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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
FROM CORNROW TO HEDGEROW: THE NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD IN PEACE AND WAR, 1919-1945, Nicholas Andrew Tuma
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Then the burning began: Omaha, riots, and the growth of black radicalism, 1966-1969, Ashley M. Howard
Chess, Bible Clubs and the Public Schools: A Case Study of the Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Bridget Mergens., Brent C. Myers
The political career of Robert B. Crosby, Nebraska governor, 1953-1955, Theodore J. Wehrbein
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Eliza Orzeszkowa: Polish patriot, positivist writer, social critic and feminist., Aneta Maria Czarnik
The Confessions of the Madison Henderson Gang, Mark K. Reuter
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Some day a great harvest: A history of the foundation of St. Augustine's Indian Mission, Winnebago, Nebraska, 1888 to 1945, Patrick M. Kennedy
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Genuine Populist: William V. Allen in the United States Senate, 1893-1901, David W. Hoelscher
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
To Be Almost Like White: The Case of Soon Ja Du, Augustina Jhi-ho Chae
Fighting Jim Crow in post-World War II Omaha 1945-1956, Kathleen Mary Davis
Niobrara National Scenic River, 1985-2000: Old arguments, new compromises, James A. Roeder
The prairie grass dividing: The history of the Saunders County Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1897, John A. Sautter
Titus Quinctius Flamininus: Imperialism and the pursuit of auctoritas, Jeffrey Steven Volcheck
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Repercussions of the Dawes Act: Leasing, citizenship and jurisdiction on the Omaha and Winnebago Reservations, 1887-1896, Matthew J. Krezenski
The women's division of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce 1922-1976, Sharen A. Rotolo
Women's Roles, the "Deseret News" and LDS Women in Utah: 1852-1870, Kami Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Young emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails, 1841-1866, Molly Kizer
Albia, Iowa in the 1920s: Coal, corn and change, Derek S. Oden
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
The best of its kind in the West: A history of Columbus, Nebraska, 1900-1910, Lori Brdicko
Themes and issues in the motion picture industry as seen through the Billboard, 1920-1930., Michael K. Chapman
Altering the Nebraska landscape: Tecumseh and Johnson County, 1854-1900, Rebecca L. Howard
Historians and John C. Calhoun: One hundred and fifty years of historiography, John Gregory Jacobsen
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
A Forgotten Enemy: Omaha Encounters the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Gary Gernhart
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Harrison County, Iowa: Aspects of life from 1920 to 1930, Gary D. Dixon
Thou Shalt Not Vote: The Struggle for Woman's Suffrage in Nebraska, Laura McKee Hickman
This great fraternity: Nebraska's Grand Army of the Republic, 1867-1920, Richard Evans Keyes
Between Expectations and Hesitations: Romanian-American Relations, 1938-1940, Emma Porfireanu
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Covering the Red Scare: The Omaha World-Herald and issues related to domestic communism, 1945-1953, Ray Steve Bullock
Samuel Pandolfo and the Mail Fraud Statute, Susan Marie Juza
The League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha, 1920-1995, Deborah C. O'Donnell
McCook's Man on Main Street: Publisher Harry D. Strunk and the politics of water reclamation in southwest Nebraska, 1928-1938, Charles E. Real
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
"Where Life is Simple and Passions Moderate": A History of Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1900-1910, Thomas L. Boeche
Betraying their trust: The dispossession of the Omaha Nation, 1790-1916, Judith A. Boughter
The firing of Admiral Denfeld: An early casualty of the military unification process, David Bruce Dittmer
Manti, Iowa: A frontier settlement in the lower Nishnabotna River Valley, 1846-1880, Nancy K. Jaeckel
Doors left open then slammed shut: The German colonization of Southwest Africa and the Anglo-German rivalry, 1883-1915, Matthew Erin Plowman
We want what is rightfully ours: An examination of selected legal issues in the modern history of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska 1945-1995, Mark R. Scherer
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
In the jaws of the dragon: The United States Second Infantry Division in the battle of the Chongchon River, Korea, November 24-December 1, 1950, Robert B. Bruce
If even a few are reclaimed, the labor is not lost: William Hamilton's life among the Iowa and Omaha Indians, 1837-1891, Michelle Cauleen Gullett
H.C. Welker: The life of a Presbyterian minister and his ministry in prairie and Great Plains communities 1886-1964, Patricia Ann Welker
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
United States-Afghanistan Diplomatic Relations, September-December 1979: Hafizullah Amin's Struggle For Survival, Shaista Wahab
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
In defense of "Poor Lo": The Council Fire's advacacy of Native American civil rights, 1878-1889, Jo Lea Wetherilt Behrens
A fortune is near at hand: White land buyers on the Nemaha Half-Breed Tract, 1857-1860, William T. Moran
Straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel: Progressive Indian policy under Cato Sells, 1913-1921, William Benton Whisenhunt
