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Title: "At Home We Work Together": Domestic Feminism and Patriarchy in Little Women.
Creator: Wester, Bethany S., Moore, Dennis, Edwards, Leigh, Fenstermaker, John, Program in American and Florida Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: For 136 years, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women has remained a classic in American children's literature. Although Alcott originally wrote the novel as a book for young girls, deeper issues run beneath the surface story of the March family. This thesis explores a few of these issues. Chapter One examines the roles of patriarchy and domesticity in Alcott's private life and in Little Women. Chapter Two emphasizes the Transcendentalist thinking that surrounded Alcott in her childhood, her own,...
Show moreFor 136 years, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women has remained a classic in American children's literature. Although Alcott originally wrote the novel as a book for young girls, deeper issues run beneath the surface story of the March family. This thesis explores a few of these issues. Chapter One examines the roles of patriarchy and domesticity in Alcott's private life and in Little Women. Chapter Two emphasizes the Transcendentalist thinking that surrounded Alcott in her childhood, her own, feminized Transcendentalist philosophy, and how it subsequently infiltrates the novel. Chapter Three explores the role of the struggling female artist in Little Women, as portrayed by the March sisters, especially Jo and Amy March, and how the fictional characters' struggles reflect Alcott's own problems as a female writer in a patriarchal society. Chapter Four discusses Alcott's reformist ideas and the reformist issues that surface in Little Women. Domestic feminism--the idea that a reformed family, in which men and women equally participate in domestic matters, would lead to a reformed society--emerges as the predominant reformist issue in Little Women. Alcott believed that women should be able to choose the course of their adult lives, whether that included marriage, a professional career, or otherwise, without the threat of being ostracized from society. In Little Women, the March family serves as an example of a reformed, egalitarian family in which women exercise self-reliance, employ their non-domestic talents, and still maintain femininity.
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Date Issued: 2005
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1144
Format: Thesis

Title: “Laborers Together with God”: Civilian Public Service and Public Health in the South during World War II.
Creator: Tomlinson, Angela E., Jones, Maxine Deloris, Montgomery, Maxine L., Jones, James Pickett, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences,...
Show moreTomlinson, Angela E., Jones, Maxine Deloris, Montgomery, Maxine L., Jones, James Pickett, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
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Abstract/Description: During World War II, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 required conscientious objectors (COs) who opposed any form of military service to perform "work of national importance under civilian direction." The program that carried out this alternative service was the Civilian Public Service (CPS), in which approximately 12,000 pacifists served at 151 camps established across the nation during the war. Some of those camps were in Florida and Mississippi, where CPS men worked with...
Show moreDuring World War II, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 required conscientious objectors (COs) who opposed any form of military service to perform "work of national importance under civilian direction." The program that carried out this alternative service was the Civilian Public Service (CPS), in which approximately 12,000 pacifists served at 151 camps established across the nation during the war. Some of those camps were in Florida and Mississippi, where CPS men worked with state and local public health authorities to combat diseases that plagued the South's poor, including hookworm and malaria. Though an advance over previous options for COs, CPS was not always well-received, by either the American people or the men who served within it. This dissertation will examine the camps in Florida and Mississippi to assess the success (or lack thereof) of the CPS alternative service program during the war, and also to explore the larger question of how well the United States upholds and protects the right of its citizens (particularly, nonconformist citizens) during a time of national crisis.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_2015fall_Tomlinson_fsu_0071E_12875
Format: Thesis

Title: "Red-Skins" & Cowboys.
Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Abstract/Description: Sold only by Underwood &Underwood, Baltimore, Md., Ottawa, Kas.
Date Issued: 1889
Identifier: FSU_ARHHouse_1308
Format: Set of related objects

