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Bishop Michael J. Curley And Anti-Catholic Nativism In Florida, David P. Page

Florida Historical Quarterly

The four-hundred year history of the Catholic Church in Florida, beginning with the Spanish settlements of the sixteenth century, and continuing through successive English, Spanish, and United States occupations of the peninsula, has not been an entirely peaceful passage. It has been marked by periodic conflicts between Indians and missionaries, missionaries and Spanish officials, missionaries and English raiders, parish priests and governors, parishioners and United States officials, and, finally, during the first half of the nineteenth century, between parish trustees and pastors. In the years between the Civil War and World War I, the church in Florida enjoyed a consoling …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 45, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents

Contributors, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Contributors to this issue

Directors' Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Minutes from the annual Board of Directors' meeting

Historical News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Arthur W. Thompson Prize; Florida Library Association; local historical societies

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Carpenter, Sword and Olive Branch: Oliver Otis Howard, by Ralph Peek; Chalmers, Hooded Americanism: The First Century of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965, by Maurice M. Vance; Wynes (ed.), The Negro in the South Since 1865: Selected Essays in American Negro History, by Joe M. Richardson; Shadgett, The Republican Party in Georgia: From Reconstruction through 1900, by Dewey W. Grantham, Jr.; Wilensky, Conservatives in the Progressive Era: the Taft Republicans of 1912, by George Norris Green; Bailey, Southern White Protestantism in the Twentieth Century, by James H. Smylie; Batista, The Growth and Decline of the Cuban Republic, by …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Gannon, The Cross in the Sand, by Gerald J. Goodwin; Catholic Historical Review, by Luis R. Arana; McMurray, The Impeachment of Circuit Judge Richard Kelly, by Ben Krentzman; Hartsfield and Roady, Florida Votes: 1920-1962, by John M. DeGrove; Bradford, The Wind Commands Me: A Life of Sir Francis Drake, by James W. Covington; Cave, Jacksonian Democracy and the Historians, by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; Gates, Agriculture and the Civil War, by James C. Bonner; Horn (ed.), Tennessee’s War, by Adam Adams; Higdon, The Union vs. Dr. Mudd, by Merlin G. Cox.

An Episode In The Third Seminole War, James W. Covington

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Third Seminole War covers the period from December 1855 to the spring of 1858. Although this war brought to a complete standstill nearly all economic growth in central and southern Florida and involved a large expenditure of money and men by national and state forces, it has been virtually ignored by writers who have preferred to pay more attention to the much more famous conflict which lasted from 1835 to 1842. The Second Seminole War attained national attention because the Indians were not crushed and because such well-known figures as Thomas Jesup, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Richard K. Call, …

Historical Beginnings Of Ybor City And Modern Tampa, Durward Long

Florida Historical Quarterly

The story of the revitalization of Tampa, Florida at the end of the nineteenth century is illustrative of many developments accompanying the expansion of cities in that era. Part of the story concerns the attempt to build Ybor City, separate from but adjacent to Tampa, based on immigrant capital and immigrant labor. While Ybor City failed to retain its separateness from Tampa, its cigars - “Hav-A-Tampa, ” “Tampa Nuggets,” “Tampa Straights,” and many others - widely advertised this Florida city. Tampa became famous for cigars even though production began in Ybor City in 1886, and her reputation continues. As late …

American Seizure Of Amelia Island, Richard G. Lowe

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1817 the United States took actions at a small island off the northeast coast of Florida which aroused protests from the Spanish government. A band of South American adventurers had occupied Spanish-owned Amelia Island in June and had been using their base as a smugglers’ gateway into Georgia and the southern states. In December 1817, the United States purged the island of its invaders, apparently trying to get rid of this group of troublesome ruffians and smugglers that were agitating along the southern border. A closer examination of this event, however, reveals an additional motive as well.

The Narrow Waters Strategies Of Pedro Menendez, Paul E. Hoffman

Florida Historical Quarterly

In a letter to Philip II from Cadiz on December 3, 1570, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Adelantado of Florida and Captain General of the Armada for the Guarding and Security of the Coasts, Islands, and Ports of the Indies, said that he planned to “place myself in the Bahama Channel where he [Jacques Sores, considered to be one of the best French corsairs and at the time at large in the Caribbean] could not come out without my seeing him.” Menendez recognized that the control of the Bahama Channel was essential for the security of the Caribbean. He said that …

This Was Fort Dade, Frank Laumer

Florida Historical Quarterly

Fort Dade was born on the twenty-third of December 1836. The announcement read: “A fort will be erected. . . on the Big Withlacoochee, at the point where the Fort King road crosses it, which will bear the name of the gallant and lamented Dade.”

