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Belize Teacher's College: Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

Article relates Ms. Wright's experiences traveling to Belcast College in Belize in 1986 to teach History; instead she wound up putting the college library into shape.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Ix, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 151 topics beginning with L ranging from L&M Bookstore to Lyne, John.

The Welfare Crisis Of Central America, David Stoesz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The crisis of Central America, fundamentally due to social injustice, is exacerbated as the Reagan administration seeks a "military polution" to political problems of the region. A humane approach to alleviating the devastating poverty of Central America necessitates reconciling two strategies of national development: a techno-economic strategy and a sociopolitical strategy. Both strategies leave important issues unresolved. The prospect of improving conditions for the people of Central America-diminishes as the region is increasingly militarized.

An Introduction To The Akawaio And Arekuna Peoples, Walter F. Edwards, Amerindian Languages Project, University Of Guyana

English Faculty Research Publications

The present monograph focusses on the Akawaio and Arekuna tribes who inhabit the Upper Mazaruni area of Guyana. We have tried in this effort to provide the kind of basic cultural and linguistic information about Akawaios and Arekunas that non-Amerindian people including teachers, administrators and employers should find valuable and we have tried to present these ideas in as non-technical a style as possible. Section II of this work is devoted to lists of words which we think would help Coastlanders and other non-Amerindians to begin to interact socially with Akawaios and Arekunas. In the early chapters we have presented …

Katherine Anne Porter : A Change In Her Mexican Perspective, Mario Paris-Fernandez

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Katherine Anne Porter regards Mexico as her "familiar country." lndeed, Mexico in the art of this gifted American writer is more important than generally believed for, as William Nance says, "Mexico entered into her earliest work as both motivating force and subject matter."

Miss Porter has traveled extensively in Mexico and lived there on several occasions. Her highly developed artistic sensibility has allowed her to gain more than a mere familiarity with the country, its inhabitants, and its history. Naturally, her deep knowledge of the culture is reflected in her artistic production, part of which is devoted exclusively to Mexico. …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 41, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Dickey, Debbie. The President's Friend Pays a Return Visit to the Hill - Donald Kendall
• Cook, Paul. College Renamed and Services Reorganized
• Conway, Sheila. Fulbright-Hays Scholar - She's Ours! - Vera Pitney
• Lawrence, Taylor. Got Trouble, My Friend, Right Here in River City - The Music Man
• Dickey, Debbie. A New Look at Freshmen - Nick Kafoglis, Carl Chelf
• Columbus, Shanna. Inside State Government: Interns-eye View - Kim Weaver, Dot Darby
• Madron, Beverly & Sheila Conway. Big Business . . . It's No Game
• Given, Ed. A Week's Work 150 Miles - On …

An Analysis Of The Psychozoological Tales Of Rafael Arévalo Martínez, Ricardo Cortez Costello

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This paper will identify and analyze the literary phenomenon of the preponderance of the transfer of dumb animal. traits, including mannerisms, instincts and brute social behavior to human beings as found in the prose of Rafael Arevalo Martlnez of Guatemala. This literary phenomenon has been called.zoomorphimn and psychozoology.

Summer Welles' Mediation In Cuba, 1933, Margaret Naegle

Latin American Studies ETDs

This writer first became interested in the 1933 revolution in Cuba during lectures given in May, 1963 at the University of New Mexico. As part of these lectures an interesting theory was presented regarding the Communist "takeover" of Cuba. Briefly, this theory holds that behind every successful Communist revolution (Russia, China, Cuba, for examples) there has been an earlier attempt at social revolution which failed. In the case of Cuba, this would be the revolution of 1933, and especially the reformist provisional government of Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín.

The entire process of the 1933 Cuban revolution calls for an …

The Political Thought Of José María Luis Mora, 1794-1850, Morris L. Simon

Latin American Studies ETDs

This work undertakes a study of some aspects of the thought of one man, Doctor José María Luis Mora, a Mexican liberal of the nineteenth century. Naturally, selection by the writer has narrowed considerably the scope of this study. Two factors have conditioned the choice of material from Dr. Mora's breadbasket of ideas: (1) its relevancy to the Mexico of Mora's day, and (2) its value in revealing Mora as a political thinker.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 42, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore and Louis Salomon talking about Guatemala.