Title: "Thanks to our Heritage": Thanksgiving Saturday, Nov. 26 is a time to learn from whence we came….
Creator: Okaloosa County NOW
Identifier: FSU_MSS2008003_B18_F07_006
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: "What Now: Legislatively, Organizationally, Locally": Join the Okaloosa County National Organization for Women.
Creator: Okaloosa County NOW, Wilkinson, Diane
Abstract/Description: Invitation to join the Okaloosa County National Organization for Women
Identifier: FSU_MSS2008003_B18_F07_014
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: $10,000 Bond Frees Kidnap Suspects, Los Angeles Sentinel: Action By Jury Awaited.
Creator: American Negro Press
Date Issued: 1955-10-06
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_038
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ‘Our Bonaparte?’: Republicanism, Religion, and Paranoia in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, 1789-1830.
Creator: Luke, Tarah L. (Tarah Lorraine), Blaufarb, Rafe, Munro, Martin, Frank, Andrew, Jones, Maxine Deloris, Piehler, G. Kurt, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences,...
Show moreLuke, Tarah L. (Tarah Lorraine), Blaufarb, Rafe, Munro, Martin, Frank, Andrew, Jones, Maxine Deloris, Piehler, G. Kurt, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
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Abstract/Description: "‘Our Bonaparte’: Republicanism, Religion, and Paranoia in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, 1789-1830," examines how American politicians used the idea of Napoleon Bonaparte to reflect (or distort) contemporary political issues in the New England and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. It shows how Napoleon became a standard piece of political imagery to either support or attack specific political beliefs and opinions during the first three decades of the nineteenth century, depending...
Show more"‘Our Bonaparte’: Republicanism, Religion, and Paranoia in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, 1789-1830," examines how American politicians used the idea of Napoleon Bonaparte to reflect (or distort) contemporary political issues in the New England and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. It shows how Napoleon became a standard piece of political imagery to either support or attack specific political beliefs and opinions during the first three decades of the nineteenth century, depending on which political faction was discussing Bonaparte at the time.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: FSU_FA2016_Luke_fsu_0071E_13559
Format: Thesis

Title: 100 Anniversary Finale.
Creator: Bailey, Buster
Abstract/Description: Features production numbers including Ray Cutter's Little Car, high dive from top of building to arms of two men, RBBB Blue Unit.
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_2019_00036_125, fsu:756975
Format: Video file

Title: 100th Anniversary Party Finale, Greatest Birthday Party On Earth.
Creator: Bailey, Buster
Abstract/Description: Features Finale of the 100th Anniversary, Greatest Birthday Party Earth, lighting of cake, performers.
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_2019_00036_191, fsu:757045
Format: Video file

Title: 11,700 at Service For 'Lynch Victim', The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Creator: Associated Press
Date Issued: 1955-09-03
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_088
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 12 Selected for Jury In Courtroom Killing, The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Creator: Associated Press
Date Issued: 1955-09-23
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_092
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 1819 Bill of Sale.
Abstract/Description: A manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved person in Monticello, Florida.
Identifier: FSU_MSS_0140_B513_F003_I001
Format: Set of related objects

Title: 2 Indicted In the Death Of Youth, 14, Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Creator: Associated Press
Date Issued: 1955-09-06
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_022
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: 4 men in front of "United Confederate Veterans" flag and American flag.
Date Issued: 1832, 1926
Identifier: FSU_MSS0204_B03_F12_01
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: 6,000 at Detroit Rally Protest Mississippi Verdict, Detroit Free Press.
Creator: Sudomier, William
Date Issued: 1955-09-26
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_014
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Pillar Pluckt: The Body in Funeral Sermons of Colonial New England.
Creator: Adkins, Tucker Frederick, Porterfield, Amanda, Corrigan, John, McVicar, Michael J., Drake, Jamil William, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of...
Show moreAdkins, Tucker Frederick, Porterfield, Amanda, Corrigan, John, McVicar, Michael J., Drake, Jamil William, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religion
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Abstract/Description: This study examines clergy in colonial New England and how they depicted dead bodies in their funeral sermons. Whether it was second generation Puritan ministers like William Hubbard and Samuel Willard, or third generation ministers like Benjamin Colman and Benjamin Wadsworth, ministers imagined their resting subjects as a "pillar," "shield," "withering grass," or "vapor." I argue their language of the body, such as the use of specific terms within certain contexts, reflected social and...
Show moreThis study examines clergy in colonial New England and how they depicted dead bodies in their funeral sermons. Whether it was second generation Puritan ministers like William Hubbard and Samuel Willard, or third generation ministers like Benjamin Colman and Benjamin Wadsworth, ministers imagined their resting subjects as a "pillar," "shield," "withering grass," or "vapor." I argue their language of the body, such as the use of specific terms within certain contexts, reflected social and religious trends in New England, from its Puritan origins to its welcoming of moderate Christianity in the eighteenth-century. Chapter Two observes Puritan funeral sermons and their relation to King Philip's War and second generation perception of natural depravity. Chapter Three discusses funeral sermons and their reflection of the third generation's shift toward English intellectualism and religious optimism. In conclusion, I argue funeral sermons and their generational developments spoke to more than specific superlatives of the dead. With the body of the dead as their canvas, New England ministers illustrated prevailing mentalities about religious and cultural thought. They spoke to how authority was mediated and to what extent human nature could be trusted. New England clergy entered into public discourse about the inherent abilities, or disabilities, their congregations were defined by. Through their imaginative definitions of dead bodies, they ventured to define survivors and their place in the Church.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Adkins_fsu_0071N_13875
Format: Thesis

