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
Titanous chloride as a standard reducing agent Armstrong, Alfred R. Chemistry 1934 Master of Arts
A study of three hundred and seventy-five plants in northeast Virginia that are available for the teaching of science in the high school Florance, Sue Adeline. Education 1934 Master of Arts
The development of the philosophy underlying the school as a social institution with a philosophic interpretation of some major trends in education Noblin, Alec Scott, 1905- Education 1934 Master of Arts
The evolution of education in Gloucester County, Virginia Thomas, Norris Linwood, 1905- Education 1934 Master of Arts
The influence of Vergil's Aeneid upon the epic technique of Spenser's The Faerie Queen Blocker, Florence Jackson, 1891- English 1934 Master of Arts
Lord Byron's opinions on religion Cridlin, Roberta, 1909- English 1934 Master of Arts
The woman's question as viewed by poets of the 19th century Harter, Margaret L. English 1934 Master of Arts
Love's labour's lost : a travesty Moses, Robert Coleman, 1909- English 1934 Master of Arts
The contribution of state and national parks and similar areas to recreation Duff, James Scott, 1896- Education 1935 Master of Arts
A study of the implications of supervisory principles Graves, Eliot Boyd, 1904- Education 1935 Master of Arts
The content of the chemistry course on the tenth grade level for the secondary schools of Virginia Maben, Lillian Cabell. Education 1935 Master of Arts
A study of school consolidation in Virginia Owen, Robin Hartwell, 1896- Education 1935 Master of Arts
The study and teaching of history in the College of William and Mary Trosvig, Ida, -1945. Education 1935 Master of Arts
Robert Burns and the old south Kenney, Reginald Arthur, 1899- English 1935 Master of Arts
The genesis of Chesterfield County, Virginia : with special emphasis upon its economic and social development Greene, Edwin S. H., 1896- History 1935 Master of Arts
Thomas Jefferson, the man of science. McCaskey, Thomas G., 1908- History 1935 Master of Arts
County government in Westmoreland Reid, Ray Elwood, 1905- History 1936 Master of Arts
An indicating meter for measuring intensity level of sound Foster, Walter Sanders, 1906- Physics 1936 Master of Arts
State and local support of education in Virginia, 1870-1936 Barr, William David, 1908- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The sources and distributions of the state literary fund Chaplain, Oscar S., 1889- Education 1936 Master of Arts
An analysis of five stages of efficiency as shown by elementary teachers in certain counties and cities of Virginia Coleman, Elsie, 1896- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The higher education of Virginians in colonial days Hornsby, Virginia Ruth, 1911- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The school progress and social adjustment of a selected group of pupils entering Alexandria, Virginia, High School in 1926 Moncure, Henry Trevilian, 1894-1972. Education 1936 Master of Arts
Developing a test to measure ability to use the scientific method on the eigth grade level Omohundro, Mary Gladys. Education 1936 Master of Arts
State financing of secondary education in Virginia Walker, James Thomas, 1904- Education 1936 Master of Arts
The Negro in Richmond on the eve of and during the Civil War Reid, Gurney Holland, 1904- History 1936 Master of Arts
Cellulose and its derivatives Murray, Otis Willard, 1914- Chemistry 1937 Master of Science
Financing local school libraries in the states of Connecticut, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, and South Carolina East, John Holt, 1913- Education 1937 Master of Arts
An effort to predict teaching success Lawson, William Franklin, 1904- Education 1937 Master of Arts
A preliminary study in general learning ability Shelburne, Thomas P., 1913- Education 1937 Master of Arts
The sources of John Keat's poem Hyperion Jackson, Elizabeth Grinnan, 1904- English 1937 Master of Arts
County government in New Kent Cox, William Jennings, 1901- Government 1937 Master of Arts
National attitudes with regard to the Italo-Ethiopian controversy as set forth before the League of Nations Arthur, Coralie Virginia, 1911- History 1937 Master of Arts
Crime and its punishment in colonial Virginia, 1607-1776 Paschall, Davis Young, 1911-2001. History 1937 Master of Arts
A history of the southern boundary line of Virginia Tyler, Walter Eugene, 1908- History 1937 Master of Arts
A study of aims for the teaching of science in the elementary and secondary school from 1902 to 1933 Starnes, Millard Filmore, 1891- Education 1938 Master of Arts
The city manager in Williamsburg Hagberg, Charles Edward, 1906- Government 1938 Master of Arts
The administration of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Johnston, Clarence Waldo, 1907- Government 1938 Master of Arts
The problems of raising and arming the Confederate Army, 1861-1865 Spratley, Mabel E., 1894- History 1938 Master of Arts
A study in the interrelations of measures of learning, five motor and two verbal problems Wilkerson, Woodrow W., 1913- Psychology 1938 Master of Arts
A study of the development of relationships in a group of young children Merville, Gladys. Education 1939 Master of Arts
The growth of responsibility in children Shafer, Garfield, 1914- Education 1939 Master of Arts
A study of adult education in Virginia Spain, Clarence Hardy. Education 1939 Master of Arts
Life in Richmond 1861-1865 Pollard, Julia Cuthbert, 1905- History 1939 Master of Arts
Labor legislation in Virginia, 1865-1938 Smith, Edward Armstrong, 1907- History 1939 Master of Arts
An analysis of the morphology and inheritance of single versus double flowers in the garden balsam Armstrong, Floyd Henley, 1911- Biology 1940 Master of Arts
A study of education in Northumberland County, 1930-1939 Brent, William Seymour. Education 1940 Master of Arts
An historical survey of the growth of education in Prince George County, Virginia Copeland, Richard Watson, 1896- Education 1940 Master of Arts
Education as a function of government in Virginia Fears, Macon Flournoy. Education 1940 Master of Arts
The educational philosophy of Benjamin Franklin and its effect upon modern secondary education Givens, Emmett Edmondson. Education 1940 Master of Arts