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  • Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

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    Christensen, Adam K.
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    Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Adam K Christensen

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

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    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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    a 1920s railroad logging operation AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Pamela K. Paullin for the

  • Willamette Mission Archeological Project : Phase III Assessment

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    Weber, Mary K. (Mary Kathryn)
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    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    Archeological Project: Phase III Assessment. Abstract approved: i.Redacted for Privacy David Brauner The

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

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    Prior, Jan M.
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    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...
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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

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

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    Prior, Jan M.
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    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...
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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

  • The Promise and Unfinished Business of Title IX

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    Mannen, Noelle
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    The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for an end to sex-based discrimination in educational and federally-funded settings. Before long, it became particularly associated with the quest for equality for women’s sports. As Title IX was a major catalyst in advancing and even...
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    David Bernell The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for

  • An evaluation of the archaeological potential of Riverfront Park in Corvallis, Oregon

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    Littlefield, Steven W.
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    The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park (RCP) have a great potential to add to the historical record of the warehouse district of the original town of Marysville (Corvallis). The City of Corvallis' proposed Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project and proposed changes to Riverfront Commemorative Park threaten to...
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    , Oregon. Abstract approved: David BraunerBrauner The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis

  • Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

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    Shelnutt, Kay
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    This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
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    War. Abstract approv-ett: David R. Brauner This project examines the landscape of the farming

  • The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

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    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
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    A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
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    Privacy David Robinson A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric

  • Willamette Mission archeological project : phase III assessment

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    Chapman, Judith Sanders
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    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    Archeolpzigal Project: Phase III Assessment. Abstract approved: (Redacted for Privacy David Brauner The

  • Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

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    Judge, Barbara C.
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    The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in 1850 and 1915. The study embraces the theory that material culture reflects customs and values. The material culture indicators within the study are the architectural structures of the Oregon farms. The study filters...
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    David Brauner The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in

  • Los Pioneros de Oregon: An Examination of the Loss and Revitalization of Tejano Cultural Identity

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    Leach, Jessie
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    Each year, numerous people attend cultural events in the United States, be they large celebrations such as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras or one of many numerous Cinco de Mayo festivals throughout the country or smaller, more specialized events. Many times, the cultural aspects take a backseat to profits, which leads...
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    : ______________________________________________________ David Bernell Abstract Each year, numerous people attend cultural events in the United

  • Recognizing individual potters in historic Oregon sites : a visual and chemical analysis of early Oregon redware

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    Peterson, Ella M.
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    This paper discusses research concerning redware vessel sherds found in an archaeological excavation at Oregon's historic Champoeg State Park, and comparative artifacts from four known Oregon and Washington late nineteenth pottery production sites. Visual and Instrumental Nuclear Activation Analysis comparison studies were conducted on samples from each site. The New...
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    : ________________________________________________________________ David R. Brauner This paper discusses research concerning redware vessel sherds found in

  • Gender Implications of Small Scale Urban Trade in Ukraine

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    Kirillova, Lyudmila A.
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    This research project examines the growing informal sector of Ukrainian economy and the way global economic changes affect women's lives. It has been noticed by many Western researchers that women have been among the hardest hit by economic restructuring in Eastern Europe. Marginalization from the official labor force led a...
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    Implications of Small Scale Urban Trade in Ukraine Abstract approved: S ly K. Gallagher This research

  • The Influence of a Daughter's Managerial Style on Father-Daughter Work Relationships in Family-Owned Businesses

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    Bottaro, Michelle Reser
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a daughter's managerial style and her personal relationship with her father in father-daughter work relationships in family-owned businesses. This research is an attempt to reveal daughters' perceptions of these occurrences and interactions which often are overlooked in current research...
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    understanding were of utmost value. Next I would like to thank my husband, David; my parents, Al and Pat

  • Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

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    Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
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    This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
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    : ______________________________________________________________________ Judith K. Bowker This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of

  • The Emerging Church Movement: An Exploratory Case Study of Its Environmental and Political Attitudes

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    McKelvie, Loni M.
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    To date, no investigation of the Emerging Church Movement has made an effort to examine the environmental and political views of its members. Despite the vast research on the politics and environmental opinions of American evangelicals, little is known about where the majority of members of the Emerging Church Movement...
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    Russell, and Dr. David Bernell: for your help and encouragement; To my ‘’study buddy,” Cally Whitman

  • Stephen Biko's Rhetorical Vision of Black Consciousness

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    Fergusson, Julie K.
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    Stephen Biko was a black leader in South Africa who died in police custody on September 12, 1977. Biko's death echoed within the Republic of South Africa and around the world, showing that racial tensions in that country were severe. At his death he was a hero to the black...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Julie K. Fergusson for the of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

