History: Recent submissions
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Line Change: How The Miracle Olympic Hockey Team of 1980 Sparked The Renewal Of American Nationalism
(2008-04-01)Sporting events have often reflected the times in which they are played. At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, African American Jesse Owens outran the team comprised of member of Adolf Hitler’s “master race,” dealing a blow to ... -
Irish-American Montanans' Reactions To The Easter Rising
(2007-04-01)The following thesis is an examination of Irish culture in Montana in the context of Irish-American Montanans’ responses to the Easter Rising. Chapter One discusses the Easter Rising itself. The Easter Rising occurred in ... -
Freedom Fighters: Lessons From Irish Women A Study In Irish Gender History
(2007-04-01)I discovered the University of Delaware held a manuscript collection containing letters from Irish women to American author Kay Boyle. Boyle was of Irish descent, a world traveler, a professor, and short-story writer who ... -
Building A Chol's Nest: Zionist Politics, Palestinian Parachutists, And The Heroes Of A Nascent Nation
(2007-04-01)Between 1943-1945, thirty-two volunteer Jewish parachutists from Palestine took flight over Nazi-occupied territory in Europe. Initially planned in 1943, the parachutists' mission represented the response by the Yishuv—the ... -
Built On No Other Man's Foundation: The 14 Year Journey Of Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, The First Episcopal Bishop Of Montana, 1867-1880
(2006-04-01)Daniel Sylvester Tuttle’s head bounced, jolted by the peculiar rhythm ofthe stagecoach as it rolled over the Idaho prairie in July 1867. Nearly half way from Salt Lake City to Montana, the Right Reverend Daniel Tuttle, ... -
The "Beast" In Bergen-Belsen: Josef Kramer And The Implementation Of The "Final Solution" To The "Jewish Question," 1943-1945
(2006-04-01)In the summer of 1944, Adolf Hitler’s “Thousand-Year Reich” was on the verge oftotal military collapse. In June, American, British, and Canadian armies landed on the Normandy coast of France and began pressing toward ... -
In The Shadow Of Nuclear War: Montana's Reaction To The Cuban Missile Crisis
(2006-04-01)On a cool Great Falls, Montana, morning in October 1962, Barbara Stroup, wife of Air Force Tech Sergeant Joseph Stroup, left her house to attend a "coffee klatch" at her friend Exie Evan's house. Not thinking anything of ... -
It All Began With Nurses: A Case Study Of Coeducation In Higher Education At Carroll College, 1943-1961
(2005-04-01)Carroll College, a diocesan college in western Montana, was founded in 1909 as a Catholic college for young men. Throughout its initial years, the college did not have much interaction with women. In 1925, Bishop John ... -
From Havana To Helena: Castro, Communism, And Cuban Refugee Children In The Western Diocese Of Helena, Montana, 1961-1966
(2005-04-01)Less than one year after the Cuban revolution, clergy within the Catholic Diocese of Miami actively pursued a role in helping Cuban political refugees. Historically, Cubans and Americans enjoyed the freedom to travel between ... -
Las Politicas Del Cobre: A Study Of The Anaconda Company's Involvement In Chilean Politics 1969-1973
(2003-04-01)On September 4, 1970, Salvador Allende, leader of the Marxist political party Unidad Popular, was elected president. This sent tremors through the United States government and through the foreign business community in ... -
Searching For Work Of National Importance Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers In World War II
(2003-04-01)In 1940 the United States government enacted the country’s first peacetime draft. While Americans generally supported the government as it prepared for entry into World War II, a few organizations remained deeply committed ... -
"Montana" Oiye: The Journey Of A Japanese American From The Big Sky To The Battlefields of Europe
(2003-04-01)Being a pale-skinned, red-haired, Irish-English descendant, I am often questioned by people about my fascination with East Asian culture and history. I tend to respond to their inquiries as simply as possible. For me, the ... -
Charles A. Bovey: Pioneer In The Preservation Of Montana's Living History
(2002-04-01)Charles Bovey was a wealthy Minnesota native who came to Great Falls, Montana, in the 1920s. He was a businessman, a farmer, a rancher, and a politician. Most significant, however, was his life-long devotion to preserving ... -
German-Americans In Helena, Montana, 1864-1919
(2002-04-01)American governments and industries advertised heavily in Germany to attract new immigrants. Conditions in Germany pushed emigrants out and the majority chose the United States as a place to settle. Germans were especially ... -
Arbor Terrace: Tracing The History Of A Low-Income, Farm Worker Housing Complex In Molalla, Oregon
(2001-04-01)As a little girl, I remember my home just outside of Molalla, Oregon, surrounded by approximately 350 acres of Douglas fir Christmas trees. Each year, starting a week or two after Halloween, Hispanic men would trample ... -
Beyond Oro Y Plata: The 1971-1972 Montana State Constitutional Convention And The Writing Of Montana's Environmentally Progressive Constitution
(2001-04-01)Montana reviewed its 1889 Constitution in the late 1960s, and finding much of it obsolete, followed the national trend of that was taking place in the post-World War II period to rewrite the state Constitution. What Montanans ... -
Montana's Reaction To The Fall Of France In 1940
(2000-04-01)This change in American society from isolationist to one that might intervene was caused by the fall of France. The realization that America was vulnerable to Hitler prompted many Montanans to turn away from isolationism. ... -
Newell Dwight Hillis And His Fight For Democracy During World War I
(1999-04-01)Few events in history are as emotional and thought provoking as war. World War 1,1914-1918, was no exception. The United States remained neutral for the first two and a half years of “The Great War,” as it was called. In ... -
Ideas In Motion: A Critical Analysis Of The Works And Ideas Of Garcilaso De La Vega
(1999-04-01)Vega’s historical contributions are still important today. As the first American historian, he told the story of New World conquest from a valuable and unique perspective. Vega’s writings provide insight into customs and ... -
"For Those Who Have No Voice": The Historical Significance Of Chile's National Accord For Transition To Full Democracy (1985)
(1999-04-01)Just as every Chilean will tell a different version of the story, every historian will interpret this period with a different perspective and methodology. With this in mind, I do not promise complete objectivity as I place ...