Ouachita began offering graduate work in the fall of 1959 with programs leading to a Master of Arts degree in American Civilization and Religion. Other programs were added later, but all graduate studies were discontinued in the 1990s. The Library’s Archives and Special Collections Department serves as the official repository for the theses written by OBU’s graduate students.
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Search, Through Educational Use, For a Definition of Reading, Patricia Glover Landers
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
A Study of Washington's Black Community Focusing on Its Conservative Nature and Demonstrating How This Conservative Curriculum in the School, Caleb Virgil Brunson
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
A Rhetorical Analysis of Edward Albee's Tiny Alice, Carolyn B. Curry
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
A Study of Methods of Teaching Piano Technique in Arkansas Member Colleges of the National Association of Schools of Music, LaQuinta Barnett
A Survey of String Programs in the Texas Public Schools, Dennis Lee Bell
A Study of Factors Related to Becoming a Prophet as Set Forth in the New Testament, Clyde W. Coleman
A Study of Little Rock School District 1966-1968 Elections and Their Effect on Public School Policy, Ray Earl Garner
A Study of the Significant Contributions of Irvin Cooper to Music Education on the Junior High School Level, Norma Louise Robertson
A Critical Analysis of Selected Problems of a Small All-Negro Town in the Arkansas Delta, Lacy Kirk Solomon
A History of the Arkansas Assemblies of God 1908-1968, Earl R. Teeter
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
A Study of the Use of Musical Drama in the Development of Creativity in School Children, Beverly Gallegly Coad
A Comparative Study of the All-State and Evaluative Choral Festivals in Arkansas, 1968-69, James O. Foxx
An Introduction to and Critical Reproduction of The Z.C. Taylor Manuscript: The Rise and Progress of Baptist Missions in Brazil, Glendon Donald Grober
A Study of the Role of Churches in the Enactment of the Arkansas Prohibition Law of 1917, Ralph Bradley Hoshaw
Benjamin Britten's Contribution to Church Music, Marcella Rauch
The Current Use of Choral Church Music in Higher Education in Arkansas, Edwin Lee Rettstatt
A Study of a Student Oriented Effort to Rehabilitate a Small Delta Town, Patricia Merry Stipek
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
A Survey of Public Junior and Senior High School Band Directors: Opinions Concerning Rated Band Festivals in the State of Arkansas, Robert E. Adams
A Historical Analysis of the Socio-Economic Forces Which Shaped a Small Industrial Town in Arkansas, Gordon Scott Bachus
The Structure of a Community Action Agency for a Democratic Process, William Tom Buzbee
A Survey of Styles and Techniques Used by Arkansas High School Marching Bands in 1967-68, Doyle Glenn Combs
An Analysis of the Governorship of Huey Long, N. G. Dalrymple
An Analytical Survey of the Elementary Music Program in the Class AA Schools of Arkansas, Rosemary Langley
A Study of the Contribution of Adolphe Stagg to the Cultural and Social Life of South Central Louisiana, Myron Hayden Stagg
A Study of the Concert Arias for Bass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jerry Wayne Thompson
Certain Sociological Perceptions of Nurses in Pulaski County, Arkansas, Mary Ann Todd
The Conflict of Idealism and Naturalism in the Works of Katherine Anne Porter: Fiction in Search of Reality, Frances Cantrell Wolber
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
The United States and African Nationalism in British East Africa Since 1945, Clarence A. Allison
The Concept of Spirit as Related to the Knowledge of God in the Thought of Paul Tillich and Nicholas Berdyaev, Wilbur W. Brannon
A Study of the Executive Board of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention 1900-1965, Carl Wesley Kluck Sr.
A Study of the General Music Course in Public Schools Since 1954, Anna Marie Lowe
Israel: A Dividing Nation, James C. McCommas Jr.
A History of the Endowment Fund of Ouachita Baptist University 1904-1966, Virginia Cavness Orr
A Description and Interpretation of Social Values Contained in Two of Robert Ruark's Books, The Honey Badger and Something of Value, Jane Fowler Quick
The Truman Victory of 1948, David Edwin Wallace
A Study of the Sin and Death of Moses in Biblical Literature, Harry E. Woodall
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
A Guide to the Production of Broadway Musicals in High School in a Selected Geographical Area, Donald Hornbeck Boyer
Triptych for Brass and Percussion, Henry Harmon Dempsey
A Study of the Writings of Walter Rauschenbusch as Reflected in His Books on the Social Gospel, Natille Pierce Lindsey
The Moral Vision of William Faulkner as Revealed in the Yoknapatawpha County Novels, Gladys Mosley Peterson
A Critical Study of the Suzuki Approach to Violin Training as Compared to Other Selected String Methods, Nancy C. Umiker
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
A History of the Foreign Mission Program of the North American Baptist Association from 1950 to 1963, James Alvin Henry
A Program of Music Experiences for the Preschool Child in the Home and at Kindergarten, Peggy Small Horton
A History of the Beginning of the Jonesboro Association of Missionary Baptist Churches, Elton McCann
The Status of High School Music in a Selected Arkansas Area, Linda Kay Miller
Baptist Mission Efforts in the South Before 1845, Frank Shell
A Study of Music Theory Teaching in the Arkansas Foundation of Associated Colleges, Janis Nutt Watkins
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
An Investigation of the Life and Works of Phillis Wheatley, Rozelle Goodson
A History of the Pickles Gap Baptist Church, Thomas Gary Hawkins
A Study of Aaron Copland and Ralph Vaughan Williams Through Analysis of Copland's "In the Beginning", and Vaughan Williams' "Sancta Civitas", Minerva Ann Phillips
George Ade's Role in National Literature, Albert Riusech
Ethical Values for Living: A Study of the Ethical Teachings Contained in the Epistle of James, Wayne S. Smith
A History of the Arkansas State Music Teachers' Association, Charles Wade Wright