  • A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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    Fillible, Rodney K.
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    This study Is a rhetorical analysis of ten documents of Joseph Smith, Jr's. early revelations spanning the period of 1829 to 1831 to determine the extent to which he used demagogic rhetoric in pursuit of his goals. A definition of demagoguery is provided and is applied in an analysis of...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rndnwy K Fillible for the degree of Master of Arts in Inter- disciplinary

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

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    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Toni K. Tobey for the

  • Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion

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    Tatom, Simon K.
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    My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Simon K. Tatom for the degree of

  • A case study of organizational culture in a sawmill

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    Chaney, Brian K.
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    The purpose of this study was to describe the level to which a target work culture based on core organizational values was shared in one lumber manufacturing plant. The organization under study perceived that their culture was a source of competitive advantage and was key to their success in safety,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brian K. Chaney for the degree of

  • Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

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    Sisson, David A.
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    Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David A. Sisson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Situational pressure, racial stereotypes, and conformity in laboratory aggression

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    Brant, William David
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    This investigation was designed to assess the effects of a victim's race and stereotypical characteristics on another subject's willingness to administer punishment within the context of a teacher-learner paradigm. In addition, this study sought to empirically test the validity of the social-psychological theory that states that theories of social behavior...
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    in laboratory aggression AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William David Brant for the degree of Master

  • Investigation of clothing cues affecting perceptions of personality characteristics in business settings

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    Mills, David B.
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate whether clothing influenced perceptions of personality characteristics often associated with success in business environments. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of clothing on (a) perceptions of task-oriented abilities of employees in a business setting, (b) perceptions of relationship-oriented abilities of employees in...
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    personality characteristics in business settings AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David B. Mills for the

  • Descriptive Analysis of Human Remains from the Fuller and Fanning Mounds, Yamhill River, Willamette Valley, Oregon

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    Stepp, David
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    The study presents the results of a descriptive analysis of the skeletal remains of 66 individuals recovered from the Fuller and Fanning Mound sites, located on the Yamhill River, Willamette Valley, Oregon, excavated in 1941-42 by W. T. Edmundson and William S. Laughlin. The literature and original field notes have...
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    Fanning Mounds, Yamhill River, Willamette Valley, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David Stepp for

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

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    Poet, Rebecca McClelland
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    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...
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    approved: David R. Brauner In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner

  • The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

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    Boulware, Brooke L.
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    A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...
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    of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes Abstract approved: David R

  • The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

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    Matz, Stephan E.
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    About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
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    time and comments. Dr. David Brauner, the chair of my committee, got me started in archaeology and

  • Salvage Archaeology of the Ritsch Site, 35304 : A Late Prehistoric Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon

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    Wilson, Bart McLean
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    Site 35J04 is located on the south bank of the Rogue River, four miles west of Grants Pass, Oregon. Excavation of the site was conducted in 1976 by Oregon State University under contract to the Corvallis branch of CH2M/Hill. Eight artifact assemblages were distinguished during the analysis of the site....
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    Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon Abstract approved: David R. Brauner Site 35J04 is

  • Analysis of two late-prehistoric archeological sites on the upper Applegate River of southern Oregon

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    MacDonald, Lynne Bright
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    Excavation of two archeological sites, 353A47 and 35JA49, in the upper Applegate River Valley of southwestern Oregon was conducted in 1978 by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University. Site 353A47 is a multi-component site, of which only the late-prehistoric stratum, containing one complete and two partial housepits and a...
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    Applegate River of Southern Gregor. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner Excavation

  • Hull -Oakes Lumber Company's Steam-Powered Sawmill : A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology

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    Wisner, George B.
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    By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
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    Archaeology. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner By examining the combined written, ethnographic and

  • A Preliminary Archaeological Predictive Model for the US 30 Transportation Corridor, Portland, Oregon to Astoria, Oregon

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    Kachadoorian, Lydia A.
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    This thesis is a preliminary archaeological predictive model and project-planning tool created for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as part of a statewide planning effort to enhance the agency's ability to assess the potential impacts of highway projects on archaeological resources. This model addresses the archaeological sensitivity of the...
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    Transportation Corridor, Portland. Oregon To Astoria, Oregon. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner This thesis

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

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    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
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    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...
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    Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

  • Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

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    Lucas, Steven W.
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    Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
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    : The Origin of the Tucannon Phase in Lower Snake River Prehistory. Abstract approved: David

  • Oregon's early peoples and their relation to the environment : an interpretive approach

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    Possiel, William John
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    The dramatic upsurge of contract-supported archaeological activity, generated by legislative action, has precipitated an increase in information about Oregon's prehistoric peoples. This information, however, has not been presented in a format which can be easily understood by the general public. This study presents an account of early peoples in Oregon,...
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    Approach Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner The dramatic upsurge of contract