The History Of The American Fruit Industry In The Caribbean, Oliver Eller Irons

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The Caribbean countries have attracted increasing interest from students of American political history and the more their history is investigated, the more do we realize the growing significance of the role played by American capital in the development of their industries. The literature of tropical agriculture is coming to be more extensively available but until only recently has this subject received slight attention from our writers. The concentration of any attention on the fruit phase of tropical agriculture by American students of history and economics has been nearly wholly lacking, as well as receiving only scant attention from writers not …

Intervention Of The United States In Nicaragua Since 1909, Louise Floyd

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The twentieth century is revealing a steady increase in the influence of the United States in the Caribbean region, both in politics and economic development. The arm of America has been gradually forcing out the European nations. Counting colonies and protectorates, the United States has under its supervision a greater Caribbean population than the population of the thirteen colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence. In trade the United States is the best customer of Central America and the West Indies. The region is one of the chief sources of our raw-materials imports.

The majority of the citizens …

Iei Fin Del Mundo Se Aproxima!, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

Beneath the title, an engraving on the recto shows a chaotic scene of a church toppling, people fleeing, a man lying facedown, and one figure gesturing upwards to a person that appears to be rapturing to the heavens. In the foreground, a man on his knees gestures with both arms to the sky.

The text describes prophecies made by a Mother Matiana, who foresaw many calamities ocurring at the beginning of the 20th century. The text describes wars occuring in Mexico and abroad, especially the Mexican Revolution and World War I. The author attributes these events to God's punishment, citing …

La Basilica De Guadalupe Se Esta Hundiendo Rapidamente, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The text of this broadside reports on the sinking of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe due to the site's swampy foundation on the banks of the former Lake Texcoco. Between the two columns of text about the basilica's sinking is an engraving of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is followed by a prayer to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The verso contains a description of various local disasters including earthquakes and a longer discussion of the link between the sighting of Halley's comet and the Mexican Revolution, suggesting that the linkage may be superstitious but the war itself is …

Horrible Suceso Fraguado Por El Demonio Y Destruido Por El Admirable Y Portentoso Milagro De Nuestra Sra. De Guadalupe, Entre Los Esposos Maria Juliana Delgado Y Pedro Garcia., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto contains an engraving of a man holding a club in one hand and grasping the head of a kneeling woman in the other. Before the kneeling woman appears a comic-like illustration of the Virgin of Guadalupe framed by clouds. Behind the man is the figure of the devil in a cloud of smoke, with large ears, horns, a tail, and one cloven hoof and one bird's talon for feet.

The text relays the story of Maria Juliana Delgado and her husband, Pedro Garcia. They are happily married for ten months before Pedro falls into the vices of drinking …

Nuestra Senora De San Juan De Los Lagos Que Se Venera En El Estado De Jalisco, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto is a full-page engraving of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos with a highly decorative border. Two angels flank the image, carrying a banner that reads "Mater Immaculata Ora Pro Nobis" (or "Immaculate Mother, pray for us").

The text on the verso describes a miracle allegedly performed by Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos. Jose F. Luna, a coal merchant, fell ill from typhus. Treatments failed and his condition worsened until it seemed certain he would die. Jose's wife Amalia prayed fervently with her children to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos. …

Profanacion De Las Reliquias De Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving of Our Lady of Guadalupe appears above the left column of text on the recto, and is signed "J. Engberg, Mex." Between the main text of the story and the prayer to the Virgin of Guadalupe on the verso is an engraving of Juan Diego seen from behind, facing the apparation of Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill.

The text is comprised mostly of a story about Maria Ignacia Banderas, wife to Lucas Cordero of Apulco. On a trip to Mexico City, Lucas visits the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and returns to his wife with several relics from …

Oracion A Nuestra Sra. Del Refugio, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto contains a nearly full-page engraving of Our Lady of Refuge, a madonna and child ringed in a garlard of flowers and accompanied by angels. A plaque at the bottom of the engraving reads "Refugia de Pecadores," or "Refuge of Sinners." The verso has a smaller engraving of the madonna and child in floral wreath near the bottom of the page.

The text contains prayers and praises for Our Lady of Refuge. Its relates the story of Sergeant Santiago Ruiz, living in Spain during the reign of Charles V (1516-1556). He deserted the military to look after his ailing …

Tierno Despedimento Do Los Fieles A La Santisima Virgen De Guadalupe Patrona De La Republica Mexicana, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

This broadside has two pages printed on the front and back, so that when folded there are four pages of text. It is printed on dark orange paper. On what would be the cover there is an engraving of Our Lady of Guadalupe flanked by cherubs on either side. Along what would be the inner fold are illustrations of the front and back of the Guadalupe medallion, and the text on the top half of the back cover is framed by figures in religious garb carrying oil lamps.

