41. Biographies - Charles Finley Dempsey Back to biographies. On one occasion, when the immigrants were fording the Platteriver in Mr. Mock has lived to witness many notable changes in this section of http://www.fohcc.org/bios/john_mock.html

fohcc.org Home Page What's New Name Index Biographies ... Back to Biographies John Mock Born: October 8, 1838 Where: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Died: August 18, 1916 Where: Multnomah County, OR View tombstone photo View full photo of John The year of 1852 was memorable for suffering and hardship endured by the pioneers in their journey across the plains and over the mountains. Cholera broke out among the emigrants, and new graves were made all along the trail. It was in the spring of 1852 that Henry Arnold. Mock started for the west with his family. Henry Mock and his wife Maria Elizabeth were natives of Germany. After coming to America in 1833, they lived for some years in the little town of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Here, on October, 8 was born their son John, the subject of this sketch. When John was six years old the family removed to Platte County, Missouri, where the father purchased a forty-acre farm. In those days the school facilities of Missouri were limited, but limited though they were, John could not take full advantage of them because farm duties took so much of his time. In 1852 the Mock family started on its westward journey and the thirteen-year-old John drove the wagon to which four yoke of oxen were hitched. Occasionally two cows were hitched up with the oxen. Young John handled the animals so well that he succeeded in doing what very few men had accomplished-finishing the trip with the same oxen with which he started.

42. Biographies & Autobiographies - Business Library - UWO INDIVIDUAL biographies (COLLECTIVE WORKS FOLLOW BELOW). listed in the New York Time’s“notable Books of 1, 1997 “A Beacon of Hope for All immigrants”. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/bio.html

(Selected Recent Acquisitions - 1997 - 2002) (last updated May 2002) It is difficult to locate biographical or autobiographical works unless one is looking for a specific individual. Such books are often classified under a number of different headings (e.g. Businessmen-United States - Biography; Executives - Canada - Biography). Since biographical works in business can be hard to find, the Business Library Staff identified recent arrivals and listed them below. It is by no means an exhaustive list. In most cases, considerable additional information is available by looking at the full bibliographic record for each entry on the library Online Public Catalogue INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES (COLLECTIVE WORKS FOLLOW BELOW) Ambani, Dhirubhai The polyester prince : the rise of Dhirubhai Ambani Hamish McDonald. HC432.5.A43M34 1998. Dhirubhai Ambani's life is a rags-to-riches story, from Bombay's crowded pavements and bazaars to the city's extravagantly wealthy social circles where business tycoons, stockmarket speculators, smugglers, politicians and Hindi film stars mingle, make money, make and break marriages and carry out prolonged feuds-sometimes violent, often histrionic." Autry, James

43. Notable American Scientists With Czech Or Slovak Roots . By Mila Rechcigl Another notable physicist with Czech roots deserving the Nazi persecution, see LauraFermi, Illustrious immigrants. Concise biographies of Goldberger were also http://hometown.aol.com/rechcigl/myhomepage/news.html

Notable American Scientists with Czech or Slovak Roots . By Mila Rechcigl Descriptive Essay NOTABLE AMERICAN SCIENTISTS WITH CZECH OR SLOVAK ROOTS. FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO PRESENT Miloslav Rechcigl Jr. Except for a few rather general and journalistic attempts to show that some Czech and Slovak Americans also worked in professional and cultural fields, there has not been any serious effort to date to evaluate their contributions to American science and technology (la, 1b, 2). This is a completely unplowed field if not a Terra incognita. The present study attempts to overview contributions of American immigrants and their descendants from the territory of former Czechoslovakia to biological and physical sciences and engineering - from the early days following the discovery of the New World to the midst of the twentieth century. THE PIONEERS All evidence seems to indicate that the first visitors from the territory of the former Czechoslovakia (3) in the Western Hemisphere (4) were sent to the New World because of their particular technical or scientific skills. This was the case of the anonymous group of the Jachymov miners who were dispatched prior to 1528 to Little Naples (the present Venezuela) in an effort to establish the silver mines, while in the employ of the banking house of the Welser family (5). When Latin America was opened for missionary work to Bohemian Jesuits (6), in the second half of the 17th century, a good half of the missionaries comprised skilled craftsmen and various professionals, including scientists(7) . The most important among them was Valentin Stansel (1621-1705), a professor of rhetoric and mathematics at Olomouc and Prague. He came to Brazil in 1656 where he was attached to the Jesuit College and Seminary of San Salvador (Bahia) and where he filled the position of Professor of Moral Theology and later Superior. He was also an astronomer of note who made extensive observations, particularly on comets, the results of which he published under the assumed name of “Estancel“(8).

