Browsing by Subject "History, United States."
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Henry Cabot Lodge :
(1980)Analysis of Lodge's career not only provided insight into the process of political apprenticeship in nineteenth century America but also contributed to an understanding of the evolution of political conservatism. Lodge's ... -
Henry James, Sr. and the American experience.
(1981)In this biography, I have endeavored to discuss Henry James, Sr.'s career, his responses to the transformations--both social and personal--which marked his age and touched his life. I have tried to analyze the ideas that ... -
A history of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, 1957--2000.
(2001)*The dissertation includes a CD that is compound (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation). -
A history of the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma.
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A History of the Tulsa County Medical Society
(1945)"Beginning in the March, 1944, issue of The Bulletin, official publication of the Tulsa County Medical Society, there appeared the first of a series of seventeen feature articles devoted to the progress of the Society since ... -
Home only long enough: Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, American science, nationalism, and philanthropy, 1886--1908.
(2003)American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary tried for twenty-six years to be the first man to reach the North Pole. The dissertation focuses on Peary's stateside efforts to raise money for his multiple expeditions. During his ... -
Indians and progressives :
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Innovation, imitation, and resisting manipulation: The first twenty years of American teenagers, 1941-1961.
(1998)Over the twenty-year span of the 1940s and 1950s, a growing sense of separation and resistance to the mainstream culture developed, characterized by distinctive food, slang, music, dress, and sexual behavior. By studying ... -
The intersection of feminism and Indianness in the activism of LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller.
(2002)My work offers a comparative examination of the use of feminism and Indian identity in the careers of LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller. While they took different paths to political activism, Harris as the wife of a United ... -
Intertribal Interactions, Relationality, and Community Resilience in The Northeastern Oklahoma Indian Nations, 1800-1930
(2018-05-11)My research explores nation building among the nine small American Indian nations located in northeastern Oklahoma after forced removal. The distinct sovereign small Native nations who relocated to the corner of the state ... -
Jews and Other Okies’: How Jews Extended the Frontier in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, 1867-1952
(2024-05-10)The topic of this thesis revolves around Oklahoma Jews and how their lives and works have shaped and challenged conceptions of Oklahoma History. Like many in the American West, Jews came to Oklahoma for economic opportunities ... -
Joseph Samuel Murrow :
(1982)When he realized that the Indian would not be allowed to determine that destiny, Murrow struggled to protect the rights of Indians against predatory actions by both the government and white settlers. -
Knowledge Held in Common: Tales of Luther Burbank and Science in the American Vernacular
(2001-09)During the first half of the twentieth century, the horticulturist Luther Burbank was largely considered an irrelevant figure by the scientific community, despite winning acclaim from the public as an eminent scientist. ... -
Kusama's Polka Dots and Kawara's Dates: Finding American Success Through Differing Uses of Identity, Temporality, and Artistic Expression
(2023-05-12)American art spaces have been established as areas that allow for greater acceptance and recognition for artists thus drawing in artists from multitudes of cultural backgrounds. Due to social unrest and change during the ... -
L.M. Gensman :
(1980)A study of Gensman's activities indicates that Gensman did not differ greatly from most Western attorneys in the type of law practiced, in the degree of political involvement, or in the pursuit of outside enterprises to ... -
Land of the Fair God: The Development of Black Towns in Oklahoma, 1870-1910
(2016)Oklahoma’s All Black Town Movement is important to contextualize larger black migration patterns during the nineteenth century. Oklahoma was at the center of black migration from surrounding states. In addition, it played ... -
Language and Bodily Autonomy in Chicano Movement Periodicals, 1967-1973
(2019-12-13)Periodicals were a primary organizing tool of Chicano Movement activists from 1967-1973, serving as spaces for multilingual representation and dialogue in Mexican American communities. This thesis argues that by publishing ... -
Listening to our grandmothers' stories: An historical analysis of the literacy curricula at Bloomfield Academy/Carter Seminary for Chickasaw Females, Indian Territory/Oklahoma, 1852-1949.
(1997)This project examines the literacy curriculum of the Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, a boarding academy established by the Chickasaw tribe in conjunction with missionaries. The school is unique in that the Chickasaw ... -
Long lots in New Mexico and Texas: The French connection, 1693--1731.
(2005)Long lots are linear or rectangular agricultural fields, so configured to give access to water courses or roads. They exist in France and where French people settled in North America, primarily Quebec and Louisiana. They ... -
Medicine Worse than the Malady: Indian Health, Colonization, and the Wind River Reservation, 1800-1928
(2014-05-09)At the turn of the century Native Americans represented a wide variety of cultures, economic situations, regions, and historical experiences. Yet unusually high rates of tuberculosis, trachoma, and infant mortality were ...