Title: A Wallet, A White Woman, and A Whistle: Fact and Fiction in Emmett Till's Encounter in Money, Mississippi.
Creator: Anderson, Devery S.
Abstract/Description: Article on the events leading up to the murder of Emmett Till.
Date Issued: 2008-07
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2015-007_S03_SS03_I001, fsu:390139
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Activism amid a Chaotic Era: The Underground Press of the 1960S.
Creator: Nelson, Hope, Jumonville, Neil, Fenstermaker, John, Coxwell-Teague, Deborah, Program in American and Florida Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This thesis addresses the major activist and radical issues of the 1960s and early 1970s and illustrates the myriad shifts that take place within each of these social movements as depicted in the alternative press of the era. These movements serve as reflections of the shift of the collective American character throughout the 1960s, and while they propel America to adjust to new mindsets, they also reflect the desires – and fears – of a nation thrust into a chaotic postwar period. But despite...
Show moreThis thesis addresses the major activist and radical issues of the 1960s and early 1970s and illustrates the myriad shifts that take place within each of these social movements as depicted in the alternative press of the era. These movements serve as reflections of the shift of the collective American character throughout the 1960s, and while they propel America to adjust to new mindsets, they also reflect the desires – and fears – of a nation thrust into a chaotic postwar period. But despite their differences in goals and ideologies, the major movements of the era – the struggles for civil rights, women's rights, and peace in the face of war – bring with them many similarities, more than many historians are wont to depict. So often, such historians focus solely on one of the activist movements of the 1960s, seemingly overlooking other events of the decades that could perhaps be catalysts or results of a particular movement's actions. But the groups that formed and the events that took place within the decade did so with a high degree of interconnectedness, even in ways that are not readily apparent initially. This mentality is illustrated quite clearly within the alternative newspapers of the era. Specifically, the bylines and subjects showing up in a forum for one activist movement often echo those from other publications and other movements. More generally, the motives, tactics, and even slogans made successful by one movement often were employed by activists in other realms, adding much to the collective ideological shifts of the era. Through the alternative press, it is easy to see the tendencies toward chaos even within the movements themselves; rarely does a neat and tidy chronology of progression exist. These newspapers chronicled the transformations taking place with the times – indeed, a shift from semantics to activism, from a more passive ideology to one that was vibrant with action. But such shifts are not easily decipherable and are nestled among shades of gray rather than being decidedly black and white. And it is those gray areas, those areas of confusion, tension, frustration, and joy, that this thesis analyzes.
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Date Issued: 2004
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2684
Format: Thesis

Title: Adieu!! to the Star Spangled Banner for ever.
Creator: Boulcott, J. R., Clark, Ella D., Mordecai, C.
Date Issued: 1861
Identifier: FSUML-CSMC-H3291, Hoogerwerf 3291, Rivest 1, Op. 41, 622.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Advertiser and State Gazette.
Creator: P. H. Brittan, Thos. De Wolf, J. J. Seibels
Date Issued: 1850-06-11
Identifier: FSU_MSS102_001, fsu:190790
Format: E-book

Title: Advertiser and State Gazette.
Creator: P. H. Brittan, Thos. De Wolf, J. J. Seibels
Date Issued: 1852-08-12
Identifier: FSU_MSS102_002, fsu:190795
Format: E-book

Title: Aerial Motorcycles, Lou Jacobs, RBBB Red Unit.
Creator: Bailey, Buster
Abstract/Description: Features a continuation of the aerial short clip aerial motorcycle act, Lou Jacobs with a dog dressed as a rabbit also known as the hunting gag. RBBB Red Unit.
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_2019_00036_134, fsu:756984
Format: Video file

