• W.R.B. Willcox: The Architect as Social Critic 

  Smith, Nancy Kimball Morris (University of Oregon, 1971-08)

  The American architect at the turn of the century faced the prodigious task of reconciling his traditional role as the servant of privilege with the exigencies of technological revolution, burgeoning cities, and a rapidly ...
• “The Whole Thing Was to Try to Make a Living Here”: Labor, Land, and the Relationships They Produced on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, 1974-Present 

  McIntosh, Matthew (University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)

  This thesis examines the relationships between workers, their labor, and the land during and after the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). It places these relationships within a broader history of ...
• A Deal with the Devil: Arizona State University and the Built Environment in the 20th Century 

  Gorham, Chandler (University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)

  This thesis examines the changing role of Arizona State University (ASU) in Phoenix and the United States from 1950 to 1994. The regional alliance of boosters in Phoenix made ASU a key part of the Valley’s economy as the ...
• Disrupting Colonial Binaries: Gender and Masculinity on the Northwestern Frontier of New Spain, 1540-1780 

  Austin, Zahran (University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)

  The overall goal of this thesis is to expand the understanding of the role of gender in theSpanish colonization of the margins of northwestern New Spain as well as the historiographical conceptions which have previously ...
• Collaboration, Tradition, and Reimagination: The Influence of Soviet Cultural Policy on Uzbek Music 

  Bender, Walter (University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)

  This thesis, “Collaboration, Tradition, and Reimagination: The Influence of Soviet Cultural Policy on Uzbek Music,” is an exploration of three Uzbek musicians and their engagement with Soviet cultural institutions.  By ...
• Somos de Allá y de Aquí: Tejano Sojourners, Mexican Immigrants, & the Creation of a Familiar Mexican Place in Independence, Oregon, 1950-2000 

  Ochoa, Victor (University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)

  As Mexican Americans from southern Texas, who called themselves Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants migrated to Independence, Oregon, in the mid-to-late 20th century, memory became a way to familiarize a foreign place. In the ...
• Sewing With A Double Thread: The Needlewomen of New York 1825-1870 

  Janiewski, Dolores Elizabeth Marie (University of Oregon, 1974-08)

  The needlewomen of New York in the period 1825-1870 comprised the most numerous and the most degraded class of urban working women; yet they were also the most militant. Their societies -- the first organized efforts of ...
• Asahel Bush, Party Master and Political Boss in Oregon 1850-1863 

  Malouf, Naseeb Mahfoud (University of Oregon, 1951-06)

  The writer has attempted to trace, in this paper, the coming of Asahel Bush to Oregon and the part he played in its growth as a territory and in its creation and further maturation as a state. Intermingled in the story are ...
• Alfred B. Meacham Promoter of Indian Reform 

  Phinney, Edward Sterl (University of Oregon, 1963-06)

  A study of existing materials raised questions about Meacham: Was he a sincere well-intentioned reformer, or was he a fool? Did he deserve the abuse heaped upon him by Oregonians and Coloradans? Was the support of eastern ...
• An Injury to One: The Politics of Racial Exclusion in the Portland Local of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 

  DeBra, Edward Balloch (University of Oregon, 1992-02)

  The work is divided into four parts. The first deals with both the genesis of the ILWU and its ideology, and more specifically the Portland waterfront leading up to the watershed strike of 1934. The second part is a ...
• Creating Oregon from Illahee: Race, Settler-Colonialism, and Native Sovereignty in Western Oregon, 1792-1856 

  Whaley, Gray H. (University of Oregon, 2002-06)

  The colonial history of Oregon requires, in my opinion, significant revision. Therefore, I addressed numerous important topics that regional historians, in my estimation, have handled incompletely. Such topics include the ...
• Seafloor Machina: Aging Technologies in the Depths of the Pacific Ocean 

  Brazier, Hayley (University of Oregon, 2024-01-10)

  Everyone is talking about, reporting on, and studying the ocean, focusing on issues from sea level rise and pollution to coral reefs and algae blooms. Yet the piece we are missing in our study of the sea is understanding ...
• “Big Tales of Indians Ahead:” The Reproduction of Settler Colonial Discourse in the American West 

  Smith, Christopher (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)

  “Big Tales of Indians Ahead” traces the reproduction of settler colonial discourses—sentiments narrated by a settler society about themselves and about the Native American societies that predated them—from the period of ...
• ASHEL BUSH – PIONEER EDITOR, POLITICIAN AND BANKER 

  Roberts, Jenette Elizabeth (University of Oregon, 1939-08)

  This study endeavors to show the part played in Oregon during the years 1851-1913 by Asahel Bush, pioneer editor, politician, and banker. The writer has made use of the plentiful source material available for the ...
• The Red Turban Rebellions and the Emergence of the Ethnic Consciousness of the Hakkas in Nineteenth-Century China 

  Kim, Jaeyoon (University of Oregon, 2005-08)

  My dissertation, "The Red Turban Rebellions and the Emergence of Ethnic Consciousness of the Hakkas in Nineteenth-Century China," focuses on one of most important and controversial minorities in China-and a group that ...
• Brothers and Sisters (And Everyone in Between): Sexuality and Class in the Pacific Northwest, 1970—1995 

  Orth, Christa (University of Oregon, 2002-06)

  In the past decade, national attention has focused on political battles in the Pacific Northwest, such as the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999, and Measure 9 in Oregon in both 1992 and 2000. Although ...
• An Investigation of the Foreign Policy of the United States Toward Japan, 1853—1869, as One Aspect of the Open Door Policy 

  Mack, Mary E. (Betty) (University of Oregon, 1951-06)

  John Hay did not invent the Open Door policy. It is as old as American relations with Asia. The tap-root of American policy has been not philanthropy but the demand for protection of our nationals in the Far East and the ...
• The Effect of the Direct Primary Upon Senatorial Elections in Oregon, 1900—1909 

  Hendricks, Russell Gordon (University of Oregon, 1951-06)

  The period from 1890 to 1914 was marked by a series of electoral reforms in Oregon, including: the Australian ballot; the regulation of political party primaries; the registration of voters; the initiative and referendum; ...
• English Poor Law Administration: 1834—1847 

  Seal, Gyla Beth (University of Oregon, 1957-06)

  Great Britain during the decade following the Napoleonic Wars seemed to be on the verge of revolution. Her social and political institutions had failed to catch up to the Industrial Revolution and the widespread discontent ...
• Some Reflections on the Status of Real Property in the United States: 1837—1854 

  Nelson, Torlef (University of Oregon, 1948-06)

  The period from 1837 to 1854 has been styled by Jean Rogers Commons as the most loquacious in the history of the 19th century. Certainly the variety of reforms and reformers, emerging during those years, tended to substantiate ...

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