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I Suppose You Will Be Getting My Budgets..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing vistors, Tosy (a dog).

I Don't Seem To Have Much To Tell..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing dividing of Towne land, early summer, a nightgown.

I Send You A Long And Appealing Letter From The Judge..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing visit from Madame Thérèse Blanc.

Please Excuse This Second Hand Sheet..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

I Don't Know What Time My Letters Stray Along To You..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing the 1830 murder of Captain Joseph White.

I Will Seize This Occasion To Speak Of General Subjects, Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing Madame Thérèse Blanc, social plans, visit to eye doctor.

What A Beautiful Rainy Sunday!, Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing reading, Sarah's writing.

I Had Such A Nice Time With Dear Alice Howe..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing visit with Alice Howe, hats.

I Should Think Our Parrot Would Have Thought..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing artists John Singer Sargent, Edwin Austin Abbey, Jean Francois Rafaelli, Francois Millet; upholstery.

The Pride Of Rome Seems To Have Fallen..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing Sarah's work, French diplomats, invitation for her nephew (Theodore) to visit.

The Visits Seem To Go On Most Smiling..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing Annie Fields's teeth.

This Has Been A Most Trying Day..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing the weather, visitors.

I Was Getting Dressed And Thought I Should Write You..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing visiting Susan Barley Cabot, reading.

A Nice Cool East Windy Day..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing staying with Annie Fields in Manchester-by-the-Sea.

I Found That I Had Forgotten About The Gig..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing Tosy (a dog), visitors, White Murder Trial.

Cora And I Have Been To Carrie's To Dinner..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett Correspondence

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Mary Rice Jewett discussing dinner with Carrie Jewett, social plans.

Songbook 1, Thérèse Laurendeau

Thérèse Laurendeau

Songbook compiled by Thérèse Laurendeau, undated. Text in French.

Jud Ms 04 Rosalyne S. Bernstein Papers Finding Aid, Susannah Clark

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Rosalyne (Spindel) Bernstein (b. 1928) grew up in the Bronx, N.Y. and Fall River, MA, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Poland, and attended Radcliffe College as an economics major. She and her husband, Sumner Thurman Bernstein (a Portland native), moved to Portland in 1949. There, she played an active role in the community and was involved with numerous organizations, such as: National Council of Jewish Women (president); Head Start program in Portland (founder); Bowdoin College; University of Southern Maine; Maine Health Care Finance Commission; Maine Medical Center; American- Israeli Public Affairs Committee; New England Board of Higher Education; …

Jud Ms 05 Sumner T. Bernstein Papers Finding Aid, Susannah Clark

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Sumner Thurman Bernstein (1924 - 2002) grew up in Portland, Maine, the son of lawyer parents. He served in the South Pacific in the U.S. Army during World War II (achieving the rank of Captain) and attended Harvard University for his undergraduate education and for law school. He returned to Portland after marrying Rosalyne Spindel in 1949, to join his father and uncle’s law practice, which he helped to grow into Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson in 1964. He was very engaged with the community, participating in the following organizations, among others, often serving as president or chair of …

Lg Ms 024 Lgbt Rights Legislation Collection Finding Aid, Julie Cismoski

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The Collection contains materials related to LGBT rights legislation from 1978 to 1995, gathered by Prof. Erica Rand of Bates College. The bulk of the Collection is copies of press articles, with a press kit and campaign materials from Equal Protection Lewiston. The legislation covered includes Proposition 6, also known as The Briggs Initiative, in California in 1978; the 1992 Human Rights Ordinance in Portland, Maine; the Lewiston Anti-Discrimination Ordinance in 1993; and the statewide referendum, Question 1, in 1995. Some articles on LGBT issues other than rights legislation are included.

Date Range:

1978-1995

Size of Collection:

0.5 ft.

Lg Ms 023 Roland Blais Papers Finding Aid, Julie Cismoski

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Roland Blais was born in Rumford, Maine in 1939, and knew by the time he was in high school that he was "different". He saved money and moved to Los Angeles in 1958, where he got a job with Broadway Department Store, and went to gay bars for the first time. He joined the Navy and served from 1959 to 1963, leaving with an honorable discharge. He then enlisted in the Army, serving 1963-1966, stationed at Walsrode, Germany, working with missiles. He returned to the United States, retrieving the car he bought in Germany from Newark Port, New Jersey, …

Gen Ms 05 Walker Evans Photographs Finding Aid, Siobain C. Monahan

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Walker Evans was a self-taught photographer who pointed a new direction in American documentary photography in the 1930s. In the mid-1930s, he worked for President Roosevelt’s New Deal Resettlement (later Farm Security) Administration, taking photographs intended to alert America’s increasingly urban society to the plight of the rural poor during the Great Depression. The collection consists of reproductions from the Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, used in a 1978 exhibition at the University Art Gallery.

