1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823580703321

Autore

Botjer George F. <1937->

Titolo

Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity / / George F. Botjer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0141-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

621.383092

B

Soggetti

Inventors - United States

Painters - United States

Telegraph - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; A Note on Sources and Endnote Citations; Bibliographical Note; 1 An American Artist; 2 Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret; 3 From Wilderness to Empire; 4 The Question of Origins and Originality; 5 The Great Man Revered and Reviled; 6 Locust Grove; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821010503321

Autore

Epp Ingrid I (Ingrid Ilse)

Titolo

The Peter J. Braun Russian Mennonite Archive, 1803-1920 : a research guide / / Ingrid I. Epp and Harvey L. Dyck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-282-00287-2

9786612002878

1-4426-8203-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Russian Mennonite Studies

Disciplina

016.2897/4773

Soggetti

Mennonites - Ukraine - Molochansʹk - History - Sources - Bibliography

Microforms

Livres numeriques.

Microform catalogs.

History

Catalogs.

Bibliographies.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Molochansʹk (Ukraine) History Sources Bibliography Microform catalogs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Recovering an Inheritance""; ""Using the Microfilm and Its Research Guide""; ""Chronology of Russian Mennonite History""; ""List of Microfilm Reels and Document Files""; ""Key to Abbreviations and Symbols""; ""Glossary""; ""Map""; ""Description of Document Files""

Sommario/riassunto

The original documents that make up the Peter J. Braun Russian Mennonite Archive were assembled in the Molochna Mennonite settlement in southern Ukraine between 1917 and 1929. Named in honour of Peter J. Braun, a leading educator and the person most



intimately involved in the establishment and development of the archive, it was created by Russian Mennonites to foster historical consciousness and research at a time when their community and land were being threatened by Russian extremist nationalists as part of a campaign against imperial Germany. Confiscated by Soviet authorities in 1929, the archive disappeared from public view for more than sixty years. It was rediscovered in 1990 in the state archives in Odessa; in 1990 and 1991, the entire archive was microfilmed and brought to Canada.The collection consists of more than 130,000 pages of documents, organized in some 3,000 chronologically arranged files. By far the most extensive collection of in-group Russian Mennonite sources surviving from the Imperial period, it spans a wide range of subjects concerning the largest and most influential Mennonite community in Russia. The archive provides fresh and concrete detail on the Russian Mennonite story, the development of the Black Sea Steppe frontier, and ethnic and religious minorities in southern Ukraine.The guide to this unique primary source material consists of a historical introduction, a detailed listing and description of the contents, a guide to the use of the microfilm (tables, keys, and a glossary), as well as illustrations and maps.