5,652 research outputs found
Gardner-Webb Alumnus Wins National Award for History Teachers
No full textAn alumnus of Gardner-Webb University recently received a national honor given to one outstanding high school American history teacher from each state. Sam Vining, a 2016 GWU graduate from Tryon, N.C., has been awarded the James Madison Fellowship. He will attend a summer institute at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and also receives a $24,000 scholarship toward a master’s degree.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1399/thumbnail.jp
Letter from Hayao (Sam) Chuman to the American Friends Service Committee
No full textA letter from Hayao (Sam) Chuman to the American Friends Service Committee, donating a portion of his redress check from the U.S. government to the Committee.The Chuman (Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko) Papers documents the World War II experiences of Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman, who were Kibei Nisei born in the United States but grew up and completed school in Japan, and then returned to the U.S. prior to the war. It chronicles the Chuman's incarceration from the Santa Anita Assembly Center, through Jerome, Rohwer, Tule Lake camps, and the Santa Fe and Crystal City internment camps as well as their struggle for restoring their U.S. citizenships in the 1960s. The digital collection consists of mostly textual material, including correspondence, affidavits, incarceration camp records, lease agreements, financial documents, receipts, pamphlets, and booklets
Letter from Hayao (Sam) Chuman to Earl Warren and "Attorney General Clark"
No full textA letter from Hayao (Sam) Chuman to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren and "Attorney General Clark". The letter is a request to regain his citizenship after renouncing his U.S. citizenship and requesting repatriation to Japan during his time incarcerated in World War II.The Chuman (Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko) Papers documents the World War II experiences of Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman, who were Kibei Nisei born in the United States but grew up and completed school in Japan, and then returned to the U.S. prior to the war. It chronicles the Chuman's incarceration from the Santa Anita Assembly Center, through Jerome, Rohwer, Tule Lake camps, and the Santa Fe and Crystal City internment camps as well as their struggle for restoring their U.S. citizenships in the 1960s. The digital collection consists of mostly textual material, including correspondence, affidavits, incarceration camp records, lease agreements, financial documents, receipts, pamphlets, and booklets
Genealogy Scrapbook; Undated
No full textSeries 1.3.3 - Fay Webb Gardner Personal Papers: Scrapbooks
This scrapbook chronicles the patrilineal and matrilineal genealogy of Fay Webb Gardner. The scrapbook contains photographs, written narrative, news clippings, and historical documents pertaining to the Webb, Andrews, Love, Blanton, and Harrill families. Other families of note include: White, Putnam, Bridges, Hamrick, Watson, and Roberts. The scrapbook contains artifacts referencing the Lucy Cobb Institute, Webbly, the North Carolina Governor\u27s Mansion, the Shelby Graded School, and First Baptist Church Shelby. The scrapbook is unbound and has numerous missing photographs. Also included are notes, primary documents, and photographs that have been clipped to individual pages. Larger artifacts, such as the biography of James L. Webb by R. L. Ryburn, are scanned within the body of the scrapbook.
Smaller artifacts, scanned separately as supplemental documents, include: Pg. 4 [news clipping] Cleveland County Early Days Pg. 8 [photograph w. FWG notation] First home of J. W. Gardner in the Cleveland Cloth Mill village, 1933. Suzanne born at hospital - lived here until 9 months. Pg. 29 [photograph] Reverend & Mrs. G. M. Webb graves Pg. 43 [photographs] Sue Andrews of Shelby, first cousin of Mrs. O. Max Gardner, standing on old ancestral Andrews home porch, 1939 Pg. 53 [documents] Fay Webb Gardner\u27s genealogy notes Pg. 89 [notes & photographs] Notes pertaining to the Harrill family along with 6 photographs. FWG\u27s Photo descriptions are clockwise: 1) Aunt Druscilla Harrill, her sister, Mrs. Celia Bostick, Mrs. Bostick\u27s nephew, Henry Duncan. Mrs. Bostick grand daughter of Mrs. Leonard Bostick., 2) Houson Harrill Jr. home near Ellenboro, 3) Houson Harrill family Ellenboro. Aunt Druscilla 2nd on 2nd row now 92 years old (1938). Mrs. Celia Bostick 3rd on 3rd row, 4) Where G. Blanton who was appointed Commissioner of Peace by Crown, New Burn, NC. Great-grandfather of Mrs. O. Max Gardner who joined the Colonial Dames in his name., 5) Stones from the [?] at home site of Sam Harrill Sr. (died at age of 98). Great-great grandfather of Mrs. O. Max Gardner - land all along Webb\u27s creek about 5 miles from Ellenboro, 6) Housan Harrill Pg. 104 [primary documents] legal documents pertaining to the Watson, Long, Lukadoo, Robertson families, 1832 - 1866.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-scrapbooks/1003/thumbnail.jp
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 11 and 12
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - bride and groom with parents and bridal partyKendall Webb Collectio
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 9 and 10
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - bride and groom and brideKendall Webb Collectio
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 3 and 4
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - cutting cake and wedding partyKendall Webb Collectio
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 1 and 2
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - bride and groom with parents and bride and groom kissingKendall Webb Collectio
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 7 and 8
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - bride and groom and groom holding bride\u27s garterKendall Webb Collectio
Sam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - shots 5 and 6
No full textSam Wright wedding, July 15, 1971 - bride and groom looking at gift table and groom\u27s partyKendall Webb Collectio
- …
