CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE SPARTANS AND THE JEWS IN 1 MACCABEES

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Carl Griffin, International Area Studies On December 9, 1993, I was informed by letter that I had been chosen as a recipient of the Research and Creative Work Scholarship. I was delighted at the time at the prospect of exploring my proposed research topic, and am now pleased to report the results of that research. […]

Two Competing Visions of Education during the Early History of the Medieval University

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Joni Poppitz Stimpson and Dr. Eric Dursteler, History Last December, I proposed to the ORCA scholarship committee to study the origins of the medieval university. A semester earlier I had completed a History 490 paper which had broadly dealt with the history of the early university. The conclusion of that paper identified a central conflict […]

Transcription of 19th Century Documents From the Archives of the British East India Company

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Ngaio Palmer and Professor Paul Kerry, History In May 2000, I traveled to England to pursue research for my honors thesis at the British Library and the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. In the course of my research, I happened to come across two case files of documents relating to the dubious business relationship […]

“Libelous Films”: Mormon and Gentile Efforts to Suppress Anti- Mormon Films, 1911-1912 Summary

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Jacob W. Olmstead and Dr. Brian Q. Cannon, History Late in 1911 the motion picture trade journal Moving Picture World announced that the film A Victim of the Mormons was slated for release in the United States during the first week in February 1912. Of Danish origin, this film rehearsed the fictitious travails of a […]

Searching for Julia Jacquette

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Natalie Thompson Nielson and Dr. Michael Phillips, Humanities I applied for the ORCA grant hoping to learn more about the contemporary artist Julia Jacquette. I had first discovered her work on the website for New York’s Museum of Modern Art, which was showing a few representative works from artists currently on display. Her work caught […]

Huff Family History Research

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Emily Wilbur and Dr. Kathryn M Daynes, History In the genealogical field, researchers often use the work of others to compliment and advance their own research. Published family histories are an important and major source for gathering compiled data. Before original sources are consulted, published genealogies should be reviewed to glean relevant information on the […]

Continued Neglect: Albuquerque Women’s Literacy, 1848-1870

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Lori Rasmussen and Dr. Mary Stovall Richards, History The rhetoric of the Mexican-American War, and indeed, the entire expansionist era, claimed that the United States had a God-given responsibility to spread their white, Protestant, capitalistic, and democratic civilization to the heathen of the world. Though sometimes implied, and sometimes explicit, the notion included the idea […]

Royal Correspondence in the Lancut Archive

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Thomas M Pearson and Dr. Douglas Tobler, History In 1980, BYU’s acquisition librarian purchased a large collection (96 boxes) of historical documents, which originated from the Lancut castle in southeastern Poland. The archive is a wonderful social, economic, and cultural record of the noble families that lived at the castle. The materials cover a wide […]

Forgotten Battles of the Civil War: Victories over disease in Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana

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Michael Packer and Dr. Mary Stovall Richards, History During the Civil War disease was a major problem. Many different diseases combined to cause immense problems for civilians and army personnel alike. More soldiers died from disease than from battle. While medical knowledge was growing, physicians had neither the knowledge nor the understanding to combat most […]

B. H. Schettler: The Personification of Mormon Sainthood and Bankrupt “Buccaneer”

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Jacob Wayne Olmstead and Dr. Ignacio Garcia, Department of History Bernhard Herman Schettler strolled down the dusty streets of Salt Lake City for the first time in the autumn of 1861, after making the three and a half month journey from New York City. Having made favorable impressions on George Q. Cannon, Orson Pratt, and […]