32 research outputs found
MMWB 001 Hansen Capley McLeod McBride Martin 5-12-1992
No full textAcc #: 268; MMWB 001
This interview with Jean Hansen, Ethel M. “Perry” Capley, Irene McLeod, Doris D. McBride, and Mavis Martin was recorded by Martha Mercer on May 12, 1992 in Mrs. Hansen’s home. The main topic of the interview revolves around the women\u27s experiences marrying American GIs during World War II and moving to the United States. The interview begins with the women discussing their lives in Britain before the during the war, and how their families made their respective livings. They discuss their experiences traveling to America on ships, reflection on the immigration process itself and their interactions with immigration officials, and the difficulties of return travel to visit Britain afterward. They also discuss their adjustment to life in the American South as white women from the UK, and their first impressions of Mobile, and reflect on how living in Mobile has affected their sense of home. The interview concludes with discussion of the Mobile-based women’s club that they founded, originally named the British Brides’ Club.
This interview is part of a collection of three audio cassette recordings and one written interview that Martha Mercer conducted with white World War II war brides from the UK and Australia in 1992-93. Mercer undertook the project for her master’s thesis in History, “British Brides, American Wives: The Immigration and Acculturation of War Brides in Mobile, Alabama, 1945-1993,” which she completed at the University of South Alabama in 1993
Merry Christmas Postcard 1907
No full textA postcard addressed to Maine author and activist Ethel J. Johnson, Perry Me., signed from your loving cousing Edna. From the Ethel McLean Johnson papers.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1173/thumbnail.jp
Forget Me Not Postcard
No full textA postcard addressed to Maine author and activist Ethel Johnson in Perry, Maine. From F.A.B.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1177/thumbnail.jp
Thanksgiving Greeting Postcard
No full textPostcard addressed to Maine author and political activist Miss Ethel Johson Perry Maine from John L. Produced by M.I. Robbins Co., Boston.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1168/thumbnail.jp
Christmas Postcard
No full textPostcard addressed to Maine author and activist Ethel Johnson, Perry, Maine from Merrill Mott. Marked International Art Pub. Co. New York, Series 774.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1175/thumbnail.jp
Valentine Postcard
No full textPostcard addressed to Maine author Ethel Johnson, Perry, Maine, from Beatrice. From a collection of Ms. Johnson\u27s papers ranging in date from 1905-1972.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1169/thumbnail.jp
Postcard Featuring Jamestown Exposition Souvenir Cover
No full textPostcard addressed to Maine author Ethel Johnson, Perry, Me. The front reads, National Magazine, Jamestown Exposition Souvenir. The back includes the text 1607 - Jamestown Exposition - 1907 Souvenir published by the National Magazine on the Exposition grounds, Norfolk, Va [Virginia]. National Magazine, Boston, Mass. The National is the only magazine ever produced from manuscript to mailbag at an exposition...https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/1171/thumbnail.jp
The Son and the other stars: Christology and cosmology in the imagination of C.S. Lewis
No full textThis dissertation treats the theory and practice of C. S. Lewis's theological imagination,
focussing upon the imaginative use he made of his professional expertise in medieval and
renaissance literature. Its approach is principally expository rather than an evaluative.
Chapter One outlines the centrality of the imagination to a proper understanding of Lewis's
works.
Chapter Two examines Lewis's own theory of imagination and surveys how he practised it
as a literary critic. We compare and contrast Lewis's theory and practice of imagination
with that of his friend, the theologian, Austin Faffer.
Chapter Three looks in more detail at Lewis's imaginative practice, in particular his
fascination with the images supplied by the seven planets of the Ptolemaic cosmos, which
he termed 'spiritual symbols of permanent value'. We analyse what he meant by 'sprit'
and 'symbol'.
Chapter Four introduces the main argument of the dissertation namely that these seven
spiritual symbols structure the works for which Lewis is best known, the seven 'Chronicles
of Narnia'. We claim to have uncovered the governing imaginative blueprint of the septet.
We address Lewis's capacity for and interest in secrecy and consider why this planetary
theme has remained hitherto undetected.
In Chapters Five to Eleven we take the seven planets in turn and trace the use Lewis made
of them through out his writings. We analyse the planetary symbolism undergirding each
Chronicle and conclude each chapter with an exegesis of the Christological message of each
book so understood.
Chapter Twelve examines factors which motivated Lewis to focus his imaginative energies
upon Ptolemaic cosmology and suggests one particular occasioning factor behind the
composition of the Chronicles. In addition, we consider theological and pedagogical reasons
why he kept silent about the planetary theme. We conclude by indicating certain
consequences that our argument has for future readings of these seven works
The political economy of pensions : power, politics and social change : a comparative study of Canada, Britain and the United States
No full textThis thesis suggests that the pension systems in the advanced
capitalist countries of Canada, Britain and the United States are on the
verge of a crisis and that the problems associated with the marginalization
and immiseration of the elderly, the universal and specific limitations of
employer-based occupational pension plans and the underdevelopment of the
state pension system are inherently and organically linked to the structure
of private pension fund power.