Title: Aerial Perch Act, Aerial Head Balancing Act.
Creator: Bailey, Buster
Abstract/Description: Features aerial perch act, aerial head balancing act.
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_2019_00036_174, fsu:757027
Format: Video file

Title: Airplane Ticket for Giulia Kortischoner, 1946-04-21.
Creator: Kortischoner, Giulia
Abstract/Description: One Transcontinental and Western Air Inc. ticket assigned to Giulia Kortischoner for a flight from Paris, France to New York, New York departing 21 April 1946.
Identifier: FSU_WW2_98_0729_498
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: All I Need Is the Air I Breathe: Music, Media, and the Practice of Collegiate A Cappella.
Creator: Griffin, Drew Blake, Jackson, Margaret R., Gunderson, Frank D., Brewer, Charles E. (Charles Everett), Florida State University, College of Music
Abstract/Description: Collegiate a cappella is a communal singing tradition historically localized to universities in the United States. It is a genre whose practitioners explore vocal harmonies and the imitation of instruments solely through use of the human voice and without instrumental accompaniment. In its contemporary manifestation, collegiate a cappella has become a powerful cultural force and is the primary way thousands of students and their diverse audiences engage with music daily. With the ever...
Show moreCollegiate a cappella is a communal singing tradition historically localized to universities in the United States. It is a genre whose practitioners explore vocal harmonies and the imitation of instruments solely through use of the human voice and without instrumental accompaniment. In its contemporary manifestation, collegiate a cappella has become a powerful cultural force and is the primary way thousands of students and their diverse audiences engage with music daily. With the ever-increasing number of dramatized or semi-dramatized depictions of the genre, its presence in American popular media extends far beyond the university sphere. In this thesis I explore the contemporary practice of collegiate a cappella, the simultaneously negotiated and contested spaces of the genre's practice and performance, and its transformation through mass-mediatization. My primary collaborators in this process are the members of All-Night Yahtzee, a co-ed collegiate a cappella from Florida State University. Drawing on a combination of historical investigation, performance observation, media and textual analysis, and ethnography, I investigate style and space in collegiate a cappella practice, situating the genre within Manuel Castells's network society model. I then draw on the work of Michel Foucault to explore popular dramatized portrayals of collegiate a cappella, arguing that despite their popularity, most televised and filmic depictions create problematic representations of the genre by presenting a utopian vision of a fundamentally heterotopian practice. These distorted renderings of collegiate a cappella influence the genre's global network, shaping the experience of both participants and audiences alike.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Griffin_fsu_0071N_13894
Format: Thesis

Title: America's Civil Rights Revolution: Three Documentaries About Emmett Till's Murder in Mississippi (1955).
Creator: Wagner, Terry
Abstract/Description: Article on the reopening of the Emmett Till murder case and the influence of contemporary documentaries.
Date Issued: 2010-05-19
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2015-007_S03_SS03_I007, fsu:390145
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The American.
Date Issued: 1821-08-14
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015002_OS1_001, fsu:191201
Format: E-book

Title: American Christian Review.
Date Issued: 1868-02-11
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015004_012, fsu:191713
Format: E-book

Title: The American Churchman.
Date Issued: 1868-01-30
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015002_OS2_002, fsu:191451
Format: E-book

Title: The American geography or, a view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography ; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... a particular description of Kentucky, the western territory south of Ohio, and Vermont ... with a view of the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Dutch dominions, on the continent, and in the West Indies, and of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Creator: Morse, Jedidiah
Date Issued: 1794
Identifier: 01611013, FSU_E164M8831794, fsu:757499
Format: E-book

Title: The American Library Association Liberty and Justice Book Awards.
Creator: Murphy, John J. S., Srygley, Sara Krentzman, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this paper is to present background information related to the establishment of the American Library Association Liberty and Justice Book Awards program; to give a factual description of the awards program including criteria for selection, specifications, and procedures; to compile critical comments on the awards program as found in professional literature; to describe the award-winning books; to analyze reviewers' criticisms of the award-winning books, as available in the...
Show moreThe purpose of this paper is to present background information related to the establishment of the American Library Association Liberty and Justice Book Awards program; to give a factual description of the awards program including criteria for selection, specifications, and procedures; to compile critical comments on the awards program as found in professional literature; to describe the award-winning books; to analyze reviewers' criticisms of the award-winning books, as available in the major book-reviewing media; to describe the authors receiving the awards; and to report on comments of the authors receiving the awards, in relation to their opinions concerning the values and results of the awards program"--Introduction.
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Date Issued: 1960
Identifier: FSU_akd9319
Format: Thesis

