UBC's first 100 theses |
No. |
Author |
Thesis Title |
Degree |
Year |
Although UBC opened its doors in 1915 it was not until 1919 that the University awarded the first graduate degrees. In that year two women, Ruth Fulton and Isobel Harvey, received masters degrees. In fact, six of the first ten masters degrees granted by the University went to women. The University awarded its first doctorates in 1950 when four students earned PhDs.
What began as a trickle of graduate degrees early in the 20th century has now grown to approximately 1,000 per year. Prior to moving to an electronic thesis and dissertation submission program in 2008 UBC graduate students generated approximately 33,000 theses totalling over five million pages. The Library is undertaking a major project to digitize and provide access to this unique research carried out by UBC graduate students. To help commemorate the University’s 100th anniversary this resource was created, initially to provide access to the first 100 theses written at the University -- it was later extended to include theses written up to 1930.
All images taken from the UBC Annual unless otherwise indicated. |
1 |
Fulton, Ruth Vivian
![Ruth Vivian Fulton](fulton.jpg) |
A study of the estimation of iron and the separation of manganese from iron by phenyl-nitroso-hydroxylamine ammonium (cupferron)
(First thesis in Arts and Science) |
M.A. |
1919 |
2 |
Harvey, Isobel
![Isobel Harvey](harvey.jpg) |
Dickens and De Morgan |
M.A. |
1919 |
3 |
Wright, Charles A.H.
![Charles A.H. Wright](wright.jpg) |
Preparation of manganates and permanganates of metals of alkali and alkaline earth groups
(First thesis in Applied Science) |
M.A.Sc. |
1920 |
4 |
Emmons, Richard Conrad
![Richard Conrad Emmons](emmons.jpg) |
The Rainy Day mineral prospect |
M.A. |
1920 |
5 |
McGuire, Stella V.
![Stella V. McGuire](mcguire.jpg) |
The treatment of nature in the works of George Meredith and Thomas Hardy |
M.A. |
1920 |
6 |
Napier, Edna (Marwick)
![Edna Napier](napier.jpg) |
Joseph Conrad's women |
M.A. |
1920 |
7 |
Mennie, John H.
![John H. Mennie](mennie.jpg) |
Liquid chlorine as an ionizing solvent. The conductivity of oxonium compounds in liquid chlorine |
M.A. |
1920 |
8 |
Mounce, Irene
(UBC photo 1.1/11744)
![Irene Mounce -- UBC photo 1.1/11744](mounce.jpg) |
Some factors affecting the commercial value of spruce wood |
M.A. |
1920 |
9 |
Ryder, Walter Scott
![Walter Scott Ryder](ryder.jpg) |
Canada's industrial crisis of 1919 |
M.A. |
1920 |
10 |
Wilband, Hazel G.
![Hazel G. Wilband](wilband.jpg) |
Thackeray, a study |
M.A. |
1920 |
11 |
MacLean, Olive Edmonson
![Olive Edmonson MacLean](maclean.jpg) |
An investigation of the water supply of the city of Vancouver |
M.A. |
1921 |
12 |
Swanson, Clarence Otto
![Clarence Otto Swanson](swanson.jpg) |
The replacement at the Homestake Mine |
M.A.Sc. |
1922 |
13 |
Blakey, Dorothy
(UBC photo 68.1/18-2)
![Dorothy Blakey -- UBC photo 68.1/18-2](blakey.jpg) |
A critical study of the romances of William Morris |
M.A. |
1922 |
14 |
Dunbar, Violet Evelyn
![Violet Evelyn Dunbar](dunbar.jpg) |
Solubility of cyclohexane and benzene in liquid sulphur dioxide |
M.A. |
1922 |
15 |
Dunlop, Henry Adam
![Henry Adam Dunlop](dunlop.jpg) |
The embryology of the Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta Walbaum |
M.A. |
1922 |
16 |
Foerster, R. Earle
![R. Earle Foerster](foerster.jpg) |
