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
An inquiry into the marketing problems of the Virginia apple industry Newman, Mogene D. Business Administration 1950 Master of Arts
An economic inventory of region 1 in Virginia Sumption, Dale Eugen. Economics 1950 Master of Arts
The need for guidance in Pennington High School Beeler, Robert Emerson. Education 1950 Master of Arts
A description and an appraisal of a course of study in sex education for junior high school Christian, Sue Booker. Education 1950 Master of Education
A study of the relationship of selected personal and environmental factors to academic success Conger, Stephen Brace. Education 1950 Master of Education
A study of procedures used by teachers with pupils on educational trips to Williamsburg, Virginia Graham, Florence Dickerson, 1910- Education 1950 Master of Arts
The development of a physical education program for a small Virginia high school Harding, William Emerson, 1921- Education 1950 Master of Education
A measure in terms of income of the ability to pay for public free education, and of the effort exerted by the counties and cities in Virginia, school year 1947-1948 Harpine, Robert Stanley, 1917- Education 1950 Master of Education
The development of a state system of teacher certification in Virginia, 1870-1950 Helmer, James McKinley, 1912- Education 1950 Master of Education
An evaluation of the public relations program of the public schools of Alleghany County, Virginia Hodnett, Walter Lee. Education 1950 Master of Education
Adaptability of a twelve-year school program to the Holland High School Johnson, Clyde G., 1904- Education 1950 Master of Arts
A study of college admissions policies in Virginia as a limitation on the development of the high school curriculum MacGregor, John M. Education 1950 Master of Education
A suggested procedure for developing a handbook in an elementary school Moore, Charles Nottingham. Education 1950 Master of Education
Leisure time activities of intermediate grade children at Mat[t]hew Whaley School Schneider, Berta Lynnette. Education 1950 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 decline and fall of Arcadia : a study in eighteenth century thought Richards, Barbara Joan. English 1950 Master of Arts
The Yorktown prisoners : a narrative account of the disposition of the British Army which capitulated at Yorktown, October 19, 1781 Carpenter, James Linwood, 1925- History 1950 Master of Arts
An ecological and biometric investigation of the nesting of the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum (Schlegel) in Virginia Wood, John Thornton. Biology 1951 Master of Arts
An appraisal of the extra-class activities program at Granby High School Barfield, Arthur Dick. Education 1951 Master of Education
A study of drop-outs in the Buena Vista High School Brockenbrough, Louise, 1925- Education 1951 Master of Education
A study of dropouts at the Matthew Whaley School Caldwell, Jean Genelle. Education 1951 Master of Arts
The grammar school of the College of William and Mary, 1693-1888 Dillard, Carra Garrett. Education 1951 Master of Arts
An experimental study in retention of knowledge in seventh grade general science Keffer, Ruth Groves, 1925- Education 1951 Master of Arts
The procedures used for the evaluation of the Wilson Memorial High School McChesney, Robert Austin. Education 1951 Master of Education
A plan for improving the guidance services in a Virginia high school Pitts, George Cameron. Education 1951 Master of Education
Effects of World War II upon certain administrative and instructional aspects of Newport News High School Powers, John Franklyn. Education 1951 Master of Education
The development of a handbook for high school teachers Snead, Raymond Willis. Education 1951 Master of Education
An appraisal of guidance services in a junior high school Spears, Mary Winston Stephenson, 1909- Education 1951 Master of Education
The effect of reading deficiency upon scholastic achievement and personal adjustment in college Stone, William Franklin. Education 1951 Master of Education
The development of a suggested syllabus for a two year course in dramatics for a secondary school Turner, Travis Talmage, 1912- Education 1951 Master of Education
An investigation into the extent of interpretation between Matthew Whaley High School and the parents with children of high school age Ward, Robert William. Education 1951 Master of Arts
Notes on the origins of iron shipbuilding in the United States, 1825-1861 Brown, Alexander Crosby, 1905- History 1951 Master of Arts
A study to compare the effectiveness of the spread and closed punt formations. Hughes, George Samuel. Physical Education 1951 Master of Arts
A suggested summer program of interscholastic athletics for boys of the group I high schools in the state of Virginia to be sponsored by the Virginia High School League Plummer, Louis Guill. Physical Education 1951 Master of Arts
An appraisal of the functions of the Virginia High School League in relation to interscholastic athletics in the Group I high schools of Virginia Range, Jacob Carmack. Physical Education 1951 Master of Arts
Principles underlying the effective use of a lay advisory committee in solving a community education problem Kent, Bruce Martin. Education 1952 Master of Education
A plan for improving the pupil activities program in a Virginia high school Postlethwait, Franklin Niel. Education 1952 Master of Education
An analysis of a five-point program of supervision in a county Ramsey, Curtis Lee. Education 1952 Master of Arts
An analysis of the educative values of the student cooperative stores in the Province of Quebec Roy, Marthe Marcelle. Education 1952 Master of Education
An appraisal of the extracurricular activities program at a junior high school Saunders, Benjamin Franklin. Education 1952 Master of Education
An evaluation of a visiting teacher program in Norfolk County schools Story, Emma Flowers. Education 1952 Master of Education
A preliminary study of shad, Alosa sapidissima (Wilson), spawning in some Virginia rivers Massmann, William Henry, 1919- Marine Science 1952 Master of Arts
A proposed method for teaching reading, writing and spelling by means of controlled phonograms Wells, Forrest Hampton, 1899- Education 1952 Master of Education
A study of the effects of the return of World War II veterans on collegiate football in the Southern Conference Creekmur, Louis. Physical Education 1952 Master of Arts
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
An analysis and appraisal of the men's intramural sports program at the College of William and Mary, 1948-1952 King, Harold Baker. Physical Education 1952 Master of Arts
The Negro in colonial Virginia 1619-1765 Hook, Francis Moore. History 1952 Master of Arts
Suggested activities for exploration and guidance in the eighth grade at Fieldale High School Atkinson, Paul Tulane Education 1952 Master of Education
The development and appraisal of a reporting system in Kilmarnock school Chase, Henri Bertram. Education 1952 Master of Education
The development of an industrial arts measurement knowledge test Gutzler, Chester H. Education 1952 Master of Education