Title: The American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Comemmoration.
Creator: Belcher, Breaden James, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Frank, Andrew, Mooney, Katherine Carmines, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
Abstract/Description: The American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida: State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Commemoration examines the ways in which the national bicentennial was celebrated in Florida. Using a cultural historical approach, this thesis looks at how government officials, politicians, and private citizens constructed patriotic historical narratives during a time of heightened social and political divisiveness. Doing so illuminates the ways in which...
Show moreThe American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida: State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Commemoration examines the ways in which the national bicentennial was celebrated in Florida. Using a cultural historical approach, this thesis looks at how government officials, politicians, and private citizens constructed patriotic historical narratives during a time of heightened social and political divisiveness. Doing so illuminates the ways in which Floridians adapted consensus narratives of history to contemporary political needs. Furthermore, this thesis examines the legacy of the national bicentennial on the practice of patriotic commemoration and remembrance in the United States today. The records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Florida serve as the chief source of material for this thesis. These records are housed at the State Archives of Florida in Tallahassee, and include institutional records, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration literature, newspaper articles, and tourism brochures. Each of these pieces are vitally important to analyzing the dialectic of commemoration between government officials and the public throughout the 1970s.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Belcher_fsu_0071N_13749
Format: Thesis

Title: The American songster: containing a choice selection of about one hundred and fifty modern and popular songs as sung by Mr. Sloman ... [et al.] : including Mr. Sloman's analyzation; or, What are mortals made of.
Date Issued: 184-, 1840, 1849
Identifier: 29587462, FSU_PS593L8A5, fsu:634324
Format: E-book

Title: Americanism: Understand it; Use it; Preserve it.
Creator: Collins, LeRoy
Abstract/Description: Excerpts from a commencement speech regarding what it means to be an American. Draft includes handwritten edits from Governor Collins.
Identifier: FSU_MSS_1991012_B002_F001
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An intricate pitcher with inscriptions and engravings.
Date Issued: 1832, 1926
Identifier: FSU_MSS0204_B03_F10_11
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: An analysis of a selected list of books of historical fiction that have developmental values for the intermediate grades.
Creator: Allen, Margaret Louise, Gregory, Agnes, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: "It is the purpose of this paper, therefore, to explore some of those books included in several literary selection tools in order to determine whether they present the needs of children and the satisfaction of those needs in terms of experiences showing developmental values of a social and ethical nature. To recognize that a certain youngster needs more self-confidence, to give him a book in which the hero is beset by the same situation and overcomes it, and then to sit back with the calm...
Show more"It is the purpose of this paper, therefore, to explore some of those books included in several literary selection tools in order to determine whether they present the needs of children and the satisfaction of those needs in terms of experiences showing developmental values of a social and ethical nature. To recognize that a certain youngster needs more self-confidence, to give him a book in which the hero is beset by the same situation and overcomes it, and then to sit back with the calm expectation of seeing a miracle wrought would be optimistic to the point of simple-mindedness. All that the librarian can do is to present the book to the child in the hope that he will absorb some help from his reading and thus be encouraged to solve his problems successfully"--Introduction.
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Date Issued: 1958
Identifier: FSU_historic_akd9730
Format: Thesis

Title: An analysis of the idea of cooperative planning in the elementary school.
Creator: Mears, John M., Dean, Harris William, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In this study the writer intends to examine the literature on the purposes of the school and society as they are served by cooperative planning, select some of the best that has been said in regards to cooperative planing and to point up pathways to future growth through cooperative planning.
Date Issued: 1950
Identifier: FSU_historic_alb4235
Format: Thesis