The hydromedusae of the west coast of North America with special reference to those of the Vancouver Island region |
M.A. |
1922 |
17 |
Handford, Freda Mary
![Freda Mary Handford](handford.jpg) |
Hydrogen peroxide as an indicator |
M.A. |
1922 |
18 |
Morrison, Loyle Alexander
![Loyle Alexander Morrison](morrison_l.jpg) |
The sterling rate of exchange since the war |
M.A. |
1922 |
19 |
Morrison, Margaret
![Margaret Morrison](morrison_m.jpg) |
The rate of disappearance of diphtheria bacilli from the throats of individuals infected with the organism |
M.A. |
1922 |
20 |
Peck, Kathleen Margaret
![Kathleen Margaret Peck](peck_k.jpg) |
Le pacte avec le diable - dans le roman anglais et francais |
M.A. |
1922 |
21 |
Palmer, Richard Claxton
![Richard Claxton Palmer](palmer.jpg) |
The irrigation of truck crops in the Okanagan valley
(First thesis in Agriculture) |
M.Sc. |
1923 |
22 |
Banfield, William Orson
![William Orson Banfield](banfield.jpg) |
The viscosity of pure hydrogen bromide and solutions of cetic acid and ethyl alcohol in hydrogen bromide |
M.A.Sc. |
1923 |
23 |
Gale, William Alexander
![William Alexander Gale](gale.jpg) |
The ternary system. Magnesium sulphate-sodium, sulphate-water, and a method for the separation of these salts |
M.A.Sc. |
1923 |
24 |
McDougall, Stewart Robertson
![Stewart Robertson McDougall](mcdougall.jpg) |
Lubrication and chemical constitution |
M.A.Sc. |
1923 |
25 |
Melville, John
![John Melville](melville.jpg) |
The vapor pressure of carbon dioxide in equilibrium with mixtures of solutions of potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate |
M.A.Sc. |
1923 |
26 |
Scott, William Orville Craig
![William Orville Craig Scott](scott.jpg) |
A new system of cooling an engine by means of a water jet |
M.Sc. |
1923 |
27 |
Battle, Sarah Josephine |
The social ideas in Hauptmann's plays |
M.A. |
1923 |
28 |
Boss, Arthur Evan
![Arthur Evan Boss](boss.jpg) |
The solubility of certain inorganic salts in ethyl acetate |
M.A. |
1923 |
29 |
Dauphinee, James Arnold
![James Arnold Dauphinee](dauphinee.jpg) |
The physiological values of foxgloves grown in B.C. |
M.A. |
1923 |
30 |
Fournier, Leslie Thomas
![Leslie Thomas Fournier](fournier.jpg) |
Canadian federal finance during the Great War |
M.A. |
1923 |
31 |
Harris, Joseph Allen
![Joseph Allen Harris](harris.jpg) |
The diffusion of gases of the atmosphere through hot quartz |
M.A. |
1923 |
32 |
Kilpatrick, Myrtle Esther
![Myrtle Esther Kilpatrick](kilpatrick.jpg) |
Seriological groups of diphtheria bacilli |
M.A. |
1923 |
33 |
King, Herbert Baxter |
Modern theories of instinct |
M.A. |
1923 |
34 |
Macdougall, Alice Pearce |
Localization of the drug content of digitalis |
M.A. |
1923 |
35 |
McConnell, Hazel Erma
![Hazel Erma McConnell](mcconnell.jpg) |
L'enfant dans la litterature francaise du xixe et du xxe siecle |
M.A. |
1923 |
36 |
MacKay, Katharine |
A critical study of the women of George Meredith |
M.A. |
1923 |
37 |
Moodie, Stanley Fyfe Middleton |
McDougall's conception of the group mind |
M.A. |
1923 |
38 |
Reid, Mary Lillian
![Mary Lillian Reid](reid.jpg) |
Works councils: do they offer a solution for the present day industrial problem? |
M.A. |
1923 |
39 |
Wilson, Freda L.
![Freda L. Wilson](wilson.jpg) |
The bacterial flora of the watersheds of Seymour and Capilano creeks |
M.A. |
1923 |
40 |
Wilson, Grace A.
