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Vanbuskirk, Michael Henry, 1840-1905 (Sc 1383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1383. Diary, 1862-1864, kept by Michael H. VanBuskirk, while serving with Co. F, 27th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers. He was taken prisoner in Virginia on 25 May 1862, and released on 13 September 1862. He gives a good description of military life. Also includes an 1862 letter written in rhyme to his parents (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

The Grizzly, March 20, 2014, Dave Muoio, Amanda Frekot, John Parry, Janel Forsythe, Caroline Sandberg, Evan Hill, Michael Heimbaugh, Olivia Z. Schultz, Caitlin Tillson, Chloe Kekovic, Shawn Hartigan, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

ABC Pilot Series Filmed in Olin Auditorium This Weekend • Survey Requests Faculty Input About Classroom Facilities Improvements • Student Government Votes on Constitution • UC Add-Drop Policy is Similar to Other Liberal Arts Colleges in PA • Hillel Brings Jewish Culture to Campus • Fitness Alternatives Outside of the Gym • Weed-out Courses Debated in Sciences • Opinion: Hey, White Guys, Your Say is the Say; Media Criticism Harms American Troops • Softball Looks to Fill Big Shoes • Sleepers Set to Battle During 2014 March Madness • Spring Sports in Full Swing at UC

Slattery, Timothy Eugene, B. 1963 (Sc 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1380. Letters, 1990-1991, written to Mary Frances Willock, Bowling Green, Kentucky, by Timothy E. Slattery while serving in the Persian Gulf War. He describes military life very graphically.

Warren County, Kentucky - Roads, Proposed (Sc 1381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1381. Subscribers’ list of contributors for the construction of a proposed road from Barren River Road to the Barren River ferry at Greencastle in Warren County, Kentucky.

O'Callahan 50th Anniversary Memorial Invitation, The O'Callahan Society, College Of The Holy Cross

Rev. Joseph T. O'Callahan 50th Anniversary Event

Invitation for a memorial event honoring Rev. Joseph T. O'Callahan, S.J. on the 50th anniversary of his death. Father O'Callahan was a professor at the College of the Holy Cross, and also served as a Navy chaplain during World War II. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions aboard the USS Franklin when it was attacked during the war.

The memorial event was sponsored by The O'Callahan Society. It included a memorial Mass, wreath laying ceremony at Father O'Callahan's grave in the Jesuit cemetery and a presentation by Dr. John Satterfield.

Love For Sale: Prostitution And The Building Of Buffalo, New York, 1820-1910, Rachel V. Nicolosi

The Exposition

Generally referred to as “the oldest profession in the world,” prostitution often earns nothing but derision when spoken about in mainstream media. Women who find themselves in this line of work are often thought to be classless, uneducated, and sexually promiscuous outside of their occupation, and are generally considered to be an example of morally unfit behavior. Despite evidence pointing otherwise, this view of prostitution is one which has unfortunately prevailed since the 1800s. On the American Frontier, prostitution was one of the only legal means a woman could survive, and in east coast cities like Buffalo, New York, one …

Kirby, Isaac Minor, 1835-1917 (Sc 2815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2815. Letter of Isaac M. Kirby, a captain in the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, written on 10 March [1862] to his aunt from Camp Andy Johnson near Nashville, Tennessee. He reports on his activities over the past month, including a march north toward Fort Donelson, a mock skirmish with some local bird life, a march to Bowling Green, Kentucky and two-day encampment there, and current conditions at Camp Andy Johnson. He also comments on the greater number of Union sympathizers in Kentucky than Tennessee, and on attacks …

Notation And Memorandum: Special Artists And Their Portrayal Of The American Civil War, Bryan G. Caswell

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

As the first war to see the extensive use of photography, the American Civil War was brought home to civilians in hundreds of photographs portraying camp life or the aftermath of battles. Due to the nature of nineteenth century photography as well as safety concerns, however, photographers were not able to capture scenes of actual combat for their viewers. This task fell instead to men known as Special Artists or “Specials,” hired by the illustrated periodicals of the day to travel with the armies and sketch all manner of events associated with the military, including battles as they progressed. [ …

Anderson, Henry Clay, 1891-1959 (Sc 1331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1331. Letter, 30 March 1926, from Henry Clay Anderson to Roy Morningstar, Louisville, Kentucky. Anderson, a publicity manager for the Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now WKU), asks Morningstar to solicit advertising for a publication in support of the Kentucky Education Association.

