This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
Open PRAIRIE strives to confirm that all open access items are clear of any copyright restrictions. Works in Open PRAIRIE are made available exclusively for educational purposes such as research or instruction. Literary rights, including copyright for published works held by the creator(s) or their heirs, or other third parties may apply. All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated by the copyright owner(s).
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ETDS from 1932
Juvenile Delinquency in Brookings County, South Dakota, Cathryn Schaefer
Farm Mortgage Experience of Life Insurance Companies Lending in South Dakota, Harry Allan Steele
ETDS from 1931
Studies in the Life History of the Croton Bug, Blatella Germanica (Linnaeus), Laurence Adams Carruth
Greenhouse Studies on the Relationship of Age of Wheat Plants to Infection by Puccinia Graminis Tritici, George W. Eade
Certain Cultural Characteristics of Digitalis Pupurea, (Linne) with a Proposed Chemical Assay, Clark W, Eidsmoe
Discrepencies of Theory as Against Empirical Results of Critical Speeds of Circular Cross Sectioned Shafting, Vern Kilpatrick
The Effect of a Varying Moisture Supply at Different Periods of Growth on the Development, Yield and Quality of Flax, William K. Soule
Comparative Metabolism of Several Calcareous Minerals in Poultry Feeding, John T. Tripp
ETDS from 1930
A Study of the Farm Shop Curriculum, Robert B. Fall
A Traffic Survey of the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, George Everett Thompson
The Anatomy of the Germinating Bulbil of Lilium Tigrinum, Katherine Harris Tripp
Abortive Stamens and Carpels in Lychnis Alba, Gus B. Ulvin
ETDS from 1928
The Origin of Adventitious Roots In Coleus, Ethel Belk
Reversal of Polarity In Some Woody Dicotyledonous Angiosperms, Ida J. Rude
ETDS from 1926
The Relative Feeding Value of Ground Soybeans and Soybean Oilmeal for Milk and Butterfat Production By The Dairy Cow, Harold J. Brooks
Studies on the Epidemiology of Stem Rust in South Dakota, Raymond O. Bulger
Recent Developments in X-Rays, Orville G. McMillan
ETDS from 1925
A Chemical and Morphological Study of Grindelia Squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal, Marcus A. Chase
Resonance in Magnetically Coupled, Tuned Circuits, H. D. Craun
Quantitative Determination of the Elements in the Nodes and Internodes of Normal and Abnormal Corn Plants, Percy Danielson
The Relation of Respiration, Transpiration, and Loss of Weight to Surface Area and Number of Lenticles in Potato Tubers, Walter H. Michaels
The Influence of Starter on the Keeping Quality of Butter, J. Kenneth Muse
ETDS from 1924
An Experimental Comparison of the Feeding Value of Soy Bean with Alfalfa Hay for Feeding Dairy Cows, Wilard R. Beall