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[Letter to Jack Ruby from Margie Wheeler]
No full textPhotocopy of a letter addressed to Jack Ruby. Margie Wheeler, the letter's author, thanks Jack Ruby for his actions and says that a statue of him should be put in Dealey Square
John Wheeler Tufts Collection
No full textJohn Wheeler Tufts was a music educator, organist, conductor, musician, composer, and author who notably wrote several instructional books on music education in public schools. The John Wheeler Tufts Collection covers the period from 1813 to 1987 with most of the collection falling between 1835 to 1908. The collection is comprised of letters, writings, scores, manuscripts and books of JW Tufts. It also includes letters from many of the Tufts family and photographs of Tufts, residences, and family
Karen Wheeler Oral History
No full textMs. Wheeler begins her oral history by describing the high schools she attended, their socio-economic and cultural characteristics, and her extracurricular activities. She tells the story of how she decided to attend Denison. Ms. Wheeler discusses her expectations of coming to Denison, and expresses surprise at some of the racial challenges in the fall of her freshman year. She talks about her time at Denison being in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Bakke case, concerning affirmative action in higher education admissions, and Ms. Wheeler speaks highly of Denison President Good’s support for an inclusive admissions approach. She discusses some of the implications of the shift in power nationally from Democrats to Republicans. She recalls being somewhat surprised at the amount of wealth on campus, as indicated by the kinds of cars some students drove. Ms. Wheeler describes the numerous organizations and activities she was involved in at Denison. She contrasts her own comfort at being in an environment like Denison with the experience of some other African American students who decided to leave the university. Ms. Wheeler describes the different nature of black student protest in the early ‘80’s versus the late 60’s and early ‘70’s. She speculates that her generation was able to take a less confrontational approach because they had a generally supportive administration in Dr. Good. Ms. Wheeler goes on to credit Dr. Good for his leadership in the South African student exchange program. She describes the power of the Black community at Denison as being significant, building on the efforts and legacy of earlier Denison students. Ms. Wheeler discusses the strengths and weaknesses of bringing the BSU and DISA (Denison International Students Association? under the rubric of the Multiculturalism Office. She observes that since the ‘80’s, Denison shifted it’s student recruitment strategy, resulting in a different demographic profile of many Denison students, which may have had implications for some of the subsequent racial incidents or intergroup conflicts. Ms. Wheeler talks of the BSU as a safe place, a home, and a hub of social and community activities, and elaborates on the BSU’s concerns with recruitment and retention of African American faculty. She characterizes the BSU’s ideology in the early ‘80’s as liberal, in the sense of using conventional methods to bring about social change. Ms. Wheeler shares her opinions on some of the writings in The Vanguard and Black Rage. She recounts author Tony Cade Bambara’s visit to Denison and the influence she had on Ms. Wheeler to this day as an educator. Ms. Wheeler talks of being a student who wondered whether there was disparate treatment of black and white students by the administration in certain matters. She credits black student efforts of the early ‘80’s with helping prod the university to improve with respect to minority faculty recruitment and retention, as well as staff in student life and admissions. And Ms. Wheeler discusses dangers of an attitude shift in the university environment, away from direct negative responses or incidents, and toward an attitude that things are now equal and that there is no further need for redress
William A. Wheeler Correspondence
No full textEntries include a typed letter from the Maine State Library introducing Wheeler to the Maine Author Collection, a typed letter from Wheeler on personal stationery presenting his books Ma Sez and Brunswick Yesterdays, and a typed letter from the Maine State Library on receipt of these books for the Maine Author Collection with notice that his historical book about the Maine Central Railroad was already in the lending collection and a typed note concerning an article (missing from this file) appearing in the Portland Evening Express
Frank E. Wheeler silent film music score fonds (1888-1928)
