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Adventures of a 19th Century American Muslim: The Strange Tale of George Bethune English

English, William A (2015-05)

George Bethune English was an important character in the history of multiple nations who has often been overlooked. His accounts of his journeys have widely been ignored until recent years. There are several reasons for ...
“Almost Too Terrible to Believe”: The Camilla, Georgia, Race Riot and Massacre, September 1868

Butler, Joshua (Valdosta State University, 2012-05-11)

Camilla, Georgia, became the site of a racially motivated political riot on Saturday, September 19, 1868. Determined to promote political and social reform with an organized rally, at least 150 freedmen, along with Republican ...
Benjamin Church and the Origins of American Rangers

Hall, Garrett DeWayne (2016-05)

Benjamin Church was a Puritan from colonial New England. Church moved to the frontier where he befriended many of his Native American neighbors. Through those friendships, Church was able to pass between the cultural ...
Colonel Edward Churchill’s Transformation of Wound Care in the Mediterranean Theater of the Second World War

Crews, Emily Michelle (Valdosta State University, 2012-05-22)

Colonel Edward D. Churchill’s role as the Chief Surgical Consultant in the Mediterranean Theater of the Second World War brought about major changes to the standards of wound care for all soldiers in the theater. Churchill ...
The "Gold Standard" of the Wiregrass Primitive Baptists of Georgia: A History of the Crawford Faction of the Alabaha River Primitive Baptist Association, 1842-2007

Holt, Michael (Valdosta State University, 2009-11-16)

The study of Primitive Baptists to date has focused primarily on the origins of the denomination in the 1830s. However, few works trace the subsequent development of the group. The object of this study was to examine the ...
“I Think We Have An Angel in the White House”: First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson and Her Social Activism Concerning the Washington, D.C. Slums, 1913-1914

Beasley, Kathryn Lynnell (Valdosta State University, 2012-06-01)

The First Ladies of the United States since Eleanor Roosevelt have been associated with supporting public causes, often advocating social or political issues and using their position as First Lady to become publicly ...
The Struggle of Republican Equality against an Odious Aristocracy: The Anti-Masonic Movement in Antebellum America

McCall, Steven E., Jr. (2013-12-16)

The origin of the Anti-Masonic Party is heavily disputed among historians and political scientists. Typically, scholars have debated whether the Anti-Masons arose as the result of changing social or political issues. This ...

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