On November 5th, 2011 our research director, Dr. M.J. Morgan and one of our 2011 interns, Katie Goerl, conducted a group interview at the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society in Westmoreland, Kansas. A group of 20 plus former one-room school house students showed up to Goerl’s surprise. After filling out a brief informational questionnaire and…
Month: November 2011
A SPORTING OPPORTUNITY: CLAY CENTER MAN’S COLLECTION BRINGS RECREATION GIANT BRUNSWICK CORPORATION TO CHAPMAN CENTER FOR HISTORY DIGITIZATION PROJECT
MANHATTAN — Question: What do the world’s first snowboard, known as the “Snurfer,” and Kansas State University have in common? Answer: Mack Scott, doctoral student in history, who works in the university’s Chapman Center for Rural Studies. Still confused? Well, so was Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate professor of history and Chapman Center director, when she got…
Daron Blake ~ 2011 Graduate Assistant Profile
Daron Blake is one of our talented Graduate Research Assistant here at the Chapman Center for Rural Studies and is entering her second year of graduate school in the Department of History at K-State and her second year with the Center. Daron earned her BS in Environmental Studies from Binghamton University in New York. She…
Theresa Young ~ 2011 Graduate Assistant Profile
Theresa is a second year graduate student with the KSU history department and is studying environmental history under Bonnie Lynn-Sherow. She is a recent graduate of Washburn University’s history program in Topeka. When the opportunity presented itself for her to work at the Center she was delighted and thrilled to be working with such splendid…
Angela Schnee ~ Fall 2011 Intern Biography
Angela Schnee is the mother of three great children. This semester is her second internship with the Chapman Center for Rural Studies and she is already planning on sticking around for a third semester with us!! She is currently a junior here at KSU, majoring in geography and minoring in history. This semester she is…
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