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“A Battle For Hearts And Minds”: U.S. Public Diplomacy In The Cold War Middle East, Christopher M. Goss

History Honors Papers

This paper analyzes the development of American public diplomacy in the Middle East region from 1945-1961. The purpose of the paper is to situate the public diplomacy effort within existing histories of the Middle East and Cold War propaganda and to analyze the methods used by the U. S. to shape foreign opinion. Analysis reveals that the U.S. felt the need to implement a foreign information program under President Truman, which was later expanded and corrected under Eisenhower, and included a switch from short-term objective seeking to long-term goodwill fostering. The methods were primarily focused on two target audiences: educated …

Interview With Jack Wuest, Grace Fanning

Chicago 1968

Length: 63 minutes

Interview with Jack Wuest by Grace Fanning

Mr. Wuest begins by outlining the details of his childhood, family, and early education. He describes his role in the draft resistance during the Vietnam War, and describes the process the young men were subjected to as part of the draft. He recalls his time working with the Juvenile Protective Association which is what first brought him into contact with the Democratic National Convention protests. He recalls witnessing the police violence perpetrated against protesters. He remembers his reactions to the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy. He …

On The Fields Of Glory: A Student’S Reflections On Gettysburg, The Western Front, And Normandy, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

I’m very fortunate to have had no shortage of opportunities to get out into the field and put my classroom learning into practice. I am especially lucky to have twice had the opportunity to travel to Europe. Two years ago, I went with my first-year seminar to explore the Western Front of World War I in France and Belgium. This year, I travelled with The Eisenhower Institute to tour the towns and beaches of Normandy where the Allies launched their invasion of Hitler’s Europe during World War II. Having experienced these notable sites of military history, and having taken a …

Baxter, Neil, 1911-1994 (Sc 2899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2899. Letter to Hazel Russ Rouk, 1 September 1987, from Neil Baxter, Atlanta, Georgia. The Butler County, Kentucky native provides biographical and family data.

Did Antebellum Illinois Free Banks Take Undue Risk With Their Bond Portfolios?: An Analysis Of Decision-Making Prior To The Civil War, Scott N. Clayman

Business and Economics Honors Papers

Free banks in Illinois could issue bank notes backed by state or U.S. bond collateral. A decline in bond prices as the Civil War approached resulted in banks being unable to redeem their noteholders in gold specie and subsequently resulted in bank failures. Previously economic historians believed that failures of free banks were due to wildcat banking rather than the portfolio allocation of free banks. Over time, other researchers have found that banks that took greater ex ante risk prior to the failure were more likely to fail. There were other price declines during the 1850s, in particular the Panic …

Interview With James A. "Jim" Aull, Jeremiah Morales

Chicago 1968

Length: 120 minutes

Interview with James A. "Jim" Aull by Jeremiah Morales

Mr. Aull begins by describing his childhood in a rural community outside of Philadelphia, living with his parents, sister, and paternal grandmother. He describes his experiences in school, including the required church attendance and his first social service activities through the boarding school programs serving poor communities. While at Princeton, he says he became involved with the YCMA and Christian student organizations, leading to his involvement in civil rights. He recalls his travels through the Soviet Union and Turkey. He recalls his time at the Chicago Theological Seminary …

Noble Sacrifice Or Meaningless Death? Interpreting The 116th Pa Monument, S. Marianne Johnson

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Any visitor to the Gettysburg battlefield will no doubt be almost overwhelmed with the numbers of monuments and memorials to various Union and Confederate units strewn about the field. Sculpted soldiers with sabers, rifles, even fists raised in defiance of the enemy, ever charging forward into the heat of battle are commonplace. In the case of most Union monuments, a culture of just victory and celebration of noble sacrifice emanates from gray stones and bronze figures. One monument, however, tucked along Sickles Avenue in the Rose Woods, portrays a different message. The monument of the 116th Pennsylvania, erected by regimental …

