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English Advice Manuals Online at Rutgers: A Partnership in a New Course Using Digital Books and Web Technology
The authors’ experiences in launching a new course at Rutgers University is described. The new honors course resulted from a collaboration between the History Department and Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) in which academic instruction, a unique source of digital books, and web/internet technology were brought together to provide a new learning experience for undergraduates. Students used the Early English Books Online (EEBO) collection at RUL and were challenged to learn as much as possible in a single semester about some facet of early English advice manuals. The course objectives, technology platform, and student experiences are discussed.This is the authors' accepted version. This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - See more at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/writing/author_rights.htm?PHPSESSID=mbnk18gfsk19l52rkuk6esht34#sthash.6mqTQJqx.dpufPeer reviewe
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G. Rudolph Garza, Jr. thanks Dr. Hector P. Garcia for their friendship and encloses pictures from a celebration party
G. Rudolph Garza, Jr. writes to Dr. Hector P. Garcia thanking him for their friendship and for the plaque he presented him with when he was appointed to the Board of Law Examiners. He encloses photographs of Garcia taken during a celebration party
Rudolph K. Hynicka letter to Warren G. Harding, May 17, 1920
In this letter dated May 17, 1920, Rudolph K. Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, writes to Senator Warren G. Harding in regards to his upcoming meeting with Colonel William Procter, head of Procter & Gamble and an important political insider for the Republican Party. According to Hynicka, Procter would like to discuss how to foster harmony with Ohio Republicans, and would like to meet with Harding soon to discuss the situation.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Rudolph K. Hynicka letter to Warren G. Harding, May 6, 1920
In this letter dated May 6, 1920, Rudolph K. Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, writes to Senator Warren G. Harding. Hynicka informs Harding that he will be embarking on a trip west soon, but would like to help Harding in any way he can. In recognizing the division and unease within the Republican Party, Hynicka offers to help to bring together opposing groups within the Ohio Republican Party to ensure its success.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Rudolph K. Hynicka letter to Warren G. Harding, February 11, 1920
In this letter dated February 11, 1920, Rudolph K. Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, writes to Senator Warren G. Harding. Hynicka outlines his plans for ticket distribution and allotment, both for presidential candidates and the public, for the Republican National Convention.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Rudolph K. Hynicka letter to Warren G. Harding, May 4, 1920
In this letter dated May 4, 1920, Rudolph K. Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, writes to Senator Warren G. Harding in regards to a telegram from Will Hays, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and suggests that the Ohio delegation to the Republican National Convention choose its member for the Chicago Resolutions Committee.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
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A letter and enclosures from G. Rudolph Garza, Jr. to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, asking that he write a letter of good character on behalf of Dr. Antonio Hernandez to Judge DeAnda.
A letter and enclosures from G. Rudolph Garza, Jr. to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, asking that he write a letter of good character on behalf of Dr. Antonio Hernandez to Judge DeAnda
Rudolph Seiden Collection 1840-1939 Bulk: 1916-1939
