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In The Name Of Legislative Intention, Frank Edward Horack Jr. Jan 1932

In The Name Of Legislative Intention, Frank Edward Horack Jr.

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. V, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1928

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. V, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Chapel
  • Class News
  • Club News
  • Editorials
  • Kempusology Inside Out by Kelly Thompson
  • Kollege Kampus Ravings by A. Shavings
  • Personals
  • Training School Notes

This issue contains articles:

  • Hilltoppers Are Hailed as State Champions
  • KIPA Meet at Western
  • Dr. Cherry Boosts Kentucky Building
  • Halloween Party at Potter Hall
  • Many Western Students Go on Excursion
  • Prof. Bert Smith Reviews Laws of Politics in Talk
  • “Naughty Marietta,” Great Opera Comique of Victor Herbert Coming
  • Albing Rats to be Used by Dietetics Class in Home Ec.
  • History Club …


Green Box No. 02; Printing Plates/Cuts Used In E. Haldeman-Julius Materials; Plate 1, Emanual Haldeman- Julius Jan 1919

Green Box No. 02; Printing Plates/Cuts Used In E. Haldeman-Julius Materials; Plate 1, Emanual Haldeman- Julius

Little Blue Books Printing Plates

Green Storage Box of Printing Plates/Cuts used in E. Haldeman-Julius written material production. This includes, Little Blue Books, Big Blue Books, Appeal to reason, Haldeman-Julius Weekly to name a few. This is printing cut/plate 1 from Green Storage box #2


Cayton's Weekly, Vol. 2-5, Horace R. Cayton Jan 1917

Cayton's Weekly, Vol. 2-5, Horace R. Cayton

Cayton's Weekly, 1917-1921

Horace Cayton's "Cayton's Weekly" was a political newspaper that served the African American community of Seattle, Washington. The paper sought to uplift the accomplishments of African Americans across the United States and provide both support and critique of the Republican party. It ran from 1916 through 1921.


Ua3/1/7/2 Edward Mcdermott Campaign Letter, Edward Mcdermott Jan 1915

Ua3/1/7/2 Edward Mcdermott Campaign Letter, Edward Mcdermott

WKU Administration Documents

Form letter created by the Edward McDermott gubernatorial campaign. This document is found in the Henry Cherry Political Papers.


Ua3/1/3 Political Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry Jan 1915

Ua3/1/3 Political Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook of political clippings created by the WKU president's office. Page numbers refer to original scrapbook, not pdf.

  • A Trumpet Call - 33
  • A.O. Stanley Announces for Governorship - 32
  • Address, J. Mace. Solving Country Life Problems in Massachusetts, nd - 28
  • An Open Letter Denhardt to Hines A Peppery Document - 42
  • An Opportunity for the Churches - 6
  • Apples for Commercial Purposes - 30
  • Are We Forgetting the Farewell Admonitions of the Republic's Founder? - 43
  • Asks Stanley to Name Men He Denounces - 51
  • Baiting the Railroads - 30
  • Beckham Chokes and Swallows - 52
  • Beckham Espouses …


Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, Henry Cherry Jan 1915

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, Henry Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Form letter created by Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign headquarters.


Ua3/1/4 Address Accepting Chairmanship Of The State Democratic Convention, Henry Cherry Jan 1915

Ua3/1/4 Address Accepting Chairmanship Of The State Democratic Convention, Henry Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Address made by Henry Cherry, president Western Kentucky State Normal School on accepting the permanent chairmanship of the state democratic convention published in the 1915 Democratic Campaign Book.


President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Rutherford B. Hayes Jan 1904

President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Rutherford B. Hayes

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of President Rutherford B. Hayes’s 1880 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally issued on July 13, 1880, President Hayes’s Executive Order significantly reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Created at the behest of the Northern Pacific Railroad, this executive order resulted in a considerable loss of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara homelands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites.


Executive Order Of 1870 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox Jan 1904

Executive Order Of 1870 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of President Ulysses S. Grant’s 1870 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. In addition to Grant’s executive order setting apart a reservation for the Arikara, Gros Ventre (Hidatsa), and Mandan, this document includes Captain Wainwright’s Proposal recommending a reservation for the three tribes, E.S. Parker’s Response, and J.D. Cox’s forward to the president.


Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick Jan 1904

Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of the Treaty of Fort Laramie with the Sioux, Etc., 1851—also known as the Horse Creek Treaty—was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler's Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on September 17, 1851, this treaty between the US Government and representatives from the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations, recognized and defined the boundaries between the Indigenous tribes of the Northern Great Plains. Equally, it sought to establish an effective and lasting peace between the signers by agreeing to a series of concessions. In return for recognizing their …


President Harrison's Executive Order, 1892 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Benjamin Harrison Jan 1904

President Harrison's Executive Order, 1892 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Benjamin Harrison

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1892 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Signed on June 17, 1892, this executive order increased the size of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation by withdrawing a portion of Township 147 from sale or settlement.


Treaty Of Fort Laramie, 1868 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William T. Sherman, William S. Harney, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappen, Christopher C. Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Henderson, Andrew Johnson Jan 1904

Treaty Of Fort Laramie, 1868 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William T. Sherman, William S. Harney, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappen, Christopher C. Augur, Alfred H. Terry, John B. Henderson, Andrew Johnson

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of the Sioux Treaty of 1868, also known as the Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1868, was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. This treaty, between the United States government and the Sioux and Arapaho Nations, established the Great Sioux Reservation, promised the Sioux would own the Black Hills in perpetuity, and set aside the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains as unceded Indian territory. Furthermore, the U.S. government pledged to close the Bozeman Trail forts and provide …


Civil Government. Its Origin, Mission, And Destiny, And The Christian's Relation To It., David Lipscomb Jan 1889

Civil Government. Its Origin, Mission, And Destiny, And The Christian's Relation To It., David Lipscomb

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.


President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880, Rutherford B. Hayes Jul 1880

President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880, Rutherford B. Hayes

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Order, issued by President Rutherford B. Hayes on July 13, 1880, significantly reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Created at the behest of the Northern Pacific Railroad, this executive order resulted in a critical loss of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara homelands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites.


Executive Order Of 1870, Ulysses S. Grant, George L. Hartstuff, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox Apr 1870

Executive Order Of 1870, Ulysses S. Grant, George L. Hartstuff, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Order, issued by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 12, 1870, established the Fort Berthold Reservation. In addition to Grant’s Executive Order, this document includes a series of letters, proposals, and endorsements for the creation of a reservation for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Importantly, this document also contains the original map outlining the proposed boundaries and the president’s diagram which significantly reducing the size of the reservation.


Treaty Of Fort Laramie With The Sioux, Etc., 1851, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick Sep 1851

Treaty Of Fort Laramie With The Sioux, Etc., 1851, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on September 17, 1851, was an essential agreement between the United States government and representatives of the Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. In this treaty, the United States acknowledged that the area surveyed by the treaty was Indigenous land and recognized each nation's exclusive territorial rights over a portion defined by geographical boundaries. Equally, the tribes agreed that the US government had the right to establish roads and posts—military and other—within their territories. They also promised to abstain from hostilities against other tribes, pay for any wrongs committed by their people, …


Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee Mar 1842

Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


The Right Of The People Of Rhode Island To Form A Constitution: The Nine Lawyers' Opinion, Thomas W. Dorr Mar 1842

The Right Of The People Of Rhode Island To Form A Constitution: The Nine Lawyers' Opinion, Thomas W. Dorr

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman Jan 1842

To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther Dec 1832

Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard Jan 1829

Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard

Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion

No abstract provided.


'Farewell' Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington Dec 1795

'Farewell' Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

President George Washington’s farewell address “To the People of the United States” was delivered to the public through the medium of the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper and was immediately reprinted in other newspapers and in pamphlet form throughout the country, and in England, Ireland, and Scotland as well. All contemporary editions derived directly or indirectly from the Daily Advertiser newspaper source.

The composition of the address was a collaborative effort, with James Madison co-authoring with Washington an early draft that was reviewed and revised at least twice to incorporate suggestions by Alexander Hamilton. The final draft, in Washington’s handwriting, was …


Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson Jan 1777

Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Order that “the secret committee” produce a “list of the articles [....] which they have ordered in consequences of the directions of Congress distinguishing how much is arrived + what is expected.”