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His 242.C301 – Contemporary European History From The Global South / Third World Perspective, Soheil Asefi

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus for HIS 242: Contemporary European History builds on a course taught in Lehman College’s History Department in 2025 and has been revised for Fall 2027. It approaches European history from the French Revolution to the present through Global South perspectives, emphasizing empire, class struggle, migration, anti-colonial movements, gender, and sexuality. Combining primary sources, scholarship, digital archives, and multimedia, the course encourages historical analysis through discussion and student presentations. Developed through the Open Knowledge Fellowship, this Zero Textbook Cost syllabus brings together open educational resources, open-access materials, and CUNY library resources.

Chief Doublehead Lecture Correspondence From Maurice Pruitt And Henry C. Richards, 1973, Maurice Pruitt, Henry Grady Richards

Correspondence

Correspondence from Maurice Pruitt to William Lindsey McDonald and from Henry Grady Richards to Maurice Pruitt. The correspondence is concerned with a recorded lecture that Pruitt produced on Chief Doublehead.

Wesleyan Archives Correspondence From Director Maurine Maness, May 16, 1975, Maurine Maness

Correspondence

Correspondence from Maurine Maness, the director of the Wesleyan Archives and Museum, previously located at the University of North Alabama to William L. McDonald. Maness discusses McDonald's donations to the archives as well as his assistance in aiding research inquiries on Center Star, Alabama.

Florence Bicentennial Commission Correspondence From Chair Maurine Maness, May 27, 1976, Maurine Maness

Correspondence

Correspondence from the Chair of the Florence, Alabama Bicentennial Commission thanking William L. McDonald for the role he played in publicizing Bicentennial Week.

Gift Of Histories Of The Churches In Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin & Winston Counties To Wesleyan Archives, July 16, 1976, Maurine Maness

Correspondence

Correspondence from Maurine Maness, director of the Wesleyan Archives and Museum thanking William L. McDonald for his donation of the histories of the churches in Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, and Winston counties. The correspondence also includes a copy of the archival accessioning record.

Larimore Home Historical Marker (Mars Hill Bible School) Correspondence, Aug. 25, 1976, Jack Wilhelm

Correspondence

Correspondence from Jack Wilhelm, president of Mars Hill Bible School, thanking William L. McDonald and the Florence Historical Board for their contributions to the historical marker at the Larimore Home on their campus. A portion of McDonald's speech from the historical marker dedication is also included.

The Larimore Home historical marker can be viewed here.

Congratulatory Correspondence After Becoming A Colonel, April 1977, Ina Mae Abramson, Henry Abramson, Henry Grady Richards, Gladys Threet, Carrol Threet

Correspondence

Correspondence congratulating William Lindsey McDonald's achievement of the rank of Colonel in the US Army Reserves.

East Florence Historical District On Alabama Register Of Landmarks & Heritage From Alabama Historical Commission, 1977, W. Warner Floyd

Correspondence

Correspondence acknowledging that the East Florence, Alabama Historic District in Lauderdale County was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

Forks Of Cypress Correspondence, June 1977, Waring Sherwood

Correspondence

Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to Waring Sherwood with a reply concerning a book about the Forks of Cypress, the residence of the James Jackson and a Lauderdale County, Alabama historic site. Sherwood was the author of the book, The Story of James Jackson at the Forks, while McDonald provided the introduction.

Story Publication Correspondence To Lisa Chandler, Feb. 9, 1977, William Lindsey Mcdonald

Correspondence

Correspondence from William L. McDonald to Lisa Chandler concerning the publication of his fiction in her story collection. The included additional file is a March 8, 1977, reply from Lisa Chandler that discusses her and McDonald's shared literary interests.

Forks Of Cypress Correspondence From Waring Sherwood With Article From The Nov. 14, 1978, Memphis Press-Scimitar, Pg. 5, Waring Sherwood

Correspondence

Correspondence from Waring Sherwood to William Lindsey McDonald about Sherwood's book on local history The Story of James Jackson at the Forks. The book discusses the history of the Forks of Cypress in Lauderdale County, Alabama and the James Jackson family that inhabited it.

Waring also included an article from page five of the November 14, 1978, Memphis Press-Scimitar, which references his career and offers a summary of the publication.

