Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her second term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. This...
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Lithuania -- Education; Jews -- Lithuania -- Religious life; Jews -- Lithuania -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Lithuania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin --...
Sidney Iwens discusses growing up in an affluent Jewish family in Jonava, Lithuania, during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including his experiences with Zionist organizations. Index follows transcript.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Bullitt, William C. (William Christian), 1891-1967; Korean War, 1950-1953; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971;...
Senator McCarthy criticizes the Truman administration for ordering the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet to prevent Chinese Nationalist forces from blockading Communist ports on mainland China. Drawing on the testimony of Ambassador Bullett and General...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism;
Senator McCarthy discusses the difficulty he faces in removing "Fifth Amendment communists" from defense work, particularly in the development of atomic and hydrogen weapons. He claims that communists have access to all of America's nuclear...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Lincoln Day addresses; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957;
Senator McCarthy recites a favorite quotation from Abraham Lincoln, in which Lincoln asserted that the United States could only be destroyed from within and never by a foreign army. He follows the quotation by suggesting that the United States is...
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Two letters written by Dorothy Day, from jail, to her fellow Catholic Worker, Charles McCormack. Day had been arrested for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City on July 12, 1957.
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Bowen...
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. The...
College sports; Marquette University -- Cross-country running; Marquette University -- Track and field; Athletic directors; Cross-country coaches; Track and field coaches
Melvin "Bus" Shimek shares some of his memories from his 52 year involvement with Marquette University’s track & field and cross-country programs. As a student (1924-1927) Shimek competed as a long distance runner. Coached by Conrad Jennings,...