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Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Production of A thousand clowns, Clifford John Sowle
Color in Salt Glaze, Daniel Lee Stevens
A simple engobe developed for general studio use for wet and leather hard clay which may be adjusted with only minor changes to fit bone dry and bisque ware, Rose Marie Strassel
William Morris: esthetic for community, F. Eloise Taggart
The Development of a Clay Body with Compatible Glaze Formulae, Nancy Travers
Classes and Class Conflicts in Victorian England as Explored by Thomas Hardy, Nancy Burns Vail
Verbal Accessibility Between Marital Partners as Studied in a Court of Domestic Relations, Patricia Walker
An Analysis and Evaluation of the American Electoral College, Norma N. Williams
Intaglio printmaking in the secondary school, James Lester Wylder
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Variations on two themes, Florence Lyn Bafus
Landscape and figure composition in relation to space, color, and line, Perry Theo Carandanis
Medical-Social Needs in a Sample Population of Elderly Post-Hospital Patients, Rose N. Cooper
The emergence of the large lumber producers and their significance to the lumber industry, Kaye L. Darby
The use of self-determination and confidentiality in casework and group work practice: an exploratory study, George A. Fisher, James M. Hanson, Frances Peterson, and Helen Phillips
Birth and Rebirth as a Cultural Symbol, Roberta Foss
Die Moabiter Sonette; letzte Gedichte und Gedanken Albrecht Haushofers, Richard S. Kemmler
Aspects of the city; a group of paintings in varied media, based on the theme of the city and river front, Frances Evelyn Kimball
A Scale of Verbal Accessibility in Marriage, Barbara F. Kresse
Using Eriksonian Concepts in Observing Developmental Levels in Two Groups of Preschool Children, Roland J. Lindstrom
The image of the Habsburg Empire in Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch and Die Kapuzinergruft, Deborah O'Dell
Thermal and Electrical Resistance of Metal Contacts, Roland E. Ott
Das satirische Element in den Werken Nestroys, Walter Pauler
Social Exchange in Private Family Day Care Arrangements, Gerald Wesley Perry
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
Constructing a Tool for Measuring Common Social Work Activities, Patricia M. Armstrong