The Rudolph Seiden Collection describes the life and work of Rudolph Seiden, who was a chemist and a Zionist activist. Included in this collection are personal and editorial correspondence regarding Judaism, Zionism, anti-Semitism and the proposed Jewish resettlement in Alaska in the 1930s. Unpublished manuscripts collected by Rudolph Seiden for the Foreign Authors’ Syndicate can be found in this collection as well as numerous autographs.The following individuals are mentioned in this collection:Amann, Paul; Auerbach, Berthold; Austerlitz, Friedrich; Bauer, Otto; Bernfeld, Siegfried; Blei, Franz; Brentano, Lujo; Brod, Max; Buber, Martin; Buchbinder, Bernhard; David, Eduard; David, Ferdinand; Delbrueck, Hans; Domet, Asis; Friedjung, Heinrich; Goldzieher, Wilhelm; Golz, Arnold; Golz, Emil; Hanslick, Eduard; Harden, Maximilian; Heimann, Moritz; Henckell, Karl; Hevesi, Ludwig; Hiller, Kurt; Hiller, Kurt; Holitscher, Arthur; Jacobson, Eduard; Karpeles, Gustav; Kautsky, Karl; Kohn, Hans; Landsberger, Arthur; Lazarus, Moritz; Lilien, E.M.; Mauthner, Eduard; Molo, Walter von; Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann von; Muehsam, Erich; Nadel, Arno; Nossig, Alfred; Oppenheimer, Franz; Redlich, Oswald; Salus, Hugo; Scheidemann, Philipp; Schnitzler, Arthur; Sombart, Werner; Stehr, Hermann; Toennies, Ferdinand; Walter, Bruno; Warburg, Otto; Weber, Max; Weisstein, G.; Weltmann, Lutz; Wihl, Ludwig; Wollheim, Anton da Fonseka; Zuckmayer, CarlRudolph Seiden, 1958.Personal and editorial correspondence by contributors to Seiden's three pamphlets: Von und ueber Juden, Pro Zion, and Nichtjuden ueber den Kulturwert des Judentums, including letters from Paul Amann, Friedrich Austerlitz, Otto Bauer, Siegfried Bernfeld, Franz Blei, Max Brod, Martin Buber, Eduard David, Hans Delbrueck, Heinrich Friedjung, Moritz Heimann, Kurt Hiller, Karl Kautsky, Hans Kohn, Arthur Landsberger, E. M. Lilien, Erich Muehsam, Arno Nadel, Alfred Nossig, Franz Oppenheimer, Oswald Redlich, Hugo Salus, Philipp Scheidemann, Arthur Schnitzler, Hermann Stehr, Werner Sombart, Ferdinand Toennies, Bruno Walter, Otto Warburg, and Max Weber.Letters and postcards between third parties from Rudolf Seiden's autograph collection: Berthold Auerbach, Bernhard Buchbinder, Maximilian Harden, Eduard Hanslick, Arthur Holitscher, Gustav Karpeles, Moritz Lazarus, Ludwig Wihl, and Carl Zuckmayer.Unpublished manuscripts and accompanying correspondence on anti- and philosemitism by contributors including Max Brod, Lujo Brentano, Asis Domet, Karl Henckell, Kurt Hiller, Walter von Molo, Arno Nadel, Hugo Salus, and Ferdinand Toennies.Seiden's correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper stories about Jewish resettlement in Alaska in the 1930s; clippings of his articles about Palestine and the Jewish Question; and his writings on chemistry.Minutes and circulars of the sports group Hakoah, Vienna, and Austrian Zionist organizations, 1930s.Manuscripts collected by Seiden's clearinghouse, Foreign Authors Syndicate, Kansas City, Missouri, 1938-1940.Rudolph Seiden was born on August 13, 1900 in Langenwang (Styria), Austria. He studied law at the University of Vienna for two years and graduated from the Technische Hochschule in Vienna. In 1924 he married Juliette Niswizski and they had two sons. He was a chemist and he was employed at the “Neue Freie Presse” from 1928 until 1931. Rudolf Seiden immigration to the United States of America in 1935 and become a U.S. citizen in 1941. Rudolph Seiden was a free-lance writer and a correspondent for leading American and European chemical journals. Since 1938 he was the Vice-President for Production and Research at the Haver-Lockhart Laboratories in Kansas City (Missouri) and the director of Coru King Co., a subsidiary of Cutter Laboratories. Rudolph Seiden was a member of the American Chemical Society and other chemical institutes. Furthermore Rudolph Seiden was a Zionist activist and a member of the “Blau-Weiss Oberführung” in Austria as well as a contributor to Jewish papers, such as the Morgenzeitung, Die Stimme, Die Jüdische Rundschau and Palästina. Rudolph Seiden died on June 12, 1965 in Kansas City.Processeddigitize
Warren G. Harding letter to Rudolph K. Hynicka, May 18, 1920
In this letter dated May 18, 1920, Senator Warren G. Harding writes to Rudolph Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, in response to his letter to May 17. Harding discusses the Ohio plan for the Republican National Convention in June, particularly the organization of the Ohio delegation. He is concerned with establishing and maintaining party unity, and inquires about a conference to discuss factions within the party, largely instigated by Hynicka and other Cincinnati politicians.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
Warren G. Harding letter to Rudolph K. Hynicka, May 8, 1920
In this letter dated May 8, 1920, Senator Warren G. Harding writes to Rudolph K. Hynicka, Cincinnati politician and the Ohio representative for the Republican National Committee, in response to his letter of May 4. Harding declines Hynicka's invitation to an early meeting of the Ohio Republican Delegation to the Republican National Convention, as he believes it will only further the factions within the Party, rather than create harmony.
This letter is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I
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