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East Texas Historical Journal

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Ethj Vol-52 No-1

East Texas Historical Journal

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East Texas Historical Journal

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East Texas Historical Journal

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"So Lost To Honor;" The Mass Desertion Of The Camp Ford Guard- July 20, 1864, Vicki Betts

East Texas Historical Journal

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Mirabeau B. Lamar: Poet, President, And A Namesake For A University, Mary L. Scheer

East Texas Historical Journal

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L.Q. Jones: A Talented Texas Treasure, Bill O'Neal

East Texas Historical Journal

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Anti-Black Violence In 20th Century East Texas, Bruce Glasrud

East Texas Historical Journal

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A Review By Logan Of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Toether In The Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race, By Beverly Daniel Tatum, Stephanie R. Logan

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Beverly Daniel Tatum’s most popular work outlines racial identity development and the challenges with having meaningful conversations on race. In order to engage the reader in self-reflection to have such conversations, Tatum uses practical examples from her experience as a parent and a college professor. She highlights conversations she has had with her own children about race and racism, as well as teaching activities she has used and discussions she has facilitated to engage her college students in recognizing, understanding, and embracing their racial identity.

In the first section of the text, Tatum draws attention the term racism. She distinguishes …

A Reflection On The Work Of Late Yale Professor Sam See, Sarah E. Kersh

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Over the course of his too-short career, Sam See’s scholarship focused on queerness, race, and form in American and British Modernism. See’s work examines texts by a range of authors including canonical figures such as Henry James, Langston Hughes, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway, and more marginalized writers such as Djuna Barnes, and Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler. In his essay on Ford and Tyler’s 1933 novel The Young and the Evil, he argues for an analysis of the text’s “generically dual ambitions…[which,] I propose, enable contemporary literary historians to make modernism new” (1078). Understanding ‘duality’ is at the …

Hiroshima. At The Intersection Of Sciences, History, And Personal Narratives. A Personal Reflection., Gloria R. Montebruno Saller

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

In the city of Hiroshima, Japan, sciences, history, and personal narratives meet. Atomic bomb survivors became the keepers of this town’s history and one of the most tragic chapters in the history of humankind; and as their voices fade to old age and death, there is a sense of urgency to keep their narratives alive. These are my personal reflections.

Mana & Ea, Dan Taulapapa Mcmullin

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This work, Mana and Ea, expresses Polynesian indigenous sovereignty struggles with colonialism and globalism in the Pacific Islands.

Satirizing Strife: Currier And Ives Political Cartoons, Megan A. Sutter

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Currier and Ives’ prints were a large part of the media during the Civil War era. Not only were Romantic prints sold and hung in people’s parlors, but cartoons were also very popular. It is important to remember that Currier and Ives’ goal was not to produce fine art, but to make a product that was attractive to middle-class consumers. Thus, political and social cartoons became a way to attract customers. They tried to stay away from controversial topics; however, their Darktown series was one of their best-selling series of the day. Today, the Darktown series is rarely displayed and …

The Grizzly, February 27, 2014, Dave Muoio, Deana Harley, Shawn Hartigan, Larissa Coyne, Evan Hill, Caroline Sandberg, Caitlin Tillson, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Keon Jerry, W. Robert Crigler, Jarrett Field '14, John Carty, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Second Ricochet Production Revisits the CIE Questions • New Program Mandates Additional Community Involvement on Campus • Reception to Take Place on Final Week of Brian H. Peterson Exhibit • Woodstock to Present her Research in News Consumption Lecture • Reputation of Bomberger's Heefner Pipe Organ Growing • Jewish Studies Lectures Continue • Ursinus Alumnus Takes on the NFL • Opinion: Great Progress, But We're Not There Yet!; Straight Wealthy White Guys Deserve a Say Too • Winter Olympic Games Come to a Close • Wrestling, Women's Swimming Best in Conference

Parker Family Papers (Mss 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 118. A wide array of materials, chiefly correspondence, of the Liddell and Spencer families of Alabama and the Parker family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Of particular interest are Civil War letters written to Mary E. “Mollie” Liddell, items related to Howard College and Judson Institute in Marion, Alabama, letters to Lorena Parker from a missionary in Ethiopia, and a letter mentioning Texas politics in 1860.

