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Place Names Beginning With The Letter D, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Kentucky beginning with the letter D.

Place Names Beginning With The Letter A, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Kentucky beginning with the letter A.

Monroe, Quincy Adams, 1841-1928 (Sc 3070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3070. Letter, 30 December 1861, to “Orissa,” from Quincy A. Monroe, serving with the 1st Ohio Light Artillery. Writing on “Cotter’s Battery” letterhead while at Camp Wood on the Green River in Kentucky, he describes troop strength in the area, the topography, Confederate fortifications at Bowling Green, and his expectations of battle.

Research And Study Of Fashion And Costume History Spanning From Ancient Egypt To Modern Day, Kaitlyn E. Dennis Miss

Posters-at-the-Capitol

Through a generous donation to Morehead State University, research has been conducted on thousands of slides containing images of artwork and artifacts of historical significance. These images span from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the inaugural dress of every first lady of the United States. The slides are in the process of being recorded and catalogued for future use by students in hopes of furthering academic comprehension and awareness of the influence of fashion and costume history through the ages. Special thanks to the family of Gretel Geist Rutledge, faculty mentor Denise Watkins, as well as the Department of Music, Theatre, and …

Point/Counterpoint: The Gettysburg Battlefield Marathon, Jeffrey L. Lauck, Matthew D. Laroche

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Jeff: On November 6, the small town of Gettysburg will be swarmed by runners during the first ever Gettysburg Battlefield Marathon. The event has provoked heated discussion from many in the Civil War community, bringing up many questions regarding the use of our most hallowed grounds for recreational use. In this post, Matt and I will engage in a back and forth conversation about the concerns and advantages of the race. I’d like to begin by noting that the views that we each express in this piece may not necessarily be our own and that we may merely be …

The Grizzly, November 3, 2016, Brian Thomas, Tommy Armstrong, Courtney A. Duchene, Valerie Osborne, Boyang Huang, Emily Jolly, Sarah Hojsak, Leighnah L. Perkins, Justin Ellick, Johnny Cope, Jay Farrell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Search for New VPAA / Dean Comes to an End • Alumni to Speak on AAAS Education Panel • Suspense Thriller Takes UC Stage • International Perspective: Chinese Student Takes on U.S. Public Transportation • Sustainable Students Create Change in Wismer • Homecoming King and Queen Reflect on Time at UC • Opinions: Drake's Diss Track About Kid Cudi Crossed the Line; Tradition of Homecoming Court Needs to Go • Splash! Bears Back in Action! • UC Athlete Making a Difference Off the Field

Mcgrath, Wallace, 1844-1909 (Sc 3064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3064. Three letters of Wallace McGrath to George D. Freeman, Columbus, Ohio, written in December 1861-February 1862 while serving with with the 15th Ohio Infantry near Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes recent and anticipated marches, visiting Mammoth Cave, his duties as a clerk, and the difficulty of making a photograph to send to George. He also writes of the escort of Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer’s body through the area, noting that his own commanding General and staff “took dinner with Genl Hindman of the Rebels.”

Matherly, Mary Ruth (Hinton), 1893-1985 (Sc 3068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3068. Autobiographical sketch and diary entries by Mary Ruth (Hinton) Matherly, composed from 1972-1979. Orphaned at a young age, the Logan County, Kentucky native describes her youth, extended family and wedding, and reflects on growing older.

The Moment We’Ve All Been Waiting For: Lee’S Gettysburg Headquarters Opens, Savannah Rose

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

On October 28, 2016, the doors of the Mary Thompson house located on Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg opened before a crowd of over one thousand Civil War Trust members and Civil War enthusiasts. In 2013, the Civil War Trust purchased a portion of land on Seminary Ridge, land covered with a motel, a brewery, a restaurant, and the Mary Thompson house, which some know as the headquarters of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Since purchasing the land the Civil War Trust, in partnership with other organizations, has worked to restore the Thompson property to its 1863 appearance by tearing down …

Honeycutt, Roy Lee, Jr. (Sc 3066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 3066. “Response to ‘The Cover-up at Southern Seminary,’” a statement by Roy L. Honeycutt, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 22 April 1990. He offers a detailed defense of himself and the Seminary’s Board of Trustees against trustee Jerry Johnson’s criticism in a forthcoming article of his Biblical beliefs and commentary.

