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
The evolution of public education in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Hall, Lucien Talmage, 1890- Education 1940 Master of Arts
The need for guidance in a small rural high school Justis, Edward Tabb. Education 1940 Master of Arts
The underlying causes of school absence in Franklin County, Virginia Ramsey, Harold Winfrey. Education 1940 Master of Arts
A study of the high school and post-high school careers of the non-college graduates, Newport News High School, class of 1925, and the implications therein, for the educational program Stanley, Lamar Rush, 1892- Education 1940 Master of Arts
An administrative survey of the public schools of Nansemond County, Virginia White, Hugh Vernon, 1894- Education 1940 Master of Arts
Berkeley's theory of space and extention MacDonald, Frank Aborn, 1910- Philosophy 1940 Master of Arts
Study, partial description and age determination of two human embryos Bernabe-Prida, Belen Maria, 1917- Biology 1941 Master of Arts
Mitosis in leaves Speese, Bernice Marguerite. Biology 1941 Master of Arts
Negative interest rates Troxel, Oliver Leonard, 1919- Economics 1941 Master of Arts
A study of withdrawals from a small rural high school Berry, Evelyn Lindsey, 1910- Education 1941 Master of Arts
How groups of children developed values in their school work through the use of the resources in their communities Davis, Merle. Education 1941 Master of Arts
A study of the attitudes of parents in sections of Virginia and Florida toward their schools Reveley, John Gibson, 1904- Education 1941 Master of Arts
A study in ways of developing initiative in pupils Spitzer, Mary Rebecca, 1912- Education 1941 Master of Arts
A study of conditions of young school children in Maury School, Richmond, Virginia Walker, Frances Page. Education 1941 Master of Arts
Indecorus language in Shakespeare Morris, Alice Cowles. English 1941 Master of Arts
A survey of the Division of Purchase and Printing, Commonwealth of Virginia Harris, John S. Government 1941 Master of Arts
The Governor of Virginia as business manager Newton, Blake Tyler, 1889- Government 1941 Master of Arts
Non-English European race elements in Virginia, 1607-1776 Loop, Carlos Arbra, 1904- History 1941 Master of Arts
An economic and sociological survey of Lancaster County and the relationship to the educational program, 1930-1940 Booker, James Judson, 1907- Education 1942 Master of Arts
Benedictine monachism and its contribution to education past and present Campbell, Vincent de Paul. Education 1942 Master of Arts
A program for using Colonial Williamsburg as a laboratory for the study of colonial life Forsyth, Louise Birnie, 1920- Education 1942 Master of Arts
A study of the causes of failure occuring in the Suffolk, Virginia, high school during the 1940-1941 school session Harry, William Thomas. Education 1942 Master of Arts
A study of student personnel practices in Virginia colleges Ritchie, M. A. F. 1909- Education 1942 Master of Arts
Factors influencing failure among students in schools of nursing Sanders, Elizabeth Eleanor, 1906- Education 1942 Master of Arts
William Randolph, of Turkey Island, progenitor of a famous family Swartz, James Eldred, 1899- History 1942 Master of Arts
The establishment of the Huguenots in Virginia Land, Mary Wilson Bohannan, 1905- Religion 1942 Master of Arts
A study of personal relationships within a seventh grade class Carter, Mary. Education 1943 Master of Arts
A study in the development of cooperative living in an elementary school Case, Virginia Richardson. Education 1943 Master of Arts
A study of human development through esthetic experiences Winder, Margaret Fox. Education 1943 Master of Arts
Notes on the biology and commercial fishery of the catfish of the James River, Virginia Menzel, Winston, 1920-1989. Marine Science 1943 Master of Arts
A mental health survey of four hundred white children of the sixth grade in the Portsmouth public schools Greenfield, Eugene, 1905- Psychology 1943 Master of Arts
A comparative study of the use of figurative language by Plato and St. Paul Williams, Joseph Boyd, 1910- Ancient Languages 1943 Master of Arts
A proposal for the coordination of private boys' camps and secondary schools in Virginia Bailey, Robert Sydnor, 1906- Education 1944 Master of Arts
A study of the differences in ability and performance in two sixth grades McDowell, Helen Elizabeth Riis. Education 1944 Master of Arts
The development of education in Spotsylvania County, 1721-1944 Snow, Charles Melvin, 1908- Education 1944 Master of Arts
A study of physical education for girls in Virginia secondary schools for the period 1939-1943 Chamings, Dorothy Thurza Louise, -1958. Physical Education 1944 Master of Arts
An experiment in developing in fourth grade children the ability to use English through experiences with folklore materials Ansell, Bessie Jennings, 1896- Education 1945 Master of Arts
A third grade's experience in creative writing Bowers, Mary Elizabeth. Education 1945 Master of Arts
Educational inequalities in twenty Virginia counties Bragg, Alexander Dudley, 1901- Education 1945 Master of Arts
Experiences of a fifth grade in marine biology Bruechert, Anna Roper. Education 1945 Master of Arts
Proposal for consolidation of the white public schools in Lancaster and Northumberland counties in 1945 Cockrell, Carrington Samuel, 1916- Education 1945 Master of Arts
The development of the local school administrative unit in Virginia and the consequent enlargement of the duties of the local administrator Donahoe, Cashell. Education 1945 Master of Arts
A study of practices and trends in promotion of pupils in city school systems Manson, William Ashby. Education 1945 Master of Arts
An analysis of the philosophy of the Matthew Whaley School, Williamsburg, Virginia Matier, Mildred Bienfait, 1908- Education 1945 Master of Arts
A study of changes in school and community resulting from cooperative action of community leaders and teachers Piland, Woodrow Wilson, 1915- Education 1945 Master of Arts
A study of strengths and weaknesses of Virginia high schools as revealed in the reports of evaluating committees Walthall, James Leonard. Education 1945 Master of Arts
Distribution of the fungus Lagenidium callenectes Couch and its effect on eggs of the blue crab Rogers, Mary Rosalie, 1922- Marine Science 1945 Master of Arts
The development of the public free school system in Virginia, 1870-1945 Christopher, Floyd Hudnall, 1901- Education 1946 Master of Arts
Impact of World War II upon school population enrollment, and attendance in the Hampton Roads-Peninsula area Mapp, Alf Johnson, 1897- Education 1946 Master of Arts
A study of the children attending Matthew Whaley from an area of Williamsburg Nanry, Dorothy Virginia. Education 1946 Master of Arts