Correspondence On '''Daddies At Graduation'' And "A Nurse In Uniform" To Dean Of Nursing Frenesi Wilson, 4.25.1979, William Lindsey Mcdonald

Correspondence

Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to Dr. Frenesi Wilson, Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Alabama. Within the correspondence, McDonald addresses two compositions, "Daddies at Graduation" and "A Nurse in Uniform," that he wrote regarding his daughter, Nancy Buttram's graduation from UNA's nursing program. The articles can be accessed in the digital collection of the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions here.

''Paths In The Brier Patch'' Correspondence From Waring Sherwood, June 25, 1979, Warring Sherwood

Correspondence

Correspondence from Waring Sherwood to William Lindsey McDonald discussing McDonald's publication, Paths in the Brier Patch. The publication is slightly different than the majority of McDonald's works in that has personal nostalgia rather than a primary focus on local history.

The manuscripts of Paths in the Brier Patch are available for viewing by appointment at UNA archives. Click here to view their space in the digital finding aid of the archives' physical collection..

Dred Scott Article Correspondence From Walter Ehrlich, Associate Professor Of History At University Of Missouri – St. Louis, May 23, 1980, Walter Ehrlich

Correspondence

Correspondence from Walter Ehrlich, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis, to William Lindsey McDonald concerning McDonald's paper on Dred Scott's time in Florence, Alabama.

McDonald's paper, with implemented feedback from Ehrlich, is accessible in the research articles section of the William Lindsey McDonald Digital Collection.

Thank You For Usar General Officer Candidacy Reference To Congressman Ronnie Flippo, Dec. 2, 1980, William Lindsey Mcdonald

Correspondence

Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to Honorable Ronnie Flippo, US Congressman, thanking him for his nomination for an assignment to the US Army Reserve General Officer position.

Colonel William L. McDonald remained a participant in the US Army reserve for much of his career.

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Consuelo Vanderbilt And Transatlantic Marriages In The Gilded Age, Katie M. Cassady

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

Between 1865 and the onset of World War I, wealthy American women increasingly married titled European men. These marriages played a critical role for both parties: the newly moneyed elite asserted its claim to social status, and depleted European nobility regained the funds so essential to their longevity. By 1915, 454 American heiresses had married into the European aristocracy. In one famous example, Consuelo Vanderbilt was forcibly wed to the ninth Duke of Marlborough. As the Vanderbilt family labored to assimilate themselves into old-money New York society, the opportunity to tie their family name to English nobility could catapult the …

Striking Tools Of Indigenous North America: Rethinking Their Representations In Media, Literature, And Collection Systems, Wesley Martin

University Research

The striking tool as a concept has existed since time immemorial. Once Europeans began colonizing the North American continent, Indigenous striking tools became conflated with the word “tomahawk.” The meaning of tomahawks and other striking tools is distorted in history, because western scholars and artists saw them from a limited worldview. This distortion made its way into archaeological reports, museum displays, and digital collections’ metadata. Some typologies that collectors and museum staff make for tomahawks continue to limit how the public may see them. Professionals working in the material culture fields should consider how this occurs. This article demonstrates these …

Larimore House Correspondence To Al Cultural Resources Preservation Trust Fund, 5.7.2000, William L. Mcdonald

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Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to the director of the Alabama Cultural Resources and Preservation Trust Fund concerning support for a grant to renovate, restore and repair the historic Larimore House in Florence, Alabama.

The historical marker for the Larimore Home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, can be accessed here.

Origin Of The Town Of Florence Correspondence To Mayor Eddie Frost, 11.30.1993, William L. Mcdonald

Correspondence

Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to Mayor Eddie Frost of the City of Florence concerning the March 12, 1818, origins of Florence, Alabama. Within the letter, McDonald proposes that the city logo be changed to reflect the establishment of the city by the Cypress Land Company.

Trail Of Tears Correspondence From Southwest Us Dept. Of Interior, 2.9.1994, John Harely

Correspondence

Correspondence issued by the National Park Service Southwest Region to William L. McDonald concerning his collaboration with Richard Sheridan of the Trail of Tears Advisory Council. The correspondence also includes an enclosed itinerary of the Trail of Tears Advisory Council Field Trip held on March 3, 1994.