  • Archeological Testing at the Willamette Mission Hospital Site

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    Bewall, Douglas A.
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    This study is an archeological testing report for the Willamette Mission Hospital Site. Landform analysis, photointerpretation and historical research were integrated with anthropological theory for this study. The site is an invaluable data base to further the study of human adaptability and cultural change. It should provide an excellent context...
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    Testing at the Willamette Mission Hospital Site. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner

  • Regional Archaeological Model of the Luckiamute Band Settlement Patterns

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    Bell, James Walter
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    Human settlement patterns are the ways in which people locate themselves over the terrain in their area of occupation. Settlement pattern prediction attempts to define and understand the factors in culture, technology, and environment that shape the spatial distribution of habitation sites for a given group of people. A systematic...
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    LUCKIAMUTE BAND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS Redacted for privacyAbstract approved: David R. Brauner Human

  • Battle of Big Bend

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    Applen, Jeffery A.
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    The Battle of Big Bend was the last significant battle of the Rogue River Indian Wars. The battle occurred 27-28 May 1856 in the Oregon Territory. The location of the battle was along the Rogue River at a place known as the Big Bend, approximately eight miles up river from...
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    Geography presented on December 3, 1997. Title: Battle of Big Bend. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner

  • Cultural Resource Protectors : A Survey of Federal Archaeologists and Cultural Resource Specialists in the Pacific Northwest

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    Schmidt, Chester Allan
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    There is a widespread problem with looting and vandalism of cultural resources in the Pacific Northwest. To combat this problem law enforcement must have the assistance of the archaeological community. To be able to assist law enforcement, archaeologists and cultural resource specialists must have the proper training in cultural resource...
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    Archaeologists and Cultural Resource Specialists in the PaciNorthwest David R. Brauner Abstract approved

  • Ku on the Columbia : Hawaiian laborers in the Pacific Northwest Fur Industry

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    Rogers, Donnell J.
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    Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft. Vancouver, Washington from 1825 through the end of this period. Data from the excavations of the servant's village...
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    approved_Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of

  • "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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    Ware Jr., and the "Nature" of "Christian Character." Abstract approved: David M. Robinson Recent

  • Devil Dog Diplomacy and the abandonment of military tradition : United States Foreign Policy in Central America and the Caribbean, 1915-1934

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    Geissler, Eric L.
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    During the U.S. military interventions in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti between 1915 and 1934, Washington equipped members of the its armed forces with civil and political powers that represented a radical departure from the North American military tradition. This abandonment of tradition decisively contributed to both the disappointments...
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    - 1934. Abstract approved: David G. La France During the U.S. military interventions in Nicaragua

  • Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

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    Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
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    Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
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    : Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a

  • Indian Women Rewriting Themselves : The Representation of "Madness" by Women Writers

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    Singh, Jaspal K., 1951-
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    Representations of "madness" in literature written by women have been the focus of feminist studies in the western world since the Victorian Era. When Charlotte Gilman Perkins wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" in 1892, she "met with consternation of disapproving males ...[and] it was virtually ignored for thirty years" (Kasmer 1)....
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    of "madness" by women writers AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jaspal K Singh for the degree of Master

  • Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

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    Coffey, Kimberly Ann
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    The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...
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    scholars such as Robert Cathcart, Charles Wilkinson, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, and David Zarefsky. Lucas

  • For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

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    Owens, Michael V.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
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    offers the most lessons for the present study. In 1970, David Ling endeavored to explain how a married

  • A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

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    Martin, Larry G.
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    Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of growing concern. Over the past 15 years, several well-documented studies have been completed which express the relationships between industrial noise exposure and damage to normal and pathological ears. This research has provided knowledge of considerable importance to developing successful hearing conservation programs....
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    . David Lawson, for your willingness to be there, your time, your support and your constructive comments

  • Identified Influences on Second Generation Latina/os on Their Pathway Through Community College

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    Jaime-Diaz, Jesus
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    The purpose of this study is to determine factors that encourage second generation Latina/os to obtain a community college education. A critical qualitative ethnography focused on "Testimonio" was used in conducting this study. The key findings were formulated around three critical research questions. In relation to each research question, three...
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    pursuing a collegiate education, (g) influential memories of K-12, (h) the impact of community college

  • Family Communication Patterns and Intention to Vote in 2020

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    Couvrette, Monica Adele
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    The primary goal of this study is to look at the influence of family communication patterns on behavior and beliefs, specifically in the context of electoral behavior. In order to effectively influence potential voters and increase the likelihood that they intend to vote in federal elections in the long-term, we...
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    education. Dr. David Bernell, thank you for not only being a great advisor, but a wonderful (hopefully