A History of Printing in the United States: The Story of the Introduction of the Press and of Its History and Influence during the Pioneer Period in Each State of the Union

AbstractThis paper traces the history of the cultural icon of the "First Dog" of the United States back to the administration of President Warren G. Harding (1921-1923). It briefly explores technological and socio-cultural factors—including the early-twentieth-century cult of human and nonhuman celebrities—that laid a basis for the acceptance of Laddie Boy, Harding's Airedale terrier, as the third member of the First Family and a celebrity in his own right. Following Laddie Boy, First Dogs would greet and entertain visitors to the White House, pose for the press, make public appearances, and "talk." While recognizing that Laddie Boy's personality was essential to his success at the White House, the paper also documents the steps taken by President Harding, his wife Florence Kling Harding, and the American press to establish Laddie Boy as the First Dog of the land. The paper argues that the construction of the cultural icon of the First Dog was not simply a political ploy to humanize the President but more a calculated attempt by President Harding to further animal welfare.

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The Progressive Movement in England

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society ◽

10.2307/3678937 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 159-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

P. F. Clarke

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Reform ◽

The United States ◽

History Of Ideas ◽

Reform Movement ◽

The Political ◽

Progressive Movement ◽

The Press ◽

History Of ◽

Twentieth Century America

On the centenary of the birth of C. P. Scott, the political outlook of the Manchester Guardian under his editorship was explained thus: ‘He, and those who wrote under him, thought always in terms of what he called “the progressive movement”. What was important was that those who were agreed on reforming measures should work together to secure them’. In its use of the rather imprecise label ‘progressive’, in its conception of a reform movement wider than strict party boundaries, in its distinctive flowering in the press—in all these respects the progressive movement of early twentieth-century America gives us some notion of what Scott had in mind. And indeed American historiography can, I believe, suggest valuable lines of analysis which have not been fully applied in England. Perhaps the most obvious would entail giving closer attention to the intellectuals and publicists and asking more searching questions about their role in politics. A few years ago the late Charles Mowat pointed to the broadly similar problems in social policy which Britain and the United States faced at this time; and he commented on how, despite these similarities, the history of social reform in the United States had been written with due attention to the history of ideas: in Britain, by contrast, almost exclusively in terms of political and administrative history. It would not, perhaps, be fair to extend Mowat's observation by saying that in England we purposely write history with the ideas left out.

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The Chickasaw Press: A Source of Power and Pride

American Indian Culture and Research Journal ◽

10.17953/aicrj.42.3.rule ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 183-202

Author(s):

Elizabeth Rule

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

American Indian ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Publishing House ◽

Active Agent ◽

The United States ◽

Cutting Edge ◽

National Initiatives ◽

The Press ◽

History Of

Established in 2006, the Chickasaw Press is the first tribally owned and operated publishing house in the United States. This article recounts the history of this innovative Indigenous enterprise, explores its decolonized practices and publications, and connects the press to national initiatives for American Indian cultural revitalization. In doing so, I reveal how the press serves as an active agent in the movement for Indigenous cultural and intellectual sovereignty and showcase how this outlet brings together traditional knowledge and cutting-edge technologies to decenter colonial narratives about the Chickasaw people and, thus, to reinstate Chickasaw tribal knowledge and perspectives.

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Ivan Bahrianyi – The Editor and the Author of the Newspaper “Ukrainski Visti”/ “Ukrainian News” (1945–1963)

Scientific notes of the Institute of Journalism ◽

10.17721/2522-1272.2019.75.11 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 146-155

Author(s):

Serhiy Коzak

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

World War Ii ◽

The United States ◽

National Council ◽

World War ◽

The Press ◽

Art Works ◽

History Of ◽

Political Figure

The main objective of this study is to review the journalistic and editorial activities of Ivan Bahrianyi from the perspective of articles of the newspaper “Ukrainski Visti”/”Ukrainian News”, a unique edition published in Germany and the United States after World War II (1945-2000). One of the several methods of research was to analyze the publications of I. Bahrianyi and about I. Bahrianyi, which we found on the pages of this newspaper. In particular, in the course of this task, a new valuable fact about Ivan Bahrianyi’s collaboration with the edition for eighteen years (1945 – 1963) was obtained, the publications of this period were analyzed and the peculiarities of the newspaper’s functioning when it was headed by Ivan Bahrianyi were ascertained. It is revealed that on the pages of this edition I. Bahrianyi acted in several posts: as the author of journalistic articles and works of art, as the editor-in-chief, and as a prominent political figure of the Ukrainian diaspora (the chairman of the URDP, the head of the Ukrainian National Council). However, in whatever role Ivan Bahriany appeared on the pages of the newspaper (publicist, author of art works, public figure, editor), each of them was important and each of them can be considered as a separate cultural and spiritual property, but at the same time they all make up the phenomenon, which undoubtedly deserves a separate section in the history of the press of Ukrainian political emigration in the mid and the second half of the twentieth century.

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The United States Senate and the Press, 1838-41

Journalism Quarterly ◽

10.1177/107769905102800305 ◽

1951 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 342-350

Author(s):

Frederick B. Marbut

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

The United States ◽

United States Senate ◽

The Press ◽

Penn State ◽

History Of

The background and conclusion of the New York Herald's quarrel with the Senate over press privileges are given in this article by Dr. Marbut, who wrote his Ph.D. dissertation at Harvard on “The History of Washington Newspaper Correspondence to 1861.” The author is on the Penn State journalism faculty.

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