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[Letter from Arthur S. Rosichan to J. L. Zuber - August 11, 1944]
No full textLetter from Arthur S. Rosichan to J. L. Zuber: August 11, 1944. Subject of the letter is the author moving to Houston to work for the Jewish Community Council
Bartholomew Tardiveau letter to Arthur St. Clair, June 30, 1789
No full textThis letter written by B. Cardiveau to Arthur St. Clair in June 1789 argues that slaves from the Southern states should be allowed to continue their servitude in the Northwest Territory even though slavery was outlawed by the Northwest Ordinance. Cardiveau predicts that if slaves are not allowed to be kept in the territory, southerners will not settle north of the Ohio River, and the area "will infallibly remain for a long time in a state of infancy." Cardiveau also suggests that slavery could be completely repealed if and when Ohio became a state and the citizens had a right to decide for themselves. The seven-page letter measures 9" by 13" (10 by 32 cm) and is part of a larger collection of Arthur St. Clair letters that is owned by the State Library of Ohio and on permanent deposit at the Ohio History Connection.
Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) was governor of the Northwest Territory and administrator of Indian affairs for the western territories from 1787 to 1802. St. Clair led an army against a large alliance of American Indians, led by Shawnee chief Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) and Miami chief Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle), who threatened war after their land was given to the U. S. government without their authorization, in November 1791. St. Clair suffered a disastrous defeat, losing half of his men. In response, President George Washington appointed General Anthony Wayne to defeat the region's American Indian tribes, which he did in 1794 at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. St. Clair also had many disagreements with the territorial legislature. He supported the division of the territory into different states that would be admitted separately to the Union despite the opposition of members of the legislature, including Thomas Worthington, who wished to hasten Ohio's admission for statehood. In 1802, Worthington and others asked President Thomas Jefferson to dismiss St. Clair from office, which he did on November 22, thus clearing the way for the legislature to begin drafting Ohio's constitution. St. Clair retired to his home in Lingonier, Pennsylvania, and died there in 1818
The Beat of the Economic Heart: Joseph Schumpeter and Arthur Spiethoff on Business Cycles
No full textThe paper discusses the relationship between Arthur Spiethoff and Joseph A. Schumpeter, the men and their works. Had it not been for Spiethoff Schumpeter would in all probability have forever been lost to scientific work. It was Spiethoff who brought the Austrian back to academia and research after a sequence of serious mishaps in politics and banking. Spiethoff's contribution to an analysis of business cycles is then summarized and important similarities and some differences between it and Schumpeter's are pointed out. The view of Spiethoff and Schumpeter that cycles are endogenous and cannot possibly be eliminated without at the same time eliminating the dynamism of the capitalist economy is then couterposed with views of some of their contemporaries and particularly modern mainstream macroeconomics that this is not so.Schumpeter; Spiethoff; business cycles; innovations; creative destruction
"An Examination of Changes in the Distribution of Wealth from 1989 to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances"
No full textThis paper considers the distribution of wealth in the period from 1989 to 1998 as an indicator of the economic condition of households. It examines changes in the distribution of wealth over that period, mostly using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Some of the SCF data used here have previously been studied by Weicher (1996), Wolff (1996), and Kennickell and Woodburn (1992 and 1999). As background, the paper also uses some estimates published by Forbes magazine on the 400 wealthiest people in the United States. The first section of the paper briefly discusses the data. The next section uses the Forbes data to characterize changes at the very top of the wealth distribution. The third section presents a variety of estimates of wealth changes for the population below the AForbes 400" level using SCF data. The fourth section examines the sensitivity of the SCF estimates to a variety of assumptions about systematic mismeasurement in the data. The final section summarizes the findings of the paper.
Arthur Tress
No full textIn her thesis, Danica Kovacevic focuses on Arthur Tress, an important representative of world photography. Apart from presenting a complex and comprehensive summary of Tresse?s photographic oeuvre, the objective of her thesis is also the evaluation of the artist?s distinctive approach to the surrealist heritage and his personal contribution to the development of this movement?s theses. The author subsequently attempts her own theoretical interpretation of Arthur Tresse?s oeuvre.
