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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
THE WARS OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
No full textThe study of the wars of Frederick the Great by Dennis E. Showalter is both fascinating and informative. King Frederick II ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786. During his reign Prussia was involved in a number of wars (notably the Seven Years War). The reign of Frederick is acknowledged as the era in which Prussia was establish as a first ranking power in Europe. Yet, the Wars of Frederick the Great is more than just a campaign history of Frederick's wars. In this study the author places Frederick's wars, Frederick's reign in Prussia and the art of war and statecraft within the context of the time, which makes this work an important contribution to the study of Military History and power politics in the eighteenth century.</p
Phoebus 6, number1: Chinese Painting under the Qianlong Emperor
No full texttableOfContents: Preface p. 7
The Time of Qianlong, 1736-1795 by Wen Fong p. 9
The Intellectual Climate in Eighteenth-century China: Glimpses of Beijing, Suzhou and Yangzhou in the Qianlong Period by Frederick Mote p.17
The Qianlong Emperor's Skill in the Connoisseurship of Chinese Painting by Kohara Hironobu p. 56
An Overview of Stylistic Development in the Qianlong Painting Academy by
She Cheng p. 74
Document and Portrait: The Southern Tour Paintings of Kangxi and Qianlong by Maxwell Hearn p.91
Tangdai: A Biographical Sketch by Ju-hsi Chou p.132
For Love of God: Castiglione at the Court of Qianlong by Howard Rogers p.141
Epilog: Approaches to Painting at the Qianlong Court by Claudia Brown p163
Notes p. 16
A softer connectivity principle
No full textWe give soft, quantitatively optimal extensions of the classical Sphere Theorem, Wilking’s connectivity principle and Frankel’s Theorem to the context of Rick curvature. The hypotheses are soft in the sense that they are satisfied on sets of metrics that are open in the C2-topologyThe first author was supported by research grants MTM2017-85934-C3-2-P from the MINECO and PID2021-124195NB-C32 from the AEI, and by ICMAT Severo Ochoa project SEV-2015-0554 (MINECO).
This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (#358068, Frederick Wilhelm)
Focal radius, rigidity, and lower curvature bounds
No full text“This is the accepted version of the following article: Luis Guijarro and Frederick Wilhelm, Focal radius, rigidity, and lower curvature bounds, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1112/plms.12113.”We prove a new comparison lemma for Jacobi fields that exploits Wilking's transverse Jacobi equation. In contrast to standard Riccati and Jacobi comparison theorems, there are situations when our technique can be applied after the first conjugate point.
Using it, we show that the focal radius of any submanifold N of positive dimension in a manifold M with sectional curvature greater than or equal to 1 does not exceed π 2 . In the case of equality, we show that N is totally geodesic in M and the universal cover of M is isometric to a sphere or a projective space with their standard metrics, provided that N is closed.
Our results also hold for k th intermediate Ricci curvature, provided that the submanifold has dimension ⩾ k . Thus, in a manifold with Ricci curvature ⩾ n − 1 , all hypersurfaces have focal radius ⩽ π 2 , and space forms are the only such manifolds where equality can occur, if the submanifold is closed.
Example 4.38 and Remark 5.4 show that our results cannot be proven using standard Riccati or Jacobi comparison techniquesThe first author was supported by research grants MTM2011‐22612, MTM2014‐57769‐3‐P, and MTM2017‐85934‐C3‐2‐P from the MINECO, and by ICMAT Severo Ochoa project SEV‐2015‐0554 (MINECO). This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (#358068, Frederick Wilhelm
Narrating the Present-Past in Frederick Douglass’s Life and Times
No full textThis chapter finds in Frederick Douglass’s final autobiography a case study for what it means to narrate the present-past. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass points backward to bondage, bringing the author face to face with his former master. For nineteenth- and twenty-first-century readers alike, the tableau of the ex-slave sharing a sentimental moment with the man who once abused him suggests that the radical abolitionist had become a reactionary. But this chapter advances a different interpretation of the signal episode. By underscoring the elisions, revisions, and omissions that distinguish this moment in Life and Times from contemporaneous news coverage of the event, and by deploying narrative theory to illuminate both accounts, the chapter argues that Douglass’s work enacts the challenge of fighting for black equality amid a political landscape that posed the forgetting of bondage as the condition for national reunion.</p
André Marx' novels published in the edition die drei ??? (The Three Investigators)
No full textTitle: " published in the edition die drei ??? (The Three Investigators)". Department of German language and literature. Author: Frederick Maxmilian Scherrer. Sup i : PhD . T m Bučk á, Ph.D. P g : 54 (+ 5 p g f upp m t). L gu g : German. Key words: children/youth literature, crime serie for children/youth, die drei ???, The Three I tig t , . Abstract: This thesis deals with the present ti f novels published in the edition die drei??? ( The Three Investigators) in the context of american and german written literature for children/youth. The narrower subjects of analysis are topic selection, characters, locations and clients
Map of Frederick, Berkeley, & Jefferson counties in the state of Virginia /
No full textRelief shown by hachures.Shows names of some residents.Accompanied by photocopy of text: Topographical description of the counties of Frederick, Berkeley & Jefferson : situated in the state of Virginia, in which the author has described the natural curiosities of those counties ... to which is added a beautiful map of those counties / by Charles Varle. 34 p. ; 22 cm. (original in University of West Virginia Library)Includes explanations and inset of "Plan of Winchester."LC Land ownership maps, 125
Restrictions on submanifolds via focal radius bounds
No full textWe give an optimal estimate for the norm of any submanifold’s second fundamental form in terms of its focal radius and the lower sectional curvature bound of the ambient manifold.
