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Kenneth J. Heineman

Campus Wars: The Peace Movement At American State Universities in the Vietnam Era

"At the same time that the dangerous war was being fought in the jungles of Vietnam, Campus Wars were being fought in the United States by antiwar protesters. Kenneth J. Heineman found that the campus peace campaign was first spurred at state universities rather than at the big-name colleges. His ...

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Franklynn Peterson

Images from an Activist Lens: 1959-2008.: Retrospective of the Art Photography of Wisconsin's own Franklynn Peterson.

Franklynn Peterson was born in 1938 during The Great Depression in a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp near Phillips, Wisconsin in "The North Woods" of Wisconsin. His family moved toward central Wisconsin via paper mill towns, where his father was a self-taught mill engineer and his mother a...

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Jeffrey W. Hancks

Western Illinois University (Campus History)

Western Illinois University (WIU), located in Macomb and Moline, has a rich history of service to the people of Illinois. Founded in 1899, WIU began as a normal school for the training of rural teachers. It has grown into a university of over 12,000 students, offering a broad range of quality underg...

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Paul R. O’Neill

Georgetown University (Campus History)

This Book, Georgetown University , is a revised edition by alumni Paul ONeill (C'86) and Bennie Smith (C'86). The book includes 200 images from Georgetown University's archives along with captions that tell the story of the university's first 200 years. Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic ...

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Robert Spencer Barnett

Eight Schools Campus and Culture

Anyone who spent part of their young adult lives on a campus has formed lasting memories of people, times, and places. This insightful and personal book portrays the importance of place on eight boarding school campuses in New England and New Jersey: Choate Rosemary Hall, Deerfield Academy, The Hotc...

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Bridget Turner Kelly

Engaging Images for Research, Pedagogy, and Practice: Utilizing Visual Methods to Understand and Promote College Student Development

This book introduces practitioners and researchers of student affairs to the use of images as a means to gaining new insights in researching and promoting student learning and development, and understanding the campus environment. Visual research methods can surface and represent ideas in compelling...

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Christopher Newport University (Campus History)

Opened in 1961 as an extension of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Christopher Newport University (CNU) had humble origins in an abandoned downtown Newport News public school. Located in historic Hampton Roads, the institution was named for the 17th-century English mariner who helped est...

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Diane L. Goeres-Gardner

Oregon Asylum (Images of America)

The Oregon State Insane Asylum was opened in Salem on October 23, 1883, and is one of the oldest continuously operated mental hospitals on the West Coast. In 1913, the name was changed to the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). The history of OSH parallels the development and growth in psychiatric knowledg...

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Melissa Staiger

Pamela Colman Smith - Life and Work: Pratt Institute Libraries, Brooklyn Campus - Exhibition curated by Colleen Lynch & Melissa Staiger

Pamela Colman Smith - Life and Work Exhibition at Pratt Institute Libraries, Brooklyn Campus Curated by Colleen Lynch & Melissa Staiger PAMELA COLMAN SMITH was born into an illustrious family successful in the fields of business, politics, acting, writing, painting, and publishing. This may explai...

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Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture

Ann Arbor, long known for its political and cultural activism, has an equally compelling history of engagement with film and media. In their quest to show art and independent films and in their efforts to raise money in the name of artistic freedom, local and campus societies pushed the boundaries o...

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College of the Ozarks (Campus History)

On November 19, 1906, the School of the Ozarks was chartered by the State of Missouri. The poverty-stricken Ozarks had limited educational opportunities, but when the first students enrolled, the school did not depend on tuition dollars. Instead, each student worked at the school in exchange for an ...

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Robert M. Craig

Georgia Tech: Campus Architecture (Images of America)

The architectural development of Georgia Tech began as a core of Victorian-era buildings sited around a campus green and Tech Tower. During the subsequent Beaux-Arts era, designers (who were also members of the architecture faculty) added traditionally styled buildings, with many of them in a pseudo...

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Inc. Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society

African Americans of Jefferson County (Images of America)

Jefferson County can proudly claim a large number of firsts when it comes to African Americans in national history. The raid to free slaves that served as a catalyst for the Civil War was led by abolitionist John Brown in Harpers Ferry. The first man wounded in the rebellion was Heyward Shepherd, a ...

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Black Mountain College (Images of America)

Located in the mountains of North Carolina, Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and other former faculty members from Rollins College. Their mission was to provide a liberal arts education that developed the student as a whole. Students and faculty lived ...

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Seton Hall University (Campus History)

Celebrate the rich history with images of the people, the events, and the campus that have defined Seton Hall over nearly 150 years. Seton Hall College opened its doors in 1856 in Madison, New Jersey, with an entire student body of five young men. Since then, it has grown to become a major Catholic ...

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Barren County (Images of America)

Barren County, located in the heart of south central Kentucky, was formed in 1799 and is the commonwealth's 13th largest county. Pioneers found the land without the usual, extensive wooded areas and so it looked barren to them in comparison. The area is anything but "barren," as its land and populat...

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Elizabeth D. Shafer

Auburn: Plainsmen, Tigers, and War Eagles (AL) (Campus History)

Auburn. The name resonates among generations who have studied, taught, or worked on the campus. Virtues such as loyalty, patriotism, service, and hard work have been encouraged on the campus from the school's inception. No matter what the university has been formally named over the years-from East A...

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Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics

It can be hard to explain why you believe in God. But images and analogies can provide concrete handles for making the Christian faith more plausible. If someone claims that Christians make a "blind leap of faith," you can respond, "No, it's not a blind leap. Faith is like skydiving. You check out y...

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Beaver College and Arcadia University (Campus History)

The legacy of Arcadia University began in 1853, when Sylvania (Jones) Stevens and Juliet A. (Poundstone) Avery, along with several other students, left their family homes and accompanied Rev. Sheridan Baker to the Beaver Female Seminary in Beaver, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1856, they were t...

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Steven F. Hanschu

Emporia (Images of America)

Established in February 1857, Emporia's founding fathers named their new business venture Emporia after a flourishing market center in Ancient Carthage. Located in the east-central part of Kansas, Emporia is known as the "Front Porch to the Flint Hills." William Allen White, publisher and editor of ...

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