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Theses/Dissertations from 1901
Lambert, John Joseph (1901), The cytology of the digestive tract and accessory organs of Necturus maculatus, Raf
Sayers, Samuel Jefferson (1901), The four plans of a federal constitution presented in the convention of 1787
Spurgeon, Floris J. (1901), The history of liquor legislation in Iowa
Williams, Charles Allyn (1901), Notes on the history of the preterite presents
Theses/Dissertations from 1900
Arnold, H. S. (1900), Birds of northern North America
Ensign, Forest Chester (1900), The care of the insane in Iowa
Fracker, George Cutler (1900), Some principles of education derived from researches in the study of children
Louis, Ezra L. Owen (1900), French Romanticism, considered in its relations to similiar movements in England and France
Merritt, Fred D. (1900), The early history of banking in Iowa
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.e8got7us
Theses/Dissertations from 1899
Anderson, Theodore (1899), Codification of the law in the Commonwealth of Iowa
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.sf7pwpln
Burge, Albertus Joseph (1899), The nuclei of the cranial nerves of the rat
Parsons, Louis Alexander (1899), Magnetic constants
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.cpieqppf
Thorne, Clifford (1899), Liberty; an essay in political theory
Theses/Dissertations from 1898
Hartman, Russell T. (1898), Coal measures and coal mining in Iowa, including paleontology and a discussion on the coal formation; also the methods of mining
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.ibid1g5y
Hilsinger, George E. (1898), The present system of taxation in Iowa and suggested reforms
Savage, Thomas Edmund (1898), A detailed section of the Devonian formations in Johnson County, Iowa. Comprising sections of the typical exposures, with a correlation of their beds and a list and discussion of the fossils characteristic of each
Thompson, George Fayette (1898), Geology and paleontology of Johnson County, Iowa. Comprising a description of the Devonian exposure; and of all known species belonging to the Devonian of the region studies
Watt, Walter G. (1898), History of the currency, 1848-1873
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.e8bduwbs
Theses/Dissertations from 1897
Burge, Albertus J. (1897), A critical examination of the effects of standard fixing agents and stains
Crossley, James J. (1897), The concentration of capital in the United States
Harney, Helen M. (1897), The Ethical Tendency of the English novel
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.9pa43e7j
Radasch, Henry Erdmann (1897), The analytical separation of iron and aluminium
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.o9i027pu
Theses/Dissertations from 1896
Eshelman, Clara Agathe (1896), Studies in Shakespeare
Eshelman, Clara Agathe Slotterbec (1896), The psychology of correlation, comprising a theory in the apperception, concentration, coordination and correlation of studies as exemplified in the Herbartian system of education and based on psychological principles
Hollister, Horace Adelbert (1896), The psychology of language
Theses/Dissertations from 1895
Durfee, Earl (1895), The quantitative separation and determination of arsenic, antimony and tin
Radasch, Henry Erdmann (1895), Sodium peroxide as an analytic agent
Smith, Arthur George (1895), Theory of least squares applied to the problems arising in our observatory
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.fk8z9slw
Walker, Percy Hargraves (1895), The ferrocyanides, with special reference to the use of potassium ferrocyanide in volumetric analysis. Including methods of preparation and properties of certain ferrocyanides
Wickham, Fanny Chastina Thompson (1895), The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa, including descriptions of all known species which occur in the state, with notes on their habits, distribution, synonymy, etc
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.c3acjqzp
Theses/Dissertations from 1894
Dean, Lee Wallace (1894), On thiourea and the substituted mustard oils
Mott, Alice J. (1894), Care of defectives
Theses/Dissertations from 1893
Ende, Carl Leopold von (1893), Phenylbromethylbenzenesulfonamid and phenylbromethylamin
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.5w0xtxaz
Furbish, Frederic (1893), Eccentricity of the sextant
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.tfo8pegf
Gaymon, Leah May (1893), Ophiuridae of the West Indies
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.1xpbzmio
Theses/Dissertations from 1892
Houser, Gilbert Logan (1892), Genera of paleozoic corals of the order Madreporaria; comprising a description of the more important North American genera and a conspectus of characteristic species
Lodeman, Frank Emil (1892), The Subjunctive in the Chanson de Roland
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.qjxoe3b2
Otto, Agnes Elizabeth (1892), Derivatives of hydroxylamine
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.sgr01yu0
Rall, H. Frank (1892), A translation of the fragments of the work of Parmenides of Elea on nature, with an historical introduction and their interpretation
Ray, Frederick George (1892), Design for an iron roof of 200 ft. span
Russell, Frank (1892), Variation of birds in a state of nature
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.hj9fy9fd
Stebbins, Lida B. (1892), Reciprocity in international trade
Theses/Dissertations from 1891
Humphreys, Minna Pryce (1891), The slime moulds of eastern Iowa
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.qw1xcxky
Morse, M. Rowena (1891), An inquiry into the physiological basis of habit
Wallberg, Emile A. (1891), Design for an iron roof of 100 ft. span
Theses/Dissertations from 1890
Drew, Gilman Arthur (1890), The Unios of Iowa
Jewett, Anne B. (1890), The sun flower as a type of flowering plants
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.vjjn8tie
Peery, Nelly (1890), The fertilizing cell, its varying form and behavior
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.48mmpp2k
Theses/Dissertations from 1888
Hudson, Kate L. (1888), Vegetable secretions and the means by which they are effected
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.cjpmynkw
Slotterbec, Annette (1888), The mosses of Iowa City and vicinity
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.0ljx4d2l
Theses/Dissertations from 1887
Ankeny, Rose B. (1887), The histology of the common frog
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.qs619ize
Theses/Dissertations from 1886
Linder, Mary F. (1886), A brief description of nine species of Hepaticae found in the vicinity of Iowa City
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.lus7v2xq
Prouty, Herbert M. (1886), Zea mays
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.s018b1sn