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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IDENTITY AND LOCATION OF THE 1882 YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC VICTIMS IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

by Nicole Marie Bonomo Lipson B.A., University of Central Florida, 2007

A thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences The University of West Florida

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts 2012

? 2012 Nicole Marie Bonomo Lipson

The thesis of Nicole Marie Bonomo Lipson is approved:

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John Worth, Ph.D., Committee Member

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Margo Stringfield, M.A., Committee Member

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A. Joanne Curtin, Ph.D., Committee Chair

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Accepted for the Department/Division:

___________________________________________ John R. Bratten, Ph.D., Chair

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Accepted for the University:

___________________________________________ Richard S. Podemski, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This thesis would never have been possible if not for the love, support, and much needed laughter of my friends and family. I would like to thank Dr. A. Joanne Curtin for acting as my committee chair and for challenging me to strive for excellence. You have taught me the importance of critically evaluating not only outside sources, but to assess my own conclusions, writing, and research methods with a critical eye as well. I can not thank Dr. John Worth enough for his assistance throughout this project. I also do not think I can apologize enough for the many occasions in which I monopolized your office hours in various stages of panic. To Margo Stringfield, thank you for always having the perfect source on hand when I felt as though I hit a dead end in my research. Thank you, Evan Strohl with the West Florida Genealogical Library and Jacquelyn Wilson with the Pensacola Historical Society for giving up their time to help me dig deeper in the archives on many occasions. Additionally, I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to my fellow "bio girls" Nicole Rosenberg Marshall and Stephanie Ward. I do not know what I would have done without the both of you during this process. I would also like to thank my family, both the biological kind and the kind I was lucky enough to choose. To my parents, Mickey and Gina Bonomo, there are no words to express my thanks for everything you have done for me. Thank you so much for your love, support, and encouragement to never give up on my dreams. To my brother, Michael Bonomo, thank you so much for your help throughout this process and for your tips on how to survive the thesis process school. To my grandparents, Ronald and Catherine Manganiello, thank you for all your love. To my grandparents, Nicholas and Dorothy Socci, I wish more than anything you could be here to read this and see all I have become. To my mother- and father-in-law, Jane and Saul Lipson, thank you so much for your love, support, and encouragement. I am very lucky to have two sets

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of wonderful parents. To my "sisters" I was lucky enough to choose, Meredith Cleaver, Rebecca Morton, and Michelle Gorecki Price, I love you. Thank you for always being there. Becky, thank you for always believing in me as a writer. I know my fur-babies will never read this, but thank you, Shea and Bonnie, for being my audience while proofreading and for my defense. You always give me a reason to smile. Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my amazing husband, Drew Lipson. You have been my personal cheerleader, a shoulder to cry on, the drive to succeed, and my best friend throughout the most difficult task I have ever attempted. I love you so much. Thank you for your unconditional love and support. I am truly lucky to have you in my life.

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