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Tom Carson profiles the members of the Kalamazoo Valley Association football league
No full textTom Carson profiles the members of the Kalamazoo Valley Association football league in a preview of the upcoming high school football season. Carson focuses on the league's returning champions, the Galesburg Rams, who Carson thinks should be a talented team in 1949. Carson also highlights the accomplishments of the Comstock Colts, who have finished second in the previous three seasons and lists the returning members and coaches of the other four teams in the league
Land Lease D between Carson Estate Company and Tom Lee, 1937-1940
No full textDescribes agreement beginning December 1, 1937, ending November 30, 1940. Lease on approximately thirty-five acres of the Carson Estate Company's land (South of Dominguez Street, East of Santa Fe Avenue) with a yearly rent of $875. Signed as "Carson Estate Company." Handwritten notes relating to tenants and payments made at the bottom of the second page
Lease #17-B between Carson Estate Company and Tom Kurishige, 1947
No full textDescribes lease agreement beginning January 1, 1947, ending December 31, 1947 for ten acres owned by Rancho San Pedro with a yearly rent of $300. Signed by Hamilton H. Cotton, Carson Estate Company and lessee. Lessee signature includes Compton address
Lease #17-B between Carson Estate Company and Tom Kurishige, 1948
No full textDescribes agreement beginning January 1, 1948, ending December 31, 1948 on ten acres owned by Rancho San Pedro with a yearly rent of $300. Signed by Hamilton H. Cotton, Carson Estate Company and lessee
Lease 17-B between Carson Estate Company and Tom Kurishige, 1949
No full textDescribes lease agreement beginning January 1, 1949, ending December 31, 1949 for nine acres owned by Rancho San Pedro with a yearly rent of $270. Typed liability agreement added to the form lease on the second page of the document. Lease signed by Edward A. Carson and Thomas P. Cooper, Carson Estate Company and lessee. Lessee's signature includes a Compton address
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Performing the archive: following in the footsteps
No full textUsing documentation of Mike Pearson's performance 'Bubbling Tom', Deirdre Heddon attempts to step into his shoes and re-perform it
Lease #24 between Carson Estate Company and Tom Kurishige, 1949
No full textDescribes lease agreement beginning January 1, 1949, ending December 31, 1949 for fourteen and one-half acres owned by Rancho San Pedro with a yearly rent of $435. Signed by Hamilton H. Cotton and lessee. Lessee signature includes a Compton address
CRE Author Tom Franklin
No full textCommon Reading Experience author and UM creative writing instructor Tom Franklin talks about his novel, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Video by Mary Stanton.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umvideo/1334/thumbnail.jp
Review of \u3ci\u3eKit Carson and the Indians\u3c/i\u3e By Tom Dunlay
No full textKit Carson-the name conjures images of a bigger-than-life mountain man and Indian fighter who attained the skills and knowledge necessary to win the West. As cliché-bound as this dime store novel impression may be, part of it may be warranted. Even while still alive, Carson became subject to the mythologizing process associated with the American frontier. Since that time, historians have added their own interpretations, in some cases clarifying and in others confusing the man and his times.
Tom Dunlay recognizes these errors and their origins, believing that in order to uncover the real Carson, one must understand the context in which he lived. The author rejects judgments based on today\u27s views that fail to include yesterday\u27s values. The result is a carefully argued thesis that Carson was a product of time and place, and that by using a contemporary yardstick for measure, we can see a good man who treated Indians fairly even kindly-unless provoked. While this theme may not seem revolutionary, anyone who has read historical interpretations written in the last forty years knows that vilifying white people involved in the westward movement has been popular sport. Dunlay provides an antithetical view.
The major events of Carson\u27s life-including his early boyhood in Kentucky, adventures as a mountain man, service during the mapping expeditions of John C. Fremont, life as an Indians agent, soldiering against the Navajos and Comanches, and, in his last days, spokesman for the Utes-shape the book. The common thread of Carson\u27s views of and actions toward the American Indian runs throughout. The author does not dismiss the fact that his subject often fought Indians, but chooses to portray him as a man of sound judgment who waged war primarily for protection.
Dunlay succeeds in developing this thesis, providing an extensive review of the literature, presenting both sides of an interpretation, arguing persuasively after all the facts are in, and admitting honestly that, in some instances, there are no answers. Though he may belabor some of his points, being thorough is better than being misunderstood. Readers concerned with the Great Plains will find much of value here, although there is no missing Kit Carson\u27s Southwest connection. Readers interested in the man, the westward movement, Native Americans, and historiography will find Kit Carson and the Indians well worth their time
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