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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:

, "The State Academies of Science Affiliated with the American Association," Science 66 (December 1927
Governmental policies and the preservation and display of Native American cultural resources in the middle Columbia Basin

Creator:

Michael, Elva Olson

Abstract:

Prior to advent of Europeans in the Pacific Northwest, the Middle Columbia River Basin was the location of highly developed native cultures. For centuries it was the center of very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important intertribal rituals relating to renewal...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis