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Gatherings No. 19 Fall 1998, Friends Of The University Libraries

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Complete issue of Gatherings no. 19. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

A Picture Is Worth...Part 2, Miranda Howard Haddock

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The Book And Its Forms: A Lesson Learned, Tom Amos

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Westcat: A New Generation, Lance Query

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Of Libraries And Books—Diether H. Haenicke, David Isaacson

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Children Living In Poverty: Their Perception Of Career Opportunities, Susan Weinger

Social Work Faculty Publications

Growing up in poverty often diminishes a child's opportunity to pursue a rewarding career path. This qualitative study explored whether poor children are aware that their wealthier peers' chances for success may be greater than their own. Projective techniques employing photographs of two houses representing poor and middle-income families were used to interview twenty-four children between the ages of five and thirteen years, divided equally between white and African Americans. These respondents perceived that society provides better future job opportunities to non poor children while limiting those of the poor. Although respondents suggested that they and their friends could be …

Crying Fowler, David Isaacson

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Exclusive Rights: Patents & Trademarks, Michael Mcdonnell

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One Way To Learn: A Web Tutorial, Patricia Fravel Vander Meer

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An Uneventful Life? A Friends' Personality, Gordon Eriksen

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Library Friends, Mary Ann Bowman

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Gatherings No. 18 Spring 1998, Friends Of The University Libraries

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Complete issue of Gatherings no. 18. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

When Dreams Wither And Resources Fail: The Social-Support Systems Of Poor Single Mothers, Susan Weinger

Social Work Faculty Publications

Recent political decisions to redesign the welfare system compels single mothers to work. With concern for the women and children so effected, this qualitative study explores the views of 42 poor single mothers regarding (1) their aspirations and dreams in relation to work and (2) the helpfulness of their social support networks in enabling them to make transitions to work or to study. Analysis was performed on both the sample as a whole and on subgroups of respondents who were divided by work category, e.g. employed fulltime, employed part-time, women who were students and full-time mothers. Developing meaningful subgroupings of …

Gatherings No. 17 Winter 1998, Friends Of The University Libraries

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Complete issue of Gatherings no. 17. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

Combs: A Renaissance Man: A Friends' Personality, Gordon Eriksen

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Challenge And Commitment, Lance Query

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Fact And Fiction: Pain And Pleasure, Paul L. Maier

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A Guide To The Wise, Sharon Carlson

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20-Historical Archaeology In Battle Creek, Michigan: The 1996 Field Season At The Warren B. Shepard Site (20ca104), Nicole Kuemin, Christine Mcmillan, Michael S. Nassaney, Carol Nickolai, William Sauck, Daniel Sayers

Archaeological Reports

An intensive archaeological survey was conducted at the Shepard site (20CA104) in Battle Creek, Michigan from April 29 through July 12, 1996. Historical background research had indicated that the site was the location of Native American activity until the 1830s when it was settled by the town's first school teacher, Warren B. Shepard. In the early 1850s, Shepard constructed a large, brick Greek Revival house on the site that stands to this day. The house and its associated landscape have been the focus of our investigations.

Documentary evidence suggested the presence of various outbuildings and other landscape features that were …

The Economics Of Sports: Winners And Losers 1998-99, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

The Economics of Sports: Winners and Losers, is the thirty-fifth annual Public Lecture-Seminar Series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This year the series focuses on economic issues in the world of sports. This year's series is directed by William S. Kem, Associate Professor in the WMU Economics Department, with the assistance of Donald L. Alexander, Wei-Chiao Huang and George Erickcek, and is co-sponsored by the WE. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. All Wednesday afternoon lectures, followed by a question and answer session, are open to the public. In addition, each scholar will also present an …

A Picture Is Worth—A Thousand Uses, Miranda Howard Haddock

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