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Hamilton, Catherine Jane [pseud. Retlaw Spring] (1841–1935), author and journalist
No full textHamilton, Catherine Jane [pseud. Retlaw Spring] (1841-1935), author and journalist, was born on 25 January 1841 at Kilmersdon, Somerset, where she was baptized on 12 April 1841, the younger of two daughters of Richard Hamilton (1805?-1859), vicar of Kilmersdon, and his wife Charlotte, née Cooper (1809-1882), the fifth daughter of William Cooper, of Queens County, Ireland. She was of Irish heritage on both sides. Her father belonged to a military family with roots in Strabane (county Tyrone) - his father, John Hamilton, and her father’s four older brothers were all officers in the Fifth Foot – and was a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. He had been a bright scholar with an aptitude for languages, and as a preacher was praised for his powerful sermons and his ability to bring the Bible to life for his parishioners
The built environment, Hamilton City Council policies and child driveway safety: a balancing act
No full textDriveway run-overs continue to bring tragedy to New Zealand families at a higher rate than any other Western nation. Meanwhile, little progress appears to have been made in regard to the recommendations of previous research. This project investigates whether recommendations in regard to one key factor in driveway run-overs, the built environment, are reflected in current local body policies and regulations. The research evaluates Hamilton City Council policies affecting the renovation and/or erection of domestic residences with a view to determining whether they are consistent with existing knowledge and best practice initiatives designed to minimise accidental injuries to children on driveways.
The project compares the findings of a review of the existing literature on child safety best practice for the built environment and urban design of driveways, with a review of Hamilton City Council policies and guidelines relating to the built environment of residential properties and adjacent roads (the Operative District Plan, Ten Year Plan, Urban Growth Strategy, Vista, and more), along with relevant central government policy. These findings are triangulated with data from interviews with four expert informants – one child safety expert and three Hamilton City Council employees involved in planning, policy and transport – who provide insights into the translation of policies into practice
Obstacles on the path: An exposition of the experience of car-free living
No full textThe contemporary focus by local and central government on the promotion of sustainable transport options has highlighted the need for commuting to move away from the current dependence on private cars to more public and active (walking and cycling) modes of transport. Given the prominence of the motor car in personal transport options however, choosing to live car-free in this car dependent culture appears at first glance to be an irrational choice. This research explores the lived experiences of a group of Hamilton residents who have made such a choice. Using a grounded theory approach, the thesis presents the results of interviews with nine car-free Hamilton residents who shared their personal transport stories, which include their childhood experiences, but focus on their current everyday practices and experiences. Through semi-structured interviews, the costs and benefits of a car-free lifestyle are articulated and analysed. Their motivations for choosing to forgo cars and their solutions for overcoming potential barriers to car-free living are also reported and explored. The collected data generated a range of themes which are presented in three chapters, each covering a specific aspect of the participants’ stories. The first group of themes relate to the public sphere, the second to the private realm and the final group emanates from specific elements of car-free living that the thesis sought to clarify through the participants’ stories. The key finding is that living car-free within Hamilton City is viewed by the participants as a well reasoned and eminently sensible choice, which produces multiple benefits. In addition to their reduced environmental footprints, the participants value the social interaction associated with active and public transport. Their consensus is that they are healthier, wealthier and more involved members of the community. The most problematic areas of living without a car were associated with recreational and social activities, which often do not coincide with public transport schedules or involve distances too great for active transport. The benefits far outweigh any disadvantages however, and ultimately, this thesis concludes that a motor car is not necessary for the everyday activities of urban living in Hamilton and any associated inconveniences are not as insurmountable as generally imagined
Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends: Oral Histories from the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College
No full textDistills an oral history project that began in 1995 under the auspices of the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton College in Clinton N.Y. Excerpts drawn from 325 one-on-one sessions conducted for the Archive are organized into categories including first-hand accounts of life on the road, inspiration, race and jazz, improvisation, and work inside the studios. Interviewees quoted in the book include icons in jazz world such as Joe Williams, Dave and Iola Brubeck, Jon Hendricks, Steve Allen, and Marian McPartland. Stories from unsung sidemen offer a rare perspective on the life and times of jazz artists who balance the love of music with the sacrifice inherent in the jazz lifestyle. The author provides informative commentary with personal insights into the accomplishments and personalities of over one hundred jazz artists.
