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Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Gordon and Family, Merna, Nebraska
No full textNote: 'This is the Reuben Gordon' identification by Mr. Purcell, July 24, 1942
Philip Strong letter to Reuben Wood, January 27, 1852
No full textLegal correspondence written by Philip Strong to Governor Reuben Wood regarding a warrant to arrest Peyton Polly, dated January 27, 1852.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Stanley Matthews letter to Reuben Wood, March 23, 1852
No full textLetter written to Governor Reuben Wood by Stanley Matthews in support of the appointment of Donn Piatt to a position in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, March 23, 1852. Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) was at the time a judge in the court. He secured a seat in the Ohio Senate in 1856 before being appointed U.S. District Attorney for Southern Ohio in 1858, and later served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1881 to 1889.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
The racial romance of Amy Levy's "Reuben Sachs"
No full textOn its publication in 1888, Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy (1861-1889) was initially received as being anti-Semitic in both the Jewish and the mainstream presses. Many reviews were scathingly critical, and some singled out the author for special abuse ...Peer reviewedFinal article published
Peyton Polly legal fees document
No full textDocumentation of legal fees incurred by attorneys in the legal case of Peyton Polly, received and paid by the office of Governor Reuben Wood, March 10, 1852. Ralph Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Bland Ballard letter to Ralph Leete, March 18, 1852
No full textCopy of a letter written by Bland Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky, inquiring about outstanding fees owed in the legal case of Peyton Polly, from the papers of Ohio Governor Reuben Wood. Ballard was a District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky, while Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Traditions
No full textA discussion of Traditional pre-Christian rituals with Fane Telena (oldest living person on Sikaiana) and Reuben Tenai. Recorded by Buill Donner as part of ethnographic research from 1980-83 among the Sikaiana people, Solomon Islands
Performing ‘deceased’ languages: Solomon Nangamu’s Manangkardi mirrijpu (seagull) songs and the living tradition of kun-borrk in western Arnhem Land
No full textKun-borrk is a song and dance tradition of Bininj (Aboriginal people) of western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Bininj inherit languages and dialects through their father’s country, however the name kun-borrk comes from the Kunwinjku language, which has become a lingua franca in the community of Kunbarlanja and surrounds. Kun-borrk songs are accompanied by dances for men and women and are commonly named after animals, plants and spirits that live in the country associated with the songs.
The songs are passed down from individual song men to their male relative or relatives. Song men who are the custodians of the songs may also conceive of ‘new’ songs in a dream, gifted to them by spirit intervention. These songs usually comprise of the same song texts and similar musical features as those that came before. They are added to the song set and performed in ceremony in a dynamic process that enables the continual renewal of this musical tradition.
Kun-borrk is sung in a variety of different languages, reflecting the multilingualism of Bininj people in this region. Sometimes the text of a single song item may consist of two or three languages, or of fixed syllables that cannot be translated, generically referred to as ‘spirit language’ (O’Keefe, 2007). In this presentation, a Bininj song man (co-presenter) discusses the meanings of a number of song texts including mirrijpu (seagull), associated with Manangkardi language from North Goulburn Island, which is no longer spoken. The co-presenter lives in the community of Kunbarlanja, where the author recorded his songs from 2011 to 2012.
In 2006 and 2007 musicologists Isabel O’Keefe and Linda Barwick recorded the co-presenter’s brother (now deceased) singing mirrijpu at Goulburn Island. This presentation compares different performances of the same song items, examining the extent to which song texts change or stay the same over time and whether recording songs affects this process. It also address the question: how does writing down song texts influence both Balanda (non-Aboriginal people) and Bininj people’s understanding and awareness of the language of this region?
We will conclude by considering some of the challenges to sustaining the tradition of kun-borrk and the methods that singers such as the co-presenter are employing to ensure that their children can still sing and dance the songs of their ancestors and thereby keep their own languages and cultural expression alive and strong
Album 3 Sikaiana Traditions
No full textA recording originally done in 1981 by Bill Donner on Sikaiana in the Solomon Islands. Reuben Tenai and Fane Telena were the leaders of a group of adult singers
Jere Nash Interview with Reuben V. Anderson
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with former civil rights attorney and Mississippi Supreme Court justice Reuben V. Anderson in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Anderson\u27s family, religion, and education; Tougaloo College and the civil rights movement; attending University of Mississippi Law School; integation of Oxford locales; Jack Young; working as a civil rights lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi and for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Marian Wright Edelman; Lawrence Guyot; Lawyers\u27 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Jackson; Judge Harold Cox; handling the credentials fight for the Loyalists at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Charles Evers; Aaron Henry; generational differences among factions of civil rights activists; Charles Evers\u27 1968 congressional campaign; Robert Clark; appointed as municipal court judge; Russell Davis; Eddie McBride\u27s 1972 congressional race; political races of African American candidates; Cliff Finch and appointment to Hinds County Court; Jimmy Carter; William Winter and appointment to Hinds County Circuit Court; registering to vote; Bill Allain and appointment to the Mississippi Supreme Court; Fred Banks; and the Mississippi State flag vote in 2001
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