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  James Wright (historian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in 1939 at Madison, Wisconsin, James Wright was raised in Galena, Illinois.
He also served as senior historian at the University of Mid-America (a consortium of nine Midwestern universities in Lincoln, Nebraska) in the 1976–77 academic year, and as a member of the faculty of the Dartmouth Institute from 1981–83.
James Wright served as Dean of the Faculty from 1989–97 and as Acting President of the College during the first six months of 1995, while President James O. Freedman was on sabbatical.
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Wright Township, Minnesota Wright Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a total population of...
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 James Wright
A veteran academic administrator and noted historian, President James Wright has spent over 30 years in higher education and has held a series of leadership positions at Dartmouth during one of the most eventful eras in its history.
Born Aug. 16, 1939, in Madison, Wisconsin, Wright received a bachelor's degree from Wisconsin State University - Platteville, and master's and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Wright is a specialist in American history, particularly American political history, and is the author or editor of five books, including Progressive Yankees: Republican Reformers in New Hampshire (1987), and The Politics of Populism (1974).
www.dartmouth.edu /~trustees/biographies/wright.html   (236 words)

  
 James Wright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Wright (1715-1785), British colonial governor of Georgia
James Wright (born 1939), President of Dartmouth College, historian
James A. Wright (1902-1963), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Wright   (138 words)

  
 THE WRIGHT FAMILY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Two brothers, Joshua and James Wright, laid claim with a Virginia title to 800 acres in 1764 and erected a crude cabin about 200 yards from the present location of the house.
Charity Wright Anderson, the youngest daughter of Rev. Joseph Wright, was a faithful and active member of the church for most of her 85 years.
Joseph Wright) approximately 33 acres of woodland directly behind the cemetery and extending to the village of Hackett, was bequeathed to the church.
www.gbgm-umc.org /wrights/wrights.html   (2354 words)

  
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He also served as senior historian at the University of Mid-America (a consortium of nine Midwestern universities in Lincoln, Nebraska) in the 1976—1977 academic year, and as a member of the faculty of the Dartmouth Institute from 1981—1983.
From 1976—1978 Wright was senior historian for an award-winning, six-film series on the history of the Great Plains.
James Wright served as Dean of the Faculty from 1989—1997 and as Acting President of the College during the first six months of 1995, while President James O. Freedman was on sabbatical.
www.ivyleaguesports.com /schools/wright.asp   (467 words)

  
 Wright Brothers Collection
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT Wilbur Wright was born April 16, 1867, on a farm not far from New Castle, Indiana, Orville was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 19, 1871.
Founded in 1964, Wright State University was built on land deeded in part by Wright Patterson Air Force Base and lies within a mile of Huffman Prairie, the site of Simms Station, where Orville and Wilbur Wright perfected their flying machines in 1904 and 1905 [see Box 16, files 5-7].
Wright State University's collection includes over 200 technical books, journals, and pamphlets accumulated by the Wright Brothers, over 500 items related to their research, business, and legal endeavors, more than 1,000 genealogical items gathered by Bishop Milton Wright and Orville Wright, nearly 3,600 photographs, and over 700 items representing awards and other memorabilia-approximately 6,000 items.
www.libraries.wright.edu /staff/dunbar/arch/ms1.old.htm   (16070 words)

  
 Unleashed Summit Speakers
James Wright is the 16th president of Dartmouth College.
He is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the Western History Association, and the New Hampshire chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and serves on the board of trustees of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.
James H. Snider is senior research fellow in New America Foundation's Spectrum Policy Program, where he analyzes and critiques the federal government's management of the airwaves.
unleashed.dartmouth.edu /program/speakers.html   (4103 words)

  
 Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: James
James had to do with those who cried up faith, but would not allow works to be used even as evidence; they depended upon a bare profession, as sufficient to justify them; and with these he might well urge the necessity and vast importance of good works.
This is so plainly the scope and design of the apostle James that he is but confirming what Paul, in other places, says of his faith, that it is a laborious faith, and a faith working by love, Gal.
The Christians to whom James wrote were apt to speak very hard things of one another, because of their differences about indifferent things (such as the observance of meats and days, as appears from Rom.
www.awmach.org /RMHC/jas.htm   (18904 words)

