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	James W. Marshall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Marshall was born in Lambertville, New Jersey on October 8, 1810.
		James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 - August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, whose discovery of gold in the American River in California in January 1848 set the stage for the California Gold Rush.
		Marshall, still primarily concerned with the completion of the sawmill, permitted his crew to search for gold in their free time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_W._Marshall (1044 words)

	Juvenile Books Author of the Month
		James Edward Marshall was born on October 10, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to George E. and Cecile (Harrison) Marshall.
		Marshall is also the illustrator of Harry Allard's "Miss Nelson" series about a nice teacher who disguises herself as a mean substitute teacher named Miss Swamp in order to bring her class under control.
		At the time of his death, Marshall had written, co-written, and illustrated more than forty books for children, both under his own name and that of his pseudonym, Edward Marshall.
	www.yourlibrary.ws /childrens_webpage/e-author102001.htm (1672 words)

	Eyewitness to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill - 1848
		The facts are that James W. Marshall discovered the first color, and in less than an hour six Mormons found color as well, and in less than six weeks had discovered it in hundreds of places that Mr.
		Bigler, James Berger, William Johnson, Azariah Smith, James S. Brown, and Israel Evans, were hired to follow; James W. Marshall (Mr.
		Just forty-six (46) years ago to-day the great and memorable discovery of the California gold was made at Capt. John A. Sutter and James W. Marshall’s sawmill, on American Fork River, California.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist6/grush.html (4126 words)

	SFMOMA Exhibitions Kerry James Marshall
		Kerry James Marshall: Mementos was organized by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, and comes to SFMOMA as part of the New Work series.
		As part of the public program series, Kerry James Marshall will present a lecture about his work in January.
		The exhibition was conceived by Marshall as a unified installation in which a variety of works reinforce its central theme.
	www.sfmoma.org /exhibitions/exhib_detail/99_exhib_kerry_marshall.html (400 words)

	An Interview with Kerry James Marshall
		Kerry James Marshall, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, is an associate professor at the University of Illinois (Chicago).
		MARSHALL: Well, I'm never actually working against traditions, because I think as artists in the late 20th century, we inherit or are the beneficiaries of all of the stylistic and conceptual developments that artists from previous generations have handed down to us.
		MARSHALL: There's a way in which the flower pattern in a lot of those paintings, especially where it's more lush and kind of rich, helps foreground the matter-of-fact, that these are as much about painting as they are about the image that's in there.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~ug01/westkaemper/callaloo/marshall.html (4560 words)

	James Marshall
		James Wilson Marshall was born on October 8, 1810 in Round Mountain, New Jersey.
		His father, Phillip Marshall was a wagon-maker and James first learned the trade from him as a youngster in his teens.
		Marshall stayed with the mill as the demand for lumber increased in the town and nearby mining operations.
	www.inn-california.com /Articles/biographic/jwmarshall.html (768 words)

	Greg Kucera Gallery Seattle
		Our second one-person exhibition of Kerry James Marshall’s work included drawings, prints and sculpture that served as either studies for, or became by-products of, Marshall’s groundbreaking Mementos exhibition in Chicago.
		Through this composition Marshall turns what could be a sappy memorial to lost lives into a charged indictment of the lack and inaccuracies of media coverage of the events of 1963 as well as pointing out the levels of experiential detachment such biased media coverage engenders.
		In 1998, Kerry James Marshall exhibited "Mementos" at the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago.
	www.gregkucera.com /marshall.htm (1150 words)

	James Marshall bio
		James Marshall was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up sixteen miles outside of the town on the family farm.
		Marshall's work is that so often his stories are as profound as they are simple".
		And so, with" tongue-in cheek" Jim Marshall began his career and became one of the most prolific and successful author/illustrators of children s books.
	www.hbook.com /exhibit/marshallbio.html (502 words)

	The Marshall House
		The Marshall House, on the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places, was the boyhood home of James Wilson Marshall, discoverer of gold in California in 1848, and is now the headquarters of the Lambertville Historical Society.
		The Federal brick structure was built in 1816 by his father, Philip Marshall, cabinet, coach and wagon maker, a member of one of the oldest families in New Jersey and by marriage to John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
		The State leased the Marshall House, unrestored, to the newly born Lambertville Historical Society.
	www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org /marshall.php3 (374 words)

