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From A Northern Home To A Southern School: Cultural Imperialists Or Just Stubborn Yankees, Janel Janiczek Smith
From A Northern Home To A Southern School: Cultural Imperialists Or Just Stubborn Yankees, Janel Janiczek Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the cultural influences on the lives of northern teachers in southern schools. During the 1860s, white, northern, middle-class women traveled to southern homes to begin and maintain schools for the recently freed slaves. Each woman carried with her an independent set of cultural systems that predetermined her perspective for educating the African American students. Furthermore, the northern relief agencies, Freedmen's Bureau agents, southern white citizens, and southern freedmen all had their own opinions for the education of the students. Although much time has elapsed between the 1860s and 2013, the same topics …
Daughters Of The America Colonists, St. Philip's Parish Chapter Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Daughters Of The America Colonists, St. Philip's Parish Chapter Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
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This collection includes annual scrapbooks documenting the history of the activities of the Daughters of the American Colonists, St. Philip’s Parish chapter from 1975-2017. Materials include chapter minutes, papers and photographs for chapter activities and events, fundraisers, memorial services, newspaper clippings, chapter yearbooks, and several copies of the organization’s yearly journal, The Colonial Courier.
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