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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"public records"”.
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The Marin County High Schools: An Account From Public Records
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The politics of public records at Rome in the late republic and early empire
… political developments and the keeping of public records at Rome during a crucial time of transition in the inter-connected fields of constitutional law, politics, and administrative practices. The political value of control over records is illustrated in the Struggle of the Orders and …
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Describing the Feasibility of Using Public Records to Determine a Nonprofit Organization's Readiness to Engage in Partnership with Government Entities
… partnerships. Content analysis of publicly available online documents for a sample of twenty-five nonprofit organizations was used to determine the feasible of obtaining information about these nine characteristics using only the internet. The research findings showed that it was …
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Conceiving local archival institutions: a study of the development of archival programs in Richmond and Delta, British Columbia
… found in Canadian federal and provincial public archives, which is identified as "total archives". To provide some context for the two case studies, the essay first examines the main features of the Canadian tradition of "total archives" and tries to locate Canadian archives in the context …
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Venus Imaginaria: Reflections on Alexa Wilding, Her Life, and Her Role as Muse in the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
… biography for her through analysis of public records and private letters, and it will examine overlooked evidence in the search for the real woman behind Rossetti's most versatile face, and the influence of the artist on the model as well as the inspiration she gave to him.
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Mexican Immigrants to Hutchinson, Kansas, 1905-1940: How a Temporary Haven Became Home
… U.S. Census data, local directories, newspapers, public records, and memoirs and interviews with long-time residents, the paper concludes that the immigrants persevered because of their tenacity, the staunch support of the railroads that employed them, and the frequently sympathetic and helpful …
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Gospel According to Bristol: The Life, Music, and Ministry of Ernest Phipps.
… surviving family members, court documents, and public records, this thesis paints the most complete picture of the life of Ernest Phipps (1900-1963) possible. Phipps is known for the company he keeps in the line-up of mountain musicians, including Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, that came …
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A TALE OF TWO CHRONICLERS: PTOLEMY OF LUCCA AND GIOVANNI SERCAMBI
… own texts. In this context “source” means the public records or text from which the particular historical data or records have been transferred to another text. If we can deduce that this process was the usual way in which the historical facts were gathered and transmitted in the books, I am …
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Access and accessibility to Canadian vital event records
The transfer of copies of vital event records into a government archives repository is necessary not only to ensure their ongoing preservation, but also to provide access and accessibility to them for all researchers in an appropriate setting. At present all vital event records gatekeepers in …
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Outdoor relief by the counties of Missouri
… probably lies in the novel view it affords of a public relief system in the earlier stages of its development. Though sufficient facts have been learned to give a comprehensive idea of the situation, certainly no claim can be made of statistical completeness and minute analysis. To accomplish the …
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Housing-Related Migration in the Marcellus Shale Region of Pennsylvania
… approach, geomobility and migration data from public records a weak association between movers and housing availability. Observations from key informants contextualize the empirical results by showing regional differences in perceptions about the social effects of the natural gas industry in …
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Managing stakeholder conflicts over energy infrastructure : case studies from New England's energy transition
… Wind. Drawing on stakeholder interviews, public records, and media reports, I find that stakeholder conflicts contributed heavily to failed projects and played an important part in shaping the successful cases. The most common triggers of stakeholder opposition in these cases are visual …
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Determination of the accuracy of parcel acreage estimated in land descriptions
… This study is based on data obtained from public records in Morgan County, Kentucky, a rural eastern Kentucky county. A sample of 204 parcels was examined. The results indicate that parcel acreage estimated in deeds averages 12.9 percent more than acreage measured from aerial photographs. …
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Implications of Cadre Deployment on Local Government in Vhembe District Municipality
… pertinent regulations, guidelines, reports, and public records concerning local government operations and cadre deployment in the Vhembe District Municipality was done through document analysis. This study investigated the degree of political meddling in local government activities, evaluated the …
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"Six Days Thou Shalt Labor": African-Americans in the Southern Textile industry, 1895-1929
… Newspaper articles, oral histories, census records, company newsletters, and writings of industrialists collected from archival sources and public records form the basis of this dissertation.</p> <p>In a number of mills throughout the South, black women and men worked under difficult …
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Capitalization of benefits of the flue-cured tobacco price support program into farm land values
… to influence sale value were secured from public records. These data were analyzed by a multiple linear regression statistical technique to measure the value of an acre of tobacco allotment as a right to produce tobacco. Partial regression coefficients indicated that an acre of allotment …
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Bad Water, Dirty Politics: Contrasting Governmental Responses to Two U.S. Water Crises
… articles from medical and research journals, and public records are the primary sources of this research. This project concludes that the Flint Water Crisis is an example of environmental racism because the willful negligence of Flint city officials amounted to the official sanctioning of lead -- …
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Logainmneacha na mbailte fearainn i bparóistí Bhéal Leice, Theampall Cearna agus Dhroim Caorthainn i mbarúntacht Loirg Contae Fhear Manach: bunfhoirmeacha agus bríonna
… le logainmneacha sa Chartlann Náisiúnta, in Public Records Office Northern Ireland (PRONI), sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta, i Leabharlann Ollscoil Mhá Nuad agus i stórtha eolais eile chun leaganacha stairiúla na logainmneacha a aimsiú. Leaganacha stairiúla na logainmneacha a shocrú i gcomhthéacs …
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The Virtues-Based Leadership Model: Assessing Consistency Across Three Spheres-of-Life
… whether his personally embraced writings, publicly espoused speeches, and executively enacted orders contain concepts related to the seven Christian virtues (fortitude, justice, prudence, temperance, faith, hope and love). Ronald Reagan was chosen because of his openly professed belief in …
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The Public Good and Private Business of the Crow Rate: Prairie Grain Handling and Transportation Policy
… governments argued for its retention as a public good continuing a long-standing national policy promise to prairie residents. This dissertation examines the public debate over the Crow rate as part of a larger discussion over changes to prairie agriculture, which also raised concerns about …
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