The purpose of this study is to present a biography of Vincent Persichetti with special emphasis on his compositions for band. The study recounts his early training as he grew up in Philadelphia; his rise to prominence as a composer, performer, and teacher; and his belief in and advocacy for the band as a medium of valid musical expression, and his contribution to that repertoire. A chapter is devoted to his fifteen compositions for band and wind ensemble, providing historical information on those works based on manuscripts recently acquired by the New York Public Library. These works include the Serenade No. 1, Divertimento for Band, Psalm for Band, Pageant for Band, Symphony for Band (Symphony No. 6), Serenade No. 11, Bagatelles for Band, Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star, Masquerade for Band, Celebrations for Chorus and Wind Ensemble, Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face, O Cool Is the Valley, Parable IX, A Lincoln Address, and Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen. Additional information on the works for band and wind ensemble is included in the appendices to assist in future studies of these compositions. / This study is intended to be a chronicle of the composer's life. It is within the scope of this dissertation to provide analyses of works, but rather to describe the events which led to their composition. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 0733. / Major Professor: James Croft. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.

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There is much in the literature of Utah-Mormon history that mentions the name of Lot Smith over and over again. As one evaluates the material for this biography, the contribution and significance of the life of Lot Smith in relation to the times in which he lived become meaningful. Lot Smith helped build much of Utah and Arizona history. This thesis places emphasis on the following phases of his life: The Mormon Battalion, The Utah War, The Civil War, and The Arizona Mission. Lot was mainly a soldier, but he was also a missionary, farmer and statesman whose whole way of life was centered around building and defending the Mormon Kingdom of God.

This dissertation is a collection of the editorials and editorial materials published in the Daily South Carolinian and the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian between January 14, 1864, and February 17, 1865, as a contribution to scholarship concerned with Southern history, journalism, literature, and thought during the Civil War. / Henry Timrod, poet laureate of the Confederacy, was editor of the newspaper during the time period indicated above. The primary motivation for this dissertation was an attempt to gather and make available to serious students Timrod's editorial prose writings. It was assumed in the dissertation that Henry Timrod wrote most, if not all, of the editorials appearing in the Daily South Carolinian, called the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian in its rural edition. However, it is impossible to say with certainty which editorials are Timrod's. / It is enlightening, both as to the man and his time, to look at some of the concerns which recur in the pages of these editorials. / Of primary concern was the fact of the war itself and the events that transpired. Corollary to this was the absorption with the problems of everyday war-time living. / The financial problems of the Confederacy and the 1864 presidential election in the North were two major concerns encountered in the editorials. / The editor also wrote often about the desire of the Confederacy for recognition by England; he also discussed world events which were of interest to Confederate readers of 1864. / Sherman's campaign for Atlanta and Grant's siege of Richmond figured prominently in the editorials of the latter months of 1864. / All in all, the editorials provide a fascinating insight into Southern thought and attitudes of the time and a fresh revelation of the mind and skill of the editor, Henry Timrod. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-02, Section: A, page: 0522. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983. / This dissertation is a collection of the editorials and editorial materials published in the Daily South Carolinian and the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian between January 14, 1864, and February 17, 1865, as a contribution to scholarship concerned with Southern history, journalism, literature, and thought during the Civil War. / Henry Timrod, poet laureate of the Confederacy, was editor of the newspaper during the time period indicated above. The primary motivation for this dissertation was an attempt to gather and make available to serious students Timrod's editorial prose writings. It was assumed in the dissertation that Henry Timrod wrote most, if not all, of the editorials appearing in the Daily South Carolinian, called the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian in its rural edition. However, it is impossible to say with certainty which editorials are Timrod's. / It is enlightening, both as to the man and his time, to look at some of the concerns which recur in the pages of these editorials. / Of primary concern was the fact of the war itself and the events that transpired. Corollary to this was the absorption with the problems of everyday war-time living. / The financial problems of the Confederacy and the 1864 presidential election in the North were two major concerns encountered in the editorials. / The editor also wrote often about the desire of the Confederacy for recognition by England; he also discussed world events which were of interest to Confederate readers of 1864. / Sherman's campaign for Atlanta and Grant's siege of Richmond figured prominently in the editorials of the latter months of 1864. / All in all, the editorials provide a fascinating insight into Southern thought and attitudes of the time and a fresh revelation of the mind and skill of the editor, Henry Timrod.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 21-08, page: 2316. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1960.

