National Health Insurance -- A Brief History of Reform Efforts in the U.S.

Provides an overview of efforts toward and support for national health reform in the 1900s, including the proposals' origins, main reform elements, economic and political contexts, and reasons why they failed to achieve universal coverage

Oral History: William Iannello

Research paper devoted to the life of my grandfather, William Iannello, a second-generation Italian American. His parents came to the United States during the first decade of the 1900s from Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian mainland

An Early Black Cemetery on York Street

Many are familiar with William H. Tipton, a well-known local photographer who recorded iconic views of the town, battlefield, and monuments surrounding Gettysburg. What many people may not know is that Tipton built a house in the early 1900s right on top of Gettysburg’s first African-American cemetery. [excerpt

The Virginia Monument’s Meaning in Memory

In the early 1900s, many people began to advocate for Confederate monuments on the battlefield at Gettysburg. However, different motivations were present. Many Northerners saw Confederate monuments as a way to further unity, while Southerners instead used the monuments to preserve a separate identity. The Virginia Memorial is a clear case of this

Bowdoin Orient v.33, no.1-30 (1903-1904)

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Bowdoin Orient v.36, no.1-30 (1906-1907)

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Bowdoin Orient v.35, no.1-30 (1905-1906)

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Bowdoin Orient v.31, no.1-30 (1901-1902)

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Bowdoin Orient v.32, no.1-30 (1902-1903)

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Bowdoin Orient v.37, no.1-30 (1907-1908)

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