The text is comprised of prayers for Our Lady of Guadalupe from …

Alabanzas, Accion De Gracias Y Tierno Despedimento A Nuestra Augusta Reina Y Patrona Maria Santisima De San Juan De Las Lagos., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

This broadside has two pages printed on the recto and verso, so that when folded there are four pages of text. On what would be the cover, there is an engraving at the top of the page depicting Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos in a rectagular frame. She is flanked on either side by figures in religious garb, each carrying oil lamps with smoke streaming behind. The decorative border for the scene has angels at the two top corners. The page just inside the cover features an engraving of a large processional gathered in front of the …

Loa Dicha Par Sancho Panza Y Dona Cenobia. En Honor De La Pureza De Maria Santisima., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto contains an engraving of two cartoonish figures, a woman on the left and a man on the right. The woman holds a spoon to her mouth, eating from a large pot, with a sack of food spilling out beneath her. The man gestures at her with arms raised and his hands balled into fists.

The text is a loa, a short dramatic work that originated in Spain but that proliferated in Latin America. Loas entertained audiences waiting for the beginning of a festival or full length theatrical work. The dialogue of this work between Sancho Panza and Dona …

Loa Dicha Por El Dr. Mercolico En Honor De Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto has a small engraving of two men in top hats, one holding a box. The other reaches out to a figure with a bandaged head, holding their jaw. The verso has an engraving of the Virgin of Guadalupe flanked by figures in religious garb, holding oil lamps.

The text is a loa, a short dramatic work that originated in Spain but that proliferated in Latin America. Loas entertained audiences waiting for the beginning of a festival or full length theatrical work. In this monologue, a dentist describes his craft. He is interrupted by a procession for Our Lady …

Lncreible Suceso Una Mujer Que Se Convierte En Piedra Relato Traido De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

Engraving at the top of the recto shows a group of four figures in the foreground. In the center a man and women are standing and have arms raised and facial expressions that show surprise. The man is wearing a hat and carries a walking stick; both figures are wearing cloaks. A child sits at the foot of the man and with his hands covering his face. To the left of these figures, a shoeless woman with her hair in disarray lays against a small boulder. The background of the scene shows a forested setting, and to the right a …

Nuestra Senora De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto is a full-page engraving of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos with a highly decorative border, and the bottom half of the verso is an engraving of the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos and its plaza.

The text on the verso is comprised mostly of prayers from the point of view of a pilgrim to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos. It includes an act of contrition and praises for various miracles performed by the Virgin. It concludes with a short history of the basilica and …

Devoto Salutacion Tiernas Alabanzas Accion De Gracias Y Expresivo Despedimento A La Milagrosisima Imagen De Nuestra Senora De San Juan De Las Lagos., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos fills the top half of the recto. She is flanked by cherubs in flight and birds at the top left and right hand corners. On the verso an engraving in the shape of an upside-down T intersects the text and separates it into separate columns. Inside the shape is a scene of worshippers gathered for mass in front of the image of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, with the image at the top of the shape framed by curtains and candles. At the bottom of the …

Coloquio Para Celebrar La Maravillosa Aparicion De Ntra. Senora De Guadalupe., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving on the top of the recto shows Juan Diego, with back turned, facing the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a hill in the background. Angels flank the scene, and all are encased in an elaborate border.

The text is a short dramatization with dialogue, scenic directions, and a musical chorus. It details a conversation between Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe. It begins with the first apparition at Tepeyac Hill, with the Virgin instructing Juan Diego to go to the Archbishop of Mexico City, Juan de Zumarraga, to tell him to build a temple on …

La Anima Sola, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto contains a full-page engraving with a woman in the foreground. Visible from the chest up and otherwise engulfed in flames and standing in front of a barred window, she gazes upwards and stretches an arm upward, showing the shackles around her wrists. Above this scene on a dais made of clouds, Mary and St. Joseph intercede. Three men in robes sitting on thrones represent the Holy Trinity, and they have triangular haloes. Angels attend to the scene.

The text of the verso describes the experience of a soul in Purgatory and entreats the reader to consider such a …

Milagrosa Imagen De Nuestra Senora De Los Remedios, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto has a full-page engraving of Our Lady of Los Remedios, with a large crown and mantle. The mantle drapes over the moon and heavens at her feet, resting on a snake wrapped around a sphere. The figure is atop a pedestal. The verso has an engraving depicting Jesus with a crown of thorns and tears of blood, flanked by angels.

The text describes an elderly woman who must beg for food; she visits her son who is a rich man and asks for his help. He refuses cruelly, claiming that he owes nothing to her and sends her …

Accion De Gracias A La Santisima Virgen Maria De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto has an engraving of the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos with Posada's signature on the bottom left corner. A large procession heading into the basilica spills out into the courtyard outside. The top of the verso carries an engraving from the inside of the basilica, with the image of the Virgin framed by curtains on the left and a clerical figure in biretta standing on a balcony on the right. A crowd stands facing both, with their backs visible. Text is placed so that it appears the crowd is saying: "Adios Virgen de …