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Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

Creator:: Johnson, Kristin Renee
Abstract:: Karl Jordan (1861-1959) was an extraordinarily productive entomologist who influenced the development of systematics, entomology, and naturalists' theoretical framework as well as their practice. He has been a figure in existing accounts of the naturalist tradition between 1890 and 1940 that have defended the relative contribution of naturalists to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor

Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

Creator:: Richards, Linda Marie
Abstract:: The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Poster and Presentation Abstracts : 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

Creator:: 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources and Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources
Abstract:: List of abstracts for posters and papers presented at the 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, held March 13-15 2008 at Oregon State University. Contact the author(s) for more information on papers is listed here for which no entry appears in the conference collection at: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/7138
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Forestry, Oregon State University Natural resources educators, me included, have long relished the use of

Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921

Creator:: McHugh, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: Across from the Memorial Union on Oregon State University’s campus sits Milam Hall, the former site of the Department of Home Economics. The building is named for Ava Milam Clark, the dean of home economics for thirty-three years, from 1917 to 1950. I aim to understand Ava Milam’s early career...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Creator:: Ellis, D. Erik
Abstract:: The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World War II and continuing thereafter, are often overlooked in the literature on the Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and in regional histories. To historians of science, Hanford is described as an industrial facility that illustrates the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor

The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds : biennial report 2001-2003

Creator:: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Abstract:: This is the fourth report on the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. The first three reports focused on people – their stories and their efforts to restore watershed health and recover listed fish species. While these earlier reports contained what little information was available regarding the quantitative aspects of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Biennial Report 2001 - 2003 The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds Mission: To restore the watersheds

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

Creator:: Jensen, Erica (Erica Lyn)
Abstract:: Similar to other spectacular scenic areas in the American West, Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains have been a contested landscape since the beginning of the 20th century. Although, legislation was introduced in Congress as early as 1913 to protect the towering mountains of south-central Idaho as a national park, the issue...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

Poster and Presentation Abstracts : 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds : biennial report 2001-2003

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

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