348 research outputs found
Letter from Caleb Foote to A. J. Muste, April 1, 1942
No full textLetter to A. J. Muste, likely from Caleb Foote, regarding the possibility of Japanese American families resettle in the Midwestern states. Author describes a recent meeting between Joseph R. Goodman, himself, and Milton Stover Eisenhower, Director of the War Relocation Authority, and correspondence with the president of Antioch College. Author writes "I think the three main question the government will ask in any such plan are 1) are defense industries nearby? 2) what will public reaction be? 3) what are the employment opportunities for the Japanese?" Author also describes situation with curfew in San Francisco: "Typical of what is happening: the other night a Japanese doctor came to the YMCA secretary in San Francisco about 7 o'clock. He had a patient that he need to operate on immediately, but a) he couldn't get a hospital in the city to take the patient, and b) in an hour he had to be back in his house til 6 AM because of the curfew, not matter what happened to the patient during thPersonal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
The dramatic works : to which is prefixed a life of the author.
No full textLife of S. Foote; Taste; Englishman in Paris; Author; Englishman returned from Paris; The Knights; Mayor of Garratt Orators; The Minor; The Lyar; The Patron; --v.2. Commissary; The lame.Mode of access: Internet
Letter from Caleb Foote, Fellowship of Reconciliation, to Friend, April 3, 1942
No full textLetter from Caleb Foote to Fellowship of Reconciliation members. Foote explains he will be traveling to a National Council meeting of the F.O.R. in Cincinnati and is preparing material on the forced removal of Japanese Americans. He asks members for input on what arguments or points should most be stressed: "The violation of civil liberties? The human suffering caused? The analogy to Germany's dealing with a racial problem? The dangerous precedent it sets?" He also asks members to help with the effort to resettle individual Japanese American families in the Midwest under F.O.R. sponsorship. Handwritten note at top of letter: "This is urgent and seminal!"Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Letter from Caleb Foote to Cecilia Shepperd, National Training School, March 23, 1942
No full textLetter from Caleb Foote to Cecilia Shepperd: "Thank you for your letter with its suggestion for taking three Japanese young people in the National Training School. Since A. J. Muste sent out his request, the government has forbid any voluntary evacuation for any Japanese people, so the plan at the moment is in abeyance. Although we are pretty gloomy as to the prospects for any immediate resettlement, we will let you know as soon as anything develops. Thank you for your interest."Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Quiet Power: The Plays and Films of Horton Foote
No full textProfessor Laurin Porter, a nationally recognized Foote scholar, and author of Orphan\u27s Home: The Voice and Vision of Horton Foote, will discuss his contributions to both film and stage form at the October Focus on Faculty meeting from 12- 1:30pm in the Central Library parlor. Using clips from some of his best known works, including To Kill a Mockingbird and The Trip to Bountiful, Porter will introduce listeners to the world of Horton Foote, a celebrated Texas writer
The dramatic works of Samuel Foote : to which is prefixed a life of the author.
No full textEditions vary.v.1 Taste -- The Englishman in Paris -- The author -- The Englishman returned from Paris -- The knights -- The mayor of Garrat -- The orators -- The minor -- The lyar -- The patron -- v.2 The commissary -- The lame lover -- The bankrupt -- The cozeners -- The maid of Bath -- The nabob -- The devil upon two sticks -- A trip to Calais -- The Capuchin.Mode of access: Internet
Analysis of the performance of Oregon's juvenile justice system and specific recommendations for improvements
No full textauthored by Charles French, Deputy District Attorney Retired, John S. Foote, Clackamas County District Attorney.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the State Library of Oregon Oregoniana Collection.Text in English
Bloodhounds: Dogs, Prisoners, and War in the Department of the South, 1835-1877
No full textLorien Foote will deliver the Center for Civil War Research\u27s 2025 Burnham Lecture on dogs, war, and the Department of the South on April 9 at 5pm in the Overby Center Auditorium.
Lorien Foote is the Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor in History at Texas A&M University. She is the author four books. Her most recent, Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War, was awarded the 2022 Organization of American Historians Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award. The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners of War (2016), was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Manhood, Honor, and Violence in the Union Army (2010), was a finalist and honorable mention for the 2011 Lincoln Prize. She is the co-editor of three volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War (2021). Dr. Foote is the creator and principal investigator of the Digital Humanities Project “Fugitive Federals,” which visualizes the escape and movement of 3000 Federal prisoners of war during the American Civil War.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/burnham_lecture/1011/thumbnail.jp
The author. By Samuel Foote, Esq [electronic resource].
No full textDrop-head title.Possibly issued with 'The tempest' by William Shakespeare, the J. Wenman edition, 1778.The O copy at shelfmark Vet A5e 1467 is on its ownElectronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection
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