The impending pension crisis in these countries is explained by
four converging structural considerations: first, the inadequate level of
retirement income of the elderly; second, the increasing proportion of
elderly in the population and the costs associated with an aging population;
third, the general and particular limitations of the private pension system;
fourth, under conditions of advanced capitalism, the corporate sector and
state appropriating the occupational and state pension systems as a source
of investment and social capital respectively to meet their finance
requirements.
The pension system now occupies a strategic position in advanced
capitalist economies. The increasing economic power of pension funds is
based on their role as financial intermediaries and institutional investors,
with significant control over the economic surplus and reserve capital. The
structure of pension fund power exhibits itself through formal and informal
linkages to financial capital. The private pension system's investment and
capital accumulation function has been transformed from a latent to a
manifest function to supply the investment requirements of the economy
and private sector. The private pension industry, characterized by a high
degree of concentration and centralization of capital, increasingly
facilitates the systemic fusion of the finance and industrial sectors of
advanced capitalist economies. The symbiotic relationship between the
corporate sector and private pension industry is identified as the primary
economic and political obstacle to reforming and expanding the state
pension system in the countries studied.
It is concluded that the dynamic of the conflicting structural
interests underlying the pension crisis may generate a heightened awareness
of power and politics in capitalist countries by transcending the traditional
limitations of economism and welfarism. The pension issue, both in the
short and long-term, may generate increased social tension manifesting
itself through intergenerational, sectoral, political and industrial relations
conflict. This may result in increased politicization and progressive
alternative economic strategies based on the pension system's investment
and capital accumulation function. Public policy towards aging and pensions
identifies personal problems and structural issues which may have
significance in terms of power, politics, and social change in the future
The Sunflower, v.47, no.28 (April 2, 1942)
No full textImages in this collection were made from commercially produced and digitized microfilm, may be of poor quality, and will be gradually replaced by copies digitized by Special Collections from original paper copies. Source material held by University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives; processed by the University Libraries Technical Services. Please contact Special Collections at [email protected] directly for help with low quality images.Article(s): A.A.U.W. approves University -- Angulo plans tours to Mexico during summer -- Mikesell reports survey to academy -- Hillbrand writes magazine article -- First Parnassus copy to printer -- University debate team is affected by war -- Six members of University faculty listed in Who's Who -- Easter spirit pervades W.U. -- Stamps are available -- W.U. rifle team wins regional -- Nurse shortage is present in army -- Campus student service drive will begin Wednesday, April 8 -- Purchase books about Far East -- Speaker opens Easter week at university -- Priorities limit book supplies -- McDonald gives report at meeting -- Dennet gets position -- Cap-gown orders must be placed -- Y.M.C.A. will elect officers at noon today -- C.A.A. contributes toward army plan for huge air corps -- University to share in defense by observing MacArthur Day -- Four candidates are selected for honors in May Day festivities -- Sunflower will sponsor tourney -- Team is fourth in rifle matches -- Bicycle renaissance is noted as a result of war participation -- Financial difficulty is foreseen for many 3-year college students -- University bulletin -- Typed on a Wednesday / Fred Higginson -- Shocking news / Mandle and Jones -- Collegiate world / Associated Collegiate Press -- Shocker shots / McAuley -- Pan-Americanism anniversary will be celebrated April 11 -- Campus contract / Bob Jones -- Women grads may join A.A.U.W. -- Play to be presented -- Americans observe Easter with colored eggs; new togs -- Duerksen to judge bands -- Gammas, Sorosis win prizes for skits -- Wheaties board plans buffet supper -- University Dames elect new officers -- Roundabout the campus / Chatty Cathy -- Webster mothers honor new members -- Lynn will speak at Y.W.-Y.M. meeting -- American stylists predict 'hair is going to be shorter' -- Boys will parade suits without usual cuffs, pleats -- Downing teaches class in telegraphy -- Former and present students announce their engagements and marriages for coming spring months -- Hull is guest -- Spirit of gridsters is improving -- Gym shorts / Earline Duke -- Prints aid students -- Intramural softball teams are preparing for season's opener / Martin Perry -- Scientist predicts trip to moon soon -- Bombing Japs may cause earthquakes -- Women plan program of spring sports -- Today to see opening of track -- Gammas cinch first place in wrestling meet -- National defense bonds and stamps buy war equipment -- In a Shocker sports corner / Bill Hodge -- Phi Sigs retain bowling crown -- Morehouse aids author of book -- Canadian students may finish work at govenment expensePhotograph(s): Eggs-actly what is this?: Insufficiently impressed by the efforts of Bosco, the bunny, in producing Easter eggs, Bob Jones compares Charlie Trump's head, conceded to be the biggest egg on the campus, with one of Bosco's efforts, "I've' nothing up my sleeve but an arm." Bill Hattan has just produced Bosco from a high silk (?) hat. p. 1 -- E. Stanley Jones. p. 1 -- Shirley Bishop; Ethel Jane Myers; Jac Cady; Clement Zandler. p. 1 -- Students spend vacation on golf course: Renetta Wertz, Bob Morris, Louise Bartholomew, and Bill Hattan are watching Mildred McCoy preparing to make a hole-in-one. p.
