The letters of Anna Calhoun Clemson, written to family and friends, and dating from 1833, her sixteenth year, to 1873, two years before her death, span the tumultuous years of the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction South. With few breaks in continuity, they record the daily activities, joys, and tragedies experienced by Anna, the Calhoun and Clemson families, their relatives and friends throughout a period of great historical significance. All aspects of life are recorded with candor and poignancy as Anna moves from girlhood exuberance through the momentous changes of married life and childbearing years, to the resignation of midlife, the deaths of parents, siblings, and ultimately, the loss of all of her four children. / As the daughter of southern statesman John C. Calhoun and wife of Philadelphian Thomas G. Clemson, who served six years as Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, Anna writes vividly of life in Up Country South Carolina, the political scene in Washington, D.C., and of international affairs from Brussels. Following the Clemsons' return to the United States in 1851, and their subsequent purchase of a farm near Bladensburg, Maryland, Anna's letters give eloquent evidence in the approaching war years of diverging interests and the pull of family loyalties on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Letters of Anna's last decade deal with the hardships of war and the return to South Carolina, where her final years were spent in community service and in trying to unravel tangled family estates. / The value of this collection of 272 letters as a primary source for the life of a woman of Southern planter family background is enhanced by additional insights into the boarding house lifestyle of Congressional families in Washington, political battles at state and national levels, the concerns of a rapidly expanding nation, and diplomatic relations with Europe. Seen through the eyes of a woman of a politically involved family and encompassing pre- to post-Civil War years, this collection offers a singularly consistent viewpoint and adds significantly to the documentation of southern family life and women's studies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-12, Section: A, page: 4610. / Major Professor: Elisabeth Muhlenfeld. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.

The San Francisco Conference on International Organization lasted sixty-two days, April-June 1945, and wrote the Charter for the United Nations. Major issues for conference consideration included: Security Council voting and veto powers; the substantive and nonsubstantive authority to be granted the General Assembly; Trusteeships; American retention of the former Japanese naval bases in the Pacific; Regionalism; and invitations to Argentina, Poland and the two Soviet Republics--White Russia and the Ukraine--to join the world organization. Led by the working group of the five permanent members, although the United Kingdom, United States and the Soviet Union did wield the most power, the decisions reached on these issues were written into the Charter and molded the shape of the United Nations. / The interrelated forces at work during the conference were analyzed to facilitate tracing the decision-making process in writing the United Nations Charter. Difficulties did exist. Differences in perspectives among the Allies, set aside in the interest of wartime coalition unity, needed resolution at San Francisco. Within these parameters, emphasis was placed on United States' participation at the San Francisco Conference. The United States delegation was closely examined to provide insight into the development of American positions on key conference issues. / Ultimately, the dissertation concludes that the internationalist expectations for the United Nations were suppressed from the beginning by the nationalistic self-interest of all the attendent nations, large and small, at the conference. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-10, Section: A, page: 3331. / Major Professor: Thomas M. Campbell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.

Florence B. Price, a black composer, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887 and died in Chicago, Illinois in 1953. She was among the first black American composers to achieve international recognition. A dedicated professional, Price distinguished herself throughout her lifetime, first during her student days in Boston at the New England Conservatory, next as an educator in Southern universities, and finally as a Chicago-based composer and performer. Of Price's concert works for piano, which include a prize-winning solo sonata, several character pieces, two concerti, and a quintet, few were published during her lifetime, and only one is currently in print. / This treatise is intended to acknowledge the contributions of Florence Price to American piano repertoire. Careful consideration is given to significant cultural and political forces which shaped American history and consequently shaped the professional lives of American composers in the early twentieth century. Central to the stylistic discussion is the analysis of three of Price's major solo piano works: Fantasie Negre, Sonata in E Minor, and Dances in the Canebrakes. / Florence Price was an American nationalist. Like her contemporaries William Grant Still, George Gershwin, and Aaron Copland, she successfully incorporated elements of Negro folk music into Western art music. The fact that most of Price's concert works are presently still in manuscript is largely due to the extremely limited publication opportunities for the work of a black woman composer in early twentieth century America. Upon analysis, it becomes clear that Price's piano music merits publication and performance. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1175. / Major Professor: Leonard Mastrogiacomo. / Thesis (D.M.A.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

