American Studies Seminar - 2004
The following American Studies Seminar research papers were written by
students in the 2004 seminar, "Communication in the Early Nation:
Literacy and Print in America, 1750-1840," under the
supervision Catherine A. Corman.
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"The national identity of independent parts: a study of newspapers in
1826," by Cristine Delaney
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"Commonplace to diary: a young girl's literary
appreciation," by Sarah Gower
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"Freemasonry membership certificates and
the evolution of early American literacy," by Katrina Hildebrand
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"Beyond the calendar pages: almanacs and the construction of gender in the early 19th
century," by Jessica Myers
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"Newspaper coverage of the women.s strike at
the
Lowell factories in 1836: different viewpoints for different audiences,"
by
Megan Osborne
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"Vicissitudes: women preachers in print, 1820-1840," by
Guinevere Robin Petrousky
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"Defining insanity in the early nation," by Daniel Ricciardi
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"Theatric elements of Indian treaty documents," by Laurie
Rodrigues
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"Moral disorder: the betrayal of the American Revolution in
history textbooks of the 1820s and '30s," by Deirdre Sweeney
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Since 1978, the Society has sponsored the American
Studies Seminar for a select
group of undergraduates from the five four-year colleges and universities
in Worcester: Assumption College, Clark University, the College of the
Holy Cross, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State College.
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