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Rohrbaugh, Paul H., Jr. |
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Youngstown State University. Dept. of History. |
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2011-01-31T14:17:34Z |
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2019-09-08T02:29:19Z |
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2011-01-31T14:17:34Z |
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2019-09-08T02:29:19Z |
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2001 |
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dc.date.issued |
2001 |
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dc.identifier |
47433710 |
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dc.identifier.other |
b18800233 |
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http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ysu1002293540 |
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http://jupiter.ysu.edu/record=b1880023 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1989/6157 |
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dc.description |
107 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Thesis (M.A.)--Youngstown State University, 2001. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-107). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The thesis "Friendship Memorialized: Joseph G. Butler and McKinley National
Birthplace Memorial" describes the history of how the first to be completed
Congressionally authorized presidential memorial was conceived and dedicated. The
.crucial role of William McKinley's boyhood friend, steel magnate, and philanthropist,
Joseph G. Butler is documented. The campaign to construct and dedicate the second
memorial in Ohio to the assassinated leader rivaled McKinley's presidential campaigns
in scope and effort. Butler's seven-year campaign tapped the esteem and goodwill many
Americans still felt for the fallen favorite son from Niles years after the president's death.
The work places the construction of the birthplace memorial in context with other
American reform efforts occurring in the United States at that time. Most notable
influences exhibited at the monument in Niles were those involving the City Beautiful
movement that mobilized people from diverse backgrounds in civic improvement
projects, the American Renaissance movement by sculptors and architects who sought to
address civic concerns with the monuments, and Andrew Carnegie's extensive library
grant program that dramatically changed public education and literacy. Finally, the
thesis addresses how the McKinley National Birthplace Memorial affected the
commemoration and formation of public memory regarding the twenty-fifth president in
the years following its dedication.
The author based the research for this work upon primary source material from
Butler's personal correspondence and papers located at the Mahoning Valley Historical
Society, artifacts and documents from the McKinley National Birthplace Memorial, as
well as local newspapers. "Friendship Memorialized" summarizes how historians
portrayed William McKinley's presidency, addresses a lack of scholarly research
regarding the history of presidential memorials in the United States, and contributes to
the body of knowledge concerning the history of the Mahoning Valley. |
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility |
by Paul H. Rohrbaugh Jr. |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Master's Theses no. 0707 |
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dc.subject.classification |
Master's Theses no. 0707 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Monuments--Ohio--Niles. |
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Butler, Joseph G., Jr.,1840-1927. |
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dc.title |
Friendship memorialized : Joseph G. Butler and the McKinley National Birthplace Memorial / |
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Thesis |
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