This dissertation is a study of the events that brought about the systematic, mass exodus of over 14,000 children from Communist Cuba to the United States between December 1960 and October 1962. It also provides an account of the federally-sponsored and privately managed system of providing foster care for around half those children. / The dissertation's chapters include sections on: parental motives for sending their children unaccompanied to the United States; the role of the U.S. government, the Cuban anti-Castro underground, and the Catholic Church in facilitating the exodus; the actions of the private, local Miami agencies that cared for and relocated children in the Cuban Children's Program; and the overall experiences of the children who passed through the programs. / For this dissertation, a variety of sources were utilized including taped interviews with those who took part in facilitating the exodus, individuals who participated in providing care for the children in the United States, and a number of people who were participants in the program. Also used were Congressional hearings, articles, government reports formulated by social workers and other observers of the time, personal letters written by the children while in the program, statistical reports prepared for the Catholic Welfare Bureau, and informational pamphlets put together by Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-12, Section: A, page: 4920. / Major Professor: William W. Rogers. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

The primary purpose of this study was to document the changing styles of sportswear worn by American women for bicycling, swimming, and horseback riding from 1881 through 1910. Other objectives were to determine the rate at which style changes occurred, if the patterns of development were similar for the three sports, if the data differed according to source, and if women's sportswear influenced changes in other social roles. / During the late Victorian and Edwardian period American women shifted from passive to active sports participation. This study of the changes in women's sportswear was documented by extant garments (41), fashion magazine and catalog illustrations (403), and photographs (64), recorded by computer and displayed by seriation. / The suit was the most popular outfit for bicycling and horseback riding. It peaked in popularity for bicycling in the late 1890s and later became a popular style for streetdress. There was evidence of skirt hems rising, becoming less full and more practical in all three sports. The skirt became divided or had bloomers underneath for bicycling. All swimwear was bifurcated, and a quarter of the bicycling bottoms were bifurcated. An occasional bloomer, trouser, and even jodhpur was worn in the later part of the period without a skirt to conceal it. Thirty percent of the riding habits were for riding astride, which required bifurcation. / The evidence shows that sportswear styles exhibited a moderate degree of change throughout the period. The most dramatic style changes occurred in bicycling sportswear. Bicycle sportswear changed at the fastest rate and appears to have influenced and been influenced by street dress fashions. Swimwear and horseback riding styles were more functional throughout the period and changed at a slower pace. The data indicate no similarity in patterns of development for bicycling, swimming, and horseback riding sportswear. Chi square analysis showed significant differences among sources. Photographs and extant garments generally showed less traditional styles than illustrations regarding the use of bifurcated garments, skirts and blouses, and tunics. Women's sports became an instrument of social change, modifying and defining woman's larger role in society. The new role was reflected in the clothing worn for sport. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A, page: 3001. / Major Professor: Carol Avery. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.

This dissertation seeks to demonstrate the process of foreign policy-making during the early years of the Cold War. It concentrates on the development of United States interest in the concept of a European Army as a means of establishing a stronger defense posture against world communism. This concept is shown to have been a response to the outbreak of the Korean War and the loss of the American monopoly on atomic weapons. The Truman administration's policy toward German rearmament is traced through the attempt to persuade Western Europe to form its own defense system with American support, both militarily and monetarily. To a great degree, this policy is viewed as shared by the Eisenhower administration. Both administrations are seen seeking to strengthen Western Europe through cooperative efforts beginning with the Marshall Plan and ending with West Germany's admission into NATO. For the United States, the policy most conducive to achieving its goals of a united and armed Western Europe is shown to be the development of the European Defense Community. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A, page: 3199. / Major Professor: Thomas M. Campbell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.

