Student Theses

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Title: Student Theses, 1891-1977

Predominant Dates:1891-1928

ID: LCA/RG15/Students

Extent: 4.0 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

A small collection of student theses and papers, dated 1891-1977.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 6 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/copyright/

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Student Theses, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History: 12/02/19: EC updated the preferred citation.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1: Student Theses],
[Box 2: Student Theses, 1911, 1913],
[Box 3: Papers by Luther Students, 1923, 1928-1929],
[Box 4: Essays in Beacon Lights of Norwegian American History by History 13 Class, 1928],
[Box 5: Student Theses, 1891-1900],
[Box 6: Student Theses, 1891-1907],
[All]

Box 1: Student Theses

Folder 1: 1948

Item 1: The History of Dramatics at Luther College by Georgianne Johnson, 1948

Folder 2: 1977

Item 1: The Theoretical and Practical Factors Governing the Use of the FM Band: A Case Study of KLSE FM by Phillip Einspahr, 7 December 1977

Item 1: Reports on the Methodology of History Teaching by Member of the Class in Education 7B of the Second Semester, 1929-1930

Folder 3: 1942-1947

Item 1: Frdtjof Nansen and the League of Nations by Marjorie Larsen, 1942
Item 2: The Althing of Iceland by Lois Moe, 1943
Item 3: They Fought Indeed: A Brief Essay on Norway's Contribution to the Second World War by Rodger L. Bronsted, 1946
Item 4: The Life and Times of Ludwig Holberg by Jerry Moe, 1947

Folder 4: 1936-1941

Item 1: Norway as a Tourist Country by Donald O. Rod, 1936
Item 2: Whaling Most Uniquely Norwegian of Industries by Elmer Bredesen, 1937
Item 3: Norway's Inner Colonization and Reforestation by Elmer Bredesen, 1938
Item 4: A Coomparative Study of the LEading Women Characters in Ibsen's "Brand," "Peer Gynt," "A Doll's House," "The Master Builder," and "John Gabriel Brockmann" by Stella Barstad, 1941
Item 5: Bjornson's Early Novels by Nelson Preus, 1939

Folder 5: 1913

Item 1: College Health Conditions by Grant A. Rahn, 1913
Item 2: Rudyard Kipling by Fritjof Ernst Reishus, 1913
Item 3: Where and How did Beowulf Originate by Herman Sigvart Rosholdt, 1913
Item 4: Sacred Music Among the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans by Carsten E. Sperati, 1913
Item 5: The Religion of Tolstoi by Reinhardt Ulvilden, 1913

Folder 6: 1913

Item 1: Horace Walpole by Ludvig Peder Kjär, 1913
Item 2: Henrik Ibsen's Ideals by Carl Salmar Knutson, 1913
Item 3: Why Luther Succeeded by Alfred Alevius Nesset, 1913
Item 4: The Impossibility of Understand Shakespeare, as a represented by "The Merchant of Venice," "Macbeth," "Othello," and "Hamlet," without a knowledge of the Bible by Justin A. Peterson, 1913
Item 5: The Siege of the South Pole by Wilhelm Preus, 1913

Folder 7: 1913

Item 1: The Ideas and Influence of Voltaire by C. Norman Brunsdale, 1913
Item 2: The Negro before and after the Civil War by George Elemer Brunsdale, 1913
Item 3: A Comparison between Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the "Amlet Legend" as found in Saxo Grammaticus by Herman Dale, 1913
Item 4: Olaf Tryggvason by Peder C. Forseth, 1913
Item 5: Profanity and the American Youth by Cleon D. Gulbrandson, 1913

Folder 8: 1912

Item 1: The Doctrines of Anarchism by Carl M Hansen, 1912
Item 2: The Inconsistencies of American Railroads by Leonard A. Moe, 1912
Item 3: Why Should International Arbitration Courts take the Place of War by Enoch E. Peterson, 1912
Item 4: The Origin of the Jesuits by Alfred Gerhard Storstad, 1912
Item 5: The Attitude of the Great Powers to England and America and Financial Conditions of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War by Winfred A. Wollan, 1912

Folder 9: 1912

Item 1: An Analysis of "Esprit des Lois" by Wilhelm Dahl, 1912
Item 2: Mormonism by Carl L. Foss, 1912
Item 3: Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution by Aanon Greibrok, 1912
Item 4: Peer Gynt by Olai Ludvig Haavik, 1912

Folder 10: 1912

Item 1: United State as a World Power by Arthur O. Aaby, 1912
Item 2: Origin of Gothic Style by O. Herbert Aanestad, 1912
Item 3: A Comparison of the Social Conditions in America and England in 1775 by Otto George Austin, 1912
Item 4: Oliver Cromwell by Anton Buttedal, 1912

Folder 11: 1910

Item 1: Alfred the Great by Joseph B. Rognlien, 1910
Item 2: English History in Shakespeare's Plays by Christian N. Sandager, 1910
Item 3: Kirkearbeidets fremgang blandt de norske indbyggere for synodens stiftelse 1853 by Olaf Tufte, 1910
Item 4: Kongsemnerne by Knut B. Vaaler, 1910
Item 5: The Scheswig-Holstein Question by Lauritz S. Ylvisaker, 1910

Folder 12: 1910

Item 1: Karstogene by Edward Jordahl, 1910
Item 2: The Origin and Development of the English Jury System by Theodore Lerud, 1910
Item 3: English Translations of the Bible by Albert Monson, 1910
Item 4: The History of the Boers in South Africa by Herman Preus, 1910
Item 5: Booker T. Washington and the Education of the Negro, 1910

