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ADVERTISING THE OLD NORTH STATE: 1945-1955
Title
ADVERTISING THE OLD NORTH STATE: 1945-1955
Author
Barnes, Emma
Date Created
2018
Description
The Division of State Advertising was created during the midst of the Great Depression to help bring revenue into North Carolina. During the 1940s, the Division expanded, creating and publishing pamphlets, brochures and articles appealing to touri...
ADVERTISING THE OLD NORTH STATE: 1945-1955
Title
ADVERTISING THE OLD NORTH STATE: 1945-1955
Author
Barnes, Emma
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
The Division of State Advertising was created during the midst of the Great Depression to help bring revenue into North Carolina. During the 1940s, the Division expanded, creating and publishing pamphlets, brochures and articles appealing to touri...
Dr. Madge Baker Gaskin: The Making of a Woman Physician in the 1920s
Title
Dr. Madge Baker Gaskin: The Making of a Woman Physician in the 1920s
Author
Gaskin, Rachael
Date Created
2021
Description
During the 1920s, women who aspired to be doctors often found the South unwelcoming. Women interested in the medical profession, encountered multiple roadblocks when they applied to medical school programs because of sexist stereotypes and cultura...
Dr. Madge Baker Gaskin: The Making of a Woman Physician in the 1920s
Title
Dr. Madge Baker Gaskin: The Making of a Woman Physician in the 1920s
Author
Gaskin, Rachael
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Women's studies, History
Description
During the 1920s, women who aspired to be doctors often found the South unwelcoming. Women interested in the medical profession, encountered multiple roadblocks when they applied to medical school programs because of sexist stereotypes and cultura...
Memories of Mont Amoena: "An Island of Culture in Difficult Years," 1859-1927
Title
Memories of Mont Amoena: "An Island of Culture in Difficult Years," 1859-1927
Author
McLain, Denise
Date Created
2017
Description
In 1851, the North Carolina Lutheran Synod (NCLS) selected the small, remote village of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina as its center for secondary education. Mount Pleasant Female Academy’s future was uncertain, at best, when it opened as a finish...
Memories of Mont Amoena: "An Island of Culture in Difficult Years," 1859-1927
Title
Memories of Mont Amoena: "An Island of Culture in Difficult Years," 1859-1927
Author
McLain, Denise
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
In 1851, the North Carolina Lutheran Synod (NCLS) selected the small, remote village of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina as its center for secondary education. Mount Pleasant Female Academy’s future was uncertain, at best, when it opened as a finish...
The Appalachian Regional Commission's Use of Tourism as an Economic Development Tool in Eastern Kentucky: 1965 - Present
Title
The Appalachian Regional Commission's Use of Tourism as an Economic Development Tool in Eastern Kentucky: 1965 - Present
Author
Matthews, Taylor
Date Created
2018
Description
A federal agency that was established during the War on Poverty, the Appalachian Regional Commission was created to help develop the Appalachian region through economic development initiatives and improve residents’ quality of life. Critics have c...
The Appalachian Regional Commission's Use of Tourism as an Economic Development Tool in Eastern Kentucky: 1965 - Present
Title
The Appalachian Regional Commission's Use of Tourism as an Economic Development Tool in Eastern Kentucky: 1965 - Present
Author
Matthews, Taylor
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, History
Description
A federal agency that was established during the War on Poverty, the Appalachian Regional Commission was created to help develop the Appalachian region through economic development initiatives and improve residents’ quality of life. Critics have c...
‘Worked for the Sheer Love of It’: Women’s Belonging and Adversity in the Black Mountain College Art Department, 1941-1954.
Title
‘Worked for the Sheer Love of It’: Women’s Belonging and Adversity in the Black Mountain College Art Department, 1941-1954.
Author
Oliver, Brigitte
Date Created
2020
Description
In 1941 and 1944, two women arrived as art students at the progressive and experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina. There, under the college’s mission, experienced a progressive education model influenced by John Dewey. As they moved...
‘Worked for the Sheer Love of It’: Women’s Belonging and Adversity in the Black Mountain College Art Department, 1941-1954.
Title
‘Worked for the Sheer Love of It’: Women’s Belonging and Adversity in the Black Mountain College Art Department, 1941-1954.
Author
Oliver, Brigitte
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Art--Study and teaching, History
Description
In 1941 and 1944, two women arrived as art students at the progressive and experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina. There, under the college’s mission, experienced a progressive education model influenced by John Dewey. As they moved...