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The life and times of highland cemetery
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)A reconstruction of the history of Highland Cemetery, the city's first cemetery, which was first used in 1868. The City of Wichita assumed responsibility for the cemetery in 1982. Indications are that the cemetery is ... -
Protestant missionaries and Native Americans: A study of history and memory
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)This study examines the portrayal of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, Protestant missionaries who worked among the Cayuse tribe in Washington. By utilizing sources such as academic text, personal reminiscence, and film, I argue ... -
Reviving the classical dead: Roman epitaphs to demonstrate social continuity and change concerning married women
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)This research aims to investigate the avenues of continuity and change concerning attitudes toward and virtues attributed to Roman women, both pagan and Christian, from the first to the fifth century C.E. Romans felt it ... -
Stone ties: the analysis of Pratt phase materials in South-Central Kansas
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2012-06-15)This thesis project presents a short archaeological history of what is currently known as the Pratt Complex and a comprehensive analysis of the Pratt artifact assemblages held at Wichita State University, the University ... -
Saloons: eat, drink, and be civil
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)Through Hollywood and dime novels the old west saloons have achieved a mythic status. Saloons are almost always shown as exciting places full of gambling, prostitution and violence. A place where a person was just as likely ... -
At war with memory: national versus local interpretations of Vietnam Veterans Memorials
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)Much of the literature surrounding the public memory of the Vietnam War focuses exclusively on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., creating the impression that all Vietnam memorials carry the same ... -
Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas' "Civil" War -- Restricted access to full text
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)"Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas' "Civil" War," will examine one of the most obscure periods in Kansas political history, the early 1890s. The paper will explore the rise of Populism, a grassroots third-party movement, ... -
Scourge of the Osage from the hand that held the quill: The economic survival of the Osage Indians concerning their transformation from warlords to landlords in the nineteenth century
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the Osage nation found itself embroiled in heavy trading and combat with Europe and neighboring tribes. While intricate negotiations usually smoothed over problematic agreements ... -
“Hitch your wagon to a star:” the Kansas boom of 1887.
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)Kansas experienced a major boom in the late 1880s that touched nearly every aspect of economic and social life in the state. Wichita, for instance, was the third fastest growing city in the nation barring none. Other ... -
A bunch of garbage? How Sedgwick County's trash came to be exported and its innovator ignored
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2006-04-28) -
The immigration restriction and the quota laws of the 1920s: justification and constitutionality; a reinterpretation
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2005-04-22)
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