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 45, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents

Contents Of Volume Xlv, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Contains a list of articles and authors for Vol. 45

“Matrimonio”: Italian Brides, Grooms And Birthplaces At Our Lady Of Pompei In Greenwich Village, 1924-1933, Brendan O'Hagen

Theses and Dissertations

This study analyzes marriage patterns at Our Lady of Pompei (OLP), an Italian Catholic parish in New York City, during the 1920s and 1930s. It investigates whether intermarriage increased at OLP, but also links changes in marital practices to forces including government policies and demographic changes in the local community.

An Infinite Horizon: Space, Time, & Mind In The American Imaginary From Thomas Cole To Agnes Pelton, 1825-1961, Jason Friedman

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how artists, intellectuals, spiritual seekers, and industrialists represented the American horizon across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The purpose of this inquiry is to show how art transmuted ideological and religious beliefs across time and to demonstrate the interdependence of esoteric self-perceptions and American hegemonic power.

Overland Trail Game: A Lesson Plan, Alexandria Weber

Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

Educators of all levels are continuously looking for new ways to engage students with the content. Some post-secondary level instructors have embraced a unique method of role-playing games in their classrooms. Specially, many of these teachers have begun using Mark Carnes's pedagogy of Reacting to the Past. This method gamifies historical content to make it easier for students to relate to a diverse array of historical actors. To play these games, students must achieve a specific goal while pretending to be an assigned historical figure. Reacting to the Past lesson plans are one of a kind, high quality, peer-reviewed teaching …

Worse Than Birmingham: How Segregationists In Danville Obstructed The Civil Rights Movement, Lauren E. Oakes

Masters Theses, 2020-current

This thesis explores the civil rights movement in Danville, Virginia, and focuses on the tactics employed by prominent white men who, because they controlled the city’s leading institutions of power, were able to effectively squelch the movement by the end of the 1963 summer. This paper also traces how the Danville movement followed the path of the classical phase of the national civil rights movement, and represents the manner in which broader trends and events played out in small southern cities. The Danville movement began with a student-led sit-in at the whites only public library a few months after the …

Sleeping With Storyville: The Influence Of Media, Race, And Morality In New Orleans’ Red Light District, Tiffany R. Nelson

Masters Theses, 2020-current

In 1897, the red-light district of Storyville was officially consecrated in New Orleans, Louisiana. Storyville encapsulated centuries’ worth of Southern cultural, social, and political values that culminated in the creation of a legally recognized district of vice. New Orleans was an economically situated city, profiting from the business and tourist routes provided by the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River. Known throughout the nation for a plethora of negative attributes, such as disease, prostitution, and murder, New Orleans developed a national reputation as a city of immorality, which was only furthered by the creation of a red-light district.

In exploring …

Immigration After The Great Famine: A Case Study Of The Passengers Of The S.S. Canadian, Erin Kelly

Masters Theses, 2020-current

From 1879 to 1881 Western Ireland suffered a famine that left one million people in a state of destitution. To assist the starving, impoverished farming communities that were scattered across the region English Quaker and philanthropist James Hack Tuke successfully pitched the Tuke Emigration Scheme to the UK government in 1882, lasting through 1884. While historians of Irish immigration have recently begun to research famines other than the Great Famine, very few have delved more deeply into this particular scheme. Of those who have, including Christine Kinnealy and Gerard Moran, analysis has been limited to the perspective of Ireland and …

Knowing China, Losing China: Discourse And Power In U.S.-China Relations, Shankara Narayanan

University Scholar Projects

The U.S. government’s 2017 National Security Strategy claimed, “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity.”[1] Three years later, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the U.S. foreign policy community’s discursive shift towards Realist competition with China, with officials from the past three presidential administrations coming to view China as a threat to democratic governance and America’s security posture in Asia. The discourse underpinning the U.S.-China relationship, however, remains understudied. During key moments in the relationship, U.S. policymakers’ Realist intellectual frameworks failed to account for Chinese nationalism, suggesting a problem embedded within …