![Grace A. Wilson](wilson_g.jpg) |
The bacteriophage |
M.A, |
1923 |
41 |
Kelly, Clifford Darton
![Clifford Darton Kelly](kelly.jpg) |
Further studies on the bacterial flora of the "Kingston cheese" |
M.Sc. |
1924 |
42 |
Leckie, Claude Perrin
![Claude Perrin Leckie](leckie.jpg) |
An investigation into factors affecting the marketing of the apple crop of British Columbia, with special reference to markets in Great Britain, Canada and the United States |
M.Sc. |
1924 |
43 |
Ure, William
![William Ure](ure.jpg) |
The vapor pressure of acetone at low temperatures |
M.A.Sc. |
1924 |
44 |
Bain, Janet Burnett |
Studies on the virulence of Diphtheria bacilli |
M.A. |
1924 |
45 |
Beech, William Kenneth |
Costing principles |
M.A. |
1924 |
46 |
Kerr, Donna
![Donna Kerr](kerr.jpg) |
A study of certain factors concerned in glycolysis |
M.A. |
1924 |
47 |
Le Neveu, Allan Henry
![Allan Henry LeNeveu](leneveu.jpg) |
Educational finance in western Canada |
M.A. |
1924 |
48 |
Osterhout, Minnie Mildred
![Minnie Mildred Osterhout](osterhout.jpg) |
Habit as a factor of conduct control |
M.A. |
1924 |
49 |
Weld, Charles Beecher
![Charles Beecher Weld](weld.jpg) |
A new vaccine for use in treating diphtheria carriers |
M.A. |
1924 |
50 |
Wilby, George Van
![George van Wilby](wilby.jpg) |
The life history of the Ling cod Ophiodon Elongatus Girard |
M.A. |
1924 |
51 |
Fleming, William Melvin |
Inheritance in sweet peas |
M.Sc |
1925 |
52 |
Bramston-Cook, Harold Edward
![Harold Edward bramston-Cook](branston-cook.jpg) |
The heat of adsorption of oxygen on charcoal |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
53 |
Graham, William Ernest
![William Ernest Graham](graham.jpg) |
The cataloytic preparation of ether from alcohol by means of aluminum oxide |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
54 |
Huggett, Jack Leslie
![Jack Leslie Huggett](huggett.jpg) |
The chemical constitution of a fraction of Peruvian petroleum boiling between 150[degrees] and 350[degrees] C |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
55 |
McLachlan, Charles Gordon
![Charles Gordon McLachlan](mclachlan.jpg) |
Synthetic testing for flotation |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
56 |
Osborne, Freleigh Fitz
![Freleigh Fitz Osborne](osborne.jpg) |
The magnetite occurrences of the West coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.: their contact metamorphism and ore genesis |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
57 |
Peck, Wallace Swanzey
![Wallace Swansey Peck](peck.jpg) |
The molecular surface energy of binary mixtures |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
58 |
Smitheringale, William Vickers
![William Vickers Smitheringale](smitheringale.jpg) |
Antimony |
M.A.Sc. |
1925 |
59 |
Brink, Reginald Murray
![Reginald Murray Brink](brink.jpg) |
A study of the population movements between the United States and Canada |
M.A. |
1925 |
60 |
Brown, Joseph Frederick
![Joseph Frederick Brown](brown.jpg) |
Orbits asymptotic to the straight line equilibrium points in the problem of three bodies, in which the finite bodies are oblate spheroids |
M.A. |
1925 |
61 |
Crozier, Robert Nelson
![Robert Nelson Crozier](crozier.jpg) |
Some applications of the electronic conception of Valence, as presented by H.S. Fry, to the replacement of halogen and nitro groups substituted in the benzene nucleus |
M.A. |
1925 |
62 |
Dallas, Dorothy Frances
![Dorothy Frances Dallas](dallas.jpg) |
L'element feminin au dix-septieme siecle en France |
M.A. |
1925 |
63 |
Fordyce-Clark, Charles Augustus
![Charles Augustus Fordyce-Clark](fordyce.jpg) |
Byron as a satirist |
M.A. |
1925 |
64 |
Gill, Alan Findlay
![Alan Findlay Gill](gill.jpg) |
The variation of solubility with structure in isomers |
M.A. |
1925 |
65 |
Hewetson, Henry Weldon |
The railway rate problem of western Canada with particular reference to British Columbia |
M.A. |
1925 |
66 |
Johnston, Charlotte Islay
![Charlotte Islay Johnston](johnston.jpg) |
Isosceles triangle solutions of the problem of three bodies two of which are oblate spheroids |
M.A. |
1925 |
67 |
Lee, Doris E.