	E-MJ - Engineering & Mining Journal: James Wilson Marshall: 1810-1885.@ HighBeam Research
		E-MJ - Engineering & Mining Journal: James Wilson Marshall: 1810-1885.@ HighBeam Research
		Marshall dug the races, erected the wheel, and on Jan. 24, 1948, let loose the water.
		James Marshall, an itinerant carpenter, discovered gold in California launching the largest mining rush in American History.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:13795965&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (189 words)

	THE BROOKLYN RAIL - ART
		Race, not painting, is the incontrovertible subject of Kerry James Marshall’s solo show of recent work at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
		Marshall’s most obvious critiques are in his photographic series “Heirlooms/Accessories” (2002), where he focuses on the white women in a crowd at the lynching of a black man. The women are framed in necklaces, while the victim hangs by a formally similar noose.
		Marshall employs the same technique in a number of photos and a similar one in painting to force the viewer to literally see things from a black perspective.
	www.brooklynrail.org /arts/jan05/1.html (1437 words)

	MCA Chicago: Media
		Kerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Los Angeles, California.
		Kerry James Marshall and James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Elizabeth Smith will discuss Marshall's creative process and the development of his work from the exhibition.
		The New Visions Gala is a celebration of Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall, and the MCA’s ongoing audience development and diversity initiatives.
	www.mcachicago.org /MCA/About/Press/kjmarshall.html (1383 words)

	Honor the fallen: Army Spc. James E. Marshall
		James E. Marshall of Tulsa was killed May 5 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive, the Defense Department said in a statement.
		Marshall, who was in Alpha Battery, went to Iraq on March 15, and Pamela Marshall said her son was not worried because he felt like he had a job to do.
		Marshall was assigned to the First Batallion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, of the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas.
	www.militarycity.com /valor/257247.html (241 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - James Marshall
		Marshall was unsuccessful in securing legal or practical recognition of his own claims in the gold fields, and his sawmill quickly failed when all able-bodied men in the area turned all their efforts to the search for gold.
		Marshall bitterly resented his misfortune, but he was helpless to change a course of events he had himself set in motion.
		Marshall was born in 1810 in New Jersey and took up his father's trade as a skilled carpenter and wheelwright.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/i_r/marshall.htm (410 words)

	James Herbert Marshall of Leicester (Musician)
		James Herbert Marshall, who was married to Clara Ann, daughter of Vittore Albini of Garzuo Italy, died in August 1918.
		Marshall took old musical instruments in part exchange for new ones and such was the level of business that in the winter of 1884 he was forced to hold a clearance sale of second-hand pianos as well as opening a sheet music branch in Gallowtree Gate.
		The grand opening of "Marshall's Midland Musical Depot" (the name board can still be seen over the windows) was celebrated by a grand concert and sale at which, it was said, no reasonable offer was refused.
	www.leicesterandleicestershire.com /James_Marshall.htm (640 words)

	African Arts: Kerry James Marshall. - book review
		Kerry James Marshall gives a full account of the work of this mid-career African American artist, a 1997 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Grant, who is best known for his large-scale historical paintings.
		Kerry James Marshall, Terrie Sultan, and Arthur Jaffa Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000.
		The most notable quality of this book is how it successfully conveys Kerry James Marshall's love of painting.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0438/is_4_34/ai_85031239 (953 words)

	The chess games of Frank James Marshall
		Frank James Marshall was born in New York City on August 10, 1877.
		Marshall was famous for his aggressive style, and his ability to trick his way out of traps earned him the nickname "The Great Swindler." He helped to popularize a Ruy Lopez variation that carries his name: the Marshall Gambit.
		Marshall figured that this was the perfect time to use it since: (1) Capa favored the Ruy Lopez as White and (2) the trappy play eminated from the Black side.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=10309 (1013 words)

	James Marshall
		James Marshall was born on October 10, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas where he grew up on the family farm.
		One Sunday afternoon James Marshall was resting in a hammock doodling pictures while listening to a television program his Mother was watching.
		Marshall is best known for his series on the happenings of Fox, Miss Nelson, and George and Martha.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/greencastlees/authors/marshall.htm (163 words)

	James Marshall
		James Marshall who wrote to preschool to early primary grades dealt with topics that are important for children such as getting along with others, recognizing true friendships.
		James Marshall became a well-known author/illustrator and had received several honors for his works, and he is now famous for his George and Martha series.
		As a child, James Marshall liked to draw but he abandoned this hobby when he was in second grade because teacher laughed at his artwork.
	www.albany.edu /~ft4152/biography.html (1072 words)

