• THE LTD CONNECTOR: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mobility-On-Demand in Cottage Grove, Oregon 

  Card, Jeramy (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2022)

  This report analyzes and evaluates Lane Transit District’s (LTD) microtransit pilot program the LTD Connector in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It seeks to determine how effective the service is, the impacts it has on the ...
• The History of the Klamath Indian Reservation 1864-1900 

  Johnson, Otis H. (The University of Oregon, 1947-06)

  The nature and construction of a given historical work carries with it the obligations and implications of a considerable amount of expended effort toward the ultimate goal of presenting to the reader the historical events ...
• THE PRESERVATION OF PRE-WORLD WAR TWO COAST GUARD ARCHITECTURE IN OREGON 

  PINYERD, DAVID A. (The University of Oregon, 2020-06)

  The core mission of the United States Life-Saving Service, later to become the United States Coast Guard, has always been to rescue the victims of shipwreck. To serve this mission, coastal rescue stations were built by the ...
• IN THE SHADOW OF NEAHKAHNIE: NORTHWEST REGIONAL STYLE BEGINNINGS 

  HAKANSON KADAS, MARIANNE (The University of Oregon, 1991-06)

  This thesis is the study of the North Oregon coastal community of Neahkahnie, its history and the events leading up to its development, the subsequent summer artist colony, and the early architecture as designed by members ...
• A HISTORIC CONTEXT FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF HYDROELECTRICITY BY THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION,1939-1945 

  Curran, Christine Ann (The University of Oregon, 1998-06)

  The Bonneville Power Administration(BPA)was created in 1937 to market power from Bonneville Dam and later, Grand Coulee Dam, two New Deal relief projects on the Columbia River. Between 1939 and 1945 the BPA built a ...
• Early Densification in an Urban Center: Portland, Oregon and the War Code Housing Program 

  Franey, Kerrie (University of Oregon, 2019)

  In order to house the thousands of workers migrating to Portland, Oregon to fill jobs in war-related industries during World War II, Portland’s government relaxed building code standards to allow temporary housing through ...
• PREPARING FOR "M" DAY: OREGON NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING SITES, 1900-1940 

  deBroekert, Erika (University of Oregon, 2014)

  Military history in Oregon is an often-overlooked subject despite the state's ample history and historic resources. While in some cases, negative political feelings about the military or its actions have erased sites and ...
• FEASIBILITY AND APPLICATION OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY IN OREGON UTILIZING DOUGLAS FIR: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON 

  Chilvers, Stuart Emerson (University of Oregon, 2014)

  The focus of this study is the Martin Powers Barn, located near Cave Junction, Oregon. The goal of this paper was to determine and verify dates of construction and modification of the barn, to construct a new long-term ...
• ACCESSIBILITY RETROFIT GUIDEBOOK: A Resource for Carnegie Library Building Owners to Meet ADA Requirements while Preserving Historic Integrity 

  Henderson, Stacey Renee (University of Oregon, 2013)

  At the turn of the Twentieth century, public libraries were built in communities big and small around the United States as a result of donations from Andrew Carnegie. His philanthropic vision was to turn his "fortune ...
• An Energy Reduction Strategy & Retrofit Guidebook for Owners of Historic Brick Buildings: Weighing the Values & Implications of Energy Efficiency & Historic Integrity 

  St. Charles, Evanne (University of Oregon, 2013)

  Owners of historic buildings are often faced with making decisions regarding the retrofit of their building without having all of the information necessary to make informed choices concerning what is appropriate for their ...
• THE PERCY GIESE FARM: A STUDY OF AN HISTORIC LANDSCAPE 

  Flagg, Christopher C. (University of Oregon, 1985-06)

  It has often been noted that the history of ·a place is recorded in the landscape. People create places to accommodate their particular needs and interests, although physical and socioeconomic conditions influence the ...
• Wendel House Historic Structures Report Olympic National Park 

  Reece-Over, Leah (University of Oregon, 2012)

  This Historic Structures Report (HSR) documents the Wendel house and its boathouse located within the Olympic National Park (OLYM) on the north shore of Lake Crescent. These two structures have been vacant for nearly a ...
• Building Bend: The N. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store 

  Blackmore, Helen (University of Oregon, 2014-05-28)

  Per the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the N. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store is historically significant on a local level, and listed in the National Register under Criteria A, B, and C; for its architectural ...
• HISTORIC STRUCTURES REPORT: THE EDUCATION BUILDING AND COMMERCE HALL, (THE WEST AND EAST WINGS OF THE GILBERT COMPLEX) ON THE UNlVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS, EUGENE 

  Singer, David Adam (University of Oregon, 2020-03)

  The Education Building and Commerce Hall represent a vital connection_ to the heritage of the University of Oregon's architectural development. The buildings signify the inception of Ellis Lawrence's planning and design ...
• Romanticized and Misunderstood: Surveying Works Progress Administration Public Buildings and Structures in Oregon's Willamette Valley 

  Wood, Timothy W. (University of Oregon, 2018-05-30)

  Formed under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), employed millions of unemployed Americans to conduct thousands of projects across the United States from 1935-1943. ...
• From Wagons to Houses: House Moving in Oregon, and New Treatments for Old Ideas 

  Borth, Holly Renee (University of Oregon, 2012-06-18)

  "Structural movement is recognized as an important aspect of historic preservation." This is the very first sentence journal article author Bill Lee used to begin his article about the move of the Czech and Slovak Museum ...
• A SELECTIVE RECONNAISSANCE-LEVEL SURVEY OF HISTORIC MASONRY DRINKING FOUNTAINS LOCATED ALONG OREGON'S HIGHWAYS 

  OPP-BECKMAN, LYS (University of Oregon, 2018-06)

  The purpose of this project is to locate and assess the more than thirty extant historic masonry drinking fountains located along Oregon's highways. Many of the drinking fountains, some of which are a century old, show ...
• RESIDENTIAL PORTLAND 1911: THE VIEW FROM 2002 A Case Study in Preservation 

  MIckle, Liza (University of Oregon, 2002)

  This is a study of a group of 67 buildings that were featured in a publication titled Residential Portland 1911, produced in that year by The Newspaper Syndicate of Portland. The buildings represented in that book are a ...
• Luper Pioneer Cemetery: A Cultural Landscape Report 

  Stinnett, Benjamin (University of Oregon, 2014-06)

  Upon arriving in the Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century, settlers began to sculpt the landscape. These settlers converted the widespread prairie and marshland into to valuable agricultural ...
• A Comprehensive Study of Historical Adobe Urban Dwellings: Case Study Guadalajara, Mexico 

  Flores, Jacquelin (University of Oregon, 2014)

  In the last decade, the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, has witnessed the inevitable loss of patrimonial buildings in the downtown area. The absence of enforced protective legislation, public education initiatives. public ...

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