Interview With Father Dominic Grassi, Paul Brennan

Chicago 1968

Length: 105 minutes

Interview with Father Dominic Grassi by Paul Brennan

Fr. Dominic Grassi begins his interview by detailing his childhood, growing up the youngest of five to Italian immigrant parents on the North side of Chicago, He credits his high school work with the children at Cabrini Greens for introducing him to the community service aspect of religious life and recalls the significant role the priests played in his early years. He describes daily life at the college seminary and the formation of his religious vocation amidst “almost a tsunami” of worlds events: the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights …

Interview With Reverend Dr. B. Herbert Martin Sr., Matthew Kevin Robinson

Chicago 1968

Length: 84 minutes

Interview with Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr. by Matthew Kevin Robinson

Rev. Martin begins by describing his childhood in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the oldest all-Black community in America, with his parents, grandparents, and nine siblings. He describes his strong religious upbringing and how he was called to ministry at the age of nine. He recounts being attacked and severely beaten by a group of “vigilante” white men for trying to register Black people to vote. He talks of his time at Philander Smith College, working for a wealthy retired counsel general, and the first churches he pastored …

Burnishing Buchanan's Brand On His Birthday, Michael J. Birkner

History Faculty Publications

James Buchanan’s brand needs refreshing.

Outside his hometown, his name does not much register with Americans today. When it does, the reaction is usually negative. What a comedown from the high hopes associated with Old Buck’s election to the presidency in 1856. [excerpt]

The Grizzly, April 23, 2015, Rachel Brown, Deana Harley, Phoebe French, Caitlin Tillson, Niriesa Kalaga, Brian Thomas, Dayana Suncar, Nikki Djambinov, Hunter Gellman, Jonathan Vander Lugt

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Mayday Concert Returning • "Not on My Campus" Campaign Launches • Student Art Show to Open on CoSA Day • Elections Results • Holocaust Survivor to Share Her Story to Campus • CoSA Spurs Second Annual Creative Exchange in Myrin • CoSA to Celebrate Wide Variety of Student Work • Opinion: Crigler Beneficial But Needs Improvements; What Makes Crigler Worthwhile for Students? • Sibling Stickhandlers Stayed Side by Side • UCWR Sticks it to Gender Norms

Booker, Samuel (Lg 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 274. Copy of a land grant, 1796, December 19, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel Booker, 1000 acres on Barren River.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 273. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P Curd, W. B. Thompson and Willis C. Houchin, assignees of John Matthews, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 269. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, W. B. Thompson, H. P. Curd, and Willis C. Houchin, assignees of H. S. Shoudy, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 266. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, W. B. Thompson, H. P. Curd, and Willis C. Houchin, assignees of James Middleton, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 271. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P. Curd, Willis C. Houchin and W. B. Thompson, assignees of P. L. Maxey, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 270. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P. Curd, W. B. Thompson, and Willis C. Houchin assignee of George T. Middleton, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Land Grant 268. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, W. B. Thompson, H. P. Curd, and Willis C. Houchin, assignee of John Donan, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 265. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P. Curd, W. B. Thompson, and Willis C. Houchin, assignees of Edward Garnett, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 272. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P. Curd, W. B. Thompson, and Willis C. Houchin assignees of J. J. Owen, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 264. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, H. P. Curd, W.B. Thompson, and Willis C. Houchin assignees of R. C. and William Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Curd, B. D. (Lg 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 267. Original land grant, 1870, December 19, by which John W. Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to B. D. Curd, W. B. Thompson, H. P. Curd, and Willis C. Houchin, assignee of H. P. Curd, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

Spider In The River: A Comparative Environmental History Of The Impact Of The Cache La Poudre Watershed On Cheyennes And Euro-Americans, 1830–1880, John J. Buchkoski

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis is a case study of the Cache la Poudre watershed in Colorado in the mid-nineteenth century and how it contributed to cultural transformations of both Cheyennes and Euro-Americans. This research follows the relationship that developed between Cheyennes and rivers since they inhabited Mille de Lacs in Minnesota in the seventeenth century. It examines the creation of settler-colonialism through the formation of boundaries and colonies in Colorado through the use of rivers. This further illustrates the connectedness of both Euro-Americans and Cheyennes to the rivers and argues that there were battles over these rivers and not only over the …

Chinese, Russian, And U.S. Space Warfare And Defense Developments, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

Provides information on the historical development and evolution of Chinese, Russian, and U.S. military space programs from 1985-2015. Places particular emphasis on the multiple U.S. Government agencies involved in military space programs.