No full textThe fonds consists of musical scores, music related advertisements, and the envelopes originally storing the scores. Most of the scores originate from either New York or England. The records were kept by Frank Wheeler in England, then moved with him to Canada in Vancouver, then Nelson. Sandra Martin, Frank's granddaughter was given the scores and had them for years before donating them to the Selkirk Regional Archives in 2020. There are 10 boxes of musical scores comprising 194 files containing 225 individual scores.Francis (Frank) Wheeler was born March 24th, 1887, in Brackley, Buckinghamshire, England. When he was a young man, he decided to move to Canada to earn his fortune before marrying his fiancee, May Twist, a teacher in England. As a musician in Vancouver, BC, he searched for work and after finding other musicians to play alongside, he formed a small orchestra which played for silent movie theatres on Granville Street. Five years later he could afford to pay for May's boat to Vancouver, where they were married. Frank and May had three children, Frances, Ed and Dorothy. After years in Vancouver with his family, Frank proposed a trip around British Columbia to develop his photography career. The family left for Banff and any other spots that offered good photograph material. When they arrived in Nelson, BC, Frank loved the area, so they stayed. He taught piano lessons there to supplement his income as a meter reader, which he served as in the streets of Nelson for 25 years. They lived on Falls Street which displayed Cottonwood Falls in their backyard. He also became the organist at Nelson's Anglican Church. In 1958, Frank passed away due to bronchitis, in Nelson at the age of 71
Alton Chapman Wheeler Correspondence
No full textEntries include the brief biographical information of a founder of the Paris Trust Company and a lawyer, his typed biography, and typed transcription on receipt of a reprinted article written by Wheeler Plural-Name Bank Accounts with notice from the Maine State Library that it would be kept in the Maine Author Collection
Eleanor P. Wheeler Correspondence
No full textEntries include a typed letter of introduction concerning the Maine Author Collection to a New York City author and summer resident of North Brooklin, Maine, a typed letter from Wheeler on plain paper describing her Maine summer home and resident kittens as represented in her books Tory House Mystery and Jemmie, a typed letter on speckled paper stationery with a research question concerning offbeat histories, secret boasts, and unknown trophies of Maine as structure for a new mystery book, and a typed letter from the Maine State Library on referring her question to the research librarian
Charles G. Wheeler Correspondence
No full textEntries include a typed biographical letter from a Topsham, Maine, author in 1929 to Maine state librarian Henry Ernest Dunnack in reply to a request from Marion Cobb Fuller of the Maine State Library for inscribed copies of his books on woodworking, the letter suggests that these books (missing) had been sent to the Maine State Library, a penciled note on the reverse of Wheeler\u27s typed letter specifies that Dunnack had chosen to reorganize the titles for general reference use
State Office Personnel, Frederick Wheeler
No full textPhotograph of Frederick Wheeler, Administrative Office
The old enemies: Catholic and Protestant in nineteenth-century English culture
No full textDivisions between Catholics and Protestants have been a feature of English history since the Reformation. Even into the industrial nineteenth century, age-old theological disagreements were the cause of religious and cultural conflicts. The Old Enemies asks why these ancient divisions were so deep, why they continued into the nineteenth century and how novelists and poets, theologians and preachers, historians and essayists reinterpreted the religious debates. Michael Wheeler, a leading authority on the literature and theology of the period, explains how each side misunderstood the other's deeply held beliefs about history, authority, doctrine and spirituality, and, conversely, how these theological conflicts were a source of inspiration and creativity in the arts. This wide-ranging, well-illustrated study sheds much new light on nineteenth-century history, literature and religion.• A wide-ranging interdisciplinary overview of the Catholic-Protestant conflict in Victorian England • Examines in depth how nineteenth-century writers were inspired by religious controversies • Author is a leading scholar in the field of literature and religion in the periodContents
1. Introduction: 'Papal aggression'; Part I. Bloody Histories: 2. On the origin of churches; 3. England drawn and quartered; 4. Jacobite claims and London mobs; Part II. Creeds and Crises: 5. The fortress of Christianity; 6. Out of the war of tongues; 7. Authority on the rocks; Part III. Cultural Spaces: 8. Maiden and mother; 9. Liberalism and dogma; 10. Painful epiphanies; Bibliography; Index
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