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 recent history of Wachapreague Inlet, Virginia DeAlteris, J. T. Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
An investigation of personality characteristics of Negroes attending a predominantly white university and Negroes attending a black college Brown, Nina W. Education 1973 Doctor of Education
A characterization of the corticosterone-binding-globulin in the plasma of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos) Cheshier, James Leon, 1949- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
The effects of intrinsic and environmental factors on the oxygen consumption of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun Laird, Chae E. Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
The oxygen equilibrium properties of hemerythrin in solution and in coelomic cells of Phascolopsis Gouldi London, Maria, 1950- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
Angiosperm production of three Virginia marshes in various salinity and soil nutrient regimes Mendelssohn, Irving Avrum, 1947- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
Density correlated movements of four small mammal species Prather, Martin Lloyd, 1949- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
The comparative ecology of two species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) in the York River, Virginia Mercer, Linda P. 1947- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
Growth rate and nesting aspects for the glossy ibis in Virginia, 1972 Williams, John William, 1947- Biology 1973 Master of Arts
Retention and escapement characteristics of pound nets as a function of pound-head mesh size Meyer, Henry Louis, 1946- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
The hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) collected by the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964 : with notes on their distribution and the zoogeography of the Western Indian Ocean Witherington, Philip Dalton, 1931- Marine Science 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
A kinetic examination of 1,3-di-t-butyl-3-methylbromoallene solvolysis Ellis, Dwight Ellen Foster, 1949- Chemistry 1973 Master of Arts
Relative growth, reproduction and distribution of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus, in Chesapeake Bay during the winter Terretta, Roy Tim, 1946- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
The heroic image in a modern world : enlightened naturalism in Ernest Hemingway's A farewell to arms Bailey, Winifred Allison, 1949- English 1973 Master of Arts
A study of the relationship between secondary teacher satisfaction and attitude toward collective negotiations Corley, David Ray, 1938- Education 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
Model legislation for the administration of subaqueous hard mineral resources within Virginia waters Wardrop, William Jeffery, 1949- Marine Science 1973 Master of Arts
The function of irony in Wallace Stevens' Esthétique du mal Epes, Isota Tucker, 1918- English 1973 Master of Arts
William Allason : merchant in an emerging nation Spoede, Robert W. 1926- History 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
Two techniques of modifying an impulsive tempo Hargrove, Patricia Ann, 1949- Psychology 1973 Master of Arts
A history of the relationships between the state of Virginia and its public normal schools, 1869-1930 Emerson, Bruce, 1921- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
What price greatness? : a study of the protagonists in three plays by Henrik Ibsen--The master builder, John Gabriel Borkman, and When we dead awaken Fuchs, Janet Rose, 1941- English 1973 Master of Arts
Interpersonal evaluation, cognitive aspects and the effects of stress Kelso, Kevin Thomas, 1950- Psychology 1973 Master of Arts
Temporal and spatial heterogeneity in diatom populations of the lower York River, Virginia Manzi, John Joseph, 1945- Marine Science 1973 Doctor of Philosophy
The Pearl-poet's imaginative treatment of his biblical source in Cleanness McCord, Laura Ruth, 1941- English 1973 Master of Arts
The development of a counselor selection scale through an item analysis of the California psychological inventory Lewis, Willard LeGrande, 1944- Education 1973 Doctor of Education
Field dependence in relation to severity of alcohol abuse Lee, York Yee, 1949- Psychology 1973 Master of Arts
The biology of marine bacteriophages of Beneckea natriegens Zachary, Arthur L., 1944- Marine Science 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
Juvenile delinquency and the school : an application of control theory Colombano, Donna M., 1947- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Virginia's funding legislation, 1869-1875 : its background, principal features, related measures, and effects Ours, Robert Maurice, 1936- History 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
The treatment of servants and slaves in colonial Virginia Coyle, Betty Wade Wyatt, 1946- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Religion, philosophy, and the second law of thermodynamics Finn, Carter Braxton, 1935- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
The development of prisonersʼ rights : a study of judicial opinions Greenwood, Lynn Marie, 1949- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Drug use in a university setting : a subcultural approach Haen, Ineke A. M., 1950- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Salt water plasma model of the Venus atmosphere Yeh, Eueng-nan. Applied Science 1974 Master of Arts
The post-war democratization of Japan : voting patterns of Osaka Prefecture Hamada, Hiroyuki, 1946- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
The political image of William Pitt, first earl of Chatham, in the American colonial press, 1756-1778 Knight, Carol Lynn Homelsky, 1946- History 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
The vascular flora of Fort Eustis, City of Newport News, Virginia Appler, Phyllis Ann Kline, 1947- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
A theory of future social change Sica, Alan, 1949- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
Environmental and political correlates of appropriations for higher education in Virginia, 1950-1972 Bounds, Stuart Murray, 1944- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
The response of freely growing laboratory populations of prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) to the administration of synthetic FSH/LH-RH Beier, John Martin, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
The empathic accuracy of subordinate and superordinate in the social work bureaucracy West, Beverly Louise, 1948- Sociology 1974 Master of Arts
A direct reaction multiple scattering pion-nucleus optical potential Lucas, Charles William, 1942- Physics 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
Vegetation and succession on Piedmont granitic outcrops of Virginia Berg, James D. Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Ultrastructure of mitosis and gametogenesis in Cladophora flexuosa (Dillwyn) Harvey Bullock, Kenneth Wilson, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Quantitative studies of the macrofauna associated with the mesohaline oyster reefs of the James River, Virginia Larsen, Peter Foster, 1944- Marine Science 1974 Doctor of Philosophy
The quantitative role of hemoglobin in oxygen uptake and oxygen storage in the ponderosa ark clam, Noetia Ponderosa Deaton, Lewis Edward, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Anarchism : the political philosophy of Hermann Hesse Canton, Alan N., 1947- Government 1974 Master of Arts
An investigation into perception of the college environment and personality of occupants of various residence halls Beale, Charles Leroy, 1945- Education 1974 Doctor of Education
The function of the cellular hemoglobin in the arcid clam Noetia ponderosa (Say) Freadman, Marvin Alan, 1949- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
The role of threat and time perception in international crises Churchill, Floyd Vincent, 1942- Government 1974 Master of Arts