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Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. Offprint Collection
No full textThe scholarly library of Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. compiled in the course of his Editorship of the journal Nestor (founded in 1957). The collection includes scholarly publications (offprints) and manuscripts sent by prospective authors to Dr. Bennett. Includes a Finding Aid (PDF and Word) and Catalog (an Excel document for each of two record groups: offprints collected up to 1995, and offprints collected from 1995-2011). Both the Finding Aid and Catalog are provided to facilitate researchers' searches for offprints by author, title, journal, year, and subject.Classic
[Check] 1885 August 12, Mauch Chunk / Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
No full textThe check bears a portrait of Packer. For more information on the Packer family and their involvement with the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Lehigh University, see also the Asa Packer Mansion Museum (http://asapackermansionmuseum.homestead.com/). See also additional checks in the collection as well as letters from Packer.The check reads "On sight pay to the order of William C. Morris Jr Cashier/ $360.47/ To EA Packer..." Asa Packer was a captain of industry who built the Lehigh Valley Railroad and controlled a coal-mining empire in the mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. He also founded Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA in 1865. Born from humble beginnings, Packer became the third-wealthiest man in the United States, beginning his career in the canal industry and then branching out to railroads. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State legislature and a served two terms in Congress; he vied unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency as well as for the governorship of Pennsylvania. He died in 1879 after a fall in his Philadelphia office
Letter from T.H. Hayes, Jr. to Attorney Henry M. Beaty Jr
No full textA letter of recommendation for Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr. to be admitted to the bar in Memphis and Shelby County. The author commends his ability, character, and family background
Chilicola (Oroediscelis) rozeni Packer & Dumesh 2019, new species
No full textChilicola (Oroediscelis) rozeni Packer and Dumesh, new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FC045DE2-2156-45F7-9F0A-30D04D5033BE (Figs. 36–42, 94, 96, 154, 170) Diagnosis. The male of this species can be differentiated from all other species in the subgenus, with the exception of C boharti, by the combination of: clypeus with yellow marking; processes of S5 absent, of S4 elongate, neither curved nor with apex notched but parallel-sided to obliquely truncate apex. It differs from C. boharti in having the processes of S2 and S3 more strongly produced and the apicolateral fovea of S6 with inner carina incomplete and with a carina present basally around hair fringe. In contrast, C. boharti has processes on S2 and S3 weakly rounded or absent and the apicolateral fovea of S6 with a complete carina but without a carina around the hair fringe. The female can be differentiated by the following combination: malar space nearly half as long as wide; punctures on anteriomedian area of mesoscutum similar in size to those on rest of mesoscutum; metapleuron coarsely striate above. It is most similar to C. carpenteri, which has large punctures among finer and shallower ones on the raised area between notaulices, as well as the areolate upper area of the metapleuron. Description. Male: Length 6.0 mm; forewing length 4.3mm, head width 1.5 mm. Head: about 1.15 X as long as wide, 83:73. Clypeus with transverse apical yellow band, paraocular area yellow to above level of dorsal margin of clypeus, mandible with small basal yellow maculation. Clypeus and supraclypeal area punctures small, distinct, irregularly spaced i=1–4 d and i=1–3 d respectively; lower paraocular area distinctly punctate, i=1–2 d; frontal area with punctures crowded, sharp-edged, alveolate laterally. Clypeus with longitudinal depression barely detectable. Malar space half as long as wide (5:10); lower ocular tangent above middle of clypeus. Longest hairs on face 3.5 MOD, above antennal sockets; genal beard with longest hairs <4 MOD. F1 as long as F2 on anterior and posterior surfaces (10:10); F2–F4 each with one long seta, on F2 1.2 X length of F3, on F3 almost as long as F4, on F4 ~0.7 X length of F5. Mesosoma: pronotum densely punctate; mesoscutum somewhat dull, densely punctate, i=0.5–1.5 d; mesoscutellum slightly shinier, less regularly punctate, i=0.5–2 d; metanotum shallowly imbricate, shiny, punctures crowded anteriorly, sparse posteriorly, i=1–3 d; mesepisternum distinctly punctate, i=1–2 d, absent immediately above scrobe; metepisternum with large, deep punctures above, and weak effaced punctures below. Metepisternum longitudinally striate, irregularly imbricate above, shiny below; metapostnotum much shorter than mesoscutellum (13:19); striate, striae with many weak anastamozing branches; lateral surface of propodeum imbricate with numerous weak punctures. Longest hairs of mesosoma 3 MOD, on mesepisternum; longest hairs on mesoscutum ~1 MOD. Stigma shorter than marginal cell on wing margin (32:44), marginal cell gradually curved away from wing margin at apex; distal stigmal perpendicular slightly apical to first submarginal crossvein. Metafemur with posteroventral margin sharp, ridged for apical third. Metatibia almost 4 X as long as greatest depth (53:14), which is at peak of anterior ridge; subapical brush incomplete; bare area of ventral surface shining, without microsculpture; posterior crest sinuate, ending in a short, acute tooth; anterior crest convex basally, straight apically. Metabasitarsus shorter than remaining tarsomeres combined (35:40); ventral process at basal 1/4, short; anterior process short, apex obtuse. Metasoma: somewhat shiny, apical impressed areas weakly imbricate; doubly punctate, minute and large punctures approximately equally abundant, large punctures i=1–2.5 d, apical impressed areas finely punctate to close to apex, i=1–2 d; apicolateral patches of white, plumose hairs on T1–T3. S1 hairs all long, ~2 MOD; S2 longest hairs anterolaterally, 3 MOD; S3 sparse long hairs apicolaterally <2 MOD; S4 longest hairs anterolaterally, <2 MOD; S5 long hairs posterolaterally, 3 MOD, apical fringe of robust setae absent; S6 hair tuft <2 MOD. S2 with weak and S3 with strong sublateral bosses, that of S3 acutely angulate; processes of S4 moderately long, <2 MOD, weakly downturned for apical half, apex narrowly rounded; S5 unmodified; S6 apicolateral fovea 3X longer than wide, mesal margin raised, otherwise surface of disc flat; apical impressed area