44. Books / Biographies & Memoirs / Regional U.S. / West Rosellini immigrants' Son and Progressive Governor Payton Smith / Hardcover / Published1997 Read Worth Their Salt notable but Often Unnoted Women of Utah http://www.bookmag.com/books/biographies---memoirs/56.html

Books Regional U.S. / West Browse our most popular books titlesfrom 1 to 50. Little Britches : Father and I Were Ranchers Ralph Moody / Paperback / Published 1991 Read more about this title... Salt of the Earth Jack Olsen / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1997 Read more about this title... Holy Land : A Suburban Memoir D. J. Waldie / Paperback / Published 1997 Read more about this title... Mayordomo : Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico Stanley Crawford / Paperback / Published 1993 Read more about this title... Two in the Far North Olaus J. Murie (Illustrator), Margaret E. Murie / Paperback / Published 1997 Read more about this title... Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs : Living and Writing in the West Wallace Stegner / Paperback / Published 1993 Read more about this title... Wild Steps of Heaven Victor E. Villasenor / Paperback / Published 1997 Read more about this title... Riding the White Horse Home : A Western Family Album (Vintage Departures) Teresa Jordan / Paperback / Published 1994 Read more about this title...

45. Famous Women - Cultural Diversity Books For Schools & Libraries fourth volume expands coverage to include notable women from meet the special needsof immigrants and children. Contents Volume 1 biographies (AF) Volume 2 http://www.diversity-books.com/FamousWomen.html

Cultural Diversity Books: Reference Library of American Women: This wonderful set provides a unique, comprehensive source for biographical information on 650 women who have gained international recognition for their enduring contributions to human culture and society. Topics covered: Women's Rights - Famous American Women - Notable International Women - Women's Contributions to the Arts, Business, Education, Journalism, Religion, Science - Mother Teresa - Princess Diana of Wales - Queen Elizabeth I - Cleopatra - Joan of Arc - Pocahontas - Marie Antoinette - Madame Curie - more details Reference Library of American Women 4 Deluxe Hardcover Volumes Appendix, Bibliography, Glossary, Index Approximately 330 pages per volume ISBN# 0-7876-3864-1 Click here for more detailed information on this series Reg. Price: $195.00 per 4 vol. set

46. 2002 Schools Biographies has had six novels included on the Childrens Book Council notable books lists AustraliaCouncil, which trace the history of Irish child immigrants in Australia. http://www.mwf.com.au/sp022.html

Catherine Bateson IAN BONE Alyssa Brugman Margaret Clark ... MARKUS ZUSAK Catherine Bateson grew up in a secondhand bookshop in Brisbane – an ideal childhood for a writer. Her first collection of poetry was entitled Pomegranates from the Underworld and her second collection, The Vigilant Heart, was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award. Catherine lives in Central Victoria and is the author of A Dangerous Girl and its sequel The Year It All Happened. Her latest book is Painted Love Letters. After an award winning career in Childrens' TV, Ian Bone began writing books in 1993. He writes across most age groups, from picture books through to young adult novels. His young adult novel, Tin Soldiers, was shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award in 2001. He has had six novels included on the Childrens Book Council Notable books lists, and Fat Boy Saves World was recently published in the USA. His latest novel, The Song of an Innocent Bystander, tells the story of a young girl trapped in a restaurant siege. Alyssa Brugman 's first novel was Finding Grace, short listed for the 2002 NSW Premier's Literary Award (Ethel Turner PRize) and the 2002 CBCA Book of the Year (Older Readers). Walking Naked, Alyssa's second novel, will be released at festival time.

47. Author Biographies Author biographies Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 and the lives ofthe immigrants who settled Fitzgerald, and many other notable cultural figures http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/hudson/fiction/extras/bios/fictionbios.ht

Author Biographies Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851). He is known for his clear, classical prose style and his masterful use of symbol and allegory, both of which influenced his friend and contemporary, Herman Melville. Hawthorne’s fiction often deals with America’s Puritan heritage and explores the themes of sin, guilt, and redemption. "Young Goodman Brown," which was first published in New England Magazine (1835) and later collected in Mosses from an Old Manse (1846), provides a good example of these characteristic emphases. top Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) published his first volume of poems at the age of 18. Orphaned early in life, Poe led a peripatetic existence, entering and leaving a series of schools (including West Point), enlisting in the Army, and writing for a series of newspapers and magazines in Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York. He first won a national reputation with the publication of his poem "The Raven" in 1845. Poe thought of himself primarily as a poet, though he is now perhaps better known for tales of horror such as "The Cask of Amontillado," first published in Works (1850). In 1847 Poe was devastated by the death of his cousin and wife, Virginia, whom he had married when she was 13, and to whom he addressed the poem "Annabel Lee." Two years later, Poe, acutely alcoholic, died in Baltimore after a brief illness.