	James Marshall: California's Gold Discoverer
		Marshall convinced Sutter that a partnership in a sawmill in the Sierra Nevada foothills would be a profitable venture, and he set out to find a suitable location.
		Each night Marshall directed the river's flow through the millrace to allow erosion to deepen the channel and carry away the debris from the previous day's work.
		Few people know about Marshall's ironically tragic life after he made his great discovery, from which he did not profit; he died with assets barely sufficient to cover his funeral expenses.
	historynet.com /we/bljamesmarshall (810 words)

	USM de Grummond Collection - JAMES MARSHALL PAPERS
		PORTLY MCSWINE by James Marshall (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979).
		James Edward Marshall was born in San Antonio, Texas on October 10, 1942.
		Materials received from James Marshall between 1985 and 1991 and materials received from his estate in 1993.
	www.lib.usm.edu /~degrum/findaids/marshall.htm (2264 words)

	James Marshall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James W. Marshall, who discovered gold in California in 1848
		James Marshall (clergyman) [1]- see also St Mary le Port Church, Bristol
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Marshall (87 words)

	Gold Rush Players: James Wilson Marshall
		Born in Lambertsville, New Jersey, on October 8 of 1810, James Marshall left home for good at the young age of twenty-four.
		Marshall tried for a short time to hold onto his land, but was soon pushed off by the ever increasing hordes.
		When the day finally arrived to test the mill, Marshall and his men held their breath as the wooden headgate opened and the “clear mountain torrent leaped gurgling and foaming along its new cut channel.” A heavy, collective sigh escaped from the men.
	www.malakoff.com /grpmarsh.htm (862 words)

	James Marshall Papers
		James Marshall was born October 10, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas to George E., an insurance salesman, and Cecille Harrison Marshall.
		James Marshall lent part of collection in March 1986 (subsequently converted to a gift in October 1993) and donated additional materials to Archives and Special Collections in January 1991.
		Marshall, who also worked using the pseudonym Edward Marshall, is best known for his series of George and Martha books, in addition to The Stupids, Fox, and Miss Nelson.
	www.lib.uconn.edu /online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/MarshallJ/MSS19860006.html (2972 words)

	Jim Marshall
		Marshall, J. Metacat: a self-watching cognitive architecture for analogy-making.
		Marshall, J., Blank, D., and Meeden, L. An emergent framework for self-motivation in developmental robotics.
		Marshall, J. and Hofstadter, D. The Metacat project: a self-watching model of analogy-making.
	www.cs.pomona.edu /~marshall (451 words)

	James Marshall
		James W. Marshall Elementary School is in the heart of the Rosemont community.
		These are some of the many examples of James Marshall’s commitment to the continuous belief that all students can learn and will succeed.
		Marshall was awarded a bronze achievement award as a “School on the Move” in 1999, for our continuing effort to meet the 2001 vital signs in reading and math.
	www.scusd.edu /elem_schools/jamesmarshall (349 words)

	Featured Author: James Marshall
		James Marshall was born in San Antonio, Texas where his father worked for the railroad and had a dance band.
		James Marshall's work can be categorized as fairy tale renditions, series such as The Cut-ups, Miss Nelson, and George and Martha.
		Web Site for James Marshall by his sister:
	www.carolhurst.com /newsletters/42enewsletters.html (1239 words)

	James Wilson Marshall
		Marshall, James Wilson, 1810–85, American pioneer, discoverer of gold in California, b.
		Marshall, James Wilson (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
		Marshall and Ilsley Corporation to Present at the Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional Investors Conference.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0831957.html (219 words)

	James Marshall Swarm Development Group Member Page
		Marshall, James A R; Rowe, Jonathan E. Viscous Populations and their Support for Reciprocal Cooperation.
		Marshall, James A R; Rowe, Jonathan E. 2000.Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying Kin Selection and Reciprocal Cooperation in Viscous Population Multi-Agent Systems.
		Marshall, James A R; Rowe, Jonathan E. Kin Selection May Inhibit the Evolution of Reciprocation.
	www.ku.edu /~pauljohn/sdg/member_pages/Marshall_James_A_R.html (298 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - James Marshall
		When James made his Test debut, he had a batting average of 28.70, but he was picked on potential rather than his track record, the same as Hamish.
		Players of the final James and Hamish Marshall hold the State Shield trophy.
		Technique was also a major factor in the New Zealand selectors' decision to ask James to open once again.
	content.cricinfo.com /newzealand/content/player/37698.html (352 words)

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