The fact that Eudora Welty is childless might suggest that she would have little interest in children. Yet, the opposite has proven to be the case. This interest is evident in comments in recorded interviews, the prevalence of child characters in her fiction, and the importance she places on her own childhood, as revealed in One Writer's Beginnings, largely a collection of childhood memories which contributed greatly to the creation of Welty the writer. / This dissertation analyzes her five novels and twenty-nine Southern stories in order to determine the picture of Southern childhood presented in her fiction and, also, examines her use of children rhetorically and thematically. The methodology used is the formalistic approach which allowed close study of plot, character, and theme as well as the authenticity of the fictional childhood experiences through comparison to Welty's own. / The emphasis in Chapter One is on Welty's Southern childhood. Chapters Two through Seven classify examples of and interpret major child characters' experiences and those disclosed through adult characters' memories: love and security, fun and games, teaching and learning in school, community, and home; work and responsibilities; trials and tragic situations; innocence and knowledge. Chapter Eight concludes that Southern childhood is evident throughout Welty's canon from the earliest to the latest work; that the presentation is accurate from her perspective and for the time period covered, with a strong emphasis on the role of family; that the depiction is incomplete in that there are few in-depth characterizations of boys and no lower class or black children in major roles; and that the picture of children is generally pleasant, reflecting the love and happiness of Welty's own childhood. This chapter also determines that Welty draws child characters skillfully and in addition to using children as protagonists, symbols, narrators, details in setting and for explication of theme, she employs them for contrast, as the catalyst in an adult's epiphany, and as the prototype for a later adult character. This chapter further comments on her using children to portray the importance of storing memories from which to draw later in life. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-07, Section: A, page: 2368. / Major Professor: Fred L. Standley. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.

In Part 1 of History of Economic Analysis, Joseph A. Schumpeter describes a method for presenting a history of economics that emphasizes objectivity and a strict focus on the evolution of the "science" of economics. The approach he delineates is similar to those which have been referred to as "positivistic" or "absolutist." / This dissertation begins with a presentation of two extreme approaches which have been advocated for presenting the history of economics. This is accomplished by delineating and subsequently analyzing statements made by the protagonists of each approach. / Next Schumpeter's biography is presented, then his "vision" of how the economic universe functions is addressed. / Following this presentation of Schumpeter's biography and vision, what other economists have written concerning Schumpeter's methodology is addressed. / An analysis of History of Economic Analysis is then conducted to demonstrate the extent to which Schumpeter deviated from his stated approach. Along with a great deal of biography and an attempt to delineate each major thought creator's vision, the work is found to be rift with Schumpeter's personal biases. / It is shown that Schumpeter's approach, far from being the objective, positivistic approach for which he calls, is much more akin to the biographical approach espoused by Wesley Clair Mitchell. It is thus shown that Schumpeter's work is further toward the relativistic side of the methodological continuum. / Finally History of Economic Analysis is compared to Economic Theory in Retrospect by Mark Blaug, whose work comes closest to consummating what Schumpeter called for. Though successful at presenting the history of economics in a "modernistic" framework, it is concluded that Blaug's work is not nearly as significant a contribution as that of Schumpeter. In fact, the very reasons which would not allow Schumpeter to practice what he called for are those that make his History of Economic Analysis the important contribution (to the History of Economics) that it is. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-12, Section: A, page: 3158. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

