholics and Catholics schools by the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) and the Oregon Masons. However, when selling this idea to the public, the KKK and Masons never mention Catholics or any anti-Catholic sentiment behind the bill, and sold it purely as a public-school protective measure - thus they kept their bigotry "quiet."

A Sequence Of Unfortunate Events: Why The Lost Colony Collapsed, Kate Jesse

Young Historians Conference

The era of colonization of the Americas began in 1492 with Columbus. However, it is not until the Roanoke Colonies in 1584 and 1587, that England attempted to claim part of this new land for itself. However, both colonies failed. The first ended when the inhabitants returned to England after a year on Roanoke Island while the second, known as the Lost Colony, mysteriously disappeared. This paper examines the causes of the second Roanoke Colony's failure as the combined results of the inability of John White to resupply the colonists quickly and the unfortunate location of the colony near Algonquians …

Episode 61: The One With The Cannons, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

This past weekend, I found myself in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians and the National Council on Public History. Sessions abounded on both the Civil War and interpretation, as well as any other American historical topic you could imagine. The OAH debuted their new Imperiled Promise report on NPS history practices (which Jake commented on last week). Kevin Levin participated with other Civil War folks on a Civil War Working Group discussing the course of the 150th and beyond. [excerpt]

The Grizzly, April 26, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, James Noebels, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Riley Pembroke, Katie Banas '12, Olivia Minick, Sarah Bollert, Eisamar Ellis, Sara Hourwitz, Shane Eachus, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Celebrates Fong Inauguration • CoSA Showcases Students for Seventh Year • Nadler to Join MCS Department for Fall Semester • New Dean Named • English Professor Spoke on Diane Rehm Show • Four Years of Changes for UC Seniors • Wampole's Lockheed Martin Internship Becomes Career • Students for Barack Obama Encourages Student Participation • Opinion: Zolidis Premieres "White Buffalo"; Students Explore Spirituality at College • Thomas Leaves Legacy of Pride and Integrity • Baseball to Dedicate Field Saturday

Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scans of selected folders (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 404. Collected loose poems of Joseph E. Bolton, a native of Cadiz, Kentucky and a Western Kentucky University graduate. Bolton published two books of poetry in his lifetime. A posthumous collection, The Last Nostalgia, was edited by Don Justice and published in 1999. The bulk of the collection relates to Justice’s research notes and correspondence regarding publication of The Last Nostalgia.

Melton Family Papers (Sc 2523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2523. Genealogical records, correspondence, and receipts for various members of the Melton family of Webster County, Kentucky. Also includes genealogical information about the Lively and Norvell families.

Lead And Zinc: The "Gold" Of World War Ii And Picher, Oklahoma May 1st, 1942 To June 30th, 1947, Aaron Heidebrecht

Theory and Practice: HIST430

"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." This was a quote from Franklin Roosevelt, one of the most recognized presidents of the United States, and it was the starting point of the events which would proceed after this day. Because of this event, the U.S. found the need to get involved in the midst of one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern day history. America and the world were brought together in the common …

2011-2012 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University

Honors Convocation Programs

2011-2012 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation

Take Me Out To The Ball Game: The Effect That Baseball Played On The Mining Community In The Four States During The 1940s And 1950s, Trey Derryberry

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The miners of the four state area lived a life of extreme hardships. Every morning wives, sons, and daughters would say good bye to their fathers hoping that this would not be the last time they saw their loved ones. This was the life of a miner family, with such horrible working conditions in the mining field people dealt and copped with death every day. Miners often came down with diseases because of the conditions Syphilis, silicosis, and tuberculosis were not uncommon. It was hard work with little pay, but it was an honest living that could support a family …

American Commemorative Panels: Twentieth-Century Poets, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Twentieth-Century Poets (Gwendolyn Brooks) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Twentieth-Century Poets.. First issued April 21, 2012.

Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 (Sc 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 278. Report, 25 June 1935, of Alonzo W. Pond, National Park Service archaeologist, on a discovery of prehistoric human remains in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Includes photographs of the discovery.

Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 277. Autobiographical sketch by Juliette Desport, Nashville, Tennessee, giving the history of the Desport family; information about paintings donated to the Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky; educational pursuits; and travel. Her father, Alphonse, was an artist who resided in Bowling Green from 1893-1905. Includes letters, 1969-1970 (3), of Miss Desport.

"A Single Finger Can't Eat Okra": The Importance Of Remembering The Haitian Revolution In United States History, Ashleigh P. Shoecraft

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis discusses the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the United States as a lens through which to view the transnational nature of American exceptionalism. It concludes with an articulation of the necessity of incorporating this relational nature of United States identity development into high school coursework, and advocates for teaching about the Haitian Revolution as an effective means through which to do this.

Crowdsourcing History: When We All Get To Help, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I'm a bit bitter this week. The arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the Washington, D.C. area has got me down. My first dream job as a kid, before I wanted to be a LEGO model designer or National Park Service ranger, was the illustrious position of space garbage man. I think part of that came from my grandfather's penchant for taking me around the neighborhood on trash day during his smoke breaks and picking through the fine assemblages of junk the neighbors had left by the curb. There was some sort of glamour in the idea of seeing …

The Grizzly, April 19, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, Sara Hourwitz, Chelsea Callahan, Lisa Jobe, Samantha Mascia, Olivia Minick, Lauren Goldstein, Sabrina Mcgettigan, James Noebels, Sarah Bollert, Allen Weaver, Sophie Zander, Shane Eachus, Keith Baker

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Berman Director Announces Departure • "Lantern" Celebrates 81 Years • McGown to Join Math Department • Professors Host Facebook Discussion in New Hall • Ursinus Students Promote Autism Awareness • Passion for Historical Reenactments • Hon. Richard Murphy Addressed Campus • Meerbergen Co-Leads Therapy Sessions in Pottstown • Opinion: Obama Will Need Help Come November; New York City Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be • Class of 2012 Athletes Leave Holes to Fill • Field Hockey: Heading to Holland

Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 392. Letters written by John R. Johnson and Andrew Wilson Johnson to their parents in Wooster, Ohio, during the brothers’ military service in World War I and Andrew’s attendance at Ohio State University.

Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 275. Record book of William H. Gough, the first sheriff of Meade County, Kentucky, containing notes of court cases and jury lists. Includes notes and diary entries relating to his activities at Mount Merino Seminary in Breckinridge County, and lists of students, 1841-1842.

Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 274. Record book of dry goods purchases in account with J. B. Dyer, a merchant at Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky.

Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 273. Account books, 1859-1861, of a tobacco dealer of Barren County, Kentucky.

Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 271. Account book, 1859-1862, of general merchants at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky.

Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 272. Account book, 1860-1861, of a general merchant at Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.

The Final Journey Of The Saturn V, Andrew R. Thomas, Paul N. Thomarios

University of Akron Press Publications

The Saturn V rocket carried men to the moon, and its history reflects the US space program's rise, success, and demise. In 1961, John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon and win the space race. Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969 in the culmination of a concerted scientific and technological effort.

A little over a decade later, the Saturn rocket was tossed aside to rot in a field near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket's carcass became the home to flora and fauna. Like the space program itself, the rocket …

Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance, 1952-2011 (Mss 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 402. Organizational materials including constitution, by-laws, membership directories and scholarship files for the Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the two Western Kentucky University nursing scholarships granted by the group: the Newman & Lena Harris Scholarship and the Maydelle Johnson Funk Scholarship.

Cooper, Williamson Lee, Jr., 1889-1972 (Sc 2522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2522. Letter, 18 March 1932, of W. L. Cooper, Jr., superintendent of Stuart Robinson School, Blackey, Kentucky, to friends of the school. He reports on a fire that destroyed the administration building and asks for donations to support rebuilding.