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The Jesse Mercer Gehman Photo Collection, no date, 1918-1975 (Finding Aid)
No full textThe Jesse Mercer Gehman Photo Collection has three distinct parts and contains material from Jesse Mercer Gehman, Doris Doscher Baum and Bernarr Macfadden. Jesse Mercer Gehman was a naturopathic doctor, amateur wrestler, magazine editor, author, and active professional in the field of physical culture, natural health, and fitness. The collection documents Gehman’s interest and participation in wrestling during the 1920s-1930s. Included in the collection are photographs of wrestling poses published in the magazines Muscle Builder and Physical Culture as well as portraits of wrestlers from the era. The collection also contains materials related to Gehman’s involvement in American Better Health Publications, American Vegetarian-Hygienist, Health and Strength magazine and the Natural Living Foundation Internationale from the 1920s-1960s. Gehman’s material also includes personal family photographs, and a small number of newspaper clippings, postcards, colored slides, negatives, and correspondence. Doris Doscher Baum was a leading female journalist, model and actress whose work centered on physical culture and naturopathy. Doris’s materials include articles and photographs on stretching exercises, photographs from her career as a model and film actress in the 1920s, and family photographs. Additionally, the collection includes materials related to Bernarr Macfadden, the owner of Macfadden Publications, a prolific author on topics such as health, fitness and bodybuilding, and Gehman’s employer at Physical Culture. The Macfadden materials, which have a small but significant presence in the collection, include his family scrapbook from the 1920s in addition to photographs of Macfadden in his late years
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Jesse Mercer : a study in frontier religion
No full textThis study is concerned with the life and times of Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist minister of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Georgia. Mercer was not only prominent in religion, but also sufficiently eminent in education and philanthropy to have a university named after him--a university which has been in existence since 1833. This dissertation, however, has not been undertaken on the theory that Mercer was one of the great Americans of his period--history does not grant him that importance. A study of Mercer's life is valuable chiefly in offering insight into the problems of his times.Histor
Letter from unknown writer to Jesse L. Boyce
No full textLetter to Jesse L. Boyce from unknown author (possibly Jack) about the investigation into the powder magazine located in the Grand Canyon. Some personal news is included in the letter such as the writer's marriage to the daughter of C.A. Taylor, former Supervisor of Cochise County
Tennessee roads / Jesse Stuart. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
No full textThis picturesque poem was written by then-sophomore (and future celebrated author) Jesse Stuart about the roads of Tennessee
Letter from Jesse L. Boyce to Jack
No full textLetter from Jesse L. Boyce to Jack in which he refers to W. W. Crosby as a "damn carpetbagger" and his frustration at Crosby making him out to be a "liar"
Jesse Holland
No full textJesse Holland, Ole Miss graduate and author of the Black Panther novel speaks to students at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi. Introductions by Dean Will Norton and Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter
Letter from Jesse L. Boyce to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from Jesse L. Boyce to Carl Hayden stating there is 30 tons of dynamite located in the Grand Canyon near tourist sites
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