This first major study of Maya Angelou's complete poetical works argues that she uses autobiographical poetry to define her quest for human dignity as a Black American in "democratic" America; thus, through this study, one can gain a closer access to American cultural history. Through autobiography and poetry, Angelou has celebrated the richness of Black life and the sense of self and community despite the efforts in the past to "assault her on every level" because she is Black, female and poor. / Among her five volumes of autobiography, Angelou has six volumes of poetry which represent a recapturing of her experience in the world, in general, and in America, in particular, as a reflection of her quest for self-identity. Basic theories and motifs inform her corpus which serves to establish her position in the tradition of American literature and her role in American women's literature. / A study of Angelou's poetry is significant because it offers the unique experiences of Black women in America. Like her progenitors, she is concerned about what it means to be Black, female, and poor. Thus, the poetry is both polemical and personal as it is informed by her humanistic view that "one may encounter many defeats, but one must not be defeated." The major concern in this study is her sense of survival in the face of racism, sexism, and class discrimination. The major themes and motifs in the poetry present the sense of being within as well as outside of American literary tradition. / Chapter one serves to establish her work in the tradition of American poetry, women's poetry, and African-American poetry, in general, and African-American women's poetry, in particular; Chapter two illustrates the effects of racism as it impacts the daily lives of Black men and women: its history rooted in slavery, the South and North as regions of dehumanization, the insidious effects of unemployment, means of self-identity, and interpersonal relationships; Chapter three discusses the intimate relationships of males and females as they seek to establish ties to each other; Chapter four reveals the significance of our forebears and those who accept the call to leadership; and Chapter five highlights the unique existence of Black women in a land of tyranny. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-01, Section: A, page: 0196. / Major Professor: Fred Standley. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.

This study focuses on Claude D. Pepper's senatorial career from 1936 through 1950. He came to the Senate as a supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, and, throughout his fourteen years in Congress, remained a committed liberal. Along with contemporary liberal politicians from the South such as Alabama Congressman Carl Elliott, Senator and later Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, Pepper supported an expansive role for the state in areas like health care, education, and regulation of the economy in solving the country's political, social, and economic problems. Yet, while he adhered to a position of federal activism on a broad range of interests, for the most part, he excluded racial justice from his agenda. In addition, Pepper challenged President Harry S. Truman's foreign policy. He believed that the Big Three wartime alliance--United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union--must continue into the post-war years in order to maintain peace. / The first chapter details Pepper's developing liberalism as a student at the University of Alabama and Harvard Law school. Chapter Two presents Pepper's rise to the Senate within the context of Florida politics and the national New Deal. In Chapter Three Pepper's reaction to fascism in Europe and Japanese imperialism in Asia is analyzed. He led the Senate in preparing the country for participation in World War II through his early involvement in formulating the Lend-Lease policy. Chapter Four describes Pepper's attempts to secure the New Deal during wartime. The fifth chapter traces Pepper's increasingly critical stands against Truman's confrontational policy toward the Soviet Union. The sixth and seventh chapters analyze Pepper's ties to Communism, ambivalence toward the emerging civil rights movement, and his challenge to Truman for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1948. Chapter Eight describes Pepper's defeat by George A. Smathers in the Florida Democratic Senatorial Primary of 1950. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1497. / Major Professor: William W. Rogers. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

Examining early biographical events in C. Wright Mills’ life, along with his relationships to his family, some of whom he denied as even being family later in his life, the following study demonstrates a link between the early psychological traumas of a young Mills and the strong impact these had on his later intellectual thought. Such an approach looms as potentially important and beneficial in gaining insight into Mills’ theoretical positions when we turn to academics such as Alice Miller, Sigmund Freud and C.G. Jung who demonstrate the lasting and shaping impact that early psychological development has on the thoughts, ideas and expressions of older adults. Even for empirical-based sociologists who may be hesitant to accept psychoanalytic explanations, it is difficult to reject this position outright. Even within sociology’s own house, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, David Riesman and C. Wright Mills also utilize basic psychoanalytic insights in their sociological writings. Using Mills’ psychological development as an entry point, this work demonstrates the similarities between Mills’ early biographical trajectory and its psychological impact on his later life as compared to very similar developments in the lives of Friedrich Nietzsche, Thorstein Veblen and Weber. Ultimately, we come to see that not only is Mills’ early psychological development similar to these earlier thinkers, but his intellectual thought later in his life is similar as well.