  
 Office of the President - Biography of James Wright
A veteran academic administrator, teacher, and noted historian, James Wright has spent more than 35 years in higher education and has held a series of leadership positions at Dartmouth during one of the most eventful eras in the College's history.
Wright has been a member of the Dartmouth community since 1969, when he came to Hanover as an assistant professor of history.
Wright is on the board of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
www.dartmouth.edu /~presoff/bio   (337 words)

  
 Ferry Landing, Martins Ferry, OH Historical Society Home Page
She was a “city historian, archivist, and researcher of the highest caliber,” according to former Martins Ferry Public Library Director John W. Storck.
James Arlington Wright was born in Martins Ferry on December 13, 1927.
Wright’s early life during the depression years was difficult, but he graduated as valedictorian from Martins Ferry High School in 1946.
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 Alumnus appointed president of Dartmouth (Apr 8, 1998)
UW-Madison alumnus James Wright has been elected the 16th president of Dartmouth College by the college's Board of Trustees.
Wright, who will take office in August, was born in Madison and received a bachelor's degree from UW-Platteville and master's and doctoral degrees in history from UW-Madison.
A noted historian, and author or editor of five books, including Progressive Yankees: Republican Reformers in New Hampshire (1987), and The Politics of Populism (1974), Wright has been at Dartmouth since 1969, when he joined the faculty as an assistant professor of history.
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 Wright family of Northern Ireland and Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, 1808--
For most of the details about the family's early history in Ontario, Canada, I am indebted to the late Fred Wright and his son John F. Wright who may be contacted at john.laurie.wright@sympatico.ca Please contact me at karen.fl@sympatico.ca if you have find this genealogy useful or would like to contribute any further information.
James moved his family to the corner of John and Elizabeth, old lot 38 in Barrie, Ont. in Feb. 1846.
Marriage certificate transcription: "Samuel Wright, 21, a laborer, residing in Elmvale and born in Wyebridge, son of James and Diana Wright, married Annie Dwinnel, 19, residing in Flos Township and born in Wyevale, daughter of John and Annie Dwinnel Aug.22, 1895 in Hillsdale.
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 defender of the month 1998
Professor James D. Wright of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, a noted scholar in the sociological field of firearms research, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for January.
In nominating Wright, the Charles and Leo Favrot Professor of Human Relations in the Department of Sociology at Tulane for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, stated that "Jim has established himself as a leader in the objective study of firearms ownership in the United States.
Professor Wright received his Bachelor of Arts from Purdue University in 1973, his Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1970, and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 1973.
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 Football - Big Green Sports - Dartmouth Athletics
Born in Madison, Wis., Wright received a bachelor’s degree from Wisconsin State University (now the University of Wisconsin—Platteville), and master’s and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin.
President Wright is married to Susan DeBevoise Wright, a counselor, adviser and advocate for students throughout her years at Dartmouth.
Jo Ann (Josie) Harper, a prominent figure in collegiate athletics and a highly regarded coach, is Dartmouth’s director of athletics and recreation.
athletics.dartmouth.edu /sports/m-footbl/admin.html   (753 words)

  
 James Wright Steely
Now, some fifteen years later, Steely is the Chief Historian of that same agency.
In addition, he serves higher education in the state by returning to The University of Texas at Austin every spring as a lecturer in the graduate program.
“To historians and students of architectural history, Texas presents a vast laboratory as a crossroads of cultures from around the world.
www.utexas.edu /ogs/alumni/laurels/steely.html   (250 words)

  
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Born: February 24, 1932, Winston Salem, N.C. Parents: James A. and Beulah N. (Crosby) Johnson.
Parents: Aaron A. and Ollie Virginia (Bendall) James.
Assisted her husband for twenty years in running a game preserve on the old James plantation at Letohatchee, Ala., and wrote a dozen stories during this time which were published in Field and Stream and later collected into a book.
www.lib.auburn.edu /madd/docs/ala_authors/j.html   (5059 words)

  
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Burgess is Historian for Heinrich Frey Family Association [HFFA].
Copy of receipt from William Frey and his son Jacob, stating that he is the son of Henry Frey.
James Harry Wright, Internet Home Page: Levering/Frey, Magdalena is not listed by Frey Family Assn.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~katy/fry/sources.html   (2619 words)

