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Arbiter of Tradition and Change: The Atlanta Historical Society's Role in an Urban Landscape 

Kipphut, Shannon (2010-04-09)
Traditional writings about historical organizations often treat their operations as independent of the community in which they are located. However, a study of the Atlanta Historical Society (AHS) reveals that, in fact, ...

Columbus, Georgia: Examining the Public History Landscape of a Southern City 

Rodriguez, Catherine (2013-05-09)
Across the globe, individuals and groups compete to control memories of the past in order to present a favorable view of local history. This can result in the omission of other group narratives, controversial issues ...

A Cross Section of America’s World War II Prison Camps: The Lives of Axis Prisoners of War in Alabama, Their Memory, and Their Place on the Historical Landscape 

Owings, David (2011-08-04)
The experience of nearly half a million Axis prisoners of war held by the United States on American soil, their impact on this nation, and their legacy has been largely forgotten and neglected. The state of Alabama held a ...

Managing the New Deal: Administration of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 

McDaniel, Hayden (2012-05-16)
This thesis explores the management and organization of the CCC, the relationship between the participating federal departments, and the development of the administration in the Fourth Corps Area, defined as the geographical ...

Private Paths to Protecting Places: The Creation of a Conservation Infrastructure in the American South Since 1889 

Eklund, Christopher (2015-05-08)
This dissertation investigates changes in the ways individuals protected private land in the twentieth century American South. In contrast with iconic parks like Yellowstone or the heavily industrialized lands of the ...

Rethinking African American Protest: Freaknik and the Civil Rights Legacy of Atlanta 

Stockus, Pete (2012-08-17)
During the late 1980s and early 90s, Atlanta played host to the spring break festival Freaknik. A gathering of Historically Black College and University students and African American youth, Freaknik came to challenge the ...

The Standoff: First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Georgia, Robert McNeill, and Racial Equality 

Stephens, Jessica (2011-08-17)
The civil rights movements of the mid-twentieth century touched every segment of American society. American churches were one central battle ground with opponents and supporters of integration leveraging biblical ...

A Tale of Two Markets: the People and Culture of American Flea Markets 

Riveira, Angelia (2013-11-01)
This thesis explores the people and culture of American flea markets from roughly the 1880s through the present day. American flea markets started in the late nineteenth century by newly arrived immigrants who utilized ...

Un-Living History: Programming, Interpretation, and Management at Haunted Historic Sites 

Craig, Leah (2012-07-23)
Using employee interviews and a variety of other primary and secondary sources, this thesis examines ten historic sites throughout the southeast that are considered haunted in order to explore the advantages and disadvantages ...