distinct, membranous, <1 MOD, hair fringe subequal in length at ~30° to apical area. Terminalia: refer to Figs. 38–40. Female: As in male except for usual secondary sexual characteristics and as follows: Length 5.8 mm, forewing length, 4.1mm, head width 1.6 mm. Head 1.25 X as long as wide, 89:71. Face and mandibles black. Frontal area distinctly punctate, i <0.5 d; facial fovea shiny, punctures sparse and mostly small; pronotum finely and more sparsely punctate, i~d; metepisternum above coarsely punctate anteriorly, shallowly punctate below, i=1–3 d; metasomal terga with punctures smaller, T1 larger punctures, i = 1–3 d. Metepisternum longitudinally striate posteriorly, lacking microsculpture medially, imbricate below and medially above; metapostnotum more regularly and completely striate, some striae branching; apical impressed area with microsculpture as strong as on disc except at extreme apex. Material studied. Holotype male, and two female paratypes: ARGENTINA, Salta, 10km NW Campo Quijano, 11.xi.1989, J.G. Rozen, ex nest in stem [AMNH]. Paratypes: ARGENTINA, Salta, El Alisal, Fritz, xii.1993, one male [AMNH]; same data except iii.1993, one male and one female [PCYU]; same data except vi.1991, two females [AMNH, MACN]; same data except iii.1990, 2200m one female [AMNH]; ARGENTINA, Salta, Tastil, Fritz, ii.1992, 3000m, one female [AMNH] [See Figs. 184–185 for distribution map]. Etymology. This species is named in honour of the discoverer of its nest and three of the specimens, the wellknown melittologist Dr. Jerome Rozen, Jr. Comments. This is one of the increasing number of xeromelissines that were first discovered from the nest. Other examples include C. (Oroediscelis) espeleticola Michener (Michener, 2002), C. (Chilicola) venticola Packer (Packer, 2004) and C. (Oediscelis) setosicornis Packer (Packer and Genaro, 2007).Published as part of Packer, Laurence & Dumesh, Sheila, 2019, Fifteen new species of Chilicola (Oroediscelis) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Xeromelissinae) with illustrated keys to the males and females of the subgenus, pp. 1-56 in Zootaxa 4559 (1) on pages 15-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258501
Before main banks : a selective historical overview of Japan's prewar financialsystem
No full textThe postwar experience of the Japanese banking system has received considerable attention recently partly because conditions in defeated Japan in 1945 (including high inflation and the need to switch from a military to a civilian economy) are similar to those in transition economies today. Policymakers in transition economies can learn a good deal from the experiences of Japan's postwar financial system but should remember that Japan also experienced extraordinary industrial growth and financial institution building in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Lessons to be learned from that experience include the following: Business conglomerates that did not continue to depend on government patronage were more successful than others in making the transition to a modern industrial economy. Banks that made a conscious effort to reduce their dependence on central bank credit were more successful than those that did not. The establishment of procedures for punishing defaulting borrowers helped the development of the payments system. Limits on the amount of lending to related parties appear to have contributed to financial stability (and could have contributed more if the newer"zaibatsu"had been as prudent as the older ones). Bank bailouts without accompanying reform (such as those the Bank of Japan undertook in 1920 and 1922) probably increased the likelihood of a more serious crisis, such as that of 1927. Capital standards - the minimum capital requirements established in the 1927 law - were a viable means of encouraging bank consolidation and more prudent lending. The public financial system served as a buffer when the banking sector was downsized.Banks&Banking Reform,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Financial Intermediation,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Decentralization,Financial Intermediation,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring,Municipal Financial Management,Banking Law,Banks&Banking Reform
Letter from Robert J. Walsh Jr., Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, Department of the Army, to Michi Weglyn, July 23, 1990
No full textA letter from Robert J. Walsh Jr., Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, Department of the Army, to Michi Weglyn. The letter is a response to Weglyn's 1988 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), regarding records on the Japanese American Citizenship League (JACL).These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Visiting author Dr. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. at MU
No full textVisiting author Dr. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. at MU , b&w. Schlesinger wrote a book on disuniting America.https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon_photo_morgue/1756/thumbnail.jp
Visiting author Dr. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. being interviewed at MU
No full textVisiting author Dr. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. being interviewed at MU , b&w. Schlesinger wrote a book on disuniting America.https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon_photo_morgue/1757/thumbnail.jp
Alf Mapp, Jr., 13th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textAn Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion University, Alf Mapp, Jr., is the author of six books, most recently Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity, cited as one of the Forty Best Books of 1987. He has written many other books and is the author of more than 800 articles in the New York Times and other metropolitan newspapers, scholarly journals, and popular magazines
Henry Adams, Jr. letter to father, February 5, 1952
No full textThis letter was written by Henry Adams Jr. to his father, Henry Adams, expressing his feelings and experiences during his time in the army. Junior, as he was called in the family, had been posted to Alaska after his basic Army training, and assigned to an otherwise all-white company.
In this three-page letter written on decorative notepaper, Junior writes about his army experiences, and says that he feels like Jackie Robinson, a test case for integrated units in the military. The United States Army was not integrated during World War II; African Americans and whites served in separate units. Harry Truman issued an executive order intended to end segregation in the Army in January of 1948, and letters such as this indicate that the executive order took some time to become fully effective
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