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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Volunteers in Portland Schools: Initial Planning and Early Development, Mary B. Norville
A profile of women volunteers, Vana O'Brien
H. S. Chamberlain and the Bayreuth Kulturkreis: A Study in Ideology, David George Otness
A Comparison Study of the Syntactical Language Skills of Children in the Monterey Language Program with Children Not in a Formal Language Program, Bonnie Lucille Owens
Isolation and characterization of two sterols from the green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum, Raymond Mark Owings
A Development of Natural Forms in Multiple Glass Shapes, Anthony Parker
The Impact of SSI on the Social Security Administration: An Intraorganizational Study with Interorganizational Ramifications, Patricia A. Parker
Der Verfremdungseffekt von Brecht bis Handke, Brigitte Patrick
Electrical Conductivity of Thin Lecithin-cholesterol Membranes Due to 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-DCP, Malkanthi Paulis
An Exploration of the Familiar and Nostalgic, Laura Paul
Lifespring's Basic Seminar: An Evaluation Study, Patricia A. Percival
Structural Geology of the Northeast Quarter of the Dutchman Butte Quadrangle, Southwest Oregon, Rauno K. Perttu
Aging and the Semantic Differential: Semantic Stability in the Measurement of Social Evaluation, Marilyn Diane Petersen
A Specialized Child Protective Service Unit, Paul O. Powers and Bonnie J. Vance
The use of dance as a tool for personality integration, Barbara Throckmorton Rankin
A Series of Sculptures, John Redman
Medical and Nursing Students: Concepts of Self and Ideal Self, Typical and Ideal Work Partner, Ingrid Rein
Exploring Collaboration: A Program Evaluation of a Mental Health Intervention in a Public Elementary School, Joy Rhodes
The Androgenic Glands of the Pacific Crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus trowbridgii Stimpson, 1859, Larry L. Sanders
Theoretical Differences in Kissinger and Schlesinger's Models of the International System, Wayne Alan Schroeder
A Descriptive Study of Oregon Literacy Tutors in Multnomah County, Marva Schwiebert and Kathleen Whittle
A Study Describing the Counseling Practices of the Pastors in the Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church, Jere' Slingerland Howell
Biostratigraphy of the Snowshoe Formation (Jurassic) in the Izee area, Grant County, Oregon, Paul Lawrence Smith
A Descriptive Study of Thai Nonverbal Communication, Suriya Smutkupt
The Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Leclanché Cell, Walter Edward Socha