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Biography, J. Willard Marriott: Host To The World
produced by Shelley Ann Lawrence, in Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998), 50 mins
Former employees, friends and family, including the Reverend Billy Graham, tell the story of the man who created a hospitality empire.
He was born into a family of faith and poverty. He had to mature early because the responsibilities of a man were placed on his boy's shoulders.
BIOGRAPHY® tells the story of the...
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produced by Shelley Ann Lawrence, in Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998), 50 mins
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Former employees, friends and family, including the Reverend Billy Graham, tell the story of the man who created a hospitality empire.
He was born into a family of faith and poverty. He had to mature early because the responsibilities of a man were placed on his boy's shoulders.
BIOGRAPHY® tells the story of the man whose ability to motivate others created a worldwide hospitality empire through interviews, candid photos and rare footage. The lan...
Former employees, friends and family, including the Reverend Billy Graham, tell the story of the man who created a hospitality empire.
He was born into a family of faith and poverty. He had to mature early because the responsibilities of a man were placed on his boy's shoulders.
BIOGRAPHY® tells the story of the man whose ability to motivate others created a worldwide hospitality empire through interviews, candid photos and rare footage. The lanky young man from Utah inched his way into corporate America a nickel root beer at a time. It all began with a nine-stool refreshment stand, but it grew into a billion-dollar hospitality empire. Along the way, Marriott befriended presidents and gave generously to those who had helped him along the way. But he was also a man of contradiction swinging from moments of affability to severe criticism.
J.W. MARRIOTT features informative interviews with his sons J.W. Marriott, Jr. and Richard Marriott, granddaughter Debbie Harrison, friends the Reverend Billy Graham and Sterling Colton, a former employee and others.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shelley Ann Lawrence, Peter Graves, 1926-2010
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Biography
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Graves, 1926-2010
Person Discussed
J. Willard Marriott, 1900-1985
Topic / Theme
Hospitality industry, Hotels and inns, Traveler Accommodation, Business & Economics, Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of A&E Television.
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Black America, African Americans in Pittsburgh
in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborhood where a majority of the black population lived, and city schools were integrated until after desegregation laws were passed. Photographs captured by famed Pittsburgh photo...
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in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborhood where a majority of the black population lived, and city schools were integrated until after desegregation laws were passed. Photographs captured by famed Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris show the candid experiences of residents, including the achievements and celebrations of people str...
African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborhood where a majority of the black population lived, and city schools were integrated until after desegregation laws were passed. Photographs captured by famed Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris show the candid experiences of residents, including the achievements and celebrations of people struggling to put scraps of food on the table.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Black America
Topic / Theme
African-Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 by John M. Brewer Jr., with photographs from the Pittsburgh Courier and the Carnegie Museum of Art
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African-American Entertainment in Baltimore
in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Black America
Topic / Theme
Entertainment industry, African-Americans, Ethnic groups
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by Rosa Pryor-Trusty and Tonya Taliaferro
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Black America, Greenville County, South Carolina
in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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Cradled at the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and once known as the “Textile Center of the South,” Greenville has evolved into a prosperous hub for corporate development and global commerce. Greenville County’s African American community, proud and resourceful, has strong roots dating back t...
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in Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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Cradled at the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and once known as the “Textile Center of the South,” Greenville has evolved into a prosperous hub for corporate development and global commerce. Greenville County’s African American community, proud and resourceful, has strong roots dating back to 1770, when blacks helped to carve the county out of an upstate wilderness. The experiences of the black community and its long relati...
Cradled at the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and once known as the “Textile Center of the South,” Greenville has evolved into a prosperous hub for corporate development and global commerce. Greenville County’s African American community, proud and resourceful, has strong roots dating back to 1770, when blacks helped to carve the county out of an upstate wilderness. The experiences of the black community and its long relationship with whites up to the civil rights movement helped to create the climate for the kaleidoscope of races and cultures in Greenville today.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Black America
Topic / Theme
African-Americans, Ethnic groups
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Leola Clement Robinson-Simpson
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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
directed by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns, 1955-; produced by Steven Bennett, fl. 1997, Emir Lewis, fl. 1997, Emily Pfeil, fl. 2019 and Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Steeplechase Films (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 1 hour 59 mins
Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond – Driving While Black explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundre...
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directed by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns, 1955-; produced by Steven Bennett, fl. 1997, Emir Lewis, fl. 1997, Emily Pfeil, fl. 2019 and Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Steeplechase Films (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 1 hour 59 mins
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Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond – Driving While Black explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundreds of years – told in part through the stories of the people who lived through it.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steven Bennett, fl. 1997, Emir Lewis, fl. 1997, Emily Pfeil, fl. 2019, Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Steeplechase Films
Author / Creator
Gretchen Sorin, Ric Burns, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Topic / Theme
Travel, Automobile industry, Race relations, Discrimination, Civil rights, Race and Gender, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), African Americans
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Copyright © 2020 Steeplechase Films, Inc.
