Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1970 German-Russian Catholic Colonization in Western Kansas: a Settlement Geography. Albert Jepmond Petersen Jr Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Petersen, Albert Jepmond Jr, "German-Russian Catholic Colonization in Western Kansas: a Settlement Geography." (1970). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 1803. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/1803 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 71-3435 PETERSEN, Jr., Albert Jepmond, 1937- GERMAN-RUSSIAN CATHOLIC COLONIZATION IN WESTERN KANSAS: A SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1970 Geography University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan GERMAN-RUSSIAN CATHOLIC COLONIZATION IN WESTERN KANSAS: A SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy xn The Department of Geography and Anthropology by Albert Jepmond Petersen, Jr. B.A., University of Colorado, 1959 M.A., University of Colorado, 1964 May, 1970 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The success that this researcher has had in achieving his objectives is due, in large measure, to the understanding and kind assistance of the German-Russian informants of Ellis and Rush dounties, Kansas. Without the aid of these people, this study would have been impossible and it should be noted that in the many months of field research, not one individual was approached who refused to be interviewed at length.