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  • Emergence of the Oregon State Parks : a trailer on the highway system

    Creator:
    Smith, Deilla A.
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    This study traces the beginning of Oregon's State Park system from the conservation and progressive movements through 1929. It examines the roles played by the Oregon Highway Commission and Robert W. Sawyer in making the state's highways and beaches central to park planning. A profile of Samuel H. Boardman, the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • On the Conflation of the Concepts of Medicine and Health

    Creator:
    Tuten, Mavis I.
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    The concepts of medicine and health are becoming conflated. This can be seen in the language of medicine and health: medicine is discussed in terms of health and health in terms of medicine. A review of literature by medicine and health scholars gives evidence of the conflation and of its...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Families on the Move : The Powledge Family of Meriwether County, Georgia, 1820-1900

    Creator:
    Roberts, Nancy A.
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    The migrations of four generations of the Powledge family centering around Meriwether County, Georgia were described within the context of social and economic forces in the United States in 1820 to 1900. The family was representative of thousands of families that migrated westward. The migrations were found to correlate with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    third son, Robert Powledge, married Nancy C. White, and they both lived their entire lives in Lone Oak

  • When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

    Creator:
    Thomison, Patrick
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    The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...
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    Masters Thesis
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    towards the deterministic explanations of earlier geographers. Robert Rhoades (1978:608-614) re- minds

  • Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Paullin, Pamela K.
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    Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
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    Masters Thesis
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    1933 by the US Forest Service showing 1929 LaDee Flat Fire………………………………………….. 29 3.1

  • Work pants worn by loggers in Western Oregon, 1920-1970

    Creator:
    Gullickson, Mark A.
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    With the arrival of European settlers to Western Oregon nearly 150 years ago came new methods of forest management. Early settlers' forest practices consisted of little more than harvesting what seemed an endless supply of timber. Forestry in the 20th century eventually incorporated such management concerns as re-forestation, biodiversity, wildlife...
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    : LITERATURE REVIEW 10 CHAPTER 4: INTERVIEWS WITH 18 WESTERN OREGON LOGGERS 35 Infonnant #1, Robert A

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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    are due Dr. Ken Beals for his direction to Dr. Tom Hogg and Dr. Robert Johnson for their personal

  • Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

    Creator:
    Oliver, Audra Leah
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    The term "cowboy" was closely bound to American image long before the 1990s. Rodeo claimed the image of the cowboy from the earliest contests to the latest and pledged itself to patriotism almost as early. This historical study was conducted viewing rodeo as a subculture and relating women's role in...
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    of viable contestant organizations beginning in the years 1929-30. Another section is devoted to the

  • Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

    Creator:
    Russell, John A.
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    Ranching and lumbering were two of the primary economic practices in a small rural study area south of Philomath Oregon (in Benton County), from first Euro-American settlement through 1930. Ranching was common but lumbering was restricted by geographical and market transportation problems until after 1900. Catalysts for change came in...
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    . C. L. C. 119 18. Map #1, (circa 1900) working map, E. E. Wilson 123 19. 1929 Metsker cadastral map

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

    Creator:
    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    123 Appendix G: Active Participants Affiliated with Educational Institutions 128 Appendix H