209 pages with 13 black and white illustrationshttps://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/books/1066/thumbnail.jp
The Dealings of a Few of the Church at York Who Call Themselves Christians, with Samuel Junkins and His Wife: Together with a Short Sketch of Her Own Christian Experience, Written by Her Own Hand
No full textReprint of a pamphlet promoting beliefs associated with the Cochranites, or the Society of Free Brethren (1816-1819). Printed [in York, Maine?] for the author in 1825, and recently acquired by Hamilton College
Ossesione e abiezione negli stage thrillers di Patrick Hamilton
No full textPatrick Hamilton (1904-1962) was a major British author in the between-wars literary scene. He was considered a talented novelist and a brilliant playwright, and his works (a dozen of novels and half a dozen of plays) were highly appreciated not only by fellow writers but also by a large public of readers and theatre-goers. In spite of this, he was quickly forgotten after - and even before - his untimely and lonely death, due to alcohol abuse. Hamilton gained most of his fame and money from his stage thrillers Rope and Gaslight. Rope is a black comedy staging a "perfect crime" organized by two young students who premeditately murder a fellow friend for the sake of killing. It premiered in London in 1929 and provoked quite a scandal for the immorality here implied, even if the murderous friends were caught in the end. Alfred Hitchcock saw the show, and some years later adapted the play for the screen. Gaslight, staged almost ten years later, was set in Victorian London. Thanks to its clever visual devices, the play was a big success too, and was later filmed twice, both in England and in Hollywood (starring Ingrid Bergman). This essay analyses the suspense structure that both plays use and the peculiar dialogue strategies Hamilton creates to involve the spectator in his murder stories. It also focuses on the detailed characterization the author suggests through stage directions, and tries to offer a historical interpretation of sadistic villain figures that are typical of Patrick Hamilton\u27s production, both literary and theatrical
Paradigms of Memory: The Occupation and Other Hi/Stories in Patrick Modiano\u27s Fiction
No full textThe first collective study in English of the novels of Patrick Modiano (b. 1945), these essays approach the question of memory - and its interaction with history - in Modiano\u27s works from several different theoretical and critical angles, all leading to an examination of the relationship between recollection and representation. The historical background of the Nazi occupation of France offers grounds for reflection on the ambiguous relationship between individual and collective memory. Through investigation, memory, repetition, and a coming to writing, Modiano\u27s narrators represent each one of us as we come to terms with our individual and historical past.https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/books/1020/thumbnail.jp
Movement and mobility in Patrick Hamilton
No full textThis article uses ideas of mobility and movement to demonstrate the interconnections between geographical and social mobility, and between mobility and materialism, in the work of Patrick Hamilton. Drawing on ideas from mobility studies in human geography and sociology, it examines continuities between the past and the future, and the ways that a combination of mobility studies and literary studies can re-imagine modernities through the work of an author whose later work has received little critical attention. Using the dystopian novel Impromptu in Moribundia as a link between his earlier novels and the later and more explicitly Marxist work, it draws together themes of movement and mobility through Hamilton's portrayal of the automobile as a symbol of fascism and a destructive and careless capitalism
Letter from Ed Hamilton to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from Ed Hamilton to Carl Hayden requesting maintenance for the road between Grand Canyon Village and Rowe's Well
Hamilton College Library Home Notes
No full textCommunal Societies Collection: New Acquisitions [Stereoview] Group of Shakers. [Group of seventeen Sisters and Brothers from the Mount Lebanon North Family of Shakers in front of the 1818 North Family dwelling house]. Photographer: Irving of Troy, New York. Photograph taken 1871. 8.3 x 17.5 cm. Kellogg, Ebenezer. The Millenniel [!] Kingdom of Peace: or a New System of Ecclesiastical Government, by The Holy Ghost and Saints: ... Where, Note, The Holy Ghost makes all Laws Invisibly! as when “the Spirit made it seem good to decree,” ... or, As Taught Herein, That, Invisibly, all Laws may be made by God’s Spirit, if made visibly by Saints ! but cannot be done by Nations ! for, God, our Saviour. promises, when he comes again, “to be glorified In his Saints,” not Nations ! ... This Work Maintains Also, That Such a Work Began in A. D. 1816 ! and is to end in A. D. 1866... [by] A Layman – Miraculously assisted! [n. p., but probably Middletown, Connecticut]: Published by the author. 1824. 120 p
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