Folder 13: 1910

Item 1: Karl XII og den store Nordiske krig by Adolph A. Herseth, 1910
Item 2: The History of Chemistry by Carl A. Hjelle, 1910
Item 3: International Arbitration by Peter J. Iverson, 1910
Item 4: Socialism by Omar H. Jensen, 1910
Item 5: The Making of the Constitution of the United States by Andren Jenson Jr., 1910

Folder 14: 1910

Item 1: Political Parties in America by Erick S. Belgum, 1910
Item 2: Romantiken i Tyskland og Danmark by Carl C. Birkelo, 1910
Item 3: Rusland og Katarian II by Odd Ekfeldt, 1910
Item 4: Puritanism by Andren Erstod, 1910

Folder 15: 1909

Item 1: The Eastern Question by Theodore Gerhard Rosholdt, 1909
Item 2: The Inquisition by Emil Salvesen, 1909
Item 3: Reconstruction of the South by Henry Seum, 1909
Item 4: Darwinism of the Theory of Evolution by Henry O. Skjervem, 1909
Item 5: The Development of Modern Astronomy by Oscar Trytten, 1909
Item 6: Luther and the Reformation by John Carlot Wisnaes, 1909
Item 7: Joan of Arc by NIls M. Ylvisaker, 1909

Folder 16: 1909

Item 1: Guaranty of National Bank Deposits by Chr. A. Pederson, 1909
Item 2: A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Aslak S. Peterson, 1909
Item 3: The Development of English Law by Francis E. Peterson, 1909
Item 4: The German Patriotic Poets and their Influences upon the Revolution of 1848 by Knut P.B. Reishus, 1909
Item 5: Who was King Arthur? by Bernard Rosenqvist, 1909

Folder 17: 1909

Item 1: Weimer, The Court of the Muses by Carl Arthur Jensen, 1909
Item 2: Frihedsbendgelsen i Italien by Martinus Caspar Johnshoy, 1909
Item 3: Hauge og Haugeanismen by Finn Magelssen, 1909
Item 4: Jesuiterordenen by Andreas M. Melvig, 1909
Item 5: Poland by Adolph O. Naeseth, 1909

Folder 18: 1909

Item 1: Esperanto - The Proposed Universal Language by George C. Hanson, 1909
Item 2: State Administration of Iowa by Joseph G. Hanson, 1909
Item 3: The South and Negro Education by Sven A. Hanson, 1909
Item 4: The French in the Mississippi Valley by Thos A. Haugen, 1909
Item 5: The Panama Canal by Otto T. Hokaasen, 1909

Folder 19: 1909

Item 1: Lynch Law by Joseph O. Enrud, 1909
Item 2: The Meaning of Nice can be Derived from Nescuis by Christopher Urdahl Faye, 1909
Item 3: En Gammel Norsk Koloni by Olaf Gaarder, 1909
Item 4: Negro Education in the South by Iver I. Grindstuen, 1909
Item 5: Nihilism by Nels H.W. Guttebol, 1908

Folder 20: 1908

Item 1: The Partition of Poland by Ingelbert Emil Rosholdt, 1908
Item 2: The Discovery of America by Martin L. Rostad, 1908
Item 3: The Political Parties of the United States by Sven Gerhard Skaaland, 1908
Item 4: Otto Von Bismarck by John Sperley, 1908

Folder 21: 1908

Item 1: The Bible as Literature by George O. Lillegaard, 1908
Item 2: The House of Lords by Martin J. Monson, 1908
Item 3: The Historical Development of the Constitution of Sweden by Wm. Naeseth, 1908
Item 4: The English Cabinet by Tillman Peterson, 1908

Folder 22: 1908

Item 1: The Educational Problem in the South by Lars S. Kloster, 1908
Item 2: The Origin and Development of Our Judicial System by Albert C. Korsrud, 1908
Item 3: The Vikings in Ireland by Henning Larsen, 1908
Item 4: Robert Clive and the Rise of the English Power in India by Jakob A.O Larsen, 1908

Folder 23: 1908

Item 1: The English Monarchy by Hans N. Hem, 1908
Item 2: Warren Hastings by James O. Holum, 1908
Item 3: English Egypt by Henry Iverson, 1908
Item 4: The Rule of Oliver Cromwell by Peter F. Kjorlaug, 1908

Folder 24: 1908

Item 1: Den Romantiske bevagelse i Norge i firtiaarene by Alfred O. Halvorson, 1908
Item 2: The Rise and Development of Church Architecture by Karl Hanson, 1908
Item 3: Our Federal Constitution and the Chief Executive by Geo Hanstad, 1908
Item 4: The Development and Functions of the House of Commons by Clarence Haugen, 1908

Folder 25: 1908

Item 1: Skottetoget by Martin B. Backerud, 1908
Item 2: Usurpation of Power by the United States Senate by Gerhard Bjorgo, 1908
Item 3: Russell and Sidney by Daniel J. Borge, 1908
Item 4: William Ewart Gladstone by Gerhard Hamlet Dahl, 1908

Folder 26: 1907

Item 1: The Puritans in New England by Jacob Wilhelm Rosholdt, 1907
Item 2: The Unification of Italy by Oliver Ruen, 1907
Item 3: The Discovery of America by Northmen by Olaf Vilhelm Smeby, 1907
Item 4: Norges Selvstandighedskamp by M.O Sumstad, 1907
Item 5: Ancient Aztec Civilization by Thomas Hustvedt Teisberg, 19 June 1907