48. Biographies He then studied in many notable institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum ofArt brothers, Gustav, the eldest, was born in Wisconsin to German immigrants. http://www.fitzdecarts.com/biograph.htm

M ICHAEL F ITZ S IMMONS D ECORATIVE A RTS Antiques Reproductions Carpets Exclusives ... Newsletter Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) Blossfeldt was born in Germany in 1865. His early apprenticeship was at an ironworks, where he developed a responsiveness to curving, attenuated forms. His early art training at the Royal Academy of Decorative Arts in Berlin, from 1881 to 1884, coincided with his first experiments with the relatively new medium of photography. Traveling through Italy, Greece and North Africa, Blossfeldt photographed the plant forms he found growing there in precise detail and often at high magnification. Originally intended as visual models for his own ironwork, they became teaching aids for his classes at his old school in Berlin, where he became a professor in the early 1890's. At this time, many of these striking images existed only as large-format lantern slides. In 1928, however, Blossfeldt published his photographs in a volume of high-quality photogravures under the title Urformen der Kunst (Archetypes of Art), reproducing in print form the images from the 1880's that had proved so influential in the development of the German and Austrian

49. Jane Addams and sanitation issues, factory inspection, rights of immigrants, women and JaneAddams on the Web biographies. and a quote or two from notable women, sent http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_addams.htm

zfp=-1 About History Women's History Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting in partnership with Women's History with Jone Johnson Lewis Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') This Week's Articles tod('tih'); Today in History Daily Quiz tod('pod'); Picture of the Day Special Subscription Offers Subscribe Now Choose One: Subscribe Customer Service Subjects Essentials/Basics March: WH Month! Biographies World: by Place ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Jane Addams September 6 , 1860 - May 21, 1935) Jane Addams Image © 2001 www.arttoday.com Born in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams' mother died when she was two, and she was raised by her father and, later, a stepmother. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881, among the first students to take a course of study equivalent to that of men at other institutions. Her father, whom she admired tremendously, died that same year, 1881. Her attempt to attend Woman's Medical College in Pennsylvania ended in failure, probably due to her ill health and her chronic back pain. She toured Europe 1883-5 and then lived in Baltimore 1885-7, but did not figure out what she wanted to do with her education and her skills.

50. July 15 -- Today In Women's History in Italy (American saint, patron of immigrants; convent, school a quote or two fromnotable women, sent More Women's History • biographies of notable women http://womenshistory.about.com/library/cal/bl0715.htm

zfp=-1 About History Women's History Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting in partnership with Women's History with Jone Johnson Lewis Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') This Week's Articles tod('tih'); Today in History Daily Quiz tod('pod'); Picture of the Day Special Subscription Offers Subscribe Now Choose One: Subscribe Customer Service Subjects Essentials/Basics March: WH Month! Biographies World: by Place ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement This Day in History July Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini born in Italy (American saint, patron of immigrants; convent, school, hospital and orphanage founder) Eliza Jumel born (adventuress, married Aaron Burr) Maggie L. Walker born (businesswoman, banker) Dorothy Fields born (songwriter) Feast Day: Saint Edith Quote for Today Justice is better than Chivalry if we cannot have both. Alice Stone Blackwell Browse the Calendar: Back Next Pick a Date Today Newsletter: Updates, new articles, and a quote or two from notable women, sent regularly to your email inbox:

51. Irish Quaker Immigration Into Pennsylvania -- Family History Search In addition to the historical narrative, biographies of many Irish Pioneers Historyof Irish immigrants to America of ScotsIrish with most notable events in http://www.familyhistory.com/db.asp?dbid=3300

52. Wisconsin's Norwegian-American Community, 1915 -- Family History Search Containing a brief history of important events among Scandinavian immigrants, italso contains eyewitness accounts of biographies of notable Americans, 1904 http://www.familyhistory.com/db.asp?dbid=4200

53. Cyndi's List - Female Ancestors notable Women Ancestors; Nurse Edith Cavell 18651915 - A Audacious Women Early BritishMormon immigrants A book Hall of Fame Includes brief biographies of all http://www.cyndislist.com/female.htm

