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Media Erasure: A 1904 Lynching In St. Charles, Arkansas, Mary Hennigan

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As Americans grew increasingly interested in historic racial violence following the Black Lives Matter movement in 2021, select news publications chose to publish apologetic editorials and articles that addressed their failure of inclusive reporting for the last century (Lancaster, 2021; Fannin, 2020). In the theme of acknowledging past mistakes, the Printing Hate project emerged to investigate the power white-owned papers had in influencing lynching incidents in the county (Capital News Service, 2021). The present study examines one Arkansas lynching in 1904 St. Charles. The incident includes the death of 13 Black men. Findings from a content analysis of 70 original …

The History Of Martha J. Lamb: Her Origin, Rise, And Progress., Mary Collins

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

On June 16, 1883, Harper’s Weekly ran a story foreshadowing the transformation of the City of New York from the island of Manhattan to a massive metropolis, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. Another article on the page announced that Martha J. Lamb “has become editor of the ‘The Magazine of American History.’” It does not mention that she was also president of the company purchasing the journal. Ten years later, just a few months after her death, Mrs. Lamb’s great work, her History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress, was included in …

Beware The Cat In The Hat: How Children's Literature Is The Modern Form Of Segregation, Lucy Kebler

Celebration of Learning

Every person grows up exposed to children’s literature. Unfortunately, much of the children’s literature that is published is racially discriminatory, historically inaccurate, blatantly offensive, or pure propaganda. The research for this presentation began in Augustana College’s library and has transitioned to a much broader space: The Saint Louis Country Library. Through this research, it has become obvious that diverse literature is hard to find and is often marketed as only readable for those in the minority race depicted. Many libraries mark literature that contains African Americans, as to help “guide” readers in their selections. Books labeled in this way make …

The Intermedial Politics Of Handwritten Newspapers In The 19th-Century U.S., Mark A. Mattes

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Handwritten newspapers appeared in a variety of social contexts in the 19th-century U.S.1 The largest extant portion of 19th-century handwritten newspapers emerged from home and school settings. More far-flung examples include those written aboard ships during exploratory and military voyages. Others were produced within institutions such as hospitals and asylums. Such works were written during times of privation, including life in an army regiment or a prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. At other times, handwritten newspapers accompanied efforts at westward settlement and transcontinental railway journeys. Impromptu papers could follow in the wake of natural disasters that knocked out print-based …

The Black Press In Minnesota During World War I, Alejandra Galvan

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

April 2017 marks the 100^th anniversary of the United States entering World War I. Many enjoy learning about the battles, the military, and the Homefront. But there is a need for more scholarship to understand the role African Americans played in the war. From my research, many African Americans disagreed with US involvement. Why would a country agree to fight for democracy overseas when its citizens need freedom at home? Racism in the United States concerned African Americans deeply. At the same time, however, African Americans viewed World War I as a way to demonstrate their patriotism. Black citizens …

Harper & Brothers’ Family And School District Libraries, 1830-1846., Robert S. Freeman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

In the 1830s, at the dawn of mass-market publishing, J. & J. Harper of New York began publishing several libraries, including Harper’s Family Library and Harper’s School District Library. A “library” in this sense is a series or set of uniformly bound and uniformly priced books issued by the same publisher. A leading publisher and a major force in the broad religious and social reform movements of the period, the Harper brothers helped to shape education in American homes and schools. As Methodists they were advocates of reading for moral improvement. As innovative publishers, they made full use of the …

The Historical Development Of The Church Of God Publishing House 1908-1935, Robert Joel Trammell

History Theses & Dissertations

It is the purpose of this thesis to discuss the origins of the Church of God Publishing House and its publications, to establish the causes of their creation, to trace their progress and development, and to evaluate their contribution to the Christian cause through the year 1935.

Extensive research was done in the Archives of the Church of God, housed in the International Headquarters of the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee; Lee College Pentecostal Research Center, Cleveland, Tennessee; Church of God Publishing House Research Library, Cleveland, Tennessee; Archives of the Church of God of Prophecy, Cleveland, Tennessee; Cleveland Public Library, …

1963-01-10 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on January 10, 1963.

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Rowan County News published on January 3, 1963.

1962-12-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on December 27, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on December 20, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on December 13, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on December 6, 1962.

1962-11-29 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on November 29, 1962.

1962-11-22 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on November 22, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on November 15, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on November 8, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on November 1, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on October 25, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on October 18, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on October 11, 1962.

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Rowan County News published on October 4, 1962.

1962-09-27 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on September 27, 1962.

1962-09-20 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on September 20, 1962.

1962-09-13 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on September 13, 1962.

1962-09-06 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on September 6, 1962.

1962-08-30 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on August 30, 1962.

1962-08-23 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on August 23, 1962.

1962-08-16 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on August 16, 1962.

1962-08-02 Rowan County News, Rowan County News (Morehead, Ky.)

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Rowan County News published on August 2, 1962.