Size of Collection:

4.5 ft.

The Taiko Connection: Reclaiming History, Activating Equality, Tamiko Cavey

History

Taiko drumming has been a Japanese cultural art form from as early as the fifth century. A taiko "boom" in which ensemble groups gained popularity took off in Japan post-WWII, and in the United States during the late 1960s-early 1970s amid the Asian American Civil Rights Movement. In discussing the historical experiences of the burakumin outcastes of Japan and Japanese Americans, this paper explores how taiko has been used as a form of social activism for these marginalized groups, and how this cultural reclamation facilitates the process of developing self-identity.

Czech Immigrants In Nebraska: A Question Of Identity And Assimilation, Katharine Meegan

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This thesis examines the dynamics of cultural and social assimilation through the experiences of Czech immigrants into Nebraska. The Czechs' long struggle to maintain their ethnic identity has shaped their experiences with assimilation. After a review of assimilation theory, I conclude that the Czech experience with assimilation follows a “straight-line” assimilation model, a progression of assimilation that is complete by the third generation. Their relatively small size, settlement in rural areas, and a strong desire to maintain ethnic identity, as reflected in the formation of Czech language benevolent associations, gymnastic societies, and Czech language newspapers, led to “social” and “structural” …

Memories Of A Raid, Cheryl Roberts

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Early spring, 2008. Exams finished, semester grades submitted. Many faculty and most students were already enjoying the start of summer break. I was serving as Head of the Department of Modern Languages so I had to be in the office, but traffic was light.

About a week before, rumors began circulating in the Hispanic community in Waterloo and nearby towns, where a number of Mexicans and Central Americans had found work. Was there going to be a raid? I didn’t know but promised to find out what I could. Soon FEMA minivans and busses were seen in town. The official …

D.I.S.: Vol 49, No. 4, Calvin College

d.i.s. Magazine

04 — Editor’s Note
06 — Beter Nederlands: Taalslijtage / Word Wear
11 — Poem: Ask the Stone
12 — De Stamboom van Zuidland
13 — Windmill Island Gardens 2018
14 — Suffering Under French Rule and National Rebirth, 1795-1813
17 — In Memoriam - Gerlof D. Homan
17 — Informatie over Referendum van 21 maart 2018 / Information about Referendum on 21 March 2018
18 — The Staal Brothers Renowned Hockey Players in the National Hockey League
22 — Your AOW pension from the Netherlands: what you need to know
23 — Upcoming Events

Blood From The Sky: Miracles And Politics In The Early American Republic, Kyle Roberts

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Early nineteenth-century Americans might not have lived in the “world of wonders” of their seventeenth-century forbears, argues Adam Jortner, Associate Professor of History at Auburn University, but they did inhabit a world where people still believed in the supernatural, where they discussed and debated those beliefs, and occasionally found themselves on the receiving end of persecution and violence as a result. In this valuable study, Jortner recovers the enduring presence of miracles, wonders, and other supernatural events in the decades following the American Revolution and challenges us to rethink how we interpret their place in the religious and political life …

The Grizzly, March 1, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Kim Corona, Naseem Syed, Sam Isola, Kevin Leon, Sophia Dibattista, Serena Schaefer, Robin Gow, Paige Szmodis, David Mendelsohn, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Administrators Hold Info Session to Discuss Sexual Misconduct Allegations • Collegeville Mayor Reflects on Career in Political Activism • Assistant Dean for International Studies Conducts Study Abroad Research • Multiple Yoga Courses Offered on Campus • Say Yes to Positive Sex Education • Digitizing the Past, Present and Future • Opinions: Respecting Women Requires Questioning Masculinity; Lysistrata is More Than Just a Greek Sex Comedy • Men's Basketball Downed in CC Semifinal • Both UC Tennis Teams Ranked No. 7 in CC

Under The Enemy Flag: Prisoner Of War Experiences: An Interview With Angela Zombek And Michael Gray, Ashley Whitehead Luskey

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Angie Zombek, Assistant Professor of History at St. Petersburg College. Dr. Zombek is the author of numerous articles and essays, including “Paternalism and Imprisonment at Castle Thunder: Reinforcing Gender Norms in the Confederate Capital,” which appeared in the scholarly journal, Civil War History in September of 2017; “Citizenship – Compulsory or Convenient: Federal Officials, Confederate Prisoners, and the Oath of Allegiance,” in Paul J. Quigley’s edited volume, The American Civil War and the …

Whyte, Samuel G., 1774-1833 - Letter To (Sc 3191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3191. Letters to Samuel G. Whyte, a member of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, from James A. Pearce, Louisville, Kentucky. Pearce discusses debts due to Whyte and urges Whyte to satisfy debts he owes to Pearce. He also refers to having his brother-in-law William Clark, an estate legatee, sign a deed of release for lands sold to Whyte.