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Theses/Dissertations from 1973
The Bedrock Geology of the Southwest Part of the Kachess Lake Quadrangle, Washington, David Carl Lofgren
A Preliminary Investigation of the Land Use Limitations of the Major Landforms Along a Portion of the Lincoln County Coast, Oregon, Richard Kent Mathiot
A theory of the creativity-intelligence interaction: an environmental suppressor variable, Lynda L. McDonald
Differences Between Supervisor and High and Low-Rated Employees' Perceptions of Job Performance Ratings and Importance of Job Factors, Harvey Edward McGowan
Changing Western Images of Russia During the Reign of Catherine II, 1762-1796, Janet L. Menze
Personality correlates of interpersonal perception in a residential treatment center for adolescent girls, Raymond Paul Micciche and Terrell Lynn Eheler
Select Problems with Recreation, Tourist, and Vacation Oriented Businesses as Rural Economic Stabilizers: a Case Study of the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, Morton I. Michelson
An Analysis of the Effects of Background Variables on Attitudes and Policy at the Bonneville Power Administration, Philip George Millam
Photosynthesis and Respiration of Arceuthobium Tsugense, James Roger Miller
A study of the speech philosophy of Alexander Campbell and the application of that philosophy, Rudy L. Morrow
Student Perceptions of the Teacher-Counselor Role at the Albina Youth Opportunity School, Florence M. Morton and Billie L. Smith
Digital Computer Solution of Electromagnetic Transients in Large Power Systems, Bijan Navidbakhsh
A Tectonic Study of a Part of the Northern Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, Northeastern Oregon, Kenneth Gordon Neal
Life Cycle, Additions to Biology, and New Hosts of Apophallus Donicus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Oregon, Delbert Raymond Niemi
Characteristics of Arginase from the Terebellid Polychaete Pista pacifica Berkeley, Karen Laurel O'Malley
A study of open space schools, Carol Ormiston
Orestes A. Brownson: An American Traditionalist, Marianne Oswald
The Diplomatic Stalemate of Japan and the United States: 1941, David Hoien Overby
Contributions of Peter Pallas to Science and Exploration in Russia, Robert C. Parker
Self-awareness Testing for School of Social Work Students at Portland State University, Beverly Paull, Bette Schuman, and Dorothy Davis
Sculpture for the Secondary Level, Joanne Beckett Peekema
Effects of Speaker-Sex-Difference on Listeners' Perception of Vocal Roughness in Normal Vowel Productions, Patsy J. Phillips
The Characteristics and Genesis of Stone Stripes in North Central Oregon, John Baine Pyrch
A Study of the Adsorption of Some Atmospheric Gases on Soils of the Willamette Valley River Basin, Thomas R. Quale
Verbal Sequencing Ability as a Predictor of Reading Disability, Paul Elmer Quin