This is a special case of a similar theorem for intermediate Ricci curvature, and leads to a C1,α compactness result for submanifolds, as well as a “soul-type” structure theorem for manifolds with nonnegative kth–intermediate Ricci curvature that have a closed submanifold with dimension ≥k and infinite focal radius.
To prove these results, we use a new comparison lemma for Jacobi fields from [18] that exploits Wilking’s transverse Jacobi equation. The new comparison lemma also yields new information about group actions, Riemannian submersions, and submetries, including generalizations to intermediate Ricci curvature of results of Chen and Grove. None of these results can be obtained with just classical Riccati comparison (see Subsection 3.1 for details.)The first author was supported by research grants MTM2011-22612, MTM2014-57769-3-P, and MTM2017-85934-C3-2-P from the MINECO, and by ICMAT Severo Ochoa project SEV-2015-0554 (MINECO).
This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (#358068, Frederick Wilhelm)
Frederick Richard Jordan
No full textSir Frederick Richard Jordan was born on 13 October 1881 at London, the son of Frederick Jordan and Sarah nee Nobel. The family arrived in Sydney upon the 'Liguria' on 16 December 1886 and settled in Balmain. Sir Frederick attended Balmain Superior Public School (next to Gladstone Park, Balmain), Sydney Boys High School (matriculated 1897), and the University of Sydney (BA Honours 1904, LLB Honours 1907). (1)<br /><br />A university education was beyond his family's means, so when he left school Jordan joined the New South Wales public service on 22 April 1898 as a junior clerk in the Master of Lunacy's Office. On 11 December 1900 he transferred to the Public Library of New South Wales as a clerk, shorthand writer and typist. In 1901 he enrolled in the University of Sydney as an evening student, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in three years with Honours in French (Class I) and Latin (Class II). He finished his Law degree in March 1907 with Honours Class II. He continued to work as a civil servant, transferring on 1 January 1906 to the Intelligence Department as a clerk. On 5 June 1907 he became a sub-editor of publications and compiler in the Intelligence Department and Bureau of Statistics. (2)<br /><br />Jordan was an award winning student. He shared the 1905 Wigram Allen Scholarship with ET Real, for general proficiency in Part I of the Intermediate Bachelor of Law examination. He also shared with ET Real the 1906 George and Matilda Harris Scholarship for general proficiency in Part II of the Intermediate LLB examination. (3)<br /><br />Jordan was active in University organisations. He was one of the vice-presidents of the Sydney University Evening Students Association in 1905. He was one of the vice-presidents of the Sydney University Law Society from 1910/11 to 1917/18. (4)<br /><br />Admitted to the New South Wales Bar on 19 August 1907, Jordan did not commence practice until 1909, after he resigned from the civil service. His office was in Selborne Chambers. He was described in 1949 as 'one of the leading Equity lawyers of his generation.' (5) His appointment as a King's Counsel was approved by the Executive Council on 14 March 1928. (6)<br /><br />Jordan had an interest in legal education. He worked as an Examiner in Law at the University of Sydney from 1907-1908 till at least 1913-1914. For two terms in 1910 he was, along with JA Browne, Acting Challis Lecturer at the University in Equity, Probate, Bankruptcy and Company Law during the leave of absence of GE Rich. From 1911 to 1921 he was Challis Lecturer in Equity, Probate, Bankruptcy and Company Law, which included the topic of divorce. Reappointed in 1912, 1914, and 1917, he was on leave of absence during 1920 and resigned in 1921, even though his term still had three years to run. (7)<br /><br />Jordan was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 1 February 1934. As such he also automatically became Judge in Admiralty. