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Joan Dillon papers
No full textJoan Kent Dillon (b. 1925) is a nationally known historic preservation activist, having served on the Board of Directors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1980 to 1989 and the Smithsonian Institution from 1989 to the present. A long-time resident of Kansas City, Dillon began her involvement with historic theaters in 1974, when she purchased the Folly Theater in the city center. Over the next thirteen years she raised more than $5 million to renovate the former burlesque hall. Her activities with the Folly Theater led to her involvement with the League of Historic American Theaters (LHAT), on whose Board of Directors she served after 1978. Through her growing involvement with theaters, she met David Naylor, a photographer and author of two books on American movie theaters. Together they decided to pursue Dillon's longstanding idea of a book on nineteenth-century American theaters. In the period between 1994 and 1996, they traveled extensively, viewing, evaluating, and photographing theaters throughout the United States. The resulting book, American Theaters: Performance Halls of the Nineteenth Century, appeared in 1997. The papers focus exclusively on the research, preparation and publication of American Theaters: Performance Halls of the Nineteenth Century. The collection documents theaters included in the book, as well as theaters that were considered for inclusion but rejected. There are also a large number of photographs and slides of theaters documented in the files
Letter from Dillon Wesley Throckmorton, Minister, Trinity Methodist Church, to Caleb Foote, 1942
No full textLetter from Dillon Wesley Throckmorton to Caleb Foote: "1. The Japanese families here are anxious to be evacuated and resettled together, to that end we have place_ a plea with the W.C.C.A. That means I have no families for you to suggest to mid-west FOR folk. 2. The list will be sent you soon. Miss Round promised me Tuesday night she would get it out to you right away. Some time she is a bit slow doing things. I have written a letter announcing the next meeting for her. 3. The Methodist Aid committee for the Japanese Evacuation which we formed here last week has already done several small things to stone for the sins of our time, with the Japanese people. We have some real heart breaks here. I think I have answered the three requests. Funds seem to be a great difficulty with us. Some send direct to the N.Y. office, etc., others feel that we must do something here for a few needy cases, so we have been unable to send any your way yet. I know when they get your news sheet they will want to help however so getting the list to you right away is important. Success and service to you, Dillon."Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Press release issued by Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, November 14, 1943
No full textPress release issued by the War Relocation Authority director Dillon S. Myer regarding segregation, strike, and protests at Tule Lake incarceration camp.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Plagiohammus Dillon & Dillon 1941
No full textOn Plagiohammus Dillon & Dillon, 1941 Thomson (1856) used for the first time the generic name Hammoderus to include a single species, H. buquetii Thomson, 1856 (type species by original monotypy). Currently, Hammoderus buquetii is known as Taeniotes luciani Thomson, 1859 (nomen novum to avoid homonymy with Taeniotes buquetii Tasté, 1841). According to Thomson (1859): “Le nom de T. Buquetii ayant déjà été employé par M. Taslé (Rev. zool., 1841, p. 14) pour désigner une espèce d’un genre voisin de celui-ci, j’ai substitué à cette première espèce celui de T. Luciani.” Thomson (1857) considered Hammoderus Thomson, 1856 as a subgenus of Taeniotes. According to him: “ L’Hammoderus Buquetii Thomson (Ann. Soc. Ent. 3e série 1856, vol. IV, p. 329, pl. 8, fig. 1), doit rentrer dans le genre Taeniotes, parmi les espèces de la première division, dont les élytres sont arrondies à l’extrémité”. Thus, Thomson (1857) defined the subgenus Taeniotes (Hammoderus) as having the elytral apex without spine, and included two species in this subgenus: T. (H.) buquetii and T. (H.) inermis. Thomson (1859) considered Hammoderus as a genus distinct from Taeniotes: “Le Taeniotes inermis, Thomson (Arch. Ent., I, 1857, p. 173), n’appartient probablement pas au genre actuel [Taeniotes], son dernier segment abdominal n’étant pas épineux; cette espèce peut être rapportée avec doute au G. Hammoderus, Dej., Cat., 3e édit., p. 367.” Although he had considered Hammoderus as a distinct genus, it is evident that he was referring to Hammoderus sensu Thomson (1856) for the inclusion of H. buquetii. Thomson (1860) formally differentiated Hammoderus from Taeniotes, attributing the first one to Dejean (1837). Four species were included, H. inermis (Fig. 33) and three others described in the same work: H. lacordairei (Fig. 32); H. sallei (Fig. 34) and