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

Creator:: Roberts, Nancy A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ), Josephine E. Powledge Phillips who married John C. Phillips, Jane H. Powledge who married James Sims of

Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

Creator:: Filan, Trina Robin
Abstract:: This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: indebted to Mary Ellen Conaway, Mike Freed, Royal Jackson, Mike Kinch, Jim Morris, Bill Robbins, and Darold

Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:: Prior, Jan M.
Abstract:: The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: projects as well. Jane Scease went home after the 1994 project and did some research on a few of the

Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:: Prior, Jan M.
Abstract:: The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: projects as well. Jane Scease went home after the 1994 project and did some research on a few of the

Spousal Violence: An Exploration of the Interrelationships of Fundamentalist Protestant Religious Discourse, Women's Economic Dependency and Violent Conflict in Marital Relationships

Creator:: Goetz, Kathryn W.
Abstract:: Violence within marital dyads is a problem with deep historic roots in American culture. Although the family is idealized as a safe and loving haven from a cruel world, this ideal is often not achieved by many couples. This study develops an integrated theoretical perspective that combines feminist theory and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

Creator:: Gard, Howard A.
Abstract:: The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Date thesis is presented Typed by Jane Wille for April 13, 1990 Howard A. Gard

The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

Creator:: Fackler, Amy E.
Abstract:: This study describes and analyzes Oregon Trail related exhibits of eleven museums and two interpretive centers that are geographically located along the Oregon Trail from Baker City, Oregon to Portland, Oregon. The exhibits were featured at the facilities during the 1993 Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial, a celebration that was initiated and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Early Commercial Development, Bandon, Oregon : Block 1 of the Averill Addition, 1886-1936

Creator:: Vogel, Betty L.
Abstract:: Block 1 of the Averill Addition played an important role in the early commercial development of Bandon, Oregon, a town located on Oregon's south coast. Retail establishments located on the block supplied the local residents with a variety of merchandise for the period of 1886-1914. During this period Bandon served...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Port Orford in 1857.16 Descendants of John and Jane Hamblock advised Dr. Roberta Hall, in a 1990

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

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

Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Spousal Violence: An Exploration of the Interrelationships of Fundamentalist Protestant Religious Discourse, Women's Economic Dependency and Violent Conflict in Marital Relationships

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Early Commercial Development, Bandon, Oregon : Block 1 of the Averill Addition, 1886-1936

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