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  • Alaska Native Education : Sheldon Jackson to Paul Jensen 1884-1984

    Creator:
    Martain, Jacqueline
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    This thesis will look at Paul Jensen while he was an education professor at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, Oregon, and his role in Alaska Native education while working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dr. Jensen's work coincided with the last twenty-five years of Bureau of Indian Affairs...
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    JENSEN, 1884-1984. Abstract approved: ____________________________ William G. Robbins

  • "My nonsense is only their own in motley" : Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ware Jr., and the "nature" of christian character"

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    Jensen, Timothy Ward
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    Recent changes in the historiography of American Transcendentalism have inspired a reappraisal of the relationship between the Transcendentalist movement in New England and the pietistic wing of the Unitarian church. This thesis explores this reappraisal through a close reading of selected writings by Henry Ware Jr. in juxtaposition to the...
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    legacy passed from Chauncy's generation through Unitarians like William Ellery Channing and Henry Ware

  • Inconsistencies in post-Civil War Trials: A Comparative Study on the Military Trials of Henry Wirz and John Gee

    Creator:
    Johnson, Amanda M.
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    This is the presentation for a larger comparative study on the trials of Henry Wirz and John Gee. The study compares the role of the Judge Advocate, media representation, as well as socioeconomic status in the outcome of two war crime trials.
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    POST-CIVIL WAR TRIALS A comparative study on the military trials of Henry Wirz and John Gee By

  • The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead : The Development of the Macabre in Late Medieval England

    Creator:
    Sandeno, Robin M.
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    Many authorities state that the development of macabre images were a result of the plague that first swept through western Europe 1347-1350. However, many aspects of the macabre were already in place prior to the plague. A more realistic explanation for the macabre is in the modification of religious belief,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Ken Winograd, and Henry Sayre, who gave their advice and time. Scott Montgomery, who "inherited" me

  • American ideology and the atomic bomb

    Creator:
    Swartz, Scott E.
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    On August 6, 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The events that led up to the United States' decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese...
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    Atomic Bomb. Abstract approved William M. Keith On August 6, 1945 the United States of America

  • The Works Progress Administration in Oregon : An Administrative Overview

    Creator:
    Butcher, Karyle S.
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    The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A decline in timber and agricultural production resulted in severe unemployment in the late 1920s. State and local charitable organizations attempted to care for the unemployed but they did not have the financial resources to do...
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    for Privacy William Robbins The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A

  • Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

    Creator:
    Finley, Carmel
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    Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100 years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
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    presented on June 6, 2000. Title: Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980. Abstract approved: William G

  • The Development of Astronomy in the United States Prior to 1900

    Creator:
    Harburg, William A.
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    From the earliest English colonization to the present day, there has been interest in astronomy in this country. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the science of astronomy developed in America from the earliest observations by educated colonists using imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to...
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    to 1900 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William A. Harburg for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

    Creator:
    Smith, William Hoyt
    Abstract:
    The importance of language and bilinguality in the development, perpetuation, and "degeneration" or change of culture is a central theme throughout this treatise. Original pictorial representations of Mayan hieroglyphic sculpture are included as examples, and represent artistic styles and language variations of written Cholan and Yucatec. Modern Cholan and Yucatecan...
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    contemporary Mesoamerica AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William H. Smith for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe

    Creator:
    Barone, Tessa C.
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    Shows, books, and media are constantly negotiating power with their fans. Who decides what is canon? To whom does the story belong?? The answer has traditionally been in favor of producers. However, in the age of the internet, fans now hold considerably more power than they ever have before, and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ). Many researchers, including the highly influential Henry Jenkins, have suggested this gender