Browsing by Author "Oberly, James Warren, 1954-"
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Practicing What You Preach: The Untold Story of Rev. Robert S. Graetz Jr. in the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Windau, Anthony G (2018-12-17)The Reverend Robert S. Graetz Jr. has a relatively unknown story about his involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Few remember his name, even though he was the white minister to the all African American congregation ... -
Purpose and Perspective: Memorialization of Slavery in West Africa
Veldran, Max (2018-12-19)West Africa has been subject to several atrocities including colonialism and slavery. These events have not been forgotten but are rather memorialized in hopes of finding identity in these scars. African exhibits are unique ... -
Queen Cow and the Eau Claire Rule: Eau Claire as the New Deal Base Point for the Federal Milk Marketing Order
Dowden, Carissa (2018-12-19)As a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, Eau Claire quietly was labeled the base point, or the geographical site at which minimum fluid milk prices are set for the federal milking marketing order. This research ... -
Racine Belles : the Rise and Fall of the Faded Stars of the All-American Girls' Baseball League
DuPont, Jacqueline E. (2010-04)This research project surveys the rise and fall of the Racine Belles, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball team that was created to save professional baseball during the 1940s and 1950s. During this time, Major ... -
The Racine Belles: The Rise and Fall of the Stars of the All- American Girls Professional Baseball League
Dupont, Jacqueline E. (2010-05-20)This thesis will survey the rise and fall of the Racine Belles, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball team that was created to save professional baseball during the 1940s and 1950s. During this time, Major League ... -
Redefining the Nature of Logging Towns: The First and Second Phases in the Evolution of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, 1886-1940
Lilek, Nicholas A. (2008-06-26)This paper examines the early history of the city of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a settlement in the north-central part of the state that was originally founded as a logging town. The typical life cycle of a logging town in the ... -
Representations of Black Women in the Chicago Defender as Race Pride and Race Shame Examples, 1919-1923
Zimmermann, Zachary (2010-05-20)Despite the distinctive importance of black women and the Chicago Defender during and following the Great Migration and Progressive Era years, there continues to be a lack of analysis concerning their representations in ... -
Reveille to Retreat: The Evolution of Field Music in the United States Army, 1775-1918
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The Role of Geography on the Morning of July 1, 1863
Laager, Jonathan (2009)The Battle of Gettysburg has been studied extensively through a variety of lenses, but it has been overlooked by military geographers. Ever piece of literature on the Battle of Gettysburg does pay respect to geography, but ... -
Ruling Through Rose-Colored Glasses: Women and the Reforms During the Reign of Augustus Caesar, 27 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.
Scott, S. E. (2008-06-27)This paper examines the social reforms implemented during the reign of Augustus and the influencing factors for these reforms. The author argues that there were two main women who played a role in the creation of these ... -
The Saddest Affair: A Case Study of the Investigations into the Crater Disaster at Petersburg
Weaver, Kevin (2007-07-13)Perhaps one of Congresses most jealously guarded powers is the right to oversight and investigation. However, American history demonstrates that this power can be used to both great effect and abuse. Understanding ... -
The Scandinavian American Fraternity 1893-1918: Life, Health, and Community
Svetlik, Paul (2009-07-14)In post Civil War America fraternal beneficiary societies became important throughout the country. Several reasons account for their presence in cities and towns of all sizes in an industrialized nation. Without fraternal ... -
The Silent professor : the story of Wilhelm Lehmann.
Boyeson, Matthew R. (2008-09-29)Research focuses on Wilhlem Lehmann, a German immigrant from the Prussian territory of Westphalia. He immigrated due to political pressure from the government, and arrived in America unknown, continuing his life as a ... -
The Silent Professor: The Story of Wilhelm Lehmann (1802-1882) or Nationalism on the Run: The Experience of German Immigrants? Identity Formation
Boyeson, Matthew R. (2008-07-03)My research will focus on William Lehmann (1802-1881), a German immigrant from the Prussian territory in present day Westphalia. He immigrated due to political pressure from the government, though arrived in American ... -
“Someday We’ll Uphold the Right to Have Ideas”: Adrian Scott and the HUAC Hearings
Leifeld, Samuel G (2018-11-09)In 1946 the 79th congress passed, public law 601 which mandated that the House un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) would be able to investigate that of which threatens “the principle of the form of government as ... -
Spies Among Us: German-Americans in Wisconsin During World War I
Hyde, Elijah (2018-12-19)World War I was a time of concern both abroad and domestically for the United States. With the US entering into the conflict in 1917, this also brought about the limiting of personal freedoms on the home front with the ... -
"The spirit which dictates them" : Ralph Waldo Emerson?s Transcendental Decision to Decline the Social Reform of Brook Farm, 1840
Furlong, Ryan D. (2014-05-09)Ralph Waldo Emerson's decision to decline George Ripley's invitation to join the proto-socialist Brook Farm in December of 1840 has been a definitive event for understanding both Emerson's complex relationship to associationism ... -
Stumbling Down the Path to Unity: A Look at Race Relations in the Church of God (Anderson, IN) 1881-1970 and First Church of God (Racine, WI) 1955-1970
Brick, Maegan D. (2012-05-16)The Church of God is a non-denominational Bible-based Christian church organization based in Anderson, Indiana with state organizations and local congregations across the country. This paper looks at how the church as an ...