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Frederick Douglass photograph
No full textFrederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. After escaping slavery, he worked tirelessly for the cause of abolition and equal rights as an orator, author, and statesman
Whittier House donor letter and list from Frederick P. Craig
No full textWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper clippings are primarily from the Jersey Journal. There is also Whittier House fundraising materials, including pamphlets, appeal letters, brochures, and postcards. The Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the organization as headworker until 1926, Whittier House was based on the settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in England. Whittier House provided various recreational and educational programs, along with much needed social services, for the immigrant populations of Jersey City. Many of these successful services were used as models for large-scale social reform movements through the state. In 1935, the Whittier House was taken over by the Boys' Club of Jersey City
Frederick Wilson, Author-Lecturer, Feb. 1, 1947
No full textNoted Author and lecturer Dr. Frederick Taylor Wilson will speak at the Winthrop College assembly. Dr. Wilson, a nationally recognized authority on the Constitution and American Presidents, will give a lecture entitled The Birth of Our Liberties. Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, after which he taught history, as well as taught and practiced law
A biography of and interview about Marie Koenig Olson
No full textPersons interviewed: Ann Marie Olson, daughter and James K. Olson, son. Interviewer: Smith, Donald F. Interview date: November 30, 2007.
Interview location: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Date biography was written: June 2010.Marie Koenig was born in Ithaca, New York, when her father, Frederick F. Koenig (DVM 1909) was a faculty member at Cornell University. While Marie was a young girl, the family moved to nearby Jamestown and Dr. Koenig opened a general veterinary practice. Marie followed in her father’s footsteps and became the seventh woman veterinary graduate from Cornell in 1937. After a year working in a small animal practice in Rochester, Marie joined her father’s practice where she performed both small animal and large animal work. She took over the practice after her father’s retirement and simultaneously raised her two children while her husband, Raymond Olson, was stationed overseas during World War II. Ray returned to college after the war and graduated with a DVM in 1957, 20 years after his wife. Together, they build a modern small animal hospital in Jamestown and Dr. Koenig Olson continued to practice to the day she died in 1970, at age 57. Her son and granddaughter also became veterinarians in 1973 and 2009, respectively, bringing the family legacy to four generations over one hundred years
[Manuscript] of [ _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ ] / [Frederick Marryat].
No full textThe pages of this manuscript fragment are numbered 39 and 40 [a note on the recto states that these correspond to 296 in the printed text]; a pencil note at the top of the recto attributes the work to Captain Frederick Marryat [the novel alluded to may have been Marryat\u27s _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ (1837)].A popular novelist and author of children\u27s adventure fiction like _Masterman Ready_ (1841), a castaway tale, Marryat entered the navy as a teenager and by 1815 had risen to the rank of commander. He was active in the Anglo-Burmese war in 1823, after which he was made a CB and awarded the gold medal of the Royal Humane Society; Marryat was made a fellow of the Royal Society for his innovations in signaling
Managing Market Pigs in Hoop Structures
No full textPork producers in the United States who are looking for lower cost structures for raising pigs have shown a great deal of interest in hoop structures or hooped shelters as facilities for housing market or finishing pigs. Producers need to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this type of housing.This article is published as Honeyman, Mark S., Frederick Wm. Koenig, Jay D. Harmon, Don C. Lay Jr., James B. Kliebenstein, Thomas L. Richard, and Michael C. Brumm. "Managing Market Pigs in Hoop Structures." Pork Industry Handbook. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2713. January 2000. Posted with permission.</p
Quiet Girl
No full textTess is the new girl at school, and as everyone knows, that's always a hard thing to be. When she notices Bella, a girl who always keeps to herself, she makes the decision to approach her. Soon, a friendship is formed. But there is something going one with Bella, something she is unwilling to tell anyone...A short story presented at Agora.
Works by this author are identified by the name used in the item: "J.L. Frederick".
The link to the story leads to its location on Wattpad. The formatting on the website is automatic.Copyright held by authors.Friendshipfirst personfemale protangonistSuspenseEnglishShort stor
Frederick Augustus Pike
No full textAn image scanned from a black and white photograph of Frederick Augustus Pike, 1817-1886, husband of Maine author Mary Hayden Green Pike.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/2895/thumbnail.jp
Frederick Douglass slave, writer, abolitionist
No full textProfiles the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice
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