Theses & Dissertations Digitization Project

William & Mary Libraries worked for two years on a project to digitize and catalog W&M dissertations and theses going back to 1920 and up until 2015.  The project helps to accomplish many goals:

  • share the developments and research conducted here with scholars around the world
  • preserve the scholarly record
  • increase the impact of theses and dissertations
  • raise the profile of graduate students
  • grow the reputation of William & Mary
  • demonstrate the institution’s impact on local and global communities

As of October 22, 2018, you are now able to view the dissertations and theses included in this retrospective project as well as those which have been submitted electronically since 2016 in W&M ScholarWorks, the university's open access institutional repository.

Below, please find a list of W&M theses and dissertations which have been digitized as part of this retrospective conversion project . The information includes the authors associated with the project, along with their degree-granting department and year of completion. If you wrote a thesis and/or dissertation between 1920 and 2015 would like to opt-out of the project by restricting access to your work to on-campus access only, then you will need to contact scholarworks@wm.edu with your name, date of graduation and thesis or dissertation title. Theses and dissertations will continue to be made available through interlibrary loan (ILL) to other libraries, as they were when they were available in print. If you are a copyright holder for one of these works, and would like to provide additional information about a work, or discuss rights and access to the work, please contact us at scholarworks@wm.edu.

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Title Author Department Year Degree
Leisure time activities of intermediate grade children at Mat[t]hew Whaley School Schneider, Berta Lynnette. Education 1950 Master of Education
The initiation and development of student government in a junior high school Wilkins, Ruth Jones, 1904- Education 1948 Master of Education
The development of an industrial arts measurement knowledge test Gutzler, Chester H. Education 1952 Master of Education
A survey of student opinion concerning selected aspects of the student personnel services of the College of William and Mary in Virginia Allen, Fred Seaman, 1931- Education 1953 Master of Education
An analysis and appraisal of the women's intramural sports program at the College of William and Mary, 1945-1950 Smith, Inez Lois, 1926- Education 1950 Master of Education
The relation between improvement in reading achievement and self-concept in fifth-grade groups Hedrick, Alice Margaret. Education 1971 Master of Education
An analysis of the Army education program Anderson, George Lester Education 1953 Master of Education
An appraisal of extraclass activities in a junior high school Kelley, Charles Frederick. Education 1952 Master of Education
An appraisal of the guidance program of a large semi-rural high school Davis, Clarence Albert. Education 1953 Master of Education
The development of the elementary music curriculum guide for Princess Anne County-Virginia Beach city schools Korte, Irene Altheide, 1920- Education 1962 Master of Education
Principles underlying the effective use of a lay advisory committee in solving a community education problem Kent, Bruce Martin. Education 1952 Master of Education
Selected functions of an educator in medical technology : the teaching supervisor Atwood, Camille Ann. Education 1966 Master of Education
A plan for improving the pupil activities program in a Virginia high school Postlethwait, Franklin Niel. Education 1952 Master of Education
A survey of the requirements for the Master's degree in education in 208 colleges and universities in the United States Brittingham, William Locke, 1921- Education 1949 Master of Education
Enhancing organizational effectiveness through use of the Myers- Briggs type indicator Thompson, Patricia Sclater. Education 1988 Master of Education
An analysis of the educative values of the student cooperative stores in the Province of Quebec Roy, Marthe Marcelle. Education 1952 Master of Education
Development of a textbook concerned with municipal government for use in secondary schools in Danville, Virginia Temple, Theodore Edward. Education 1965 Master of Education
An appraisal of the extracurricular activities program at a junior high school Saunders, Benjamin Franklin. Education 1952 Master of Education
