1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt. 3 (pg. 34-36)

This is part three of the senior class photos and part four of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson.Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

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1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt. 2 (pg. 32-33)

This is part two of the senior class photos and part four of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy  that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

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Saving a Full Image from ArkivDigital

Today is the last day of the free weekend for ArkivDigital and I am very happy with the number of genealogical records I have grabbed. However, I wasn't too happy with their options for saving images. If you have used ArkivDigital before you will know that when you save an image it saves only the part visible on your screen. If you zoom way out the resulting picture will be very pixelated and near impossible to read.

1931 Bethany Daisy: The Senior Class pt.1 (pg. 30-31)

This is part three of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. This section includes the page "Senior Class History" as well as the first page of the senior photo section. Frances got notes from a significant portion of the students. Many students chose not to write their letters by their senior photograph, but instead by a photograph of them doing an activity they like, or they chose to use an entire blank sheet of paper for their note, so its entirely possible people who don't have notes showing yet will have them later on in the book.

SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 

1931 Bethany Daisy: Staff pages (pages 13-28)

This is part two of my ongoing series of pictures and transcriptions of the 1931 Bethany Daisy that belonged to my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. This part will focus on the staff pages, and while my great grandma did not get signatures from all the staff or even most of the staff, she did get notes from a few.

1881---1931 

BETHANY College is fifty years old. From 

a small beginning the institution has de- 

veloped to what it is today ; two fully accredited 

colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and 

the College of Fine Arts. 

The founder of the college was Rev. Carl 

Aaron Swensson who served as president from 

1881 until his untimely death in 1904.  

1931 Bethany Daisy: Pages 1-11

This is part of my series on the 1931 Bethany yearbook owned by my great grandma Frances Elsie Caroline Gustafson. These first 11 pages are mainly historical pictures of the scenery at Bethany and tributes to Birger Sandzen.

Frances E.C. Gustafson

1931

R.E. Van Wert's Letter to the Editor: The 1964 Presidential Race

You have probably heard the old cliche, "history is written by the victors". In most cases this is true; however, with the advent of Newspapers, publishing, and journalism, it became more common for the losers to leave behind their opinions as well. I always find it interesting to read the perspectives of those on the losing side before the sides were decided. My great grandpa Reuben Everette Van Wert's  letter to the editor of the Rocky Mountain News expressing and explaining his support to Senator Goldwater in the 1964 presidential race is one such example.

Some background; In 1964 the Republican nominee Barry Goldwater was running against the incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson. Barry Goldwater, for whom my great grandpa Van Wert was a supporter. Ultimately, Goldwater suffered a major loss to Johnson, winning only 6 states compared to Johnson's 44. My great grandpa lived in Colorado, a state that Johnson won in.

Map of the 1964 U.S. Presidential Election (source)