"Baby Doll" (1956): A case study of film censorship and its decline during the 1950's., Tara Ross Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The British-Icelandic Fishing Disputes, 1952-1976, Gregory J. Scholten
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Enigma of the Watkins and Barenblatt Decisions: The Supreme Court, Congressional investigations and the First Amendment, Karen Jane Bruner
O.S.S. Operation RYPE: Cutting the Nordland Rail Line in Occupied Norway at Two Points in the North Töndelag Area, April, 1945, Bruce Heimark
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
The black experience in selected Nebraska counties, 1854-1920, James D. Bish
Building the meat packing industry in South Omaha, 1883-1898, Gail Lorna DiDonato
The society of American Indians: Too many chiefs and not enough Indians, Gwin E. Gover
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Impeachment in America: In Search of Precedents: An Examination of the Presidential Impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon, Larry Meysenburg
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Nebraska Goes Wet: The Repeal of Prohibition 1933-34, Timothy L. Shipman
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Michael V. Disalle in Ohio politics: 1950-1962, Diana Draur
The Boys Town Hall of History: A Case Study in Public History and Exhibition Methods, Jacqueline Ann McGlade
The Breton case for regional autonomy: Centuries of struggle in Brittany, France, Annie Loring Peters
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
The Omaha World-Herald and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1914, Jennifer M. Pedersen
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Omaha softball: The early leagues, 1930-1950, Richard A. Behrens
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
The Urban Renewal Movement in Omaha, 1954-1970, Donald Louis Stevens Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Atlanta, Georgia and National Magazines: A Study in Image Making 1870-1925, Meg Greene
The Farmers' Holiday movement, Plymouth County, Iowa: 1932-1933, Rodney D. Karr
The Omaha City Council and Commission: A Profile, 1858-1930, Garneth Oldenkamp Peterson
The development of the Omaha Municipal Airfield, 1924-1930, Leslie R. Valentine
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Anglo-Ethiopian relations: 1840-1868, Barbara in den Bosch
A quantitative approach to the study of folk medical beliefs and practices: A Nebraska example, CA. 1870-1970, Phyllis M. Japp
British decision making on the frontier: Afghanistan - A case study (1863-1881), Kerry Connor Loney
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Parochial Education in a Czech Community: The School Sisters of Notre Dame in Elementary Education in Omaha 1920-1960, Marilyn Graskowiak
The reaction of selected southern Ontario newspapers to the entrance of Newfoundland into confederation, 1945-1949., Timothy A. Rutz
The Czech immigrant - a process of acculturation: Schuyler, Nebraska, 1870-1920, Janet Varejcka
A Disquieting Case: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Inez M. Whitehead
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Nebraska and rural electrification through 1940, Roberta K. Barndt
The second Chinese banking consortium: The open door and finance diplomacy, Pauline Selenke Pesek
The American military and the Congress, 1775-1789: Civil-military relationships, George J. Shuflata
The United States and Malaya: 1945-1953, Joseph W. White II
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
The Senate Small Business Committee during World War II, Catherine Neff Bugg
The World Herald's editorial reaction to the Spanish American war, Catharine Fogarty
American reaction to events within Greece: 1944-1947, Sue Willard Olivier
Napoleonic censorship, 1799-1810, Donna Lee Owen Petersen
The history of Notre Dame Academy Omaha, Nebraska, Anita Rolenc
Party politics in Belize, Thomas E. Ryan
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
The Omaha World-Herald and the Philippine insurrection: A study in anti-imperialism, James M. Bechtel
The age of reform and liberal experiments in British India by Lord Bentinck and Lord Dalhousie, Dilip Kumar Chattopadhyay
The Curragh Incident, March, 1914, causes and effects, Edward R. Cummins
A Century of Struggle: The Chimney-Sweep Issue and Related Reform Activity, Elizabeth N. Seng
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Nebraska progressivism: A study of the 1907 and 1909 legislative sessions, Timothy E. Blankenship
The consideration of the Yalta Conference as an executive agreement, John Brayman
The antecedents of Council Bluffs, Iowa: From exploration to town charter, Phillip L. Cooper
The Basuto rebellion, civil war and reconstruction, 1880-1884, Douglas Gene Kagan
Reservoir and reservation: The Oahe Dam and the Cheyenne River Sioux, Michael L. Lawson
The Negro landholder of Georgia and his white counterpart, 1860-1900, Richard L. Parks
O'Neill, Nebraska the first quarter century, Gregory R. Passewitz
The narrow front versus the broad front: An analysis of the narrow front plan and the factors affecting its success, Bobbie G. Pedigo
A comparison of the Holy Club and the Oxford movement with respect to their influences, manner of expression, and place in the church of England, Stuart Dunbar Robertson
The 1905 bloody Sunday massacre: American reactions, Judy M. Westrate
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929: A study of the legislative process, Donald L. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Sir Bartle Frere: Colonial administrator of the Victorian period, Anthony C. Brewer
Eighty years of service: A history of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Omaha, Nebraska, Mary E. Heck