In the opening part of the submitted thesis, Personality of Arthur Tress, the author mentions biographical dates, events and those aspects of Arthur Tresse?s personality that she finds significant for his future artistic development. The following part, Creation of Arthur Tress, she deals in detail with influences, resources, the process of constituting the artist?s creative method (Arthur Tress in the Context of the Development of Surrealism in Photography, The Birth of a Photographer) and a detailed analysis of the particular creative phases (Staged Figurative Photography, Collages, Late Work).
Considering the paradoxical fact that the persona of Arthur Tresse is given the attribute of ?the master of spiritual vision and staged surrealism? in common interpretations, yet the artist himself identifies as a documentary or etnographic photographer, and recognizing that all his photographic work contains explicitly artistic elements, often surrealistic and imaginative, the author attempts to decipher the basic elements of Arthur Tresse?s poetics and to accuratetly define and contrast it with the surrealist aesthetics, with which the artist is often artificially associated, and at the same time offer her own, deeper interpretation of his oeuvre
Pennsylvania Authors Arthur, T S-Grave in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
No full textLantern slide of the gravestone of author Timothy Shay Arthur in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
T.S. Arthur, also known as Timothy Shay Arthur, was a popular 19th-century American author. He is best known for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.https://research.library.kutztown.edu/lanternslideseducation/1583/thumbnail.jp
Arthur Danto's philosophy of art
No full textThe thesis is a critical examination of Danto's philosophy of art. It begins with his
article 'The Artworld' where he proposes a special is of artistic identification to
distinguish artworks. Danto's idea of the artworld is discussed, a historical and
contextual theory of art, which arose from his attempt to explain the difference
between Warhol's Brillo Boxes sculpture and an indiscernible stack of everyday
Brillo boxes. It is argued that Danto unsuccessfully attempts to shore up his artworld
concept with the special is.
The technique of comparing indiscernible counterparts, from Danto's
book The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, is examined. It is argued that the
technique is philosophically redundant, but it is a redundant premise which has been
added to a valid inference (Danto's historical and contextual view of art: his artworld
theory) therefore, this does not make the original inference invalid.
Danto's treatment of metaphor, expression, and style is shown to result
in four claims. First, artworks embody rhetorical ellipsis. Second, artworks share
features of metaphor: they are intensional (with an s) in structure and cannot be
paraphrased. Third, a work of art expresses what it is a metaphor for by the way it
depicts its subject. Fourth, artworks embody style.
The conclusion, has two parts. The first part gives a summary of the
criticism of Danto's theory of art: (1) there are logical inconsistencies in his concept
of the is of artistic identification and in his use of indiscernible counterparts, (2) his
theory suffers by being over-inclusive and (3) he uses circular arguments. The
second part is based on a response to the criticism: it provides a definition of art.
This has three elements. First, an argument is proposed for a spectrum of artistic
presence in which all human activity and artefacts can be placed. Second, there is an
acceptance of Danto's view of art (or artistic presence) being both intentional (with
a t) and intensional (with an s); however, by applying these concepts to a spectrum,
the problem of over-inclusiveness is avoided. Finally, it is argued there can he no
wholly non-circular account of art
Ormond: or the secret witness. By the author of Wieland, Arthur Mervyn, &c. &c.
No full text[2],338,[2]p. ; 12⁰.The author of Wieland, Arthur Mervyn, &c. &c. = Charles Brockden Brown.Dedication signed: S. C.With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf.Reproduction of original from the British Library.Blakey, p.196English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT131855.Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group)
A Forgotten Second Author: Arthur S. Campbell (1899--1972), Protistologist
No full textInternational audienceArthur Shackelton Campbell was an American protistologist active mostly in the first half of the 20th century. To those of us who work on ciliates, he is known as the second author of two classic monographs on tintinnid ciliates with Charles A. Kofoid. To those of us who work on microfossils, or on rhizaria, he is known for some of the first American monographs on fossil radiolarians with Bruce L. Clark, and articles on fossil foraminifera with Joseph A. Cushman, as well as for chapters on fossil radiolaria and tintinnids in Raymond C. Moore's treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Arthur Campbell worked then with major figures of his time, but is little known in his own right. This is perhaps because he worked successively on very different taxa. He began writing as an undergraduate on a variety of invertebrate taxa, then focused on tintinnid ciliates, followed by fossil foraminifera, and finally on fossil radiolarians. Here a summary of his professional life and varied scientific contributions are given
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