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Master's Theses

Kansas History

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A History Of The Fort Hays Kansas State College, Otis M. Dickey Jul 1942

A History Of The Fort Hays Kansas State College, Otis M. Dickey

Master's Theses

This thesis is a history of the Fort Hays Kansas State College from 1902-1942.


Ellsworth, Kansas : The History Of A Frontier Town, 1854-1885, John Choitz Jul 1941

Ellsworth, Kansas : The History Of A Frontier Town, 1854-1885, John Choitz

Master's Theses

Frontier towns have developed along the same pattern. First, a lawless element ruled the locality with its threat of sudden death. Dead men, carried out with their boots on, gave mute proof to the skeptical that such threats were not idly given. Next, enterprising citizens, organizing in the dead of the night, brought some respect for decency and order by swinging one end of a rope over a projecting limb of a cottonwood tree and knotting the other end around the neck of a lawless ringleader. Then justice courts and law officers were introduced as the civilized - though many …


The Community Of Mullinville, Kansas (1870-1900), Marilla A. Alford May 1941

The Community Of Mullinville, Kansas (1870-1900), Marilla A. Alford

Master's Theses

In this thesis I have attempted to preserve the heritage of the pioneers for the coming generations of the Mullinville Community . I have closed the main body of the thesis with the year 1900 because I feel that the last forty years are too close to the present to be discussed without prejudice and that the lives of my own family have been too closely connected with the history of the community for me to take an unbiased attitude. I trust that sometime later someone will pick up this history where I have left off and add more to …


The Alien Contribution To The History Of Barton County, Kansas, Mearle, S. Hoover Apr 1939

The Alien Contribution To The History Of Barton County, Kansas, Mearle, S. Hoover

Master's Theses

This thesis is a survey of immigration into Barton County Kansas from a variety of nationalities and the effect this immigration has had on the society of the area.


A History Of The National Group Settlements In Republic County, Kansas, Ida Lucretia Smith Jan 1933

A History Of The National Group Settlements In Republic County, Kansas, Ida Lucretia Smith

Master's Theses

This thesis is a history of the early settlements of Republic County, Kansas covering the years 1806-1933.


An Historical Bibliography Of Kansas, Wilabour Hardy Jan 1931

An Historical Bibliography Of Kansas, Wilabour Hardy

Master's Theses

The general aim of this bibliography is to provide a source from which investigators in subjects pertaining to Kansas can find out what material is available in their fields and where to find it. The work done in this thesis is the continuation of a work started in the Kansas State Historical Library at Topeka in 1929. The source from which the material contained in my thesis was obtained is the Forsyth Library at Fort Hays Kansas State College. The materials contained in my thesis are general Kansas Material and Kansas State Publications.