H. spinipennis (Fig. 25). However, contrary to Thomson’s judgment, and according to Bousquet & Bouchard (2013): “ Hammoderus Dejean, 1835: 341 . Originally included available species: none.” Thus, Hammoderus cannot be attributed to Dejean (1835) and the actual author of this name is Thomson (1860). Agassiz (1846) replaced Hammoderus Dejean (1835) as Hammatoderus. However, as seen before, Hammoderus is an unavailable name in Dejean (1835). Consequently, Hammatoderus Agassiz, 1847 is also an unavailable name, because it is a replacement name for another unavailable name, without inclusion of species. Thomson (1864) designated the type species of Hammoderus Thomson, 1860: H. lacordairei Thomson, 1860 (“ Hammoderus Thomson. Ess. Class. Céramb. p. 98. Type: H. Lacordairei Thomson l. c. Mexique.”). So, two distinct generic taxa were described with the same name by Thomson in 1856 and 1860 – Hammoderus Thomson, 1856 and Hammoderus Thomson, 1860 – and, thus, these names are homonyms. The type species of Hammoderus Thomson, 1856, is now placed in Taeniotes; hence, Hammoderus Thomson, 1856 is a junior synonym of Taeniotes. Hammoderus Thomson, 1860, in turn, is a junior homonym of Hammoderus Thomson, 1856 and, consequently, it is considered as permanently invalid by the ICZN (1999, Articles 52.2 and 60.1). Thus, no taxon can be named using this name and one of its junior synonym must be used instead. According to Gemminger & Harold (1873): “ Hammatoderus. άΜΜα, nodus; δέρη, collum. Thomson. Classif. Longic. 1860. p. 98. (emend.) Hammoderus Thoms. ” Seven species were included: H. elatus Bates, 1872; H. impluviatus Lacordaire, 1869; H. inermis; H. lacordairei; H. rubefactus Bates, 1872; H. sallei; H. spinipennis. Hammatoderus Gemminger & Harold, 1873 is an unjustified emendation. Thus, according to the ICZN (1999): “33.2. Emendations. Any demonstrably intentional change in the original spelling of a name other than a mandatory change is an "emendation"”; and, “33.2.3. Any other emendation is an "unjustified emendation"; the name thus emended is available and it has its own author and date and is a junior objective synonym of the name in its original spelling; it enters into homonymy and can be used as a substitute name.” Also according to the ICZN (1999): “67.8. Type species of nominal genus-group taxa denoted by new replacement names (nomina nova). If an author publishes a new genus-group name expressly as a new replacement name (nomen novum) for a previously established name, or replaces a previously established genus-group name by an unjustified emendation [Art. 33.2.3], both the prior nominal taxon and its replacement have the same type species, and type fixation for either applies also to the other, despite any statement to the contrary.” Thus, the type species of Hammatoderus is the same of Hammoderus Thomson (1860): Hammoderus lacordairei. Dillon & Dillon (1941) established Plagiohammus as a replacement name for Hammoderus Thomson, 1860: “Thomson in his description of Hammoderus in the second sense (1860), included lacordairei, sallei, inermis and spinipennis. Of these spinipennis is the form most frequently encountered, and is selected as the genotype. In his first use of the generic name Hammoderus, he described buquetii with it, which species is now in Taeniotes under T. luciani.” However, as seen above, Hammatoderus was an older available name to replace Hammoderus Thomson, 1857. Hence, Plagiohammus is a junior synonymy of Hammatoderus. Article 23.9 (ICZN 1999) cannot be used to maintain Plagiohammus because the Article 23.9.1.2 is not applicable. In summary: Hammoderus Thomson, 1856, invalid name by being a junior subjective synonym of Taeniotes Audinet-Serville, 1835 Type species— Hammoderus buquetii, by original monotypy (= Taeniotes luciani Thomson, 1859). Hammoderus Thomson, 1860; senior objective synonym of Hammatoderus Gemminger & Harold, 1873 and Plagiohammus Dillon & Dillon, 1941; and permanently invalid by being a junior homonym of Hammoderus Thomson, 1856. Type species— Hammoderus lacordairei Thomson, 1860 (designated by Thomson, 1864) Hammatoderus Gemminger & Harold, 1873; valid name: replacement name for Hammoderus Thomson, 1860 (non Hammoderus Thomson, 1856). Type species— Hammoderus lacordairei Thomson, 1860 (designated by Thomson, 1864). Plagiohammus Dillon & Dillon, 1941; proposed as an unnecessary replacement name for Hammoderus Thomson, 1860 Type species— Hammoderus lacordairei Thomson, 1860, not Hammatoderus spinipennis as proposed by Dillon & Dillon (1941) (see article 67.8 of the ICZN, 1999)Published as part of Botero, Juan Pablo & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2017, Four new species, taxonomic, and nomenclatural notes in Hammatoderus Gemminger & Harold, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 377-397 in Zootaxa 4231 (3) on pages 378-379, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/29091
Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, to Rohwer Community Council, November 30, 1943
