Browsing Tom (Thomas) Isern by Title

But the Roots Remain: The Wisconsin Progressives in the Great Depression and Post-War Era

McCollum, Daniel David (North Dakota State University, 2012)

This work is concerned with the development of the Progressives, a political faction of the Republican Party which was active in Wisconsin during the first half of the 20th century, throughout the Great Depression, and the ...

Caretakers of the Community's Past Volunteers in North Dakota Museums

Lien, Amber (North Dakota State University, 2017)

The bulk of museum studies research focuses on professionalized museums. Little research has been conducted on the challenges of small museums. This study looks at volunteers in small North Dakota museums. Sparsely populated ...

College of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences records, 1920-present

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (2008-10-09)

Construction, Adaptation, and Preservation of Earth Homes on the Northern Plains

Kurtz, Robert Kevin (North Dakota State University, 2018)

The earth home, in its many varieties and styles, played an important role in the development of the American Great Plains during the mid-nineteenth century. However, the lack of further study into the material culture of ...

Dean Thomas D. Isern records, 1992-1995

Isern, Thomas D.; Isern, Thomas D. (2009-05-19)

Drought, Depression, and Relief: The Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program in North Dakota during the Great Depression

Gostanzik, Brent Alan (North Dakota State University, 2012)

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program functioned in North Dakota from May of 1933 to January of 1936, why it ran so smoothly, and why it was such a success within ...

The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924

Larson, Karl (North Dakota State University, 2017)

While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major ...

The Importance of the Schleswig-Holstein Conflicts in German Unification: A Primordial Case Study, 1839-1871

Ahlers, Christian Anthony (North Dakota State University, 2018)

Considerations of German Unification usually center on Otto von Bismarck and Prussian power politics, the German Confederation, and Austria along with the Franco-Prussian War. Often overlooked are the important events that ...

"The Indians may be led, but will not be drove": The Creek Nation's Struggle for Control of Its Destiny, 1783-1795

Cummings, William (North Dakota State University, 2016)

History tends to portray the interactions between Euro-American settlers and native Indian Nations as one in which Euro-American settlers imposed dominance on the Indians. This work takes an in-depth look at the relationship ...