Greetings, I am Kevin Bair, owner of history with kev.com, a Ph.D. (2023) historian, and board member of the Apalachicola Area Historical Society. I gave a presentation in beautiful Gulf and Mexico port town of Apalachicola, Florida, on...
General Articles
Introduction to Kevin’s dissertation topic; Hospital ships of The Western Sanitary Commission used during the Battle of Pittsburg Landing April 6-7, 1862.
Greetings, This video is about Kevin's initial research on his dissertation topic; Hospital ships of The Western Sanitary Commission used during the Battle of Pittsburg Landing April 6-7, 1862. How effective were they when compared to battlefield medicine? Did they...
Vietnam Nurses Power Point
Greetings, I and two other students made this Power Point on Vietnam Nurses as class project while I was earning my master at Johns Hopkins. I found the research to be both inspiring and heartbreaking. If you decide to scroll through the power point I recommend you...
The Tangled Web Of Civil War Medicine
The Tangled Web Of Early Civil War Medicine An Inept Lincoln Cabinet During The Battle of First Manassas, 1861 and The Peninsula Campaign, 1862: Unnecessary Deaths of Savable Men By Kevin M. Bair History Ph.D. Student Liberty University Fall 2020 HIUS 820 Introduction...
Dr. John Gorrie “Father of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning”?
Greetings, This paper examines the claims that in 1851, Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola Florida was the first person to invent artificial refrigeration to make ice and cool rooms. Gorrie quested for climate control during the hot and humid Florida summers in order to...
Natural Rights, Liberty, and Freedom: A look at John Adams 1765, A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law.
This terse paper will examine the 1765, A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, by John Adams. His essay is an argument against the March 22, 1765, Stamp Act, issued to the American colonies, by King George III and the British Parliament. By using a lens...
Government Size and it Effect on its Citizens
Today’s discussion looks at governments and their ability to govern based in their type and size and how this affects their citizens.
In this video we will explore the thoughts of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Dr. Livingston, Gordon Tullock, and Eiji Yamamura.
Gerrard Wendell Haworth
https://youtu.be/-JxlJEKK5KE Hello everyone, For this week’s final discussion board video, I choose to do my research on what was once a small startup company in 1948 which was called Modern Products. Today it has become known as Haworth Incorporated; a...
What Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur?
This video was part of a class assignment on taking oral history. The Interview was conducted with medical device startup company entrepreneur Nathan Bair. He is my nephew. The interview in unedited and complete. I made a short introduction and a conclusion, and I hope you find this video informative .