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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Russian Oregon: a history of the Russian Orthodox Church and settlement in Oregon, 1882-1976, David B. Cole
Postdivorce parental roles: a descriptive study, Victor R. Congleton and Lisa Christina Londos
An Exploratory Study of Runaway Female Adolescents in a Residential Treatment Center, Mary E. Cook and Stan Jasper
The maximum duration of phonation of /a/ in normal and hoarse voiced children, Jo Coombs
Local government and manpower programs for the disadvantaged: an evaluation of the Portland Concentrated Employment Program, Lois Farrer Copperman
Approaches to Composition in Selected Directing Texts: A Structural Analysis and Assessment, Kathryn C. Dodele
Indoctrination in Oregon Public Schools, 1947-1975, Daniel W. Dodge
Post-Discharge Adjustment of Children Treated at Edgefield Lodge, Sandra M. Erickson
The Development of a Model for Identifying, Diagnosing and Correcting Dyslexic Problems in Third Grade Nigerian, Catherine Maffiong Essien
A Comparison of Education Systems in Nigeria and the United States of America, James Edem Etim
Relationships between sex role, empathy and anxiety, Charles M. Fantz
A Model for Teaching Small Group Skills in a Laboratory Setting, Larry Ferguson and James Reavis
A study of counseling at Reed College, Martin Shawn Fisher and Mark Masterson
Three-Dimensional Wall Sculpture, Evelyn Franz
Series of Drawings and Paintings, William Dyas Garnett
Assessment of Hearing Sensitivity by Use of the Acoustic Reflex in the Geriatric Population, Donna Elvira Gilham
Depression and the Perception of Reinforcement: a Modified Replication, Adele Gillis
Revolutions: A Comparative Study, Thomas E. Gill
Symbol and Artifact: Jungian Dynamics at McLuhan's Technological Interface, Mike Amana Glick
The Black Elderly Volunteer, Sandra E. Gonzales
The Chemistry of Chromium (VI) And Chromium (V) Oxide Fluorides, Patrick Jay Green
The Design of an Automatic Electronic Preanodizer, Armen C. Grossenbacher
Effects of Verbal and Pantomime Stimulus Input on the Short Term Sequential Recall of Aphasic Adults, Lauryl Suzanne Ivers Grotting
A Comparative Study of Aristotle's Poetics and Ezra Pound's ABC of Reading, Michael P. Hagensick
Mary's River Kalapuyan: A Descriptive Phonology, Yvonne P. Hajda