Title: An analysis of the selections of the first year of the Book-of-the-Month Club.
Creator: Jordan, Marjorie Fulton, Clapp, Robert George, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In 1926 the Book-of-the-Month Club sent its first selection to 4,750 members. Twenty three years later the club had 4,000,000 members, had distributed over 100,000,000 books, and was one of sixty such clubs operating in the United States. Much discussion has taken place and many articles have been written during this period relative to the merits of these organizations. The attacks have been made largely on the following points: (1) the organization was foisting on the public in dictatorial...
Show moreIn 1926 the Book-of-the-Month Club sent its first selection to 4,750 members. Twenty three years later the club had 4,000,000 members, had distributed over 100,000,000 books, and was one of sixty such clubs operating in the United States. Much discussion has taken place and many articles have been written during this period relative to the merits of these organizations. The attacks have been made largely on the following points: (1) the organization was foisting on the public in dictatorial fashion prescribed reading; (2) emphasis was placed on economy, rather than the excellence of the book; (3) the young or unknown author was unable to compete with authors of established reputations; (4) a few favored publishers were receiving club's business and would force smaller and newer firms out of business; (5) retail book stores were losing sales because club members were paying less than retail prices; and (6) the book clubs were lowering the public taste. Time has weakened many of these arguments and the fears have proved groundless. But the final charge relative to the lowering of public taste still remains current and debatable. The criticism on this point has been bitter and is one of great interest to the librarian. For this reason the purpose of this paper is to try to adjudge the validity of that contention by examining and analyzing the selections of one of the clubs for a limited period in order to see the quality of the selections as evidenced by the evaluations of critics, both at the time of the publications of the books and at the present time.
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Date Issued: 1950
Identifier: FSU_historic_akd9030
Format: Thesis

Title: Animal Display, Spec, RBBB Blue Unit.
Creator: Bailey, Buster
Abstract/Description: Features an animal display, spec, bear act, lion and tiger display, RBBB Blue Unit.
Identifier: FSU_Ringling_2019_00036_113, fsu:756961
Format: Video file

Title: Anna Sokolow’s Rooms: A Case Study of Dystopic Americana Synthesizing Historical Research, Movement Analysis, and Restaging from Labanotation Score.
Creator: Patel, Bhumi B., Young, Tricia Henry, Atkins, Jen, Phillips, Patricia H., Belman, Rodger, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance, School of Dance
Abstract/Description: Cement skyscrapers, the smell of automobile exhaust, turned down faces of strangers. New York City during the Great Depression was at odds with the founding fathers' vision of America as a shining City Upon a Hill. Anna Sokolow's feelings about the modern urban landscape, the deadening isolation that often accompanies it, and its forsaken twentieth century anti-hero inspired her to create her celebrated and influential 1955 piece, Rooms. In this dance, Sokolow explores the uncanny loneliness...
Show moreCement skyscrapers, the smell of automobile exhaust, turned down faces of strangers. New York City during the Great Depression was at odds with the founding fathers' vision of America as a shining City Upon a Hill. Anna Sokolow's feelings about the modern urban landscape, the deadening isolation that often accompanies it, and its forsaken twentieth century anti-hero inspired her to create her celebrated and influential 1955 piece, Rooms. In this dance, Sokolow explores the uncanny loneliness that can affect those living in close quarters to others, specifically in busy, gritty, urban post-war America. During the first half of the twentieth century dancemakers and artists alike were creating a growing body of work that we can now refer to as Americana. These were works that self-consciously drew upon a wide range of American themes and stereotypes. While the politics and aesthetics of Americana are diverse, including work based on such themes as the American Frontier, and African American heritage, this thesis explores Rooms as a case study of a sub-genre I refer to as Dystopic Americana. This thesis represents the use of the Labanotation score of Rooms and historical research. I begin with introductory and contextual information about the study in general and Rooms specifically, followed by a general definition of Americana. I then explore three broad types of Americana: Mythic America, the African American Experience, and Dystopic America. Sokolow's Rooms is a work of Dystopic Americana. I then go on to explain three major themes characteristic of Dystopic Americana and present in Rooms: the modern, urban landscape, isolation and loneliness, and the anti-hero. From these investigations I draw conclusions about the experience of embodied research and argue for the synthesis of history and dance reconstruction as a model of best practices in the field.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-9227
Format: Thesis