![Doris E. Lee](lee.jpg) |
Some factors making for the success or failure of agriculture in British Columbia |
M.A. |
1925 |
68 |
Offord, Harold Reginald
![Harold Reginald Offord](offord.jpg) |
An investigation of: i. The total alkaloid content of British Columbia Datura Stramonium and Conium Maculatum and the essential oil content of some British Columbia grown mints. ii. The tannin content of British Columbia Alnus Rubra |
M.A. |
1925 |
69 |
Smith, Donald Blair
![Donald Blair Smith](smith.jpg) |
The removal of the Imperial limitations from the Canadian constitution |
M.A. |
1925 |
70 |
Carter, Neal Marshall
![Neal Marshall Carter](carter.jpg) |
A quantitative examination of the nitrate formed by replacement of the N O2 - radical in the presence of highly-colored reaction products. A quantitative investigation of the replacement of nitro-groups in the benzene ring as predicted by the electronic conception of polarity |
M.A.Sc. |
1926 |
71 |
Jackson, Gerald Christopher Arden
![Gerald Christopher Arden Jackson](jackson.jpg) |
The geology and structure of the West Kootenay composite batholith |
M.A.Sc. |
1926 |
72 |
Lucas, Colin Cameron
![Colin Cameron Lucas](lucas.jpg) |
The essential oil content of the Chamaecyparis Nootkatensis |
M.A.Sc. |
1926 |
73 |
Price, Peter
![Peter Price](price.jpg) |
Ore deposits of southeastern British Columbia |
M.A.Sc. |
1926 |
74 |
Carpenter, Gilbert Brown
![Gilbert Brown Carpenter](carpenter.jpg) |
The investigation of a gas evolved from quartz at high temperature |
M.A. |
1926 |
75 |
Davis, Newton Fraser Gordon |
The petrography of the rocks of Hong Kong |
M.A. |
1926 |
76 |
Gage, Walter Henry
(UBC photo 1.1/12219)
![Walter Henry Gage -- UBC photo 1.1/12219](gage.jpg) |
An illustrative periodic orbit of the second genus |
M.A. |
1926 |
77 |
Gillanders, Earle Burdette
![Earle Burdette Gillanders](gillanders.jpg) |
Slocan ores |
M.A. |
1926 |
78 |
Greig, Janet T. |
Le canadisme de la litterature canadienne-francaise de l'ecole de 1860 |
M.A. |
1926 |
79 |
Hallamore, Gertrude Joyce
![Gertrude Joyce Hallamore](hallamore.jpg) |
The treatment of women in the plays of Friedrich Habbel |
M.A. |
1926 |
80 |
Hamilton, George Henry |
Religious conceptions of native B.C. tribes |
M.A. |
1926 |
81 |
Mathews, Helen M.
![Helen M. Mathews](matthews.jpg) |
Transfer of infection by handshakes |
M.A. |
1926 |
82 |
Morrison, Louise Dorothy
![Louise Dorothy Morrison](morrison.jpg) |
Le patriotisme dans l'oeuvre de Rostand |
M.A. |
1926 |
83 |
Nuttall, Thomas Herbert |
The Protestant church as a factor in secondary education in Canada |
M.A. |
1926 |
84 |
Palmer, Peter Fourie
![Peter Fourie Palmer](palmer_p.jpg) |
Chance in Thomas Hardy |
M.A. |
1926 |
85 |
Guernsey, Isabel Macpherson (Russell)![Isabel Macpherson Guernsey](guernsey.jpg) |
Moliere - l'historian social de son époque |
M.A. |
1926 |
86 |
Smith, Gertrude M.
![Gertrude M. Smith](smith_g.jpg) |
The detailed anatomy of Triturus Torosus |
M.A. |
1926 |
87 |
Stevens, Ernest George Barlow
![Ernest George barlow Stevens](stevens.jpg) |
The diplomatic background of the war: 1870-1914 |
M.A. |
1926 |
88 |
Story, Evelyn Sykes
![Evelyn Sykes Story](story.jpg) |
India and nationhood |
M.A. |
1926 |
89 |
Williamson, Lillian A. |
A critical study of character-analysis in the novels of George Eliot |
M.A. |
1926 |
90 |
Caple, Kenneth Percy
(UBC photo 109.1/3)
![Kenneth Percy Caple -- UBC photo 109.1/3](caple.jpg) |
The British Columbia apple industry, a report on the present trend of production, marketing and co-operative organization |
M.Sc. |
1927 |
91 |
Middlemass, James Douglas |
Some observations on the growth of a strain of Escherichia Coli in raw and in pasteurized milk |
M.Sc. |
1927 |
92 |
Jones, William Alfred |
The petrography of the rocks of Hong Kong |
M.A.Sc. |
1927 |
93 |
Allen, George Ashwell
![George Ashwell Allen](allen.jpg) |
The development of Canadian trade with Latin America |
M.A. |
1927 |
94 |
Ball, Robert William
![Robert William Ball](ball.jpg) |
Extraction of rare earths from monazine sand, rare earth residues |
M.A. |
1927 |
95 |
Chalmers, William
![William Chalmers](chalmers.jpg) |
Mechanism of loss of water from substituted alcohols |
M.A. |
1927 |
96 |
Davidson, Jean Elizabeth
![Jean Elizabeth Davidson](davidson.jpg) |
Agaricaceae of Vancouver district |
M.A. |
1927 |
97 |
Gordon, Margaret |
National autonomy in relation to foreign affairs; a study in Canadian development |
M.A. |
1927 |
98 |
Mawdsley, Mary Dorothy |
The influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare |
M.A. |
1927 |
99 |
Rae, Hugh McConnell |
The moral content in adolescent behaviour |
M.A. |
1927 |
100 |
Reith, Helen Wilma
![Helen Wilma Reith](reith.jpg) |
Thomas Carlyle as a social reformer |
M.A. |
1927 |