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
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 