Browsing by Author "History"
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For the Men on the Ground : An Examination of the Tuscaroras-Colonial Relations in North Carolina before and during the Tuscarora War
Esterline, Matthew Cameron (East Carolina University, 2014)Despite constant interactions with potential benefits to both Tuscaroras and colonial cultures, and knowledge of the issues plaguing local tribes, John Lawson, Baron Christopher Von Graffenreid, and other colonial leaders ... -
Frequently Close to the point of Peril: A History of Buoys and Tenders in the U.S. Coastal Waters 1789-1939
Marshall, Amy K (1998-02) -
Friends in the Meetinghouse and Masters in the Fields: Seventeenth Century Quakers in the Slave Society of Barbados
Winchester, Jonathan (East Carolina University, 2016-04-26)The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, are well known for their antislavery philosophy in the United States prior to the Civil War. During the 17th century, however, many Quakers owned plantations in ... -
From Columbia to Averasboro, February 6 - March 16, 1865
Powell, Joseph W., Jr (1986-06) -
FROM NEW BERN TO BENNETT PLACE WITH "COOKE'S FOOT" CAVALRY: A HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, 1861-1865
Bingham, Christopher C. (2007-09-01)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the history of the Twenty-Seventh North Carolina regiment and the actions of its officers and men during the American Civil War. This regiment was often in the forefront of Confederate ... -
From One Woman to Another: The Role of Spanish Women in the Catholic Education of Indigenous Girls in Sixteenth Century New Spain
Green, Kayla E (East Carolina University, 2018-04-24)The endeavors of the colonial enterprise of the Spanish empire are often attributed to men while women are given secondary importance; yet women were greatly involved in the religious education and conversion of indigenous ... -
"From Quiet Woods to Tide Kissed Shore" : Searching for the Colonial Port of Sunbury, Georgia
Dilk, Stephen D. (East Carolina University, 2012)This thesis chronicles efforts to examine a unique colonial waterfront complex in Sunbury, Georgia comprised of four distinct colonial wharf sites. To carry out an explanation of these features and Sunbury's overall ... -
From Steaming Hearths : The Transition from English Colonial Fare to African Foodways in the Coastal Regions of the American Upper South
Gurley, Sue Harding (East Carolina University, 2014)Traditional southeastern American food evolved from a complex series of regional food elements emerging from cultural exchange between Native Americans, European settlers, and African slaves. A study of the regional ... -
From USS Stars and Stripes to Metropolis (1861-present): Modeling the Life, Loss, and Archaeological Site Formation of a Currituck Beach Shipwreck (Corolla, North Carolina)
Pawelski, Matthew (East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)The steamship Metropolis went aground off Currituck Beach, North Carolina, on 31 January 1878. The disaster led to loss of life and subsequent reformation of the United States Life-Saving Service. In the years since, there ... -
Fueling the fire: An underwater archaeological investigation of the Clarfin Point wreck and Little Sturgeon, Wisconsin
Gray, Jefferson J (1998-11) -
The Goal is Whiteness : Yugoslav-American Communism, Gender, and Race in Postwar Pittsburgh
Duryea, Scott N. (East Carolina University, 2011)This thesis examines Yugoslav Americans' expressions of gender, whiteness, and patriotism in post-World War II Pittsburgh, as reactionary to the frenzied and anxious atmosphere of potential Soviet invasion and Communist ... -
God's Grace: English Maritime Salvage, 1600-1800
Cole, Patrick James (1994-03) -
Gray Jackets in Savannah: The Enlisted Sailor of the Confederate States Navy on the Savannah River 1861-1864
Kennington, John W., Jr (1994-04) -
Great Lakes Ship Traps and Salvage: A Regional Analysis of An Archaeological Phenomenon
Pecoraro, Tiffany A (2007-04) -
“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
Schuler, Jillian Michele (East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Before General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, he scuttled a portion of his shipping fleet along the Yorktown riverbank to defend the town from a Franco- American amphibious attack. An environment rife ... -
H.M.S. DEBRAAK: A Treasure Debunked, a treasure Revealed
Beard, David V (1989-06) -
Hadrian's Religious Policy : An Architectural Perspective
Brines, Chelsie W. (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 ... -
Hammock: A Maritime Tool
Panico, Michele (East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)During the age of sail, sailors slept in hammocks made of canvas, suspended on the gundecks and secured to the beams above. This work seeks to understand the adoption and adaptation of hammocks as a maritime tool on sailing ...