No full textCorrespondence from Dillon S. Myer to the Rohwer Community Council regarding "relocation problems." Includes responses by Myer on the following topics, WRA's understanding of "evacuees" and their feelings about "relocation," welfare and safety after "resettlement," and provisions for group relocation.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Address delivered by Dillon S. Myer, Japanese, 轉住局長告示
No full textJapanese translation of an address delivered by Dillon S. Myer. Japanese title: 轉住局長告示. C-1887. An item from a scrapbook compiled by Kiyoshi Uyekawa, which consists of clippings mainly from newspapers published in the Tule Lake camp, "The daily Tulean dispatch," "Tulean dispatch daily," and "Tulean dispatch” as well as flyers issued by the Co-ordinating Committee which was a group of representatives for the incarcerees or one of the pro-Japanese groups.The Kiyoshi Uyekawa Tule Lake Camp Collection comprises of the wartime publications collected by Kiyoshi Uyekawa while incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp, such as Tule Lake newsletters and bulletins, materials issued by the Pro-Japanese group, Sokoku Hoshidan (or Hoshi Dan), WRA publications, his family's incarceration documents, which include documents regarding his and his wife, Mitsuye‘s repatriation, his fictional works’ manuscripts, bulletins and manuscripts of haiku poems authored by the members of the haiku societies incarcerated in the camps, and letters from Kyo Koide, who was a prominent figure in the community as a photographer, physician, and poet under the pseudonym, Banjin Koide
208 - Dillon Maxwell
No full textCSU Department of History.Includes bibliographical references.In Mid-September 1857, a wagon train of 120 men, women, and children headed to California were killed by Mormon Militiamen in southwestern Utah. The Militiamen spared none except several small children. The discussion on Mountain Meadows has been focused on cultural and social causes, while the environment sits as a backdrop. Amidst these social tensions, drought and erratic weather helped push the violence at Mountain Meadows in motion. For this I used an interdisciplinary methodology which included secondary historic literature, desert ecological studies, rangeland studies, and PDSI index maps
Indigenous Futurism
No full textJesse and Priscilla talk with scholar and author, Grace Dillon about Indigenous Futurism, a term she coined to describe indigenous art, literature, and media expressed as science fiction with an emphasis on science
FIT Talks: Gary Wassner Interview
No full textFashion historian Phyllis Dillon interviews Gary Wassner.Gary Wassner is the CEO of Hilldun Corporation, a financing and factoring company established in 1958, located in New York City and Los Angeles. Hilldun provides accounts receivable, factoring, and other sources of financing for both emerging and established fashion companies as well as back-office support and mentoring. Such iconic companies as Betsey Johnson, Derek Lam, Peter Som, Jason Wu, Maria Cornejo, Jolie, Alexander Wang, and Rebecca Taylor are among over 400 companies who have benefited from his acumen. He has been named one of the 50 most influential people in fashion, and serves on the CFDA advisory board as well as is a business mentor for the CFDA incubator program. He also serves on the Fordham University Fashion Law Institute, lectures at FIT and other colleges, and is a member of Senator Gillibrand’s Fashion Industry Working Group, and Mayor De Blasio’s fashion working group. In 2014, he became a founding member and chairman of InterLuxe Holdings LLC, partnering with Lee Equity to purchase equity stakes in luxury designer and contemporary apparel and accessory brands. He is also a fiction writer and children’s book author. The fifth and final book in his sci-fi fantasy “GemQuest” series, “When Monsters Call Out the Names of Men” was released in 2016
Controlling representations of frame matroids
No full textReport on joint work in progress with Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand delivered at the Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics (CANDAM) Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 5-8, 2023).
A matroid is an abstract object that generalises both graphs and vector spaces. Matroids are used to model many types of optimisation problems; often modelling a problem using a matroid can lead to an efficient algorithm for finding optimal solutions. Frame matroids are an important type of matroid, and frame matroids can be represented by biased graphs. Unfortunately, understanding all the biased graph representations of a given frame matroids is difficult, and little is known. We present a theorem which provides a rough biased graphical structure for representations of frame matroids that are sufficiently large, and discuss implications for understanding those substructures that cannot occur in any frame matroid.Conference Presentationmatroid theoryframe matroidsbiased graph
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