Download or read book Edmund J James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois 1904 1920 written by Winton U Solberg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1904, Edmund J. James inherited the leadership of an educational institution in search of an identity. His sixteen-year tenure transformed the University of Illinois from an industrial college to a major state university that fulfilled his vision of a center for scientific investigation. Winton U. Solberg and J. David Hoeveler provide an account of a pivotal time in the university’s evolution. A gifted intellectual and dedicated academic reformer, James began his tenure facing budget battles and antagonists on the Board of Trustees. But as time passed, he successfully campaigned to address the problems faced by women students, expand graduate programs, solidify finances, create a university press, reshape the library and faculty, and unify the colleges of liberal arts and sciences. Combining narrative force with exhaustive research, the authors illuminate the political milieu and personalities around James to draw a vivid portrait of his life and times. The authoritative conclusion to a four-part history, Edmund J. James and the Making of the Modern University of Illinois, 1904–1920 tells the story of one man’s mission to create a university worthy of the state of Illinois.
Download or read book Family History in the Line of Joseph Convers of Bedford Massachusetts 1739 1828 written by John Jay Putnam and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Confessions of a Beachcomber written by Edmund James Banfield and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 1908 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile reprint of an edition first published in London in 1908. Includes the original text and all 53 original illustrations and map (some were omitted from editions and reprints since 1908). This is Banfield's story of life on Dunk Island in the early 20th century with details of the island's geography, history, flora and fauna. With an introduction by Banfield's biographer, Michael Noonan. The English-born author's other books include 'My Tropic Isle' and 'Tropic Days'.
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Download or read book Long Day s Journey Into Night written by O'Neill, Eugene and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American classic—as you’ve never experienced it before. This multimedia edition, edited by William Davies King, offers an interactive guide to O’Neill’s masterpiece. -- Hear rare archival recordings of Eugene O’Neill reading key scenes. -- Discover O’Neill’s creative process through the tiny pencil notes in his original manuscripts and outlines. -- Watch actors wrestle with the play in exclusive rehearsal footage. -- Experience clips from a full production of the play. -- Tour Monte Cristo Cottage, the site of the events in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and Tao House, where the play was written. -- Delve into O’Neill’s world through photographs, letters, and diary entries. And much, much more in this multimedia eBook.
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Download or read book Apostle to the Inuit written by Edmund James Peck and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apostle to the Inuit presents the journals and ethnographical notes of Reverend Edmund James Peck, an Anglican missionary who opened the first mission among the Inuit of Baffin Island in 1894. He stayed until 1905, and by that time, had firmly established Christianity in the North. He became known to the Inuit as 'Uqammaq,' the one who talks well. His colleagues knew him as 'Apostle among the Eskimo.' Peck's diaries of the period focus on his missionary work and the adoption of Christianity by the Inuit and provide an impressive account of the daily life and work of the early missionaries in Baffin Island. His ethnographic data was collected at the request of famed anthropologist Franz Boas in 1897. Peck conducted extensive research on Inuit oral traditions and presents several detailed verbatim accounts of shamanic traditions and practises. This work continues to be of great value for a better understanding of Inuit culture and history but was never before published. Apostle to the Inuit demonstrates how a Christian missionary who was bitterly opposed to shamanism, became a devoted researcher of this complex tradition. Editors Frédéric Laugrand, Jarich Oosten, and François Trudel highlight the relationships between Europeans and Inuit and discuss central issues facing native peoples and missionaries in the North. They also present a selection of fascinating drawings made by Inuit at the request of Peck, which illustrate Inuit life on Baffin Island at the turn of the twentieth century. The book offers important new data on the history of the missions among the Inuit as well as on the history of Inuit religion and the anthropological study of Inuit oral traditions.
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Download or read book The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent Birth Marriage Education and Appointments of Each Person His Heir Together with His Town Address and Country Residence written by Edward Walford and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The county families of the United Kingdom or Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland Containing a brief notice of the descent birth marriage education and appointments of each person his heir apparent or presumptive as also a record of the offices which he has hitherto held together with his town address and country residence written by Edward Walford and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1860-01-01 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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