Owen, Franklin (Sc 3065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3065. “The Landmark Movement,” a paper by Dr. Franklin Owen, delivered in Bowling Green, Kentucky on 24 July 1981. He traces the history of the controversy known as the Landmark Movement, which divided the Southern Baptist Convention in the 19th century.

Jackson, James Herschel, 1883-1957 (Sc 3067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3067. Typescript of entries from 1 January to 23 November 1911 in the diary of James Herschel Jackson, a farmer of Drake, Kentucky. He writes of farm work, visitors, family, and local births and deaths, including the killing of two men by persons unknown. Includes Jackson’s obituary and information about persons mentioned in the diary and about the Jackson family.

Negotiating The Delta: Dr. T.R.M. Howard In Mound Bayou, Mississippi, William Jackson Southerland

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper examines the racially segregationist practices and the integrationist, inclusionist formation of African American leader Dr. T.R.M. Howard during his tenure as a surgeon and entrepreneur in the all-black Mississippi Delta community of Mound Bayou, 1942-1956. The paper analytically investigates the careful racial negotiations that were required of Howard as he advanced a separatist but egalitarian economic and social plan for Delta blacks. This separatist plan, it is argued, is grounded in the racial pragmatism of the Seventh-day Adventist church which provided a bibliocentric, Tuskegee-inspired education to Howard from youth through medical school and beyond. Howard’s adherence to Adventist …

The Grizzly, October 27, 2016, Brian Thomas, Emily Jolly, Tommy Armstrong, Sarah Hojsak, Faith Carson, Leighnah L. Perkins, Courtney A. Duchene, Johnny Cope, Nick Brough

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

How UC Students Get the News • International Students Sound Off on Election • Attorney General Candidate Discusses Platform • UC Alumni on the Campaign Trail • Local Volunteers Get Out the Vote • Opinions: The Difficulties of Voting from Past to Present; The Future of the Supreme Court is on the Ballot • UC Students Weigh in on Pro-Athlete Protests • Rein Wrestles Political Issues

Grave’S Anatomy: Abolitionists, Body Snatchers, And The Demise Of Winchester Medical College, Kaylyn L. Sawyer

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

A census in 1890 listed Chris Baker’s occupation as “Anatomical Man.” While the title sounds like that one of today’s superheroes, the nineteenth century existence of this vocation kept people from lingering around medical colleges after dark. By day, Chris Baker worked as a janitor for the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. By night, he had the darker task of obtaining corpses for the school. He was a “resurrectionist,” and he was not alone in his eerie nocturnal task of preying on the powerless and recently interred with a shovel, bag, and cart close at hand. Until legislation governing …

Scioto (Steamboat) (Mss 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 593. Receipts for various goods and services for the crew of the steamboat Scioto which ran between Hartford in Ohio County, Kentucky, to Evansville, Indiana, via the Rough, Green, and Ohio Rivers. The receipts are chiefly fromEvansville with a few from Hartford and Calhoun, Kentucky.

Curriculum Vitae And Assignments Of Abp. Robert Sanchez, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Records related to Abp. Robert Sanchez

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of The Military Dog Tag: From The Civil War To Present Day, Savannah A. Labbe

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

In doing research for my previous post on the U.S. Christian Commission, I came across an intriguing artifact: a Civil War era identification tag, or dog tag. When I picture a military dog tag I see a metal rectangle suspended from a necklace, like those worn by today’s soldiers. One doesn’t usually associate dog tags with the Civil War, which is why I was interested to find one. However, it is not surprising that the basic human fear of dying unknown, of robbing one’s family of closure and certainty, was present during the Civil War just as it is today. …

Bank Of Kentucky (Sc 3063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3063. Certificate for 100 shares of stock in the Bank of Kentucky, issued to May Humphreys on 1 February 1858. Signed by Virgil McKnight, President, and S. H. Bullen, Cashier.