The Therapeutic Benefits Of Attunement Through Lindy Hop, Sarah Trowbridge

Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) was developed as a tool to aide in therapeutic healing. A foundational aspect of DMT is attunement, the emotional/kinesthetic connection between two people that allows for meaningful and healing bonds to emerge. Lindy Hop is a partnered dance that fosters an environment of attunement, as it is accessed both subconsciously and consciously. This research explores Lindy Hop as a possible method of therapeutic treatment. The literature indicates the physiological need for attunement and how safety plays a key role in strengthening senses of self-identity, nervous system development, and worldview. Four experienced Lindy Hoppers were recruited to engage …

Knowing China, Losing China: Discourse And Power In U.S.-China Relations, Shankara Narayanan

Honors Scholar Theses

The U.S. government’s 2017 National Security Strategy claimed, “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity.”[1] Three years later, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the U.S. foreign policy community’s discursive shift towards Realist competition with China, with officials from the past three presidential administrations coming to view China as a threat to democratic governance and America’s security posture in Asia. The discourse underpinning the U.S.-China relationship, however, remains understudied. During key moments in the relationship, U.S. policymakers’ Realist intellectual frameworks failed to account for Chinese nationalism, suggesting a problem embedded within …

The Saints And The State : The Mormon Troubles In Illinois, James Simeone

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

A compelling history of the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois that exemplifies the limits of American democracy and religious tolerance.

When members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (known as Mormons) settled in Illinois in 1839, they had been persecuted for their beliefs from Ohio to Missouri. Illinoisans viewed themselves as religiously tolerant egalitarians and initially welcomed the Mormons to their state. However, non-Mormon locals who valued competitive individualism perceived the saints‘ western Illinois settlement, Nauvoo, as a theocracy with too much political power. Amid escalating tensions in 1844, anti-Mormon vigilantes assassinated church founder Joseph Smith and …

Historical News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notice of the annual meeting, National Library Week, local historical societies, contributors to this issue

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Levine, Defender of the Faith, William Jennings Bryan: The Last Decade, 1915-1925, by C. K. Yearley, Jr.; Freidel, F.D.R. and the South, by Wayne Flynt; Miller, Mr. Crump of Memphis, by William G. Carleton; Bonner, A History of Georgia Agriculture, by T. Conn Bryan

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Wade, Slavery in the Cities: The South 1820-1860, by Robert Goldstein; Eaton, The Mind of the Old South, by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; Strode, Jefferson Davis, Tragic Hero: The Last Twenty-Five Years, 1864-1889, by James I. Robertson, Jr.; Rawley (ed.), The American Civil War: An English View, by Lawrence E. Breeze; Daly (ed.), Aboard the USS Monitor: 1862-The Letters of Acting Paymaster William Frederick Keeler, U.S. Navy, to his Wife, Anna, by William M. Goza; Rose, Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment, by Elsie M. Lewis; Langhorne, Southern Sketches from Virginia, 1881-1901, by Mary Louise Fagg

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Hellier, Indian River: Florida’s Treasure Coast, by Charlton W. Tebeau; Howard and Rea (trans.), The Memoire Justificatif of the Chevalier Montault de Monberaut: Indian Diplomacy in British West Florida, 1763-1765, by Robert L. Gold; Pratt, Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indians 1867-1904, by John K. Mahon; Brown, Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution: Journal and Correspondence of a Tour of Duty, 1776-1783, by George Athan Billias; Bailey, John Williams Walker: A Study in the Political, Social and Cultural Life of the Old Southwest, by Frank L. Owsley, Jr.

The Southern Boundary Commission, The Chattahoochee River, And The Florida Seminoles, 1799, Jack D. L. Holmes

Florida Historical Quarterly

When the pressure of European affairs mounted during 1795, Spain’s Minister of State, the erratic Manuel de Godoy, was persuaded to sign the Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckney Treaty) with the United States in an effort to neutralize that power in the approaching struggle with the English. Whatever its utility to Spain in Europe, this treaty marked the beginning of the end for Spain’s North American empire by yielding control over the Mississippi and by surrendering the strategic posts north of the thirty-first parallel and east of the Mississippi.

The Florida Militia's Role In The Battle Of Withlacoohee, George C. Bittle

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Battle of Withlacoochee, fought in a swampy wilderness on the last day of 1835, generated a controversy which was more heated than the engagement itself. It was the Florida militia’s first relatively large-scale battle, and unfortunately, a subsequent bitter exchange of recriminations took place between Brigadier General Duncan Lamont Clinch, the regular army commander, and Brigadier General Richard Keith Call, Florida militia commander and territorial governor. Thus the role of the Florida men in their first serious military test became a matter of debate.