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Theses/Dissertations from 1942
The revelation of Aeneas' mission in the first six books of the Aeneid, Salina Kellogg Acree
Land speculation in Tate county : 1836-1861, Edwin M. Chapman
Some apparatus for use with an ultra-sensitive alternating current bridge, Abbey Boyd Cullen Jr
A determination of the acceleration due to gravity by the methodof free fall, Jack Johnson Easom
The evolution of the comic spirit of Henry Fielding, Margaret Rutledge Ellsworth
The TVA in Memphis, Tennessee, Ross Henry Harton
Suffrage, apportionment, and elections in the Mississippi constitutional convention of 1890, Guy B. Hathorn
Hemopoiesis in the bone marrow of the tail of the opossum following implantation of the distal six centimeters into the abdominal cavity, James Mark Hill
E. A. Robinson : thought and theory, Robert Belton Holland
Administering state school funds in Mississippi with special consideration of the budget-deficit plan of disbursement, Erman Pressley Littlejohn
The contemporary Venezuelan novel : a study of the novels of Romulo Gallegos, Margarita Weyerstall Mills
The relationship of Satan and his angels in Paradise Lost / by Mamie Johnston Shepherd, Mamie Johnston Shepherd
Theory of linear dependence / by Meredith M. Temple, Meredith M. Temple
Theses/Dissertations from 1941
Ellen Glasgow and the new South, Barbara Butts
Studies on the ecology of toads : II. rhythmic activity of Bufo Fowleri, Alonzo McWilliams Donnell Jr
Eliminants, resultants, and discriminants, Zetha Delores Fuller
A health survey of the white schools of sunflower county, Mississippi, Joe Spight Green
Some topics in frequency distributions and the Pearson system, Frank Leon Harmon
Furfural heads, Clarence Charles Harvey Jr
Disloyalty in Indiana during the Civil War, Giles Graham Hoffer
An experimental study of the two centimeter sphere gap, Thomas McNeeley Marion
The assessment of the property tax in Sunflower County, Mississippi, George Taylor McClenahan
Wordsworth's religion as revealed in The Excursion in comparisonwith his earlier religion, Ruth Harms Pankratz
A comparison of academic and personality factors in college girls with and without living fathers / by Mary Elizabeth Purser, Mary Elizabeth Purser
Social and economic conditions in Mexico preceding, during, andfollowing the revolution of 1910 as portrayed in the novels of Mariano Azuela / by Martha Anice Sanderson, Martha Anice Sanderson
Humanitarianism in the minor novels of the eighteenth century / by Avis Sneed, Avis Sneed
A discussion of the cavalier as revealed in the work of some ofthe best-known cavalier poets / by Rachel Anne Tillman, Rachel Anne Tillman
The office of Commissioner of immigration and agriculture in Mississippi from 1873 to 1890 / by Emmie Ellen Wade, Emmie Ellen Wade
A rhetorical analysis of the language of Paradise Lost, Herbert Lee Williams
A study of interpolated tales in the novels of the eighteenth century / by Christine Wright, Christine Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1940
Distribution of Property Tax Burden in Covington County, Mississippi, Homer J. Craft
Quantitative determination of creatine, Martha Kennedy Gordon
An experimental attempt to determine the socio-economic rank andapproximate socio-economic regionalization of Mississippi counties : 1930 data, Harold Gotthelf
Studies upon the behaviour and interrelationships of the Pine Swift, Sceleporus undulatus Latreille, Hubert Benjamin Hyde
The growth of nationalistic ideas in southern literature in thelast quarter of the nineteenth century, Richard Edwin Keye Jr
Tests for convergence of series with applications, Frederick Ira Magee
The didacticism of Maria Edgeworth in The Moral Tales and in The Popular Tales compared and contrasted with the didacticism in Castle Rackrent, The Absentee, and Helen, Mary Betsy Maltby
Foraminifera of the Lower Yazoo Member of the Jackson Formation, Margaret Grace McCorkle
The development of blood in the bone marrow of the tail of the albino rat following an increase in temperatue, William Foskey McDonnell Jr
A study of the similes and metaphors in the Canterbury tales, Mary Eleanor Mellen
Some social and economic factors affecting the Alabama Tennesseevalley in 1850, Charles Hill Moffat
Measurement of the effects of various drugs on blood coagulation/ by James Albert Richardson, James Albert Richardson
Land speculation in Tippah County, 1836-1861 / by Mattie Russell, Mattie Russell
The negro as a political factor in Mississippi / by Raiford E. Sumner, Raiford E. Sumner
Prices under a managed currency, Lloyd White
Theses/Dissertations from 1939
Reading retardations and remedial procedure in the first six grades of the elementary school, J.N Bell