Cyndi's List currently has no sponsor Female Ancestors Main Index Alphabetical Index Topical Index "No Frills" Index ... Text-Only Index Search this page: Edit, Find Search the entire site: The index links below work best if you allow your web browser to load the entire page first. Category Index: General Resource Sites Locality Specific Military Our Foremothers ... Women's History Resources Related Categories: Biographies Family Bibles Marriages National Genealogical Society Arlington, Virginia Cyndi's List The BOOK! 2nd Edition 2 Volumes Netting Your Ancestors Genealogy Bookstore In association with Amazon.com Ancestry Magazine Genealogical.com GPC and Clearfield Company Genealogy Warehouse Submit a New Link Report a Broken Link Update a Link General Resource Sites From Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G. From the About.com genealogy section. Gives step-by-step research strategies for tracing your female ancestors. To aid you in researching when all you know is the first name of a person. Focuses on unusual first names and women's first names when maiden names are unknown. By Donna Przecha.

54. Notable notable titles are Bible stories, biographies, folk tales A complete list followsnotable CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF create a story about Jewish immigrants living on http://www.norwalklib.org/sonokids/notable.htm

Norwalk Public Library System Dedicated to knowledge and the joy of reading Address 1 Belden Ave. Norwalk, CT 06850 Hours Mon. 9:00 - 9:00 Tue. 9:00 - 5:30 Wed. 12:00 - 5:30 Thurs. 9:00 - 9:00 Children's Rm. 9-5:30 Fri. 9:00 - 5:30 Sat. 9:00 - 5:30 Sun. 1:00 - 5:00 (Sept.-May) Directions Event Calendar Job Openings Revised: April 2003 Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content Library Address 10 Washington St South Norwalk, CT Children's Room Phone Hours Mon. 9:00 - 5:30 Tues. 12:00 - 8:30 Wed. 9:00 - 5:30 Thurs. 9:00 - 5:30 Fri. 9:00 - 5:30 The Association of Jewish Libraries announces the winners of its annual Sydney Taylor Book Awards for outstanding books of Jewish content for children. The award is named in honor of the late Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family books about a Jewish immigrant family at the turn of the twentieth century. AWARD WINNER FOR OLDER READERS: HANA'S SUITCASE: A TRUE STORY by Karen Levine (Second Story Press,Toronto) is the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner for Older Readers.

55. Editors' Choice any other genre, but this year's biographies were both best books are not includedamong the notable Books of to the children of Jewish immigrants of Philip http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/~parag/nytimes/editorschoice97.html

December 7, 1997 Editors' Choice: The Best Books of 1997 HOLIDAY BOOKS 1997 Editor's Choice: The 11 best books of the year Notable Books of the Year A list of the high points in this year's fiction, poetry, nonfiction, children's books, mysteries and science fiction. The best books in: Architecture Art Cooking Gardening ... Gifts of Gab for 1998 How best to articulate your feelings of respect and affection in the holiday season? Let a book about words speak for you. William Safire lists what's new in the language dodge. (Arranged alphabetically by title) American Scripture By Pauline Maier Huxley By Adrian Desmond Into Thin Air By Jon Krakauer Virginia Woolf By Hermione Lee The Whole Shebang By Timothy Ferris American Pastoral By Philip Roth The Blue Flower By Penelope Fitzgerald By Thomas Pynchon The Puttermesser Papers By Cynthia Ozick Toward the End of Time By John Updike Underworld By Don DeLillo n the 1997 list of best books of the year, chosen by the editors of the Book Review, are five novels, one volume of stories (more or less), two biographies, one history, one volume of science and one true account of a tragic adventure. Of the fiction writers four men and two women only one, an Englishwoman who began writing novels 20 years ago, when she was 60, has never appeared on this list before. Of the nonfiction authors two women and three men only one has appeared on the best books list before. In a year that was not notable for translation of new work, eight of the 11 authors are Americans and three are British.

56. Pennsylvania CD's notable British Families, $39.99. Scottish immigrants to North America, 1600s1800s. VirginiaColonial Records, $29.99. Virginia Genealogies and biographies, $39.99. http://maley.net/dauphin/GenPubCD.htm

Dauphin County Genealogy Resource Center CD-ROM Title Price American Source Records in England Colonial Families of the United States of America Colonial New Jersey Source Records Colonial Virginia Source Records ... Virginia Vital Records Dauphin County Genealogy Resource Center Revised: May 26, 2002 .

