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Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Teaching language to hearing impaired children who have had no previous language experience, Catherine Collins Lu
An Exploration of the Feelings and Attitudes of Women Separated From Their Children Due to Incarceration, Dorothy Lundberg, Ann Sheekley, and Therese Voelker
Toward a theory of child abuse: a review of the literature, Marc F. Maden
Role exits among the aged, Nancy Whitelaw Mancini
Towards the integration of the historical and structural theories of urban form, David Tilford Martin
Alternative Methods for the Analysis of Curves, Randi Christine Martin
The Development of an Evaluational Process for the Group Home Project of the Northeast Multnomah District of Childrens' Service Division, Lucinda E. McKitrick, Richard S. Barasch, and Lon J. Lembert
The Congressional Decision to Build the Panama Canal: The Influence of Senators John Tyler Morgan, Marcus Alonzo Hanna and Others, and the Role of the Walker Report, Andrew Scott Merrifield
Location of Dyspraxic Characteristics in Children with Severe "Functional" Articulation Disorders, Sara Miller Mitcham
Problem oriented case planning, Jack A. Morgan
A Study of Local Union Business Agents in Portland, Oregon Area, Lillian L. Morrison
Development of an Observation Instrument to Assess Behavior, Scott Marshall Nay
The Distribution of the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, on the Oregon Side of the Columbia River Gorge, Ronald P. Neilson
What Indians think an Indian is : a study of personal and educational attitudes, Susan W. Oliver and Christine L. Peterson
Validation of the Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test, Susan Jane Packouz
Pretesting a questionnaire at the Solo Center on the impact of divorce on children and parents, Shirley Anne Paetzhold
Biochemical Description of a Lava Tube Lake in Southeast Oregon, John Edward Palmer
A Biochemical Analysis of Viscin from Arceuthobium tsugense, Peter J. Paquet
Lesbian Marriage, Sandi Parks
A Cross Validation of Leary's Level I-M Assessment Method, Bruce Leroy Purvine
The Development of Four English Inflections in the Speech of Educable Mentally Retarded Adolescents, Nancy Barton Richard
Charles E. Borden: his formulation and testing of archaeological hypotheses, Ellen Wallace Robinson
Course Demands of Students in Teacher Education at Portland State University as Demonstrated by an Induced Course Load Matrix, Elinore Janet Rogers
Managing human services, Betsy W. Romain
Martin Luther King, Jr. and his times: A multi-media script, Robert D. Rosenkranz