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Queen Tamara: An Analysis Of Tamaran Myths And Legends Through Eight Centuries Of Georgian History
(1999-04-01)Georgia, surrounded by modem day Turkey, Iran, and Russia, and flanked by the Black and Caspian Sea, has been the subject of frequent foreign invasions since the fifth millennium B.C.. Influenced by Greek and Persian thought ... -
Russo-Finnish Relations, 1937-1947
(1973-04-01)In 1967 the Finnish Republic celebrated Its fiftieth anniversary. That Finland can celebrate her freedom is rather amazing In view of the Soviet Union’s domination, with the exception of Greece, of every nation In East ... -
Samuel Thomas Hauser: Territorial Governor Of Montana
(1964-04-01)Samuel Thomas Hauser was perhaps one the most representative territorial governors Montana ever had, despite the fact that the duties of office distracted him from his own affairs. He was not a man to yield up a public ... -
Searching For Work Of National Importance Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers In World War II
(2003-04-01)In 1940 the United States government enacted the country’s first peacetime draft. While Americans generally supported the government as it prepared for entry into World War II, a few organizations remained deeply committed ... -
Sidney, Montana, During The Great Depression: Converting Retreat Into Advance
(1995-04-01)Certain periods of history have a lasting effect on society. The Great Depression of the 1930s proved no exception. The United States suffered a massive economic disaster during that time. Across the nation, Americans felt ... -
St. Peter's Mission
(1949-04-01)The purpose of this thesis is to present, as completely as resources permit, the history of St. Peter's Mission, a Jesuit institution, both necessary and desirable because of the evils attendant upon the impact of an ... -
The "Beast" In Bergen-Belsen: Josef Kramer And The Implementation Of The "Final Solution" To The "Jewish Question," 1943-1945
(2006-04-01)In the summer of 1944, Adolf Hitler’s “Thousand-Year Reich” was on the verge oftotal military collapse. In June, American, British, and Canadian armies landed on the Normandy coast of France and began pressing toward ... -
The Airplane: A Revolution in Warfare 1939-1945
(2012-04-01)Although the idea of aviation has existed since the dawn of time, it has only been within the past century that these ideas have been realized through the invention of the airplane. One of the airplane’s most notable ... -
The Background And Organization Of The Montana Stockgrowers Association
(1963-04-01)The cattle industry has played a very dominating role in shaping the history of Montana. From very humble beginnings it has developed to a position of importance rivaling both mining and farming. It has been characterized ... -
The Bahamas: A Step Toward True Independence
(1980-04-01)From the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, to the granting of the Independence Constitution in 1973, the Bahama Islands were under the domination of a foreign power— Britain. The other country that at times attempted ... -
The Big Hole Battle Of The Nez Perces War - 1877
(1957-04-01)For several years I have had an interest In the history of the American Indian, in his traditions, in his economics and particularly in the role he was forced to play in the great westward expansion of our nation. This ... -
The Black Community Of Butte: Growth And Decline From 1890 to 1950
(1985-04-01)Many studies have been written on the boom-town mining city of Butte, Montana. The growth of the city, the politics which dominated front pages for the last years of the 19th century and spilled over into the 20th, the ... -
The British Monarchy And Empire: The Formal and Informal Power of the Monarchy In Relation To the Empire From Queen Elizabeth I to Queen Elizabeth II
(2012-04-01)The relationship between the British Empire and the monarchy of Britain is an understudied aspect of the history of Britain. Examining the monarchy from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, ... -
The Broadwater Hotel And Natatorium: One Man's Unfulfilled Dream
(1995-04-01)Little remains of the Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium except memories and stories.1 What once represented the great vision of its creator has become a field of rampant weeds and broken dreams. The site of the old Broadwater ... -
The Butte Labor Strike of 1920
(1961-04-01)The city of Butte has experienced many strikes throughout the course of its history. Of all these, the 1920 strike can be considered the bloodiest and, strangely enough, the most forgotten. It has been to the interest of ... -
The Christianization And Education Of The Indians Of Montana: A Study Of The Jesuits, The Ursulines And St. Peter's Mission, 1859-1918
(1984-04-01)During the nineteenth century, the Catholic Church registered sensational gains in the United States. This feat was not equalled anywhere else and was due not only to the great influx of Catholic immigrants, but also to ... -
The Civilian Conservation Corps In Thompson Falls, Montana
(1979-04-01)The nation was divided into n;.ne Corps Areas. Montana was a member of the Ninth Corps Area, which also included the states of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, V/yoming, part of Arizona, and the Alaska ... -
The Copper Kings: Clark And Daly - A Personality Analysis
(1975-04-01)In 1809 the territory of Montana was admitted to the Union as the forty-first state, With this act Montana now had to concern herself with the elections of public officials and the selection of a location for the capital. ... -
The Council For Defense: Autocracy In Montana, 1917-1918
(1976-04-01)During World War I an organization entitled the Montana Council for Defense was the nucleus of government in the state. This organization had broad powers and authority. The men who held office in it were themselves ... -
The Development Of Local Government In Montana 1889-1972
(1972-04-01)I have explored in this thesis the historical development of local government in Montana since territorial days. Included in this research is the strategy and thinking of the delegates of the 1889 Constitutional Convention. ...