Man Made Paradise: The Boise Water Project, Heidi Coon, Cheryl Oestreicher

College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs Presentations

The development and economic growth of the Boise Valley was made possible by the efforts of private citizens and the Bureau of Reclamation that culminated in the creation of the Boise Water Project.

Prior to the creation of the Boise Project, the area known as the Boise Valley could be an unforgiving unyielding landscape. Availability of water was scarce, making the development of the land nearly impossible unless a person was fortunate enough to live along a waterway. However, being located near water did not always mean success. The very nature of water can have negative consequences. In the spring …

The Memory Of Battle Surrounds You Once Again: Iowa Grand Army Of The Republic Reunions And The Formation Of A Pro-Union Nationalism, 1886-1949, Peter Bautz

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

Following the bloody years of the Civil War, veteran organizations became a breeding ground for nationalism making and memory shaping. Historians, like Caroline Janney and David Blight, have debated what these memories meant for northern veterans. Did members of the Grand Army of the Republic [G.A.R.], the Union veterans association, reconcile with the South over a shared whiteness, as Blight suggests? Or were the memories of Northerners less reconciliatory, as Janney argues? Using Iowa G.A.R. reunions as a case study, this article demonstrates that Union veterans were shaping a pro-Union nationalism distinct from the Lost Cause. From songs praising the …

The Original Progressive Farmer: The Agricultural Legacy Of Thomas Spalding Of Sapelo, Dylan E. Mulligan

Honors College Theses

During the first half of the nineteenth century, a thriving plantation emerged on Sapelo Island, Georgia. The plantation’s owner was Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), who was one of Georgia’s foremost planters, and yet his substantial contributions to Georgia’s agricultural development have gone unnoticed by most historians. Spalding built a prosperous enterprise around staple crops such as Sea Island cotton; however, he was better known for his experiments with novel crops such as sugar cane, as well as his innovations in the areas of crop rotation and diversification and the successful implementation of tabby as a viable construction material on the Georgia …

Gettysburg College Journal Of The Civil War Era 2015

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

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“Servants, Obey Your Masters”: Southern Representations Of The Religious Lives Of Slaves, Lindsey K.D. Wedow

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

This paper focuses on how representations of the religious lives of slaves, specifically their abilities to comprehend the Bible and flourish spiritually, became an issue that not only propelled the North and South toward the Civil War, but also perpetuated the conflict. Using original documents from the collections housed at Chicago’s Newberry Library, predominantly sermons written by proslavery ministers as well as documents published by missionary organizations, this paper explores the fierce defense of the institution of slavery mounted by proslavery Christians. Specifically, this paper’s interest is in how the representation of slaves by proslavery evangelical Christians as incapable of …

Men And Machines: The Psychological Impact Of Gunboats On The Fort Henry And Donelson Campaign, S. Marianne Johnson

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

During the course of the American Civil War, 1861-1865, ironclad warships developed a fearful reputation as powerful commanders of the Mississippi River. With the ability to pierce deep into the heart of the South, destroy Confederate property, and pull out with amazing speed compared to land assaults, the early Western Flotilla became the symbol of Northern industrial invincibility, boosting Northern morale and seriously damaging Southern psyches. However, an analysis of the Fort Henry/Fort Donelson Campaign of 1862 reveals a different story than the one that went into legend. Using the official records of the Union and Confederate armies and navies, …