Class Year
2015
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2013
Department 1
History
Abstract
This paper is an exploration into the historian as an independent source of history. Homer T. Rosenberger was an amateur historian in Pennsylvania during the better part of the 20th century. His works on Pennsylvania history, early American history, and contemporary historical events are valuable, if unknown, resources in those fields. However, Rosenberger becomes his own source of history when his battle with cancer is examined in the context of the American 1950's. Rosenberger's reactions to his plight help illustrate the mindset American brought to cancer in the 1950's and the transition in American society since then.
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Recommended Citation
Gentilucci, Louis T., "1 1/2 Years in Death Valley" (2013). Student Publications. 312.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/312
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Comments
This paper was written for HIST 300: Historical Methods, Fall 2013.