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Biblioscope
An Archival Guide & Bibliography
Articles
| Adair, Mary J. "Great Plains Paleoethnobotany." In People and Plants in Ancient Eastern North America, edited by Paul E. Minnis. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2003. 258-346 pp. Studies archaeological and paleoethnobotanical evidence of plants indigenous to Great Plains in the United States and Canada during the prehistoric era.Allen, Cain. "Replacing Salmon: Columbia River Indian Fishing Rights and the Geography of Fisheries Mitigation." Oregon Historical Quarterly 104 (Summer 2003): 196-227. Analyzes the effectiveness of the Columbia River Development Fisheries Program (CRFDP) in replenishing the supply of salmon in the Columbia River Basin of Oregon. Aslo examines the fishing rights of Native Americans living in the region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the influence early treaties between the American government and Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest may have had on the salmon population.Amundson, Michael A. "Yellowcake to Singletrack: Culture, Community, and Identity in Moab, Utah." In Imagining the Big Open: Nature, Identity, and Play in the New West, edited by Liza Nicholas, Elaine M. Bapis, and Thomas J. Harvey. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2003. 151-162 pp. Traces changes in this community's economic base in the late twentieth century. Discusses Moab's evolution from being a productive uranium mining town in the 1950s, to being a destination for tourists interested in visiting the region's national parks beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, to being a mecca for mountain bikers in the 1990s.Anfinson, John O. "Spiritual Power to Industrial Might: 12,000 Years at St. Anthony Falls." Minnesota History 58 (Spring/Summer 2003): 252-269. Documents the history of St. Anthony Falls (Minnesota) from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Includes several documentary photos of the falls and the surrounding areas during this period and discusses how saw and flour mills, in addition to timber companies, gradually appeared in midwestern towns and cities along the Mississippi River. Also mentions how St. Anthony Falls was used for hydroelectric power and provides descriptions of the falls by Belgian explorer Louis Hennepin (1626-1705).Arnold, Jean. "'From So Simple a Beginning': Evolutionary Origins of US Nature Writing." ISLE 10.1 (Winter 2003): 11-26. Author argues that Charles Darwin's (1809-1882) book, Origin of Species (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996) is as much an example of nature writing as it scientific writing. Article discusses three examples of American nature writings that resemble Darwin's perceptions of nature: Aldo Leopold's (1886-1948) A Sand Country Almanac (New York: Oxford University Press, 1949); Barry Lopez's (1945- ) Arctic Dreams (New York: Scribner, 1986); and David Quammen's (1948- ) The Song of the Dodo (New York: Scribner, 1996).Baird, Iris. "Black Mountain Lookout Tower: Benton, NH." Lookout Network: The Newsletter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association, Inc. 14 (Winter 2003): 12-13. Brief history of the Black Mountain lookout tower in Benton, New Hampshire; twentieth century.Barber, Alicia. "Reno's Silver Legacy: Gambling on the Past in the Urban New West." In Imagining the Big Open: Nature, Identity, and Play in the New West, edited by Liza Nicholas, Elaine M. Bapis, and Thomas J. Harvey. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2003. 163-180 pp. States that the developers of the Silver Legacy Hotel Casino, which opened in 1995 in Reno, Nevada, used in their designs themes of an urbanized Old West that paid homage to the region's nineteenth-century mining history. At the same time, they sought to promote a politically correct sense of place that would appeal to recreational tourists of the late twentieth century with diverse backgrounds and personal beliefs about the lasting legacy of mining.Barnhart, Terry A. "'A Common Feeling': Regional Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Old Northwest, 1820-1860." Michigan Historical Review 29 (Spring 2003): 39-70. Uses the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin) between 1820 and 1860 as case study to demonstrate the impetus behind the development of regional identities in the United States. Describes how leading citizens of the region created state historical societies to preserve the history and uniqueness of the region during the nineteenth century.Batory, Dana Martin. "In Search of the Band Ship Saw, Or the Tilting Bandsaw." Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association 56 (June 2003): 45-55. Discusses the use of as well as the different designs of and companies that manufactured band ship saws, also known as angling band saws, in the United States from the 1870s to the 1960s.. . . |
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