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Place names in six of the west central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933)
Counties: Vernon, Bates, Cass, St. Clair, Henry, and Johnson...
Statement of the problem: This thesis is the record of careful research into the origin of the place-names of western counties of Missouri. Six counties, Vernon, Bates, Cass, St. Clair, Henry, and Johnson have been studied, and the origin of place...
Statement of the problem: This thesis is the record of careful research into the origin of the place-names of western counties of Missouri. Six counties, Vernon, Bates, Cass, St. Clair, Henry, and Johnson have been studied, and the origin of place...
Place names of St. Louis and Jefferson County
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)
confined to relatively small areas. It is the task of the place-name worker to find the significance, large or small, past or present, obvious or concealed, in each and every name...Pages 1-2....
Development of manual arts instruction in cities of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "The aim of this study is to trace the development of manual arts instruction from the time when it was first suggested as a possible solution for the problem of a more practical training in school for the actual occupations...
The middlewestern wool manufacture 1860-1914
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
A study of the chemical composition of steers on different planes of nutrition and of the relative cost of maintenance and growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
This thesis describes the methods and results of an experiment carried out by the author to discover what affect diet has on the composition of beef cattle.
Newspaper history of Callaway County, Missouri, from 1839-1960
(University of Missouri, 1961)
An analysis of livestock marketing patterns in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1960)
"Missouri is fortunate in its strategic location near the heart of the grain belt east of the Great plains cattle producing areas and on the western fringe of concentrated centers of population. A combination of favorable factors have contributed...
The influence of Carlyle on the social ideas of Ruskin in the period from 1860 to 1884
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "To connect the name of Ruskin with that of Carlyle is not a new idea. Every biographer and critic of Ruskin refers to the relation which existed between the two men; all mention especially Ruskin's admiration and respect...
Place names of five central southern counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)
Counties: Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Shannon, Texas....
"Research was started at the University of Missouri in 1928 under the inspiration of Mr. Allen Walker Read, then of the department of English. It has been continued under the supervision of Dr. Robert L. Ramsay of the English Department...
"Research was started at the University of Missouri in 1928 under the inspiration of Mr. Allen Walker Read, then of the department of English. It has been continued under the supervision of Dr. Robert L. Ramsay of the English Department...
The limitations of the Ricardian theory of rent : a study of static theory in relation to changing business practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
-- The relation of farming to the large scale business -- Early theories of the relation of transportation to agriculture -- Rail roads made subsidiary to the development of agriculture -- An improvement in the method of transportation expected to be of advantage...
Place names in the northwest counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1929)
Counties: Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb, Clinton, Harrison, Daviess, and Caldwell...
"This study is an attempt to discover the origin of the names of towns, townships, counties, streams, and schools of twelve counties of Northwest Missouri. It is a part of a larger project in which it is hoped that the origin of place names...
"This study is an attempt to discover the origin of the names of towns, townships, counties, streams, and schools of twelve counties of Northwest Missouri. It is a part of a larger project in which it is hoped that the origin of place names...
The biosystematics of the Lupinus sparsiflorus complex and allies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The genus Lupinus officially dates back to Linnaeus (1753) and Tourenfourt is credited with originating the name in prelinnean work; however, a species had been illustrated in an Old World herbal back to the time of the ...
The place names of four river counties in eastern Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1943)
"...In 1928 the study of Missouri place-names was started at the University of Missouri. Graduate English students interested in the history and linguistics of the names in their own state have chosen to write theses covering from some two to seven...
A method of sociological investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
"It is the purpose of the author of this thesis to present, from his limited experience as a social surveyor and from a rather extended study of social surveys, the meaning and value of the survey method to the science of ...
The spirit of home in the literature of the Lower South
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: In 1867 Harte began writing stories of the West that were focused upon locality, employing in them a technique similar to that of Poe. He has been heralded as the first contributor to the literature of ...
Place names in the southwest counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930)
Counties: Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk...
"This thesis is a record of a careful research into the origin of the place-names in eight of the counties in the southwest part of Missouri. These counties are Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk. These counties lie...
"This thesis is a record of a careful research into the origin of the place-names in eight of the counties in the southwest part of Missouri. These counties are Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk. These counties lie...
The killing of plant tissue by low temperature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
and different tissues. This paper studies the effects of cold weather on plant tissue, specifically concerning tissue death and the preventative measures that have been taken in the past and could be taken in the future. It is focused on Missouri apples, peaches...
The railroad and warehouse commission of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
of imitative adaptation. The one form of corporate business with which this paper deals is the methods of railroad regulation in Missouri. The railroad corporation was the first of a class of public utility corporation was the first of a class of public utility...
Place names of five southeast counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1944)
...This sixteenth study, a continuation of the project, covers one of the most interesting sections of the state. The district of the Sainte Genevieve was one of the political divisions in what is now Missouri during the French and Spanish...
Place names of five west central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1937)
Counties: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette...
"This is a record of the origins of the place-names of five counties of Missouri -- Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette -- as revealed by documentary and personal investigation; and a classification of these origins under what seems...
"This is a record of the origins of the place-names of five counties of Missouri -- Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette -- as revealed by documentary and personal investigation; and a classification of these origins under what seems...