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Freedom and Power
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by Raphael G. Wolff Studios (Schenectady, NY: General Electric Company, 1952, originally published 1952), 27 mins
This documentary, produced by Raphael G. Wolff Studios, features the freedom involved in electricity.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by Raphael G. Wolff Studios (Schenectady, NY: General Electric Company, 1952, originally published 1952), 27 mins
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This documentary, produced by Raphael G. Wolff Studios, features the freedom involved in electricity.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Raphael G. Wolff Studios
Date Published / Released
1952
Publisher
General Electric Company
Person Discussed
Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790
Topic / Theme
Electricity, Energy industry, Industrialization, Battle of Lexington and Concord, MA, April 19, 1775, American History, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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General, Chicago's Grand Hotels: The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago
in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005), 144 page(s),
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Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicago’s magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for Chicago,...
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in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005), 144 page(s),
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Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicago’s magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for Chicago, where the city’s most important visitors are accommodated, entertained, and made aware of the grandeur and sophistication of their ho...
Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicago’s magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for Chicago, where the city’s most important visitors are accommodated, entertained, and made aware of the grandeur and sophistication of their host’s hometown. They were built to inspire awe—and still do for anyone fortunate enough to find themselves in the lobby of The Palmer House Hilton, The Palm Court of The Drake, or the Grand Ballroom of The Hilton Chicago. Many of the most famous locales in these classic structures have been transformed or have disappeared altogether due to changing times. Gone, for example, is The Hilton Chicago’s famous rooftop miniature golf course and Boulevard Room supper club, complete with its ice shows. Gone, too, is The Drake’s legendary supper club, the Camellia House. While the Empire Room of The Palmer House Hilton continues to exist as an function room, it no longer reverberates with the sound of Liberace’s piano or Jimmy Durante’s vocals, as it did when it was the city’s premier entertainment facility. Chicago’s Grand Hotels chronicles over 100 years of Chicago hotel history through vivid photographs and memorabilia from the archives of The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago. It tells the compelling story of the visionary architects and hoteliers who brought these hotels to life and made them structural testaments to the warmth of midwestern hospitality.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Hotels and inns, Resorts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by Robert V. Allegrini
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Cotton: From Southern Fields to the Memphis Market
in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005), 128 page(s),
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in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005), 128 page(s),
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Cotton mills
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by William Bearden
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General, Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke...
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Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and...
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and influential philanthropists. Duke University, Duke Hospital, and Duke Energy as well as local churches, orphanages, textile mills, banks, and railroads can all trace their roots to the Duke family. The American Tobacco Company was the largest tobacco manufacturer in the world as well as one of the 12 founding members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. From its founding in 1890, the American Tobacco Company was a major employer in the area, bringing income and a higher quality of life to those employed there, regardless of race or gender.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Industry, Tobacco
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Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer Dawn Farley
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General, Franconia Gateway
in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 160 page(s),
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Of the several entrances to the White Mountains, none is more majestic than the Franconia Gateway. The gateway begins in the valley of the Pemigewasset River and reaches through broad meadows, between jagged mountains, alongside quiet pools and cascades of sparkling water, into the wilderness of Franconia Notch an...
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in General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 160 page(s),
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Of the several entrances to the White Mountains, none is more majestic than the Franconia Gateway. The gateway begins in the valley of the Pemigewasset River and reaches through broad meadows, between jagged mountains, alongside quiet pools and cascades of sparkling water, into the wilderness of Franconia Notch and beyond. Altogether, this region contains more historical secrets and hidden treasures than any other part of the White Mountains. Th...
Of the several entrances to the White Mountains, none is more majestic than the Franconia Gateway. The gateway begins in the valley of the Pemigewasset River and reaches through broad meadows, between jagged mountains, alongside quiet pools and cascades of sparkling water, into the wilderness of Franconia Notch and beyond. Altogether, this region contains more historical secrets and hidden treasures than any other part of the White Mountains. The Franconia Gateway opens the way from a new perspective. With nearly one hundred fifty breathtaking views and fascinating stories, this history and guide leads from lore of the Native Americans, explorers, and early entrepreneurs to the logging boom years and the subsequent preservation era on to the days of the artists and poets and, ultimately, the tourists. The journey progresses through the communities of Plymouth, Campton, Thornton, Waterville Valley, Woodstock, and Franconia, and includes all the wonder and mystery of sites such as the Lost River, the Flume, and the Old Man of the Mountain.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 by Bruce D. Heald, Ph.D.
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