Kirk, Opal White, 1911-2006 (Sc 2814), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2814. Letter to Edna Todd from Opal White Kirk, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking her for a birthday party and gifts. She mentions taking a ride in a hot air balloon on her birthday and declares “this old lady not just sitting around.” Includes her Sunday School information form and two memorial programs from her funeral.

Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1893-1981 (Sc 1292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collectoin 1292. Gospel hymn lyrics written by Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Warren County, Kentucky. Some items are lyrics only; others are included in sheet music; and others are copies of published songs. Includes Moates’s obituary.

Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of letter (Click on additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1294. Letter, 11 February 1937, written by Edna J. Grauman, Louisville, Kentucky, to Margie Helm, Western Kentucky University librarian, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the Ohio River flood in Louisville and especially its effect on the Louisville Public Library, where she was employed.

Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 1291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1291. Copyright registration certificates, contract assigning copyright in songs, and sheet music of lyricist Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Warren County, Kentucky.

Whitley, Evelyn Marie, 1925-1998 (Sc 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1297. Autograph book of Evelyn Marie Whitley, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, 1939-1940; her composition book containing verses for use in autograph books; and scrapbook pages on which she records social activities, 1940-1942.

Richmond, Emeline Holden, 1807-1893 (Sc 1298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1298. Typescripted diary of Emeline Holden Richmond, Newark, New Jersey, kept from 14 August through 10 October 1826 during her journey to Mississippi, where she planned to serve as a teacher of Indian children and Presbyterian missionary. Includes family and biographical data and information about the mission.

Webb, Johnny D. (Sc 1295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1295. Letter, 19 February 1998, of Johnny D. Webb, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Webb asks Handy to join a group of donors called “The Mighty 500,” and describes the Habitat for Humanity program.

Kentuckiana Camp And Hospital Council (Sc 2812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2812. Minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Kentuckiana Camp and Hospital Council, held In Louisville, Kentucky on 22 October 1945. Includes a list of gifts from various Council chapters and a discussion about the continuing need for postwar assistance to hospitalized soldiers.

Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2813. Meeting minutes of Bundles for America, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 24 January to 14 March 1945. Includes a draft thank-you letter to a sponsor summarizing the organization’s accomplishments since 1941; also includes a 1943 clipping outlining the history and work of the organization in knitting garments, salvaging metal and clothing, and making up toiletry kits for British and American soldiers and their families.

The Idea Of Democracy In The Early Republic, Keith Whittington

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American Innovations In Democratic Decision-Making, Leslie Friedman Goldstein

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A Living Image: Newspaper Sketches In The American Civil War, Bryan G. Caswell

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Photography: the ability to capture a moment in time exactly as it appeared, to then preserve it for posterity, even mass produce it for a wide viewership. A relatively new concept by the beginning of the American Civil War, photography quickly came into its own in the hands of such legends as Matthew Bray and Alexander Gardner as they sought to document the furious storm which had swept over the land. Photographs of the Civil War are prolific, and for many the memory of the conflict is intertwined with black-and-white photographs of unsmiling men and corpses bloating in the sun. …

The Grizzly, February 20, 2014, Dave Muoio, Caroline Sandberg, Brian Thomas, Amanda Frekot, Larissa Coyne, Evan Hill, Deana Harley, Karch Connors, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jordan Breslow, Austin Fox, Dana Feigenbaum, Jonathan Vander Lugt, John Parry

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Student Senate Assembled After Reimert Party Ban • Ursinus to Hold First Musical Combining Three Departments • Professors Determine Class Cancellations • More Than 300 Students Attend Job Fair This Year • Professors Return to Campus Life • Heavy Snowfall no Match for Facilities; Ursinus Remains Open • Student Response Counts When Hiring Faculty • Opinion: Supply Chain is Our Biggest Food Risk; Michael Sam Shouldn't Need a Press Conference • Record-Breaking Career for UC Swimmer • Large Freshman Class Will Help Baseball Bounce Back • Winter Sports End Regular Season on High Note

Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1293. Letters written by Todd Ewing to his parents, Bill and Geraldine Ewing, Greenville, Kentucky, describing his daily activities while in military service during the Persian Gulf War.

For Those At Home: The Romantic Nature Of Civil War Lithography, Megan A. Sutter

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Lithography, the art of drawing on stone, was an important part of American Victorian culture during the Civil War. Not only did lithography provide news in pictorial form, but it also was widely displayed in the home. With the economic move from home to factory during the early 19th century, the home became more of a “sanctuary” in which women could decorate and display. [excerpt]