A comprehensive study of bank failures during the Florida land boom of the mid-1920s. This dissertation is the first work to analyze state and national banking records to determine the causes of specific bank failures during the banking panic of 1926. Previously confidential government documents, which are now public records because of this study, were utilized to establish why 150 Florida and Georgia banks failed in that year. / In ten days of July 1926, after uncontrollable depositor runs, one hundred and seventeen banks closed in the two states. Uninsured depositors lost an estimated $30 million, and several suicides followed the financial havoc. / Florida suffered through a banking crisis during the years preceding the stock market crash of 1929. Bank assets in Florida fell more than $300 million in 1926 alone. Between 1926 and 1929, bank assets declined from \$943 million to $375 million. / Regulatory secrecy permitted the banking debacle to grow beyond control as regulators concealed the magnitude of the problem. After lawsuits disclosed bank fraud, the public panicked. The ensuing depositor runs caused the banking crash. / Heretofore, the banking debacle has been blamed on the collapse of the Florida land boom. It was believed that the precipitate drop in real estate values created a regional recession which caused the banks to fail. Bankers were not regarded as the problem. In fact, they were defended by bank regulators, who blamed the crisis on the public. / This work concludes that banks which were operated prudently survived the deceleration of the land boom. Many bankers, however, looted the financial institutions they pledged to protect. They tried to get rich by wildly speculating with depositors' money in the real estate frenzy. When their schemes failed, so did their banks. This study proves that despite official disclaimers and previous historical accounts, virtually every bank failure which occurred in Florida and Georgia during 1926 involved massive insider abuses, a conscious conspiracy to defraud, or both. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-04, Section: A, page: 1365. / Major Professor: Edward F. Keuchel. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.

A chronicle of the Second Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83d Infantry Division, involving five campaigns during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. It is a history of the Second Battalion as remembered and related by Granville Attaway Sharpe who was initially a company commander within the battalion, and then battalion commander of the unit. / In January, 1945 Granville Sharpe was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel at the age of twenty-four. He was the youngest infantry officer to hold that rank in the United States Army European Theater of Operations. He had landed on Omaha Beach as the commander of G Company, Second Battalion. After being wounded twice in Normandy, Captain Sharpe returned to the battalion from a field hospital and was given command of the Second Battalion on 4 August 1944. He remained in the position of battalion commander, a lieutenant colonel's job, for the remainder of the war. He proved to be a successful combat officer, with both natural leadership qualities and a concern for the safety and morale of his men. / The narrative includes stateside training for overseas service and then participation by the battalion from Omaha Beach on June, 1944 until the meeting with the Russian allies after crossing the Elbe River in May, 1945. / The chapter divisions correspond to the geographical mission changes of the 83d Division. Chapter One Preparation for service. Chapter Two Normandy. Chapter Three Brittany. Chapter Four Loire Valley and Luxembourg. Chapter Five Huertgen Forest. Chapter Six Ardennes. Chapter Seven Roer to the Rhine. Chapter Eight the race to the Elbe. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-08, Section: A, page: 2619. / Major Professor: James Pickett Jones. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.

Thesis advisor: Cynthia L. Lyerly / Examines the rise and fall of slavery in Connecticut from the American Revolution to the state's 1848 law abolishing slavery. Also explores the racism present among the state's abolitionists and general populace that differentiated it from surrounding New England states. Explains the distinct nature of Connecticut abolitionism when compared to the national organization. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: History. / Discipline: History Honors Program. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

From 1941 to 1943, and again from 1947 to 1972, Congressman Hale Boggs represented Louisiana's Second Congressional District. While most southern political leaders led the 'massive resistance' to the civil rights movement, Boggs traveled throughout the South urging whites and blacks to work together peaceably toward abolishing racial segregation and prejudices. He used his position as majority whip and later as majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives to implement federal programs to achieve economic, political, and social equality in America. Unlike most southern white politicians, he cultivated an official political relationship with blacks, advocated advancements and improvements for all Americans, particularly blacks, and avoided race-baiting. As his career developed, he increasingly sided with the national Democratic party rather than the southern delegation; even, on a couple of occasions, supporting civil rights legislation This study utilizes Congressman Boggs' personal and congressional papers housed at Tulane University, newspapers, secondary works, and oral histories to detail Boggs' relationship with blacks and whites in his district, state, the Deep South, and the nation / acase@tulane.edu