The establishment of sixth grade reading norms Dunn, Julian Bascom. Education 1954 Master of Education
An evaluation of a visiting teacher program in Norfolk County schools Story, Emma Flowers. Education 1952 Master of Education
Teaching as guidance Etheridge, Jeanne Bell. Education 1954 Master of Education
Initial steps in the development of an organized guidance program in Tazewell High School Greever, Mary Annella. Education 1949 Master of Education
A proposed method for teaching reading, writing and spelling by means of controlled phonograms Wells, Forrest Hampton, 1899- Education 1952 Master of Education
An analysis of the extent to which a high school meets the needs of a community Gilbert, E. Vernon. Education 1954 Master of Education
A suggested procedure for effective staff meetings in the elementary school Harding, Logan Corbin. Education 1949 Master of Education
Coping with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a manual for parents and teachers Peterson, Christine H. A. Education 1989 Master of Education
A survey of the existing educational conditions, practices and provisions for slow learners in the accredited white, public secondary shools of Virginia for the calendar year 1951-1952 Wells, John Daggett, 1925- Education 1952 Master of Education
Residential schools and gifted students Lee, Marvin M. Education 2008 Master of Education
A survey of the opinions of English professors in Virginia Colleges regarding desired preparation for their freshman English courses Owens, Elaine Robins. Education 1954 Master of Education
The mathematics teacher shortage, class size and programmed learning Maltby, William. Education 1964 Master of Education
The enrollment trends in the public schools of Virginia and indications of their significance Logan, Edwin Marion, 1923- Education 1949 Master of Education
A unit of instruction on evolution Williams, Judith Gail. Education 1989 Master of Education
History of Woodrow Wilson Parent Teacher Association Wheeler, Lucille. Education 1954 Master of Education
Archaeological application of the metal detector Roach, Wayna L., 1972- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
The standing stock of organic matter in a man-made brackish marsh and its resource management implications Mason, Pamela Anne, 1961- Marine Science 1989 Master of Arts
Self-concept uncertainty and self-esteem liability : vulnerability factors for depression? Wilson, Frances Carol, 1972- Psychology 1997 Master of Arts
VHF oscillations in a Penning gauge Dennis, Robert Newman, 1936- Physics 1962 Master of Arts
What mean? : the postmodern metafiction within William Gaddis's The Recognitions Butler, Sean, 1965- English 1992 Master of Arts
A second Eden : the promotion and perception of Virginia, 1584-1624 Blahnik, Jennifer Lynn, 1980- History 2008 Master of Arts
Ceramic acquisition patterns at Meadow Farm, 1810-1861 Hunter, Robert R., 1955- Anthropology 1987 Master of Arts
A method for evaluating the long-term, cumulative impacts of tidal marsh alterations : the York River system, a case study Zacherle, Andrew W. Marine Science 1984 Master of Arts
Neuronal responses to melatonin in Peromyscus leucopus : a candidate mechanism for circadian and seasonal temperature regulation Fetsch, Christopher Robert, 1978- Biology 2004 Master of Arts
The land remembers : the construction of movement possibility among Woodland period communities of the Virginia Peninsula Nieves, Josue Roberto, Anthropology 2015 Master of Arts
The pottery and kiln of Green Spring : a study in 17th century material culture Smith, James M., 1949- Anthropology 1981 Master of Arts
An organizational analysis of professionalization in police departments Oppenheim, Pamela J., 1951- Sociology 1975 Master of Arts
Edna Pontellier's impossible dream : fantasy and reality in The awakening Holm, Ronda Marie, 1966- English 1996 Master of Arts
A conservative enigma : Barry Goldwater and the Republican Party, 1953-1974 Craven, Michael John, 1968- History 1994 Master of Arts
Hitched to a steam engine : marriage and crises of gender at Park Church in nineteenth-century Elmira, New York Reddick, Bridget Louise, 1976- History 2002 Master of Arts
Reconsidering Swinburne's relation to Whitman Donlon, David B., 1963- English 1999 Master of Arts
St. George Tucker and the complexities of antislavery advocacy in Jeffersonian Virginia Bryman, Donna Stillman, 1947- History 1972 Master of Arts