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Rosie the Riveter and the Kitchen Soldier : Fighting the Second World War from Wilmington, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether or not traditional gender norms remained standing at the conclusion of World War II in Wilmington, North Carolina. This topic would have been impossible to cover on a ...
"He Has Earned the Right of Citizenship" : The Black Soldiers of North Carolina in the Civil War; A Comment on Historiography, Treatment, and Pensions.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an important source of information concerning the black soldiers of North Carolina. Many historians have written about the various ...
Hadrian's Religious Policy : An Architectural Perspective
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis argues that the emperor Hadrian used vast building projects as a means to display and project his distinctive religious policy in the service of his overarching attempt to cement his power and rule. The ...
Representations of Queen Victoria's Agency in Films and Miniseries
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)
This thesis examines the representations of Queen Victoria's agency through films and miniseries. For the selection of the films and miniseries had to be released in the twentieth century and present Queen Victoria in a ...
Defining the Great Lakes Passenger Freight Propeller: A Statistical, and Historical Study
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)
Passenger freight propellers were integral to the Great Lakes economy for nearly 100 years. A unique vessel type created for a unique need, shipbuilders combined different new technologies to create faster, more efficient, ...
The Health and Medical Care of Enslaved African Americans at Somerset Place, 1839-1863
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)
Somerset Place was one of the largest plantations in North Carolina at the end of the Antebellum period. The owner of Somerset Place, Josiah Collins III, owned the third largest slave plantation in the state. Slaves at ...
An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-24)
Cuban Migrant Craft, known colloquially as Chugs, is a unique type of vessel that needs study. Made famous by the media, this type of vessel is barely studied. By studying vessels and the demographics, this thesis is one ...
The Representation of Women at Old Salem Museums and Gardens
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Old Salem Museums and Gardens is an open air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that presents the history of the city's original settlement. The museum contains one of the first official historic districts in the ...