Author: First United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti (Ypsilanti, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ypsilanti (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Methodist Church, the Week of October 15 to 22, 1950, Washtenaw at Washington, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Author: First United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti (Ypsilanti, Mich.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ypsilanti (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The Underground Railroad in Michigan
Author: Carol E. MullPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786455632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Though living far north of the Mason-Dixon line, many mid-nineteenth-century citizens of Michigan rose up to protest the moral offense of slavery; they published an abolitionist newspaper and founded an anti-slavery society, as well as a campaign for emancipation. By the 1840s, a prominent abolitionist from Illinois had crossed the state line to Michigan, establishing new stations on the Underground Railroad. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of abolitionism and the network of escape from slavery in the state. First-person accounts are interwoven with an expansive historical overview of national events to offer a fresh examination of Michigan's critical role in the movement to end American slavery.
Passionate Curiosities
Author: Lauren Elizabeth TalalayPublisher: Kelsey Museum Publications
ISBN: 9780990662334
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Passionate Curiosities explores the collections held in the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through the lens of the people whose intellectual interests, financial backing, and social networks brought artifacts to Ann Arbor from the 1880s to the 1990s. Through purchases and expeditions, these individuals shaped the Museum's internationally recognized antiquities from the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, North Africa, Egypt, and the Near East, extensive photographic documentation of these regions from the early 1900s, and significant assemblages of early Christian and Islamic visual culture. An intriguing array of personalities--from archaeologists, missionaries, and diplomats to industrialists, bankrollers, and inventors--weave through these pages. They include Ernst Herzfeld, the eminent Orientalist who helped forge antiquities legislation in Iran; Luigi Cesnola, the rapacious harvester of Cypriot sites; Esther Van Deman, the pioneering feminist and scholar of Roman construction techniques; and Samuel Goudsmit, the renowned nuclear physicist and avid Egyptologist. World-famous dealers who established standards in antiquities connoisseurship likewise populate these sagas. Readers will encounter Edgar J. Banks, a swashbuckling purveyor of Mesopotamian antiquities and entrepreneur of biblical documentary films; Maurice Nahman, the "lion of Cairo"; and the colorful members of the Tano dealer dynasty in Egypt. This copiously illustrated book will interest general readers as well as scholars curious about the holdings of the Kelsey, early collectors and dealers, and the history of museums.
The Chautauqua Course in Physics
Author: Joel Dorman SteelePublisher:
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Shores Beyond Shores
Author: Irene Hasenberg ButterPublisher: TSB
ISBN: 9781916190801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Irene's first person Holocaust memoir, Shores Beyond Shores, is an account of how the heart keeps its common humanity in the most inhumane and turbulent of times. Irene's childhood is cut short when she and her family are deported to Nazi-controlled prison camps and finally Bergen-Belsen, where she is a fellow prisoner with Anne Frank. Later forbidden from speaking about her experiences by the American relatives who cared for her, Irene is now making up for lost time. Irene has shared the stage with peacemakers such as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel, and she considers it her duty to tell her story now and on behalf of the six million other Jews who have been permanently silenced. Book long description: Irene Butter's memoir of her experiences before, during and after the Holocaust is not a recounting of misery and tragedy; rather it is the genuine story of a girl coming to terms with a terrible event and choosing to view herself as a survivor instead of a victim. When the Dutch police knock on their door, Irene and her family are forced to leave their home and board trains meant for cattle. They are taken to Nazi-controlled prison camps and finally to Bergen-Belsen, where Irene is a fellow prisoner with Anne Frank. With limited access to food, shelter, and warm clothing, Irene's family needs nothing short of a miracle to survive. Irene's memoir tells the story of her experiences as a young girl before, during, and after the Holocaust, highlighting how her family came to terms with the catastrophe and how she, over time, came to view herself as a survivor rather than a victim. Throughout the book, her first-person account celebrates the love and empathy that can persist even in the most inhumane conditions. Irene's words send a poignant message against hate at a time when anti-Semitic, fascist and xenophobic movements around the globe are experiencing a resurgence. Irene, through her book, reminds us of the impact one person can have in choosing to follow the mantra, 'never a bystander' -- a phrase she adopted only 33 years ago, after her own voice was silenced by her cousins in the years after the Holocaust. Now, Irene Hasenberg Butter is a well-known inspirational speaker on her experiences during World War II.
The Social Secretary of Detroit
Author: Tales from the Ypsilanti Archives
Author: Laura BienPublisher: American Chronicles
ISBN: 9781596298774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Author Laura Bien offers up a diverse sampling of offbeat and lighthearted stories that will transplant readers to the bygone days of Ypsilanti, from the fight Ypsilanti waged against standardized time to the gloom apparent in an Ypsilantian's Depression-era grocery receipt, and from Jackson's glowing pork chop to the time Ypsilantians staunchly defended themselves against accusations of sloppy speech."? Enjoy these quirky tales and learn what life used to be like in this fascinating city."
Centennial Supplement ...
Author: College journal, Georgetown universityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : la
Pages : 52
Book Description
GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS O
Author: Samuel Morgan B. 1869 AlvordPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362288190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
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