57. Women's History-Recommended Books Meet more than 200 notable women from the 1500s to today. Women of Our Time biographies. AngelIsland in California was where Asian immigrants were held while http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/books.htm

Recommended Books for Women's History Month A wide range of fascinating books are now available on the topic of women's history. A few are listed below. You can check for them at your library. Some can be ordered from the National Women's History Project (7738 Bell Road, Box P, Windsor, CA 95492. 707/838-6000). Books by Grade Level Books by Topic Books by Grade Level Books for Children Mothers of Invention: From The Bra to the Bomb, Forgotten Women and their Unforgettable Ideas Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States, by Sheila Keenan. Meet more than 200 notable women from the 1500s to today. Grades 4 and up. Women Who Dared Tatterhood and Other Tales The Keeping Quilt , by Patricia Polacco. Four generations have passed down family history through a quilt in this heartwarming, well-illustrated story. Preschool-Grade 3. The Invisible Thread , by Yoshiko Uchida. Insightful, sensitive autobiography by the author of Journey to Topaz and Journey Home Books for Students of Junior High Age and Older Hall, Marjory

58. A Composer's And Lyricists Database - 'C' Biographies Continued. 18, 1996, New York, NY notable quote The popular song of the past 1/2 FranciscoCanaro, and his mother, Rafaela Gatto, were both Italian immigrants to Uruguay http://64.33.34.112/.CAL/tc1.html

COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE Big Bands Database Plus Homepage "C" ENTRIES Irving Caesar b. July 4, 1895, New York, NY, d.Dec. 18, 1996, New York, NY Notable quote: "The popular song of the past 1/2 century had the largest impact on American Culture of any so-called Art Form. Why, - for God's sake, the popular song IS American culture." Irving Caesar Overview (When I first wrote this, Caesar was still alive. He died in December of 1996.) Irving is alive and well today (1996), 101 years old on July 4, 1996 Irving is a typical 'Tin Pan Alley' type of composer, writing songs to order. If you have the money, he'll write the song, and it's always a good one. (Irving once remarked that he did not always write 'good', but he always wrote fast.) His songwriting career spans the 1920's to the 1940's. He was the lyricist for the 1924 Broadway musical, 'No, No, Nanette'. The son of Morris and Sofia Selinger Caesar, Irving was born on the 4th of July, in the Henry Street Settlement on New York's lower East Side of Manhattan. His father ran a neighborhood second-hand bookstore. Irving has said that he was just 6 years old when he composed his first poem: I see the Flowers free

59. BU Libraries | Subject Resource Guides | Indiana History which appears a compilation of portraits and biographies of men a description of themore notable earthworks, mounds Southside German immigrants of Indianapolis. http://www.butler.edu/library/research/srg/indianahist.html

Butler University Libraries: Subject Resource Guide Series Indiana History For additional assistance, consult a professional librarian at the Reference Desk. Or call Irwin Library (940-9235) or Science Library (940-9401). General Information The Butler University Libraries use the Library of Congress classification system. Books classed in the subject area of Indiana local history will have call numbers ranging from F521 - F535, with county histories falling under F532. Keep in mind, however, that books with strong local content may be classed under other subject areas, for example literature or art. General Reference Indiana Histories Videorecordings Literature and Fine Arts ... Electronic Resources Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Indianapolis and vicinity: containing biographical sketches of business and professional men and of many of the early settled families. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. REF F534.I357 E63 1994 Indianapolis men of affairs, 1923: a volume in which appears a compilation of portraits and biographies of men of achievement of the great Indiana capital. REF F534.I3 I43

60. Authorstudy Biography notable immigrants. at Random House - including Marc Brown, Leo Lionni,Faith Ringgold; Educational Paperback Association - biographies of their top http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/rmcluster/authorstudy.htm

Author Study Resources The Richard Montgomery Cluster Schools Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 ... Sample Author Studies Content Standard 2.0: Literature Students interpret and analyze the meaning of literary works from diverse cultures and authors by applying different critical lenses and analytic techniques. MCPS Indicators - Evaluation of Literary Works - 2.(grade level).4 - i.e., 2.3.4 = 3rd grade; Characteristics of Literary Genres - 2._.1; Comprehension, Interpretation and Analysis of Text - 2._.2; Comparison of Literary Forms From Diverse Cultures - 2._.3 Kindergarten Rosemary Wells Author's own page Teacher Resource Page Interview of Rosemary Wells (with audio track) Lesson Ideas Eric Hill Site based on books by Eric Hill About the Author Pat Hutchins Author's own page Teacher Resource Page Donald Crews Synopses of Crews' books Story by the authors about how he writes Charlotte Zolotow Official Page Teacher Resource Page Tana Hoban Short paragraph summary about the author Bulletin of Children's Literature Back to Author Study Matrix Grade One Arnold Lobel Author Information from publisher Teacher Resource File Four poems by Arnold Lobel put to music Ezra Jack Keats

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