Most practitioners of critical librarianship agree that subject description is both valuable and political. Subject headings can either reinforce or subvert hierarchies of social domination. Outside the library profession, however, even among stakeholders such as authors, there is little awareness that librarians think or care about the politics of subject description. Talking about subject description with the authors whose works we hold and represent can strengthen our relationships, demystify our work, and hold us accountable for our practices. This paper discusses an interview I conducted with author Eli Clare about the Library of Congress Subject Headings assigned to his book, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation. Clare describes feeling dismayed by and detached from the subject headings assigned to his book. He offers a sophisticated analysis of individual headings. He also reflects on the subject description project itself, using theories from genderqueer and transgender activism to discuss the limitations of categorization.
The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; Hogeye Cemetery #759, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Tatom, Felix G. ; Wesley Chpl. Cemetery #773, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Byars, Daniel W. ; Panhandle Cemetery #193, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Jameson, Wm. Savage. ; Miami Cemetery #202, Miami, Roberts County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Whatley, John Williams. ; Highland Cemetery #154, Stanford, Haskell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Self, John M. ; Highland Cemetery #154, Stanford, Haskell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Buie, Archibald. ; Terrace Cemetery #377, Post, Garza County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Smith, Isaac. ; McWright Cemetery #573, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: VanCleave, George W. ; Forrest Prk Cemetery #582, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Ende, Fred Von. ; East Mount Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Robey, James Garrison. ; East Mount Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Lamar, J. H. ; East Mount Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Latimer, Isham Pruitt. ; East Mount Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Gee, Robert B. ; Quay Cemetery #722, Quay County, New Mexico. ; Graham Point Cemetery #756, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: VanCleave, Wm. Grenade. ; Hooker Ridge Cemetery #760, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Fortenberry, Oliver A. ; Plainview Cemetery #317, Plainview, Hale County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Howell, Alfred T. ; Kress Cemetery #186, Kress, Swisher County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Askey, James Harrison. ; West Park Cemetery #184, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Rector, Thos. K. ; Dreamland Cemetery #192, Canyon, Randall County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Slack, Oliver Perry. ; Rosston Cemetery #1048, Rosston, Cooke County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Glover, Isaac. ; East Mount Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Arnold, Marcellus M. ; Kelly Cemetery #763, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Walker, Wesley Clark. ; Shiloh Cemetery #591, Campbell, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Voyles, Rudolphus. ; Abilene Cemetery #1138, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Sorelle, Wiley H.
The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; Pendleton Cemetery #678, Pendleton, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Brown, E. A. ; Abilene Cemetery #138, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Thomas, J. W. ; Abilene Cemetery #138, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Thomas, J. H. ; Weiland Cemetery #578, Weiland, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Phillips, Robt Jackson. ; King Cemetery #685, Coryell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Moseley, Elisha Alfred. ; Norton Cemetery #915, Runnels County, Texas | Veterans Interred: McDaniel, James M. ; Dickens Cemetery #340, Dickens, Dickens County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Sheilds, Thos. Jefferson. ; Shady Grove Cemetery #634, Wood County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Crone, Franklin M. ; Shady Grove Cemetery #634, Wood County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Jarred, James. ; Shady Grove Cemetery #634, Wood County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Brawning, Thomas. ; Moody Cemetery #28, Moody, McLennon County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Phillips, A. J. ; Weiland Cemetery #578, Weiland, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Cummings, Henry. ; Weiland Cemetery #578, Weiland, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Elledge, W. W. ; Forrest Park Cemetery #582, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: McMillan, Lee G. ; Abilene Cemetery #138, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Thomas, J. W. ; East Mt. Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Fountain E. P.