  
 David McCullough: America's historian, Pittsburgh son
Since May, when "Adams" arrived in bookstores, the 68-year-old Pittsburgh native has been in constant motion, moving around the country talking about the second president of the United States and, everywhere, signing books for admiring readers.
Growing up in Pittsburgh has left a permanent mark on the historian who frequently cites the city's school system and the Carnegie Institute as major influences on his education.
Academic historians have sniffed at McCullough's accounts of key events in American history and his glowing assessments of Adams and Truman, but he refuses to do battle with them.
www.post-gazette.com /books/20011230mccullough1230fnp2.asp   (3142 words)

  
 Steely, Parks for Texas, University of Texas Press
Yet few park visitors or park managers know the remarkable story of how this magnificent state park system came into being during the depths of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Drawing on archival records and examining especially the political context of the New Deal, James Wright Steely here provides the first comprehensive history of the founding and building of the Texas state park system.
James Wright Steely of Austin is Chief Historian at the Texas Historical Commission.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/books/stepar.html   (280 words)

  
 James E. Tobin to GIve Presentation About the Wright Brothers
James E. Tobin to GIve Presentation About the Wright Brothers
James E. Tobin, author and historian, will give a presentation titled "The Wright Brothers Lost and Found" at the Library of Congress from Noon to 1 P.M. on Tuesday, March 16.
Tobin will give his views of how the recent media hype surrounding the 100-Year Anniversary of The Wright Brothers' flight actually masked more than it revealed about the Enigmatic Brothers
www.loc.gov /today/pr/2004/04-054.html   (121 words)

  
 Douglas, James on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
1658-1712: see Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of.
The American singer Abbey LINCOLN performing with the Americans Philip WRIGHT (p), James LEARY (b) and Douglas SIDES (dms).
US singer Abbey LINCOLN performing with the US jazz musicians Philip WRIGHT (piano), James LEARY (doublebass) and Douglas SIDES (drums).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-D1ouglJ14d.asp   (540 words)

  
 Articles - Kenyon College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The English department first gained recognition with the arrival of the poet and critic John Crowe Ransom in 1937 as Professor of Poetry and first editor of The Kenyon Review, a literary journal.
Kluge, James Wright, William Gass, Laura Hillenbrand, and E.
Kenyon's sports teams are referred to as the Lords and Ladies, and their colors are purple and white, with gold often added as an accent.
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 Rites of Passage
In October 1997, MG James Wright, Commanding General of the Quartermaster Center and School, directed that the QM Corps Historian and the QM Museum Director collaborate on a Heritage and Values Program at the QMCandS.
The program was to consist of embedded values training within the course curricula using historical vignettes as talking points in discussing the Army’s seven core values, posters and other products, and other programs to reinforce values and heritage training throughout the QMCandS.
When they pin on their crests, they will know what it means.
www.quartermaster.army.mil /23rdbde/rop.html   (304 words)

  
 James
1971 James Logan, WLAF linebacker for the Scotland Claymores
1968 James Mouton, born in Denver, Colorado, outfielder for the Houston Astros
1968 James Francis, linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
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 December 2002 Columns Magazine: Lasting Legacies - 101 UW Achievements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A student of Theodore Roethke, James Wright won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his Collected Poems.
The UW historian won the 1928 prize in history for his work Main Currents in American Thought.
A Seattle Times reporter, he won the 1984 prize in feature writing for his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner, "Making It Fly." He attended the UW in the 1970s.
www.washington.edu /alumni/columns/dec02/achievements_awards2.html   (308 words)

  
 The Journalist's Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars [Free Republic]
Informational reproduction of the entire article is hereby authorized provided the author, The New Gun Week and Second Amendment Foundation are credited.
J, Neil Schulman is the award-winning author of novels endorsed by Anthony Burgess and Nobel-economist Milton Friedman, and writer of the CBS "Twilight Zone" episode in which a time-traveling historian prevents the JFK assassination.
He's also the founder and president of Soft-Serv Publishing, the first publishing company to distribute "paperless books" via personal computers and modems.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a38d04d5c7c40.htm   (3514 words)

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