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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Washington D,C."”.
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The Larz and Isabel Anderson House, Washington, D. C., by Little and Browne (1902-1905)
In 1902, Larz Anderson III, a Washington diplomat, and his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson, a Boston author, commissioned the Boston architects Arthur Little and Herbert W. C. Browne to design their winter residence in the District of Columbia. Completed in 1905, this Beaux-Arts mansion now …
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From Vacancy to Vitality: Adaptive Reuse Strategies for an Abandoned Church in Washington, D. C.
… vacant, especially in urban areas like downtown Washington, D.C. The aim of this project is to re imagine one such church, no longer functioning as a religious institution, and transform it into a vibrant center for the performing arts. The goal is not to erase the building's historical and …
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Washington, Willard's and political lieutenants, 1861
… study examines the origins of Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C.; its growth into first-class status; and its role as a para-political agency during Abraham Lincoln's nine-day sojourn prior to his first inauguration in 1861. The research for this study was based on the Joseph Willard papers and …
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Forensic Soil Analysis: Characterization of the Sand Fraction
… two samples from Pennsylvania; and one from Washington D C A Gilson sonic sieve shaker was used to separate fractions of soil to determine particle size, and a JEOL scanning electron microscope with a Kevex EDS detector was used to determine elemental composition. These techniques coupled …
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A museum of Eastern art
This thesis proposes a museum of Eastern art in Washington, D. C. The purpose is to establish a gallery where not only Americans, but also the peoples of other countries throughout the world will have the opportunity to enjoy or to do research in Eastern art and culture. Eastern concepts are used …
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A feasibility study for the sale of cultured catfish in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
… for farm-reared channel catfish in Virginia and Washington, D. C., the production costs and estimated returns of two small catfish farm enterprises, the present fisheries industry structure in Virginia, and the present channel catfish products and their feasibility for Virginia. The market …
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The Captive Samurai: Japanese Prisoners Detained in the United States During World War II
… National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D. C., through interviews with veterans who served in the Pacific Campaign or had contact with the Japanese prisoners, through newspaper and magazine articles of the time, and through secondary sources of the Pacific Campaign.</p> <p>The …
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The fossil flora of the drywood formation of southwestern Missouri
… who had forwarded the floral elements to Washington, D. C. for Identification. Since such collections usually are made up of better preserved materials rather than of all the taxa that may be present, it was felt that the previous collections may have contained a bias and hence the report …
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Nutrient dynamics in the Lake Manassas (Virginia) watershed
… County at the periphery of the metropolitan Washington, D. c. area. Its watershed drains approximately 46,500 acres of rural land that is expected to undergo rapid development in the next 25 years. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive report of the quality of water in …
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"Music Down in My Soul:" Achieving a Sound Ideal for Moses Hogan Spirituals
… of the American Choral Directors Association in Washington, D. C. The impact of his arrangements was so profound that today he is widely recognized as being responsible for the mid-1990’s revitalization of interest in the arranged spiritual. In a day when various opinions abound on how Moses …
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The presidential campaign of 1948
… Capital to Seattle, to Los Angeles, and back to Washington, D. C. He was to make five major speeches and nearly fifty back platform appearances. His objective was to put his program and his personality before the voters, and his plans before the politicians. So clear was Truman's purpose that he …
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Predictors of positive clinical performance evaluations of new graduate nurses participating in preceptor orientation programs
… orientation programs in the Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D. C. metropolitan areas, completed pre- and post-orientation questionnaires. Demographic information, self evaluations of clinical performance using the Six Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance (6D Scale), and preceptor evaluations …
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Disaster's Culture of Utopia after 9/11 and Katrina: Fiction, Documentary, Memorial
… range of 9/11 and Katrina memorials in New York, Washington D. C., and along the Gulf Coast in order to find memorials that reinvigorate the commons by melding public mourning with critique. The epilogue examines the larger implications of my dissertation for the field of American studies in …
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Secondary Traumatic Stress in Teachers and School Communities Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic
… K-12 teachers (n = 450), in 26 states and Washington, D. C., were surveyed utilizing a validated instrument for secondary traumatic stress (Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale; Bride, Robinson, Yegidis, & Figley, 2004), along with demographic questions and open-ended questions. Teachers were …
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Whisper out loud!: Spirochete, a living newspaper, 1937-1939, produced by the Federal Theatre Project: an instrument for public health education in the war on syphilis
… National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C. The study sought to examine and establish Spirochete as an example of a special relationship among government, health, education and the arts. An investigation of SpIrochete's relationship to public health education and an inquiry …
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A Comparison of the Treatent of Selected Subjects in American History in the Ninth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Editions of the Encycloaedia Britannica
… of Congress and the Office of Education in Washington, D. C. Father Campbell also suggested that the subject I had chosen was too monumental for a Master's dissertation, and that I would be wiser to confine myself to various editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; that reference work being …
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Buckling and postbuckling behavior of prolate spheroidal shells under uniform external pressure
… computer located at David Taylor Model Basin, Washington, D. C. Solutions for increasing values of M are compared in order to evaluate the convergence of the Rayleigh-Ritz method. For the determination of the buckling loads, the maximum value of M used is ten; the solutions to the postbuckling …
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The District of Columbia Waterfront Atelier (DCWA): A Machine for the Arts
… to address the accessibility of the arts in Washington, D.C. and also to engage the underutilized waterfront, this thesis proposes a cultural center for the arts that at once links the building with the water, but which also becomes a source of excitement for the city. The arts center will …
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The New England Emigrant Aid Company and the response in Massachusetts to its goals and efforts to create a free Kansas, 1854-1856
… and several established political careers in Washington, D. C.</p> <p>The overall influence of the New England Emigrant Aid Company in the Kansas free-state cause was far greater than the above statistics seem to indicate. The influence of the Company within Kansas and upon the nation as a …
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