P-02 Service Un-Requited: African American Civil War Soldiers And Their Fight For Freedom And Pension Compensation, Clifford Allen

Honors Scholars & Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium Programs

My research project consists of delving through over nine hundred pension records from the files of fifteen African American soldiers who participated in the Civil War. These documents are comprised of general affidavits, witness statements, physicians’ certificates, military enlistment records, marriage certificates, military roll/attendance records, certificates for discharge, and documentation of receipt of or rejection of pension requests. Using these documents I investigated the cases of these soldiers in order to discover why they did or did not receive their military pensions, the length of time the process of attaining their pensions required, and explore the stories of the soldiers …

Competing Stories: The Gardner Saga Continues, Brianna E. Kirk

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

In 1893, two Philadelphia doctors from the Mütter Museum sent surveys to Civil War amputee veterans in order to compile records on their war amputations circa thirty years after seeing combat. One of those surveys found its way into the hands of Clark Gardner, a fifty-four year old double amputee vet who served in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery. (An introduction to Garnder can be found here.) Gardner’s responses to the survey are quite compelling and provided vivid details about his war amputations, the healing processes, difficulties he encountered, and artificial limb usage. [excerpt]

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1345. Record book kept by a South Union Shaker, that relates chiefly the work of the women in the areas of washing, sewing, making bonnets, preserving fruit, etc. The original of this document is at Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.

Read Family Papers (Sc 1350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1350. Letters and business papers chiefly of the Read family, Shelby County, Kentucky, 1856-1890; also Presley George business papers, 1840-1855; letter (1877) and article (1989) of Columbus, Kansas financier Robert A. Long; and autograph album of John E. Tyler, 1887-1890.

Pedigree Structure And Kinship Measurements Of A Mid-Michigan Community: A New North American Population Isolate Identified, Joseph D. Bonner, Rachel Fisher, James Klein, Qing Lu, Ellen Wilch, Karen H. Friderici, Jill L. Elfenbein, Debra L. Schutte, Brian C. Schutte

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Previous studies identified a cluster of individuals with an autosomal recessive form of deafness that resides in a small region of mid-Michigan. We hypothesized that affected members from this community descend from a defined founder population. Using public records and personal interviews, we constructed a genealogical database that includes the affected individuals and their extended families as descendants of 461 settlers who emigrated from the Eifel region of Germany between 1836 and 1875. The genealogical database represents a 13-generation pedigree that includes 27,747 descendants of these settlers. Among these descendants, 13,784 are presumed living. Many of the extant descendants reside …

Mocking A Perilous Prediction: Currier And Ives’ Political Cartoons, Megan A. Sutter

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Currier and Ives’ political cartoons, while comical, also represent the general undertones of the time as well as people’s feelings regarding this era of political controversy. The election of 1860 was an incredibly important one because, not only were there numerous political and social divides, but the South had threatened to secede. The political cartoon “The Irrepressible Conflict” or “The Republican Barge in Danger,” released in 1860, gives historians a good understanding of the reactions to not only Seward’s speech but also the wariness of Lincoln’s nomination and eventual election. [excerpt]

A Brief History Of Akron's Tuesday Musical, Thomas Bacher

Akron History

The Tuesday Musical Club was founded in 1887 by thirteen young Akron women who had an overwhelming desire to share their love of music. With further support of Gertrude Penfield Seiberling, the wife of industrialist Frank Seiberling, the organization grew like many other musical organizations across the country. Unlike similar clubs, the Akron-based entity continued to expand and is one of a very few that have survived.

