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Barnett family collection [DIGITAL CONTENT]
No full textThe first portion of this collection, contained in Series I through VI, consists of primary documents, correspondence, and bookkeeping ledgers and journals related to Barnett Bros. Mercantile and other business operations owned and operated by members of the Barnett family, as well as personal financial records and correspondence. The second portion of the collection, contained in Series VII, consists of miscellaneous business and family documents, photographs, and memorabilia
Interview with Bill Barnett
No full textBill Barnett was interviewed by Kenneth Martin on March 29, 1984. Barnett discusses his work in the QRA Department as a scientific programmer and on the failure reporting system on the Shrike missile. Barnett also discusses his work as a systems analyst developing an anti-ballistic missile defense solution. Barnett discusses moving to Holland and joining GSI (Geophysical Service Inc.) to work on ASC (Advanced Scientific Computer) technology in 1972 before returning to Texas. Barnett discusses the early years of the ASC project in depth
Mac Barnett: 2023 Irma Black Award Silver Medal Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor Mac Barnett gives an acceptance speech for John\u27s Turn, illustrated by Kate Berube (Candlewick)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/irma_black_awards/1007/thumbnail.jp
Richard S. Barnett; Richard Stuart "Dick" Barnett, Jr.
No full textRichard S. Barnett, Jr. (1), businessman, agriculturalist, receives LL.D. Dr. David W. Mullins on right. On verso: [engr. Instr] Commencement. 1968 / Richard S. Barnett, Jr [on left].Richard S. "Dick" Barnett, Jr., born 1906, was a trustee of the Ben J. Altheimer Foundation, a cotton research chair at the University of Arkansas. He promoted cotton and national programs for better agriculture. He served as Mayor of Altheimer, Arkansas, and was involved in several agricultural programs and organizations. In 1967 Mr. Barnett received the Man of the Year Award in Arkansas from Progressive Farmer magazine. He received an honorary LL.D from the University of Arkansas in 1968. (Included in this image is David W. Mullins, who was President of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from 1960 through 1974.
Colonial Texas document signed Thomas Barnett
No full textBARNETT, THOMAS (1798-1843). Document signed (San Felipe de Austin)
January 20, 1831. Colonial Texas document signed by Barnett as Alcalde. Barnett
settled in Texas in 1823. 1p
Emilie Barnett, 8 June 2012
No full textIn this 2012 interview, Emilie Barnett describes her Shaker experience. Wife of Irving Barnett, she began getting involved with the Ludlow Community Association from the very beginning, collaborating with notable Ludlow activists like Drew and Fran King. She describes the neighborhood dinners and meetings that predated the LCA, which eventually became the foundation for the Ludlow integration movement. She tells stories of the many events and fundraisers that occurred in Ludlow and in Shaker as a whole, and brings a very personal vibe to this oral history. Mrs. Barnett also describes some of the more tense situations in Ludlow, and ends with her life after Shaker, and how Ludlow molded her entire outlook on life
Barnett (Eugene) interview
No full textNorth Carolina, United StatesBorn in 1891 in North Carolina, Barnett worked as a mineworker on the East Coast from the age of eight. He met Mother Jones around the turn of the century and saw her a number of times afterwards. He joined the United Mine Workers labor union in Ohio around 1908. After moving to Southwest Washington sometime after 1908, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1917. On November 11, 1919, he witnessed the attack on the IWW union hall in Centralia, was arrested, tried, and imprisoned for eleven years along with other Wobblies. After his release to care for his ill wife, he worked as a miner and in various other occupations. During the interview he talks about his strong belief in the labor movement and life during incarceration in prison in Walla Walla. He died in 1973.
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Lucille Barnett
Get PDFLucille Barnett grew up in Union County, South Carolina, in the 1930s and 40s. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. She served as Supervisor of County and City School Food Service in Spartanburg, South Carolina, for thirty-three years. From 1973-1974 she served as American School Food Service Association President. She resides in South Carolina. See also the Lucille Barnett Photograph Collection and the Lucille Barnett Manuscript Collection.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icn_ohistories/1005/thumbnail.jp
Oral History Interview: John Barnett
Get PDFThis interview is one of a series conducted with Black residents of West Virginia. Born in Alabama, Mr. Barnett has spent a large part of his life in Charleston, West Virginia. At the time of the interview, he was ninety-nine and residing in Charleston. Mr. Barnett, who is Black, discusses the varied experiences of his life. He talks about his childhood and family as a poor black in Alabama. After running away from home at the age of thirteen, Mr. Barnett led a colorful life including working for a circus, gambling, and was tried for killing three men. He also discusses work for the C&O Railroad and the problems of his present life.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1210/thumbnail.jp
Oral History Interview: Callie J. Barnett
Get PDFCallie J. Barnett grew up in Ohio, but moved to Huntington, WV, in the early 1900s when her husband took a job as the principal of Douglass School, an African American school. In this interview, Mrs. Barnett focuses on segregation of schools in Huntington, and specifically discusses the differences between schools in West Virginia and Ohio. She emphasizes her decision to educate her sons in Granville, OH, instead of in Huntington, WV. She believed they had the opportunity for a better, more equal education in Ohio. In the audio clip provided, Mrs. Barnett discusses the differences in the quality of supplies and education in the segregated schools of Huntington, WV. In her interview, Mrs. Barnett also focuses on African American jobs with C & O Railroad, African American churches in Huntington, WV, her father-in-law Dr. Barnett, and Carter G. Woodson, a family relative.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1004/thumbnail.jp
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