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

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is dedicated to my husband Larry Edward Weaver Boring to the Core: The

Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

Creator:: Bryant, Robert Edman
Abstract:: This study examines a limited number of selected themes in Judeo-Christian, or Western, religious thought and their implications for man's use of land, with the objective of discovering the influence of Western religion on attitudes toward nature and land. Five themes are examined: dominion of man; stewardship; contempt for, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on the Rhodian Shore, Clarence J. Glacken, Professor and Chair- man of the Department of Geography

Terrain analysis and Geographic Information Systems

Creator:: Bruzese, Victoria M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper is to define terrain analysis, as it relates to military applications; to review the historical development of the central ideas of terrain analysis, which has led to the development of three computer programs that are designed to make terrain analysis an automated process rather than...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: the synthesized results. 25 Ackerman, Edward A. 1945. "Geographic Training, Wartime Research and

Geographic Information System (GIS) resource inventories: the Marys River Project

Creator:: Chapman, Shannen S.
Abstract:: The Greenbelt Land Trust (GLT) (a grass-roots conservation group in Oregon) is interested in a conservation plan for the Marys River Corridor. To facilitate this effort, a resource inventory was required and a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base used to compile the inventory (called the Marys River Project (MRP))....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Hoselton P.O. Box 1203, Corvallis 70 71 125 1OD 100 1.62 Edward& Gladys Schuck 541 SW Wake Robin Aye

Terrain analysis : historical perspective and future direction

Creator:: Lane, Forest J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to review the historical development of the central ideas of military geography and terrain analysis and to examine these new research initiatives from that perspective. Although the mobility and technological aspects of warfare have changed rapidly, the essential geographic nature of warfare has remained...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Creator:: Tombropoulos, Charles B.
Abstract:: This research questions the effectiveness of newspapers as a vehicle of environmental information by determining whether the public attitude in Alaska towards off-shore oil exploration was consistent with that expressed in the local newspapers. All newspaper articles about off-shore oil exploration published in Alaska between 1980 and May 1987 were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Formula." Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 55, 1978, pp. 167, 202. Fowler, Gilbert Len, Jr. and Edward J. Smith

A survey and evaluation of land resource classification systems in the United States

Creator:: Aldrich, Frank T.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the methods and criteria developed for rating actual and potential agricultural land in the United States. It is motivated by the apparent increasing competition for quality space created by the expanding population, and by the belief that land rating and classification are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

Creator:: Poet, Rebecca McClelland
Abstract:: In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner, came to the small Catholic community of St. Paul, Oregon as part of ongoing research on the French-Canadian inhabitants of the Willamette Valley between 1829 and the mid-1860s. They were searching for the remains of the first Catholic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , written between 1844 and 1846, have been translated and published in Clarence B. Bagley's (1932) Early

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

Creator:: Tollo, Pia Agneta
Abstract:: The arts and festivals of art have today become a vital economic force in some areas of the country and a way of life for some people. The number and sizes of festivals, as well as audience size, has grown tremendously both nationally and in Oregon, since 1950. Even the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A New Method for the Analysis of Human Hair : A Morphological Case Study of Five Sample Populations

Creator:: Weitzel, Misty A.
Abstract:: Hair is an important piece of evidence in forensic and archaeological investigations. Analysis of the morphological features of hair has been reported since at least the early 1800's. However, many questions still remain unanswered such as, how can human groups (or local populations) be analyzed and possibly distinguished from each...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

Terrain analysis and Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information System (GIS) resource inventories: the Marys River Project

Terrain analysis : historical perspective and future direction

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

A survey and evaluation of land resource classification systems in the United States

Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

A New Method for the Analysis of Human Hair : A Morphological Case Study of Five Sample Populations

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