Conceptions of America and Americans by the English poets of the Romantic movement, William Alton Bryant
Journal of the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mississippi, 1845-1860, Florence Elizabeth Campbell
The reflections of contemporary life as set forth in the Forsytenovels of John Galsworthy, Mrs. Evelyn (Sanders) Chilton
An analysis and estimate of the effects on Wordsworth of the Annette episode from its beginning until his marriage, Katharine Lucile Clark
A study of political, social, and economic contitions in Pontotoc county Mississippi to 1860, Guy Fulton Ferrell
The development of the elementary and secondary schools in Mississippi during the reconstruction period, 1865-1875, Dale Sallis Fleming
Economic readjustment in Mississippi during reconstruction, 1865- 1875, Robert Frank Futrell
The dialect of the Mississippi negro in literature, Elizabeth Gillespie
The historical origins of Tippah County, Reuben William Griffith
The three famous problems of ancient mathematicians, Alton C. Grimes
The preparation of tetraiodo-2, 2'-dihydroxydiphenyl, Lamont Hagan
Mississippi's state penal system, Marvin Lee Hutson
Mississippi’s State Penal System, Marvin Lee Hutson
The effects of Antuitrin-S on the reticulum of the thymus of thealbino rat, Samuel Edward Izard Jr
The journal of Josiah Hinds, April 24, 1839-July 10, 1863, Newton Haskin James
Price changes in relation to business activity, Thomas Arthur Leyden
The controversy between Newton and Leibniz on the discovery of the calculus, Delephare Barkley Mayhall
Wordsworth's poetic activity during his residence in Germany andthroughout the year 1799, with special reference to the inception of The Prelude, Deolece Miller
The effect of frustration in relation to age in school children, Elmer Henry Potter
The freedmen's bureau in Mississippi / by Chesley Cargle Stephenson, Jr, Chesley Cargle Stephenson Jr
Certification and training of elementary teachers in Mississippiprior to 1938, Robert Dennis Williams
The assessment of the property tax in Lafayette County, Mississippi / by W. T. York, W. T. York
Theses/Dissertations from 1938
Transportation of school children in Bolivar and Coahoma counties, Mississippi, William Dale Bell Jr
The insuring of public school property in separate school districts in Mississippi, Clinton Simmons Bigham
The Place of the Adopted Natural Science Textbook in the Core Field of the Revised Mississippi Curriculum, Cecil Milton Bryson
The place of the adopted natural science textbook in the core field of the revised Mississippi curriculum, Cecil Milton Bryson
Limits and continuity, James Andrew Bullard
The glorification of Rome as the purpose of the Aeneid, Hallie Sims Eggleston
A study of some of the metric properties of the twisted cubic, John Arvy Gardner
The paganism in Robert Herrick's poetry, Nora Calhoun Graves
The South as seen by the British travellers 1800-1860, James David Tillman Hamilton
A financial history of the University of Mississippi from its endowment in 1819 to 1900, Nathaniel Christopher Hathorn
A study of Edwin Arlington Robinson's psychological methods andethical ideas and of their application to the Arthurian legend, Robert Durene Jacobs
An administrative study of the Mississippi state tax commission, Bondie Alden Jaggers
Vergil's attitude toward peace and war, William Perkins Johnson
The chronology of the Prelude, Thomas Joyce Kinzer
The electrolytic determination of iodine and bromine in organiccompounds, Malcolm Rogers Livingston
Mississippi bibliography, Edna Haley Lowe
A collection of the properties of the nine-point circle of a triangle, George Collins Miller
The beginnings of the Republican party in Mississippi, Gale Elizabeth Noel
Mississippi municipal separate schools serving rural territory / by Selby Frank Smith, Selby Frank Smith
Henry Timrod : literary influences and theories of poetry, William Bryce Sallis Wilburn
Theses/Dissertations from 1937
The motives for the radicalism of William Hazlitt, Douglass Magruder Allen
The relationship between interest, ability, and vocational choice, Alma Caldonia Austin
The problem of mechanism versus vitalism, George Phelan Blundell
The elements that give unique distinction to Lamb as an essayist, Bernice S. Bostwick
The analysis of phenanthrene, Herbert Safford Emigh
Areas of human activity and problems of life a dynamic basis for the core-curriculum in elementary and secondary schools, Lucile Jamieson Farquear
Foraminifera of the Moodys Branch Marl, Alta Ray Gault
The preparation and oxidation of 2,4 diiodophenol, George Cowen Kealhofer
A comparative evaluation of two methods of remedial work in handwriting, Leila Kate Kimmons
The regulations of railroads in Mississippi, Walter Washington Lockard
The Little Bear residuum, Frederic Francis Mellen
The Mississippi election of 1875, Billie Montague