Introduction: Following decades of internal religious, political, and economic turmoil and international actions, a civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, sending unprecedented numbers of refugees to the surrounding countries, to Europe, and gradually to North America. While the international and Canadian communities are struggling to address this humanitarian crisis, background knowledge about the unfolding situation is needed. This report will provide: (1) a summary of the recent history of the Syrian crisis, starting in the 1970s; (2) an orientation to the Syrian refugee flows; and (3) an outline of the Canadian and international refugee resettlement efforts. ; Tyyska, V., Blower, J., Boer, S. D., Kawai, S., & Walcott, A. (2017). The Syrian refugee crisis: A short orientation. RCIS Working Paper No. 2. Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement
This paper offers a critical analysis of Canadian media content (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, and CTV), from September 2015 to April 2016, of the coverage of the Canadian resettlement effort of Syrian refugees, including representation of the refugees and the Canadian government and public. The analysis is informed by theories of orientalism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, and feminism. ; Tyyska, V., Blower, J., Boer, S. D., Kawai, S., & Walcott, A. (2017). The Syrian refugee crisis: A short orientation. RCIS Working Paper No. 3. Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement.
The first word uttered on the moon was "Houston." That was the first word of the longer phrase uttered by Buzz Aldrin: "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." I know there are those who say that there were other jargon words uttered first in the process of landing such as "contact light," but that's a mere technicality. The words that matter are those that officially announced the safe landing of The Eagle on the moon, and of those words, the first one was "Houston." Another way to put it is the first phone call from the moon was placed to Houston. But this is not the centerpiece of our story today. This is just a lead into a more fascinating connection between Texas and the moon landing. The fact that Houston was so central to the success of the achievement was prophesied, in a way, 100 years before, by Jules Verne, in his novel, From the Earth to the Moon. This is the same Jules Verne who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. He is often considered to be the father of modern science fiction. Well, his book, From the Earth to the Moon, concerns a moon shot. And it was actually a moon shot because in the book, characters attempt to build an enormous cannon and fire a huge "bullet" at the moon. Now, the bullet looks amazingly like the Apollo Capsule. It has room for three people in it, just like the real lunar capsule that would come 100 years later. Even the physics of Verne's moon voyage were impressively correct for his time (except for the intolerable g-forces that would have been experienced by the people in the bullet capsule). So how does Texas factor into this prophecy? Well, Verne calculated that the best place from which to launch such a shot at the moon would be either Florida or Texas. It would have to be below the 28th parallel. He discusses Brownsville as a possible launch site (interesting that Space X is now locating a launch facility there). Corpus Christi is discussed as a possible site, and so is Galveston Bay. Also, Verne names one site in Florida as an option – "Tampa Town." The real life Tampa is across the state from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, where the Apollo moon launch eventually came from. Remember, Verne's novel was written 100 years before the actual moon landing. Verne even named the launch cannon The Columbiad. The command module for the moon landing was The Columbia. The other accurate prophecy came in the way of politics. Verne has a wonderful section in From the Earth to the Moon on Florida and Texas each flexing their political muscle and persuasion skills to win the business of the space launch. The same thing indeed happened 100 years later. The debate was settled by Lyndon Johnson, Texas' native son. He, through political maneuvering, gave the launch site to Florida and the command center to Texas. Still, it is fascinating to read the arguments each state advocated in Verne's novel. The Texans claimed a greater population: 330,000 to Florida's 50,000. Texas had the finest cotton, the best iron ore, the purest grade oil and coveted green oak for ships. Tampa said they had the best bay from which to bring in supplies. Texans said, "You mean a bay clogged with sand! Galveston Bay can hold all the navies of the world." And then Florida dropped the big one – the space launch should go to the state that is truly American. Texas got red-faced and said, "Scandalous – wretched little strip of country like Florida to dare to compare itself to Texas. Texas didn't sell herself to the union for 5 million dollars. She won her own independence at San Jacinto when Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna and drove the Mexican armies from the state. Only then did we voluntarily annex ourselves to the U.S. Anyway, that little strip of land called Florida will be ripped apart by the forces of the moon launch." Florida said, "Not so. And Galveston Bay is slightly below the 29th parallel and Tampa Bay is right smack on the 28th parallel," perfectly positioned for the moon shot. And so Florida won that argument. And 100 years later Florida got the launch site, too. But in real life, I figure Texas got the best deal with the command center (and the budgets). And, it got the first word. The first word of consequence uttered on the moon was "Houston." And it was this space connection that gave us a team called the Astros, the WORLD CHAMPION ASTROS, I might add. *Special thanks to Dr. Jack Stanley who told me about this book and its unique connection to Texas.
