Browsing by Author "Oberly, James Warren, 1954-"
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Education for All: Understanding Wisconsin’s Arguments for the Education of Wisconsin’s Amish
Harvatine, Ian A (2018-12-19)Jonas Yoder was one of three parents fined for the sum of 5 dollars for violating the Compulsory School Attendance Law within Wisconsin. Yoder appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, arguing that the law violated the ... -
The Effects of Media Exposure: Emmett Till's death in 1955 as the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement
Kochevar, Chaz (2014-05-12)This author's work looks to examine the aftereffects of the murder, trial and the publication of the Emmett Till?s photograph in 1955 through the newspapers of the time period and how Emmett Till shaped the future of ... -
"Everyone Must March on the Road to Victory" : Wisconsin American Indian Women and the Off-Reservation War Effort During World War II
Vater, Jenna K. (2012-05-16)During World War II, approximately 12,000 American Indian women moved off their reservations to find employment. American Indian women in Wisconsin were no exception. This paper follows six Wisconsin American Indian women ... -
Exhibition Pilots 1909-1914 : from Aerial Exhibition to War Clouds
Tewes, James (2009-07-14)The focus of this paper is the role that early exhibition pilots had on changing the ambivalence that Americans experienced in the early twentieth century. This paper supports the argument that pre-existing doubt and ... -
A Failed Union: How a Lack of Tribal Unity Doomed Black Hawk From the Beginning of 1832
Schreiber, Nicholas Paul Nelson (2010-05-20)This essay examines the relationship between Native Americans and whites in the Michigan Territory during Black Hawk's War in 1832. While a dispute over land in the Illinois caused Black Hawk's band of Sauks, Foxes, and ... -
Faith, Family, Fighter: The Story of Colonel Louis Hall DeLoss Crane
Hendricks, Wade (2017-07-12)“For the Confederate bullet that ended the Beloit man’s career closed a life of romance and honorable achievement that will always be recorded in the history of this section of the country.” Many of the men who fought in ... -
Family on the Frontier: A Look at One Family's Journey to Wisconsin
Smith, Carolyn L. (2008-06-26)Family on The Frontier was written to offer a glimpse into one family’s journey to western Wisconsin. The family that was looked at was the Hewitt family, who traveled to from England in the early 1840s, and made a life ... -
The Feast of Wisconsin: Tracing the Roots of Food and Culinary Tradition in Wisconsin
Lawton, John (2009-07-14)This paper examines the history and ethnicity of food in Wisconsin beginning from the first settlement in the region. Special attention is directed at the ethnicity of Wisconsinites and the different foods eaten and ... -
Fight For Poland, The Fight For Freedom: The Work of Representative Alvin E. O’Konski in the Years 1945-1952
Hedstrom, Jonah J (2018-12-19)Alvin Edward O’Konski was a representative from the state of Wisconsin from 1942 until 1972, and during his time in Congress he was known for his strong anti-communist stance. This paper will cover the work that O’Konski ... -
Fighting an Uphill Battle: Prohibition and the Rhetoric of Sexual Hygiene in Wisconsin
Felton, Kayla (2008-03-12)This paper discusses the rhetoric used in the movement for prohibition in Wisconsin. It focuses on sexual hygiene rhetoric and how dry forces attempted to use this argument to convince Wisconsin citizens that prohibition ... -
Flying the Black Flag: Golden Age of Piracy Deconstructed
Beranek, Joe D (2018-12-19)Piracy during the Golden Age has often been fantasized about through many forms of popular culture. The time period has been fictionalized and glorified by contemporary society, oftentimes weaving together factual accounts ... -
A Fool Proof Plan Gone Awry: John Dillinger's Escape from Little Bohemia Lodge
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A Forgotten Name: Lyman Draper, Special Collections, and the Wisconsin Historical Society, 1854-1886
King, Robyn A. (2012-05-16)The purpose of this paper is to discuss Lyman Copeland Draper as a man, the history of collection development in the United States, Draper's collection development methods, his time at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and ... -
Foundation of a Nation : a History of Education on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation from 1940-1959
Cormell, Jeffrey R. (2010-04)This project looks at the changes in education during the 1940's and the 1950's on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. The project focuses on four schools: St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission, Kinnamon, ... -
Foundation of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa: A History of Education on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation In the Post Boarding School Era
Cormell, Jeffrey Alan (2010-05-20)This project looks at the changes in education during the post boarding school era on the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. The project focuses on four schools: St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission ... -
The Fractured Alliance : an Account of the Unsuccessful Alliance between the French and Algonquians in the Great Lakes Region, 1650- 1750
Ferge, Alex (2009-07-20)French traders, missionaries, and administrators arrived in the Great Lakes region in the middle of the 17th century. Upon their arrival they found villages of Algonquian speakers who they attempted to force into a coercive ... -
Freely Bleed and Even Die: The Story of a Civil War Soldier
DeCarlo, Peter J. (2009)This paper tells the story of Adam Marty, a Union soldier who fought in the Civil War from 1861-1864. Marty was a member of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a resident of Stillwater, Minnesota and ... -
French Reasons for Alliance through Yankee Eyes, 1775-1778
Pereira, Trevor J. (2015-05-18)This paper will examine early American diplomacy during the quest for American independence. This research will discuss why France decided to support the independent movement of the colonists, and how the French conducted ... -
From Boston to Los Angeles: Women Marathoners’s Changing Perspectives from Pleasure to Empowerment and the Establishment of the Women’s Olympic Marathon
Powers, Erika (2017-08-10)April of 1966 was the first time a woman ran the Boston Athletic Association Marathon. That woman was Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb. Following Gibb came many other women, including Kathrine Switzer, the first “official” woman to ... -
From Hungary to Ecuador in the 20th Century : European Immigration to South America and its Modern Implications
Hagstrom, Eric; Oberly, James Warren, 1954- (2017-03-08)The purpose of this project is to analyze the nature of European migration to South America in the early 20th century, in particular by using an example of a young women’s journey from Hungary to Ecuador. Often the United ...