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on 1 January 1936 for his work as Chief Justice. (8)<br /><br />Sir Frederick was Administrator for the State of New South Wales on two occasions: the first for less than a week and the second for more than twelve months. As the Chief Justice, he was the Administrator from 28 October to 1 November 1937 during the absence from the State of both the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, and the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Phillip Whistler Street. Street returned on 1 November and administered the Government until 7 November when Wakehurst resumed his duties. Following Sir Philip's death, Sir Frederick was appointed Lieutenant Governor on 17 October 1938. He again administered the Government from 6 June 1945 to 31 July 1946. Lord Wakehurst was on leave prior to the end of his term on 8 January 1946 and Sir Frederick continued as administrator during the interregum until Lieutenant-General John Northcott took office. (9)<br /><br />Sir Frederick was a diverse author. He was the editor of Weekly Notes (NSW) from the beginning of 1909 till at least 1911. Many of his publications centred around the needs of the University's Law School and included 'Probate Law and Practice' (Sydney, 1913); 'Company Law in New South Wales' (Sydney, 1915); 'Equity in New South Wales' (Sydney, 1916); 'Chapters on Equity in New South Wales' (Sydney, 1921); 'Administration of the Estates of Deceased Person' (Sydney, 2nd edition 1940); and 'The Admiralty Jurisdiction in New South Wales' (Sydney, 1937). 'Appreciations' (1950), published in his memory after his death, was the only work that reflected his love of literature. (10)<br /><br />In 1949 Sir Frederick became seriously ill, underwent surgery on 31 August and was granted leave of absence from the Supreme Court on 8 September. He died on 4 November 1949 at Vaucluse, survived by his wife Bertha Maud nee Clay whom he married on 9 January 1928. (11)<br /><br />Endnotes<br />1. 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Legislative Assembly New South Wales, Public Service List, Sydney, NSW Government Printer, 1898, p.6; 1899, p.6; 1904, p.160; 1906, p.59; 1907, p.44; 1908, p.90; University of Sydney Calendar, op.cit., 1901, p.295; 1902, pp.236-9, 307; 1903, pp.250-53, 324; 1904, pp.253-4, 322; 1905, pp.282, 353; 1906, pp.282, 359; 1907, p.300 cited 18 March and 12 May 2008.<br />3. University of Sydney Calendar, op.cit., 1905, p.220; 1906, p.222 cited 12 May 2008.<br />4. University of Sydney Calendar, op.cit., 1905, p.427; 1910, p.524; 1911, p.531; 1912, p.553; 1913, p.555; 1914, p.560; 1915, p.649; 1916, p.686; 1917, p.673 cited 18 March and 12 May 2008, 9 February 2009.<br />5. Barristers Admission Board; NRS 13665, Roll of Barristers, 15 June 1876 - 1 December 1926; Reel 2147, p.16; New South Wales Law Almanac, Sydney, NSW Government Printer, 1909, p.50; 1911, p.56; 1912, p.56; 1914, p.60; 1929, p.69; 1933, p.72; Sydney Morning Herald, 5 November 1949, p.1.<br />6. Attorney General's Department [III]; NRS 333, Letters received - Special Bundles, 1874-1984; [10/42917] Correspondence re appointment of King's Counsels, 1898-1941.<br />7. University of Sydney Calendar, op.cit., 1908, p.332; 1909, p.331; 1910, pp.364, 368; 1911, pp.366, 370, 494; 1912, pp.383, 388, 519; 1913, p.408; 1914, pp.404, 410; 1915, pp.446, 572; 1918, pp.474, 613; 1919, p.496; 1920, pp.520, 683; 1921, p.543; 1922, pp.331, 745; 1935, p.877 cited 18 March, 7, 12 and 27 May 2008, 9 February 2009.<br />8. State Reports New South Wales, Sydney, Law Book Company of Australasia Ltd, Vol.34 (1934); Vol.36 (1936); Vol.49 (1949); Australian Law Journal, Vol.7, p.355 (15 July 1933); It's an honour website <a href="http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au">http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au</a> (cited 23 January 2008).<br />9. NSW Government Gazette No.159, 28 October 1937, pp.4345-6; No.164, 1 November 1937, pp.4439-40; No.57, 6 June 1945, p.991; New South Wales Law Almanac, op.cit., 1946, p.35; 1947, p.35.<br />10. University of Sydney Calendar, op.cit., 1911, p.519; 1915, p.625; 1916, p.651; 1917, p.641 (cited 18 March and 12 May 2008, 9 February 2009); Libraries Australia, <a href="http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss">http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss</a> (cited 6 February 2009).<br />11. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 November 1949, p.1; NSW Government Gazette No.209, 5 November 1949, p.3333; Who's Who in Australia, op.cit.PER-101Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 01/02/1934 - 04/11/1949<br/>Judge in Admiralty, Court of Admiralty, 01/02/1934 - 04/11/1949<br/>Administrator, State of New South Wales, 28/10/1937 - 01/11/1937<br/>Lieutenant Governor, State of New South Wales, 17/10/1938 - 04/11/1949<br/>Acting Governor, State of New South Wales, 06/06/1945 - 31/07/1946<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
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