Among the artists who have appeared as a part of the rich history of Akron's Tuesday Musical Organization are Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, Glenn Gould, Van Cliburn, Isaac Stern, …

"Rode Out Of The Democratic Party As A Heretic;" The Political Transformation Of Sam Houston And The Southern Whig Legacy, Miles Smith

East Texas Historical Journal

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From Slave Owner To Scalawag: The Life Of Leroy W. Cooper, Cameron Sinclair

East Texas Historical Journal

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Lg Ms 030 Allen Bernstein Collection Finding Aid, Elizabeth Sistare

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Allen Bernstein was born on June 19, 1913 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He holds a MA in Economics from the University of Chicago. Bernstein enlisted in the Army in 1940 and fought in WWII, doing clerical work in the U.S., until 1944 when he was dishonorably discharged for being openly gay. After the war he married a woman– who knew he was gay – and had two sons. He then moved to Maine to work for the Maine State Labor Department as a Labor market analyst. After retirement in 1978 he became involved in providing volunteer services to the …

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1328. Letters, written by South Union, Kentucky Shaker leaders, to leaders of the Hancock Shaker Society, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, discussing the building of mills and dam, economic conditions, and religious affairs. The original letters are in the Library of Congress.

Japanese American Internment: A Historiographical Analysis And Evaluation Of Identity, Megan Nicole Manning

History

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The Avenger - March 2014, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The Avenger

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Puritanism And American Exceptionalism: A Genealogy Of Their Impact On Native Americans 1620–1864, Jeremiah Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This work traces the influence that a strand of Protestant Christianity had upon the idea of American Exceptionalism and its effect on the treatment of Native Americans. From Puritans to the Founding Fathers, to expansion into the west, this paper investigates instances where Indians have been forced to assimilate, removed from their homelands or exterminated outright in massacres. It specifically looks at the removal of the Cherokees, the Navajo Long Walk, the Pequot War, the Gnadenhutten Massacre, The Battle at Blue Water Creek and the Sand Creek Massacre

Aa Ms 07 African American Maine Photograph Album Finding Aid, Elizabeth Sistare

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This collection consists of a wooden photograph album and three packets of loose photographs of African American women on vacation in Maine – about 15 women, and a total of 112 photos. They might have been traveling to Maine for a church group gathering [suggested by multiple photos of the All Saints by the Sea church] or as a woman’s group vacationing in Maine. Many locations are identifiable as being along the Mid-coast. Many of the photos are of Pemaquid Point, Boothbay, the shore line, and boats. The date range is 1940s and 50s. The album was purchased from …

Examining The Historical Representation Of Native Americans Within Children’S Literature, Lauren Hunt

Undergraduate Honors Theses

In this research, I evaluated the historical representation of Native Americans in children’s literature. The portrayal of Native Americans in children’s literature is important because Native Americans are commonly included within elementary school social studies curriculum. For this reason, teachers should know how the literature they select historically represents Native Americans. This historical representation includes—but is not limited to—their interactions with European explorers, colonists, and eventually Americans. Teachers must be aware that publishers of children’s books are businesses; their job is to sell books. As a result, these companies do not always ensure that the books they sell are historically …

José Esteban Muñoz, Nació1967 – Murió El 4 De Diciembre 2013, Jason Benjamín Treviño

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

When I was asked to prepare this song in memory of José Esteban Muñoz, I thought it would fly from my fingers and land perfectly onto a page like those so many obituaries I wrote in my former years working as a Funeral Director and Embalmer. But those skills don’t transfer here. My curser remained mute, blinking angrily at me to write about a man I never met but whose work was a bright star. It is a sad honor to participate in the celebration of José Esteban Muñoz’s life and works.

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East Texas Historical Journal

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East Texas Historical Journal

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East Texas Historical Journal

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East Texas Historical Journal

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