The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; Lakeview Cemetery #2588, Lakeview Hall County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Jackson, W. E. ; Llano Cemetery #189, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Marshall, Samuel. ; Dreamland Cemetery #192, Canyon, Randall County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Arent, George W. ; Wilson Valley #8, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Wilson, James. ; Ater Cemetery #814, Ater, Coryell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Wilson, James. ; King Cemetery #685, Coryell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Dyson, Marshall Edwin. ; Dunn Cemetery #288, Dunn, Scurry County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Johnston, Albert M.
The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; S. Sulphur #585, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Murdaugh, W. Jasper. ; Baptist Bethel Cemetery #457, Jones County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Welty, Elbert. ; Hillcrest Cemetery #6, Temple, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Younger, J. W.
Introduction: The "sanctuary city" movement is a grassroots, human rights-based response to increased numbers of non-status migrants living and working in global cities (Faraday 2012; Sawchuk & Kempf 2008; Bhuyan 2012; OCASI 2012). Nonstatus migrants live in situations of extreme precariousness — they are subject to detention and deportation if identified by federal authorities; often work in poor conditions; are socially isolated; face poverty, abuse, and exploitation; and are unable to safely access essential social services, including those related to healthcare, education, labour, shelters, food banks, and police services (Gibney 2000; De Giorgi 2010; Noll 2010). In February 2013, Toronto became the first "sanctuary city" in Canada, which is currently styled "Access T.O." Hamilton and Vancouver followed suit in 2014 and 2016, respectively. The primary objective of Access T.O. is to ensure that all residents are able to access municipal and police services, regardless of immigration status. The policy directs city officials not to: 1) inquire into immigration status when providing select services, 2) deny non-status residents access to services to which they are entitled, and 3) share personal or identifying information with federal authorities, unless required to do so by federal or provincial law (City of Toronto 2013). ; Hudson, G., Atak, I., Manocchi, M., & Hannan, C. A. (2017). (No) Access T.O.: A pilot study on sanctuary city policy in Toronto, Canada. RCIS Working Paper No. 1. Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement.
Box 1, Folder 22 ; Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1869, Thomas Aloysius Hickey arrived in America in 1892. Hickey joined the Socialist Labor party and the Knights of Labor in 1893 and became an ardent speaker, organizer, and writer, as well as private secretary to Eugene V. Debs. In 1900, he left the Socialist Labor Party and went on to cocreate the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance and helped arrange several machinist strikes in New Jersey, which led to his blacklisting by employers. Moving to Butte, Montana, Hickey joined the Western Federation of Miners and helped recruit for the Socialist party. ; In 1911, he moved to Hallettsville, Texas, and started a weekly newspaper called The Rebel. Over time, Hickey became a prominent figure in the socialist movement and the slogan of his paper became the official slogan of the Socialist party in Texas. He served as the socialist candidate for lieutenant governor in 1912 and was married to Clara E. Boeer that same year. The government suppressed The Rebel in 1917 under the Espionage Act and in 1918, the Nonpartisan League fired Hickey as an organizer. ; In October 1919, he and other socialists organized the National Workers Drilling and Production Company. Hickey continued writing, serving as an advertising manager of the Desdemona Oil News and a correspondent for fourteen more newspapers such as the Texas Oil World and the Independent Oil and Financial Reporter. Withdrawing from the company in 1920, he moved to a farm near Stamford, Texas, and was publishing Tom Hickey's Magazine until his death on May 7, 1925, of throat cancer. ; The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography of Thomas Aloysius Hickey at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html ; The collection contains correspondence, printed material, news clippings, financial and legal material, literary productions, and scrapbook material. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, including letters from Hickey's readers and from Socialist leaders such as Theodore Debs. The printed materials include newsletters, pamphlets, periodicals, and circulars. Principal subjects of this collection are the Socialist Party, World War I, and pacifism. ; Conservation Note: In 1985 and 1986, a large number of the papers in this collection were encapsulated within Mellinex polyester film and/or deacidified using Wei I'o aerosol solution. Those pages that were not treated remain fragile and brittle. Also, some of the double-sided tape used for the encapsulation is either coming loose or sticking to other pages. Additionally, the two volume German medical book set is in very fragile condition, with the binding falling apart and pages loose. The covers are also fading and deteriorating.