Geopolitical Implications Of The Sino-Japanese East China Sea Dispute For The U.S., Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This presentation updates the article "Geopolitical Implications of the Sino-East China Sea Dispute for the U.S." published in Geopolitics, History, and International Relations which is already available in epubs.

Mcgown, Joe (Fa 991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 991. Project titled: “"Funeral Customs" compiled by Joe McGown for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes individual survey sheets listing a single funeral custom, the informant, date, and location. A large number of photographs, documenting tombstones, are included in the collection. The location of the tombstones is not included, but most of the survey work was done in Warren County, Kentucky.

A Home For Lucille Vinyard’S Lifework In Humboldt State University Library’S Special Collections, Carly Marino, Nicole Martensen, Kaycie Voigt, Alexandria Jones, Cathlyn Garibay, Blanca Drapeau, Victoria Bruner, Kathleen C. Bromley

IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt

No abstract provided.

Epistolary Hauntings: Working “With” And “On” Family Letters, Lucy E. Bailey

Education's Histories

Lucy E. Bailey, Oklahoma State University, pursues multiple theoretical frameworks for analyzing her personal collection of family letters.

A Tale Of Two Universities: Harvard And Georgetown Accept Their Ties To Slavery, Alexandria J. Andrioli

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

The Washington Ideas Forum, a Washington D.C. hot-ticket event, reconvened for its eighth year on September 28th and 29th, 2016. Leaders in politics, policy, race and justice, education, science and technology, and even food met to share ideas and have meaningful conversations at the event hosted by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute. From Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Secretary of State John Kerry to author Chimamanda Adichie and chef and founder of Momofuku, David Chang, the best and the brightest were all in attendance.

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Clyde Mccoy Musical Scores, Clyde Mccoy

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

Collection consists of scores and sheet music for vocals and several instruments for multiple songs composed and arranged by Clyde McCoy in the 1930s and 1940s. Included is a video recording of a concert program performed at Morehead State dedicated to McCoy following his death.

Point Pleasant Store - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 594. Ledger books containing transactions from the Point Pleasant Store in Ohio County, Kentucky. Because of this store’s location on the Green River, ledgers also include information about shipment of tobacco from that site. Also includes wages for labor performed for the store owner.

The Grizzly, October 13, 2016, Brian Thomas, Courtney A. Duchene, Valerie Osborne, Tommy Armstrong, Lea Mariette, Sarah Hojsak, Sophie Worthington-Kirsch, Leighnah L. Perkins, Catherine Urbanski, Johnny Cope, Nick Brough

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Annual Safety Report Released • Ma Tones Brings Music to Collegeville • Come to Me Campaign Raises Awareness • International Perspective: French TA Excited to Learn What it's Really Like to Live in the U.S. • Students Unite for Worker Justice • Partnership in Politics • Opinions: New Face of Change: A Defense of Millennials; Students Need to Understand Consent • UC Athletes Give Back to Their Community • Rafter Tackles Milestone

Commentary: Echoes Of '64 Campaign In Toomey-Mcginty Race, Michael J. Birkner

History Faculty Publications

With Donald Trump's campaign for president aimed more at solidifying his base rather than reaching out to independents and undecided voters, Republican activists have shifted their focus to holding their Senate majority, which recent polls suggest lie on a knife's edge. The Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race ranks among the major prizes Democrats hope to capture enroute to the magic number 51. [excerpt]

Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith (White Star Line Stock Slip), No Date Noted, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

No abstract provided.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Envelope With Note Written On Back, No Date Noted, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

No abstract provided.