This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of History. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Nature of totalitarian diplomacy: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini as test cases, Gary Lee Frazer
Analysis of homesteading in Roosevelt County, Montana, Keith B. Jensen
Reputation and history| Andrew Johnson's historiographical rise and fall, Mary Ruth Lenihan
Prelude to fratricide| The Carranza-Villa split and factionalism in the Mexican Revolution, 1913--1914, Joseph Charles O'Dell
Turn of the century women's clubs in Montana, Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Ignoble society| The failure of British nobility in early America, John Keith Edgerton
"Go with haste into the mountains": A history of the Diocese of Helena, Cornelia Flaherty Erickson
THE USSR AND THE PROJECTION OF MILITARY FORCE IN THE THIRD WORLD: SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY AND ROLE OF STRATEGICALLY MOBILE MILITARY FORCES 1945-1980, Graham Hall Turbiville
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The campaign for prohibition in Montana: Agrarian idealism and liquor reform 1883-1926, Louis J. Bahin
EMBATTLED VOICE FOR THE MONTANA FARMERS: ROBERT SUTHERLIN'S "ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUSBANDMAN" (IRRIGATION JOURNALISM HOMESTEADING), Frank R. Grant
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Community over class conscience over competition: A rationale for understanding the passage of the Second Reform Bill of 1867, Suzanne K. Chase
Democracies and diplomats: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American Foreign Service 1933-1939, Richard S. Hargesheimer
Diversity of assimilation: Case studies of the early reservation years 1867-1901, Ira E. Lax
Cultural perception in early New England| Europeans, Indians, and the origins of the Pequot War of 1637, John Lazuk
Oil crisis in Mexico: The Carranza years, James F. McDonough
Procuring a right-of-way: James J. Hill and Indian reservations 1886-1888, Dennis J. Smith
Christian monasticism in the West from the mid-fourth through the early sixth century: The tendency toward community, Larry O. Woods
United States and the Hukuang Railways: A case study in open door diplomacy, Wen-xian Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Irish-American nationalism 1900-1916: Butte as a case study, Catherine Dowling
The History of Irrigation and the Orchard Industry in the Bitter Root Valley, Dorothy J. Zeisler
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Taiping Rebellion and Sino-British relations, 1850-1864, Margaret E. Hendershot
Wilson and Carranza: A reappraisal of Woodrow Wilson's Mexican policy, Scott G. Long
THE THOUGHT OF RALPH ADAMS CRAM: CONSERVATIVE CRITIC OF MODERNISM, Robin McHugh
Voice from the Rocky Mountains: Helena's pioneer Jewish community 1864-1899, Delores J. Morrow
Senator Burton K. Wheeler and the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, Sarah B. Pfouts
PROFILES OF THE SELF IN HISTORY: THREE CASE STUDIES OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY, Daniel John Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
England's role in negotiations leading to the Twelve Year Truce, 1607--1609, Richard S. Christen
NEW DEALER FROM MONTANA: THE SENATE CAREER OF JAMES E. MURRAY, Donald E. Spritzer
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Victim of monopoly| Samuel T. Hauser and hydroelectric development on the Missouri River, 1898--1912, Alan S. Newell
Pancho Villa's munition, Christopher R. Stewart
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Evangelical transformations: A historical study of the Community Covenant Church of Missoula Montana, Charles Wesley Briggs
Problems of perception in diplomacy: The decisions to intervene in Korea and Vietnam, Philip Francis Kent
THE HORSE AS AN ASPECT OF TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST DEVELOPMENT, Mary Ann O'Brien
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Creation of the first American Western Policy, 1783--1787, Michael R. Allen
Portugal and her islandy| A study in strategic location, James Elliott Curry
An Editor and a war: Will A. Campbell and the Helena independent 1914-1921, Charles Sackett Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
History and heroes| A means of social uplift in 1930s Harlem, Elizabeth Ann Botch
ANDREW B. HAMMOND: EDUCATION OF A CAPITALIST ON THE MONTANA FRONTIER, Dale L. Johnson
Conflicts between resource development and preservation at Glacier National Park, R. James Oppedahl
Political and economic history of British Columbia 1871-1903, Jay Allen Sherwood
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
HISTORY OF MONTANA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 1936-1971, Frank J. Busch
The German intellectual's adjustment to National Socialism, Mark Chapman Cleary
Theodore Roosevelt and the Negro in the age of Booker T. Washington, 1901--1912, Thomas Joseph Frusciano
Impact of the Mexican Revolution on foreign investment in Chihuahua and Coahuila, 1910--1920, Donald Charles Hatcher
Montana and the Pullman strike of 1894: A Western response to industrial warfare, W. Thomas White
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Northern Mexico's beef cattle industry 1910-1920: A perspective, Ralph Thomas Fulton
