First released in August 2008, the Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (URJ-UCCS), publishes undergraduate research produced at UCCS.
Vol 2, No 1: Spring 2009: History Senior Thesis
Features a selection of papers written in History 499, Senior Thesis Seminar: Approaches to the Study of History, during the Spring 2009 semester. These papers represent a wide range of historical topics from early Christian history to desegregation issues in the 1960s. Many thanks go to Dr. Paul Harvey and Dr. Bernice Forrest, the UCCS professors who lead these classes.
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| The First Four Ecumenical Councils as Ineffective Means to Control the Rise and Spread of Heterodox Christian Ideologies Ryan Hasbrouck |
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1-20 |
| An Exercise in Deception: John M. Chivington at the Battle of Glorieta Pass Mertis Smith |
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21-45 |
| The Battle of Sand Creek Strategic Scapegoats and Military Martyrs Brian Peterson |
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46-66 |
| Never to be Forgotten: The Tale of Women Spies During the Civil War Hannah Wall |
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67-81 |
| They Died With Their Boots On: Breaking the Myth of the Categorization of the Gunmen of the American West Angela Dinolfo |
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82-99 |
| From Pulpits to Polls: How Female Preachers Birthed the Women's Rights Movement Cindy J. Solomon |
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100-118 |
| Let Us Die Bravely: United States Chaplains in World War II Jeremiah Snyder |
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119-137 |
| Eugenic Sterilization: The Final Solution for America Jessie A. Carlson |
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138-151 |
| Virginia's "Massive Folly": Harry Byrd, Prince Edward County and the Front Line Laura Grant |
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152-168 |