Title: An annotated bibliography of American biography for correlation with eleventh grade American history.
Creator: Beverett, Annie Reva, Srygley, Sara Krentzman, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: "This annotated bibliography of American biography has been compiled to be used in correlation with the units in the teaching of eleventh grade American history as presented in the Social Studies Bulletin prepared for the Secondary Schools of Florida through the leadership of the Florida State Education Department. This bibliography could serve as a guide to the selection of biographies by history teachers or librarians and as a supplementary reading list for pupils. It is assumed that it may...
Show more"This annotated bibliography of American biography has been compiled to be used in correlation with the units in the teaching of eleventh grade American history as presented in the Social Studies Bulletin prepared for the Secondary Schools of Florida through the leadership of the Florida State Education Department. This bibliography could serve as a guide to the selection of biographies by history teachers or librarians and as a supplementary reading list for pupils. It is assumed that it may be of special help to those teachers of eleventh grade American history who previously have taught the course as if it were just an extension of eighth grade United States history, but who now wish to increase hemispheric solidarity by including, in the eleventh grade course, those experiences relating to Canada and Latin America"--Introduction.
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Date Issued: 1953
Identifier: FSU_historic_akd9734
Format: Thesis

Title: An annotated bibliography of American biography for correlation with the social studies program for junior high school.
Creator: Moore, Valona, Gregory, Agnes, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: "The social studies are a very important aspect of the present day curriculum. But the past in order to have meaning for this generation must be re-interpreted by them in terms of their environmental, moral, social, economic, and political needs. Thus historical knowledge gives perspective and serves as a point of departure for building today and tomorrow's practices in government, religion, and social living. Reading about the lives of leaders in various realms of American life can make...
Show more"The social studies are a very important aspect of the present day curriculum. But the past in order to have meaning for this generation must be re-interpreted by them in terms of their environmental, moral, social, economic, and political needs. Thus historical knowledge gives perspective and serves as a point of departure for building today and tomorrow's practices in government, religion, and social living. Reading about the lives of leaders in various realms of American life can make history more enjoyable as well as more realistic. As a librarian the writer would like to see biography used more widely as a correlative material to stimulate greater interest in the social studies. Consequently the purpose of this paper is: (1) to suggest the value of biography in developing desirable social concepts and democratic principles which will benefit the student in his daily living as well as make it possible for him to become a better citizen of tomorrow's world; and (2) to suggest biographies suitable for correlation with junior high school social studies"--Introduction.
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Date Issued: 1951
Identifier: FSU_historic_akd9293
Format: Thesis

Title: Announcement of the Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865: The only official illustrated Confederate history ever published, and the greatest war book of modern times..
Date Issued: 1832, 1926
Identifier: FSU_MSS0204_B04_F10_02, fsu:370767
Format: E-book

Title: Appellee's Brief, Norman Baker and E.R. Rood v. United State of America.
Creator: Baker, Norman, Rood, E.R.
Abstract/Description: This appeal was for Baker and Rood's conviction for conspiring to violate, and violating, a section of the Communications Act of 1934.
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2008-024_B335_F002
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Arkansas State Press.
Creator: Arkansas State Press
Abstract/Description: Articles on the Emmett Till murder trial.
Date Issued: 1955-09-09
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2015-007_S03_SS01_I014, fsu:390052
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Articles of Incorporation of Compañia Industrial Universal de Mexico.
Abstract/Description: This is an English translation of the Articles of Incorporation for this company started by Norman Baker and Benigno Rojas specifically to start a radio station at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The document has many handwritten edits and corrections.
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2008-024_B348_F005
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: As We See It..., Detroit Free Press: Mississippi Trial Reveals Bigot's Danger to All.
Creator: Houck, Davis W.
Date Issued: 1955-09-26
Identifier: FSU_MSS2015_007_20180607_012
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Atlanta Daily World.
Creator: Atlanta Daily World
Abstract/Description: Articles on the Emmett Till murder trial.
Date Issued: 1955-09-07, 1955-09-27
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2015-007_S03_SS01_I016, fsu:390054
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Atlanta Daily World.
Creator: Atlanta Daily World
Abstract/Description: Articles on the Emmett Till murder trial.
Date Issued: 1955-09-09, 1956-01-01
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2015-007_S03_SS01_I015, fsu:390053
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Audience at an event held at the Baker Institute.
Abstract/Description: Photograph most likely taken from the porch of the Baker Institute
Identifier: FSU_MSS_2008-024_B354_F014_I030
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

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