Sentences with phrase «local historians in»

It is not surprising that Fossett reports between 1682 and 1701, «several local historians in the Orkneys and northern Scotland commented on the appearance of mysterious strangers in skin boats along the coasts.»

Almost 90 years after the book of short stories was written a local historian in Selkirk, Walter Elliot found the long lost Sherlock Holmes story.

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Perhaps not where anyone would expect him to be during the last weekend of the campaign, Liberal Party leader Raj Sherman was scheduled to spend today in the traditionally conservative voting Red Deer, where the Liberals nabbed prominent local historian Michael Dawe as their candidate in Red Deer - North.

Since 1960 over two hundred books and countless reports have examined either single congregations or their species, and any new work such as mine gratefully follows the tracks that many sorts of explorers — consultants, management specialists, sociologists, psychologists, ethnographers, historians, and others — have already laid down.1 Prior to 1960 the investigation of the local church was more occasional, and except for a few books written to enliven parish programs2 and the pioneering sociology of H. Paul Douglass, 3 the analysis occurred primarily in Europe.4

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Based on receipts and records from Emily's local general store, historians have been able to determine that she was in fact purchasing imported coconut fruit (not cocoa).

According to local Minorcan historian and reenactor Michelle Reyna, «In those days, without refrigeration, meat didn't keep long.

New Rochelle is fortunate to have just such an expert in New Rochelle's City Historian Barbara Davis, a wonderful and unique community asset who is rarely at a loss when it comes to local history.

The Group is bringing together residents, local historians, councillors and members of the creative community, all of whom share an interest in marking this important piece of history, and telling its story to new generations of people.

NY - 11 Democratic candidate Domenic Recchia lacks a Staten Island address — something every representative serving the district in Washington, D.C., has had since 1906, according to a local historian.

One thing Mr. Recchia is missing: a Staten Island address, something every representative serving the district in Washington, D.C., has had since 1906, according to a local historian.

In the early 20th century, by which time even few locals could still «read» khipu, historian Leslie Leland Locke determined that the knots represent numbers.

The historian and artist Pehr Arvid Säve collected historical materials of local importance during the 19th century, materials that are now in the public domain.

If you and your date are both keen local historians then you will find this to be a perfect venue for dating in Bath.

Hannibal Lecter has left the United States and began a new life posing as an art historian in Italy but when a local detective discovers his true identity he returns to old habits.

But once you start digging in and you talk to local historians, you find some of the stories.

turns high school students in Arizona and Montana into local historians.

There were genre writers on both sides of the dispute, but on the publishing side were huddled the biographers, urban historians, midlist novelists — that is, all the people who were able to eke out a living because publishers still paid advances, acting as a kind of local literary bank, in anticipation of future sales.

The farmhouse he bought with his wife, Jean, in 1980 had a history with Lucy's legend, but he didn't know that till years later when he sat down for breakfast with a longtime local historian who told him Lucy's story and showed him a leather satchel filled with recollections, newspaper articles, and letters about her, gathered over the years.

The eldest, Faruk, a dissipated historian, wallows in alcohol as he laments his inability to tell the story of the past from the kaleidoscopic pieces he finds in the local archive; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün, has yet to discover the real - life consequences of highminded politics; and Metin, a high school nerd, tries to keep up with the lifestyle of his spoiled society schoolmates while he fantasizes about going to America - an unaffordable dream unless he can persuade his grandmother to tear down her house.

Did You Know: According to local historians, O'Fallon's Rock Spring Seminary was the first college of its kind to be founded in Illinois.

Explore Madrid's famous museums, walk the cobblestoned streets of El Greco's Toledo with a local historian, take a flamenco lesson in Granada, and embrace the region's Moorish spirit in Granada and Córdoba.

This incredible site was left unknown to the outside world until 1911 when American historian Hiram Bingham, with the aid of local indigenous farmers, found the relatively intact Machu Picchu on an expedition in search of lost Inca cities.

Explore Madrid's famous museums, walk the cobblestoned streets of El Greco's Toledo with a local historian, take a flamenco lesson in Gr... Read More

From the Brandenburg Gate to Prague's Charles Bridge, from a 16th - century market in Vienna to a walking tour of the Berlin Wall with a local historian, step into the past — and enjoy every minute in the present.

The style was the almost - official style of many federal and local government buildings in the United States from the mid-1920s until World War II, and frequently overlaps with the style that architectural historian David Gebhard terms «WPA Moderne.»

Amigo Trails is the only inbound tour operator in the world with offices inside the Copper Canyon; this means that you will always get the most in - depth itineraries from local design experts, professional historian guides, and most up to date information available about the region.

For many historians Rome is the cradle of Western civilization and this is evident not only in local traditions that persist in many towns in America by way of immigration but also through the ancient architecture of the city that has inspired contractors like All Professional roofing.

In recent years, locals have praised «Morrison House Presents,» a free discussion series that spotlights artists, authors, historians, and other cultural figures who have keen insights to share with Alexandrians.

Hart has connected with local historians, artists, and residents to learn more about how the history of slavery, migration, and growth in the region has shaped local communities, a topic Storm King will explore through related public programs.

It's a complicated work, so it is with great satisfaction that the gallery commissioned local poet / art historian / educator Bill Berkson to explicate the work in an essay issued in a handsome brochure.

In July 2015, eight high school students participated in a two - week course providing interactions and presentations by seasoned professional curators, architects, local historians, and public art organization representatives, and opportunities to visit public art siteIn July 2015, eight high school students participated in a two - week course providing interactions and presentations by seasoned professional curators, architects, local historians, and public art organization representatives, and opportunities to visit public art sitein a two - week course providing interactions and presentations by seasoned professional curators, architects, local historians, and public art organization representatives, and opportunities to visit public art sites.

Tomie Arai is a public artist who collaborates with writers, architects, historians, curators, and local communities to create visual narratives that give meaning to the spaces we live in.

«Bradley rejected an exclusively black show as patronizing and instead specified two conditions: the inclusion of white artists and presentation in a building - in a poor neighborhood - totally unrelated to the local black art establishment,» art historian William A. Camfield, one of two dozen contributors to the book, writes.

That could help draw more collectors, curators, art historians and writers to the city, who then could spread word about what they've seen, perhaps leading to requests for work from local artists to be included in exhibitions around the country.

In a conversation with two other artists from Inside Out and art historian Arden Decker, which was published in the exhibition catalogue, Okón explains, «I have a preoccupation with routines that are connected to my everyday life and in the way these very local issues connect to a global contexIn a conversation with two other artists from Inside Out and art historian Arden Decker, which was published in the exhibition catalogue, Okón explains, «I have a preoccupation with routines that are connected to my everyday life and in the way these very local issues connect to a global contexin the exhibition catalogue, Okón explains, «I have a preoccupation with routines that are connected to my everyday life and in the way these very local issues connect to a global contexin the way these very local issues connect to a global context.

is a collective that creates temporary site - responsive museum spaces, and interactive spaces that engage local artists, historians and organizations in events that challenge traditional museum thinking and generate community engagement and conversation.

The Palm Talks includes both local and non-local contemporary thinkers, historians, writers, and artists, whose contributions culminate in a momentary glimpse into our collective state.

And, according to local historian Paul George, it's the only inner - city neighborhood in Florida that did not decline in the 1970s and 1980s.