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Bulk of the collection consists of general files (1918-1961), the medical records and notes of Dr. G. Schilling (1903-1919), records and notes pertaining to the 36th Division (1914-1962), and material concerning the 36th Division Association (1952-1955). Also included in the collection are letters and financial records, materials for Texas National Guard Commander Carl L. Phinney, the Texas Adjutant General's Department, general military materials, and scrapbook materials. Of special interest is a six volume stereographic photo library on World War II. ; The Texas National Guard serves as a state and federal agency. During peace time, the Guard is under the commmand of the governor and the adjutant genera. In wartime, the Guard is under federal supervision. The National Militia Act of 1903 (the Dick Law) made all of the different militia units within each state subject to the U.S. Army. During World War I and World War II, the Texas National Guard served as the U.S. Army 36th Division. ; Texas National Guard Records, 1900-1964, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas ; Box 1, Folder 22 ; Bulk of the collection consists of general files (1918-1961), the medical records and notes of Dr. G. Schilling (1903-1919), records and notes pertaining to the 36th Division (1914-1962), and material concerning the 36th Division Association (1952-1955). Also included in the collection are letters and financial records, materials for Texas National Guard Commander Carl L. Phinney, the Texas Adjutant General's Department, general military materials, and scrapbook materials. Of special interest is a six volume stereographic photo library on World War II. ; The Texas National Guard serves as a state and federal agency. During peace time, the Guard is under the commmand of the governor and the adjutant genera. In wartime, the Guard is under federal supervision. The National Militia Act of 1903 (the Dick Law) made all of the different militia units within each state subject to the U.S. Army. During World War I and World War II, the Texas National Guard served as the U.S. Army 36th Division. ; Texas National Guard Records, 1900-1964, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
The South Carolina State Library publishes quick demographic brochures for each district in South Carolina for incoming legislature. Each brochure highlights demographics across population, employment, and education.
Inhalt Justus Heck, Adrian Itschert, Luca Tratschin Legitimation durch Verfahren: Zum Entstehungskontext und zur Aktualität eines Nicht-Klassikers - 1 Teil I: Rechtliche Verfahren Marion Müller Keine Legitimation durch Familiengerichtsverfahren? Akzeptanzprobleme gerichtlicher Entscheidungen und Konstruktion geschlechtsdifferenter Elternschaft - 21 Justus Heck Vermittlung im Zivilverfahren. Zu Funktionen und Folgen undifferenzierter Konfliktbearbeitung - 61 Sebastian Starystach Zur Funktion informeller Kommunikation in Gerichtsverfahren am Beispiel des deutschen Strafverfahrens - 95 Carina Liebler, Dariuš Zifonun Die Interaktionsordnung strafrechtlicher Hauptverhandlungen: Strukturelemente ihres Vollzugs und die Bewältigung von Identitätsproblemen - 125 Teil II: Verfahren in der Politik Adrian Itschert Populismus in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Resilienz und Vulnerabilität von Wahlverfahren - 169 Wolfgang Ludwig Schneider Legitimationsdefizite des chinesischen Rechtswesens: Blockierte Ausdifferenzierung, Folgeprobleme und Kompensationsversuche - 215 Niklas Barth, Armin Nassehi, Irmhild Saake Perspektivität durch Verfahren. Zur Funktion des Deutschen Ethikrats - 274 Luca Tratschin Das Publikum und die Ausdifferenzierung eines Verfahrenssystems. Eine verfahrenssoziologische Analyse der Schlichtung zu "Stuttgart 21" - 298 Teil III: Sozialpsychologische, juristische und historisch-soziologische Perspektiven Stefan Machura Legitimation durch Verfahren – was bleibt? - 331 Fritz Jost Strategien der Bewältigung des Wahrheitsproblems im (Zivil-)Prozess - 355 Rena Schwarting Organisation und Verfahren. Zum Veranstaltungsproblem von Verfahren - 381 Christoph Gesigora Zur Aktualität von "Legitimation durch Verfahren". Ein Tagungsbericht - 424
The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; N. Belton Cemetery #1, Belton, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Albertson, Lorenzio W. ; Bradshaw Cemetery #649, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Pike, Oliver Monroe.