Supreme court justice Albert John Galen: Politician on the court, Rosalyn Oreskovich
Puritan movements toward centralization in church government 1630-1730: Tensions and contentions between Presbyterians and Congregationalists, Stanley Perkins
Immigration restriction and the closing of the frontier: A conjunction of fears 1882-1897, David Carl Shetler
American historians and the diplomacy of the American Revolution| An historiographical study, Laurie Joy Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
The economic development of the Mission Valley: 1910 - 1930, Philip L. Driscoll
A HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE TO ABATE AIR POLLUTION FROM COPPER SMELTERS OF THE FAR WEST 1885-1933, Donald Macmillan
Enmity and alliance: Park Service-concessioner relations in Glacier National Park 1892-1961, Michael James Ober
British feminists' intervention in working women's trade unions and legislation 1873-1903, Teresa Mary Olcott
Bible students and World War I: Conflict between an indigenous American apocalyptic movement and governmental authorities, Linda Lou Steveson
The Red Scare and Mexican-United States relations 1919-1930, Gary D. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Mystery hid from ages and generations or the salvation of all men: The growth of optimism in New England Puritanism 1745-1763, Michael Patrick Anderson
New England's attitudes about foreign affairs as expressed in its newspapers| 1700--1756, Norman James Hagen
Review of the historiography of Franco-American relations from 1828-1860, Richard Carl King
AN EXAMINATION OF A REDISCOVERED CUSTER MANUSCRIPT, Daniel Osar Magnussen
MONTANA: A STATE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH RAILROADS 1864-1970, Rex C. Myers
Nazi penetration into southeastern Europe 1933-1941, David A. Nash
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
"Double jeu": The foreign relations of Vichy France with Germany and Great Britain June 1940 to February 1941, David Jan Austin
Gilman State Bank: Case study of a Montana bank failure (1910-1923), Jeffrey Lee Cunniff
Montana farmer| An ideological analysis, 1915-1922, Rosemarie Fishburn
Robert N. Sutherlin| prophet for the people; a study of the editor of the Rocky Mountain Husbandman, 1875-1926, Frank Reginald Grant
1920 gubernatorial election in Montana, Mary Lou Koessler
American amateur diplomats during the administrations of Woodrow Wilson: An evaluation, Martin V. Melosi
History of the Billings Brewing Company, David Frank Slade
Revolution and Article 27: A survey of nationalistic conflict, Frank Edward Spencer
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Montana state agencies and documents 1864-1970, John R. Coleman
Kingdom and church in New England; Puritan eschatology from John Cotton to Jonathan Edwards, William Charles Eamon
A history of the street railways in Helena Montana (1883-1927), Rex C. Myers
POLITICIANS IN BUSINESS: A HISTORY OF THE MONTANA STATE LIQUOR CONTROL SYSTEM 1933-1968, Larry Dale Quinn
Germany's diplomatic relations with Japan 1933-1941, George John Stratman
The Making of an American radical: Bill Dunne in Butte, Kurt Winston Wetzel
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Anti-federalist fears of the strong central government proposed by the federal Constitution of the United States, John William Andes
Historical dichotomy of use and preservation in Glacier National Park, Curtis Walter Buchholtz
THE HISTORY OF THE ERADICATION OF THE WOLF IN MONTANA, Edward E. Curnow
"Free silver"; Montana's political dream of economic prosperity, 1864-1900, James Daniel Harrington
The development of Theodore Roosevelt's attitude toward trusts, William Eugene Healy
Malta| A study of German strategy in the Mediterranean, June 1940 to August 1942, Robert Francis Le Blanc
Mid-eighteenth century theater in London and in the American colonies| A comparison, Karyl Marie Seljak
The Arthur Fisher case, Sheila MacDonald Stearns
Articles of Confederation| An examination of current misconceptions, Penelope Ann Torgenrud
History of the cattle industry in the Madison Valley, Carl Louis Yeckel
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Treatment of prisoners of war in England during the English Civil Wars, 22 August, 1642 - 30 January, 1648/49, Gary Tristram Cummins
Dry farming promotion in eastern Montana (1907-1916), Charles A. Dalich
Finland in Nazi Germany's war strategy 1939-1945, Thomas William Kistle
1910 forest fires in Montana and Idaho| Their impact on federal and state legislation, John James Little
Third Reich's relations with the Turkish Republic 1933-1944, Michael William Rollin
Early administration of the Flathead Indian Reservation, 1855-1893, Richard Dwight Seifried
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Analysis of timber depredations in Montana to 1900, Edward Bernie Butcher
Commercial bank failures in Montana, Donald Jerome Elliott
German attitude toward the Vatican 1933-1945, Barry Eugene Gilbert
Butte labor strikes and company retaliation during World War I, Arnon Gutfeld
Bethmann Hollweg and Anglo-German relations| A study in diplomacy, Hans G. Intscher
Germany's attitude toward Swiss neutrality 1933-1945, George M. Lubick
Andrew Jackson Davis: A story of frontier capitalism 1864-1890, Donald Macmillan
German exploitation of Irish neutrality, 1939-1945, Bruce McGowan