Tom (Thomas) Isern
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2007 University Distinguished Professor (UDP) | History & Religion
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Item But the Roots Remain: The Wisconsin Progressives in the Great Depression and Post-War Era(North Dakota State University, 2012) McCollum, Daniel DavidThis work is concerned with the development of the Progressives, a political faction of the Republican Party which was active in Wisconsin during the first half of the 20th century, throughout the Great Depression, and the Post-War era. It was during this period that the Progressives broke with the Republican Party, formed the Progressive Party and gained control of the state from 1934 through 1938, before finally dissolving in 1946, with many members moving into the Democratic Party, where they rejuvenated that moribund state party. This work, furthermore, focuses on the those Progressive leaders who operated in Wisconsin’s northern counties, a region which had a long tradition of Progressivism, the influence they had upon the creation of the Progressive Party and the political realignment which followed its dissolution.Item Caretakers of the Community's Past Volunteers in North Dakota Museums(North Dakota State University, 2017) Lien, AmberThe bulk of museum studies research focuses on professionalized museums. Little research has been conducted on the challenges of small museums. This study looks at volunteers in small North Dakota museums. Sparsely populated North Dakota lacks the funds and manpower to professionally staff their rural museums. While it is especially difficult for museums to recruit younger volunteers because they tend to be more mobile and have constricted schedules, North Dakota’s small museums have adapted by staffing with older volunteers. Museums in Southwest North Dakota such as the Hettinger County Historical Society, Dakota Buttes Museum, and Mott Gallery of History and Art survive because older volunteers sustain their museums. These older volunteers do not always follow strict professional guidelines, but they do contribute life skills, knowledge of the community, and historical understanding to their work at the museums in North Dakota. Their contributions are vital to the survival of these museums.Item College of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences records, 1920-present(2008-10-09T16:52:36Z) College of Arts, Humanities, and Social SciencesItem Construction, Adaptation, and Preservation of Earth Homes on the Northern Plains(North Dakota State University, 2018) Kurtz, Robert KevinThe earth home, in its many varieties and styles, played an important role in the development of the American Great Plains during the mid-nineteenth century. However, the lack of further study into the material culture of these homes has allowed many of these homes to be misrepresented in the historical record as temporary shelters. Not all of the earth homes constructed during this period were temporary. Further study of the materials used, the locations in which they were built, and their construction methods suggest that many of these homes were built to last. The three case studies used in this thesis represent a large number of earth homes still standing today. The findings of this study enhance the history of the region and open up new avenues for further research on earth homes as well as the possibilities and the importance of their preservation.Item Dean Thomas D. Isern records, 1992-1995(2009-05-19T14:55:36Z) Isern, Thomas D.Item Drought, Depression, and Relief: The Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program in North Dakota during the Great Depression(North Dakota State University, 2012) Gostanzik, Brent AlanThe purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program functioned in North Dakota from May of 1933 to January of 1936, why it ran so smoothly, and why it was such a success within the state. By using county Extension Agent reports that date from the time period this thesis uses an extensive number of primary sources that have not been used before. These reports, along with farmer journal accounts, newspaper articles, and Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports show that North Dakota wheat farmers openly embraced the policies of the Wheat Reduction Program and participated in it in higher numbers than any other state in the nation. The farmers embraced the program because the drought and economic depression they were facing left let them little choice, but also because the program did not seek to radically alter the structure of wheat farming in North Dakota.Item The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924(North Dakota State University, 2017) Larson, KarlWhile baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major League system. During the First World War, the United States invaded and occupied Santo Domingo in an attempt to maintain hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. Dominican intellectuals in the capital city utilized baseball in their nation-building endeavor, seeking to prove that not only were they capable of performing their own westernization, but that Santo Domingo was the modern heir of ancient Athens in the New World.Item The Importance of the Schleswig-Holstein Conflicts in German Unification: A Primordial Case Study, 1839-1871(North Dakota State University, 2018) Ahlers, Christian AnthonyConsiderations of German Unification usually center on Otto von Bismarck and Prussian power politics, the German Confederation, and Austria along with the Franco-Prussian War. Often overlooked are the important events that brought together certain northern German speaking states. But these conflicts were also the conclusion of a continuous feud between the Germans in the Schleswig and Holstein Duchies and the Danish. The feud, a series of wars which led to the creation of the Norddeutsches Bund in 1867, centered around the ‘Schleswig- Holstein Question’: the rightful rule of the Schleswig Duchy. Successional questions involved various intermarriages, personal unions, competing ambitions, the Danish Lex Regina (totalitarianism), and the German Primogeniture (the exclusion of female rule). The historical patterns emerging through this feud involve questions of legal, cultural and military history. They show not only the importance of Schleswig-Holstein but also of a kind of nationalism that can be called dynamic.Item "The Indians may be led, but will not be drove": The Creek Nation's Struggle for Control of Its Destiny, 1783-1795(North Dakota State University, 2016) Cummings, WilliamHistory tends to portray the interactions between Euro-American settlers and native Indian Nations as one in which Euro-American settlers imposed dominance on the Indians. This work takes an in-depth look at the relationship between the Creek Nation and the Euro-American settlers of Georgia in the early years of the American republic and shows the Creeks in control of their own destiny, as well as the destiny of Georgia and the young republic. The core argument is that the nature of the Creek nation allowed them to maintain autonomy while affecting the physical development of the United States. From Massachusetts to Carolina various Native American nations had tried to fend off Euro-American expansion but were forced off their land in short order. The Creek Nation considered Georgia and its settlers to be usurpers without valid claim to Indian land, and put forth a near impenetrable defense of their claim for over a decade. The Creeks steadfastly maintained their claim to the land between the Ogeechee River and the Oconee River, and declared war to enforce the boundary on their terms. In their struggle, primarily with the state of Georgia, new leaders emerged and new polities replaced old traditions. This was a significant accomplishment when one considers the lack of any form of political unity around which to take a stand against the expansionist plans of Georgia. This study will show that the Creeks succeeded because a common determination united the nation in its opposition to Georgia’s attempts to take their land, while its political disunity prevented any group less than the whole from negotiating effectively concerning their land.Item Institute for Regional Studies records, 1950-present(2008-10-10T15:25:26Z) Institute for Regional StudiesItem It's Happening at State: April 03, 2002(North Dakota State University, 2002-04-03)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 07, 2004(North Dakota State University, 2004-04-07)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 10, 2002(North Dakota State University, 2002-04-10)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 12, 2000(North Dakota State University, 2000-04-12)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 17, 2002(North Dakota State University, 2002-04-17)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 19, 2006(North Dakota State University, 2006-04-19)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 22, 2009(North Dakota State University, 2009-04-22)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 24, 2002(North Dakota State University, 2002-04-24)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 25, 2007(North Dakota State University, 2007-04-25)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.Item It's Happening at State: April 28, 1999(North Dakota State University, 1999-04-28)Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.