Indian Illnesses Due To Mercury Poisoning At The Colonial Spanish Mining Community At Huancavelica, Peru In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries

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James D. Harrop and Dr. Kendall Brown, History The Spanish mining operations in the Americas during Colonial times were operated by the only supply of manpower available to the Spanish; the indigenous peoples. Huancavelica was a mercury mine essential to the continued production of the silver mines. Mercury was necessary to extract silver from ore […]

Perpetuated Inferiority: A Comparative Analysis Of The Freedmen’s And Mcguffey Readers

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Kristine Ashton and Mary Stovall Richards, History Racial prejudice failed to dissipate after Confederate soldier stacked their rifles at Appomattox. Blacks were predominantly viewed as backward, indolent, child-like people, incapable of the new responsibilities of freedom. The historian John David Smith explained, “After slavery whites continued to perceive blacks as marginal men and women. . […]

THE MYTH OF THE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO AS AN AMERICAN URBAN LEGEND

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Bryan L. Norton, Department of American Studies Myths illuminate the origins of collective ideas, they provide practical ways for resolving contradictions and conflicts in a society, and they are an impetus for learning and ingenuity. Myths are a powerful unifying force in a community because they bind disparate individuals and generations into one group. An […]

SCANDINAVIAN FISHERMEN ON UTAH LAKE

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Leland Harrison, Department of History This honors thesis studied the history of the Scandinavian immigrants engaging in commercial fishing practices on Utah Lake during the 1850s to the 1930s. I chose this important topic in Utah and Mormon history due to its originality; local location, which made the records easily accessible; familial connections, since I […]

THE LOVE OF ANTIQUITIES IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ROME

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Manuela Walz, Department of Art History During the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the ruins of Rome began to be seen with different eyes. The flourishing of classical studies that had begun to take place with the coming of humanism, had kindled great interests. The ancient Roman monuments that in the Middle Ages had been either […]

From Ruin to Zion: Research Pertaining to the Farm Security Administration Activities in Utah (1936-1941)

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James R. Swensen and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History One of America’s most important and extensive photographic collections is housed in the archives of the Library of Congress. These photographs, numbering over 250,000, do not contain images of America’s exploration or development, but rather document the national plight of the Great Depression. They recorded in […]

ANNOTATED LISTING OF MATERIALS ON DENMARK IN THE HAROLD B. LEE LmRARY

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Leland Harrison, History This particular project’s goal was to list all materials on Denmark located in the Harold B. Lee Library. The primary focus was the works about Danish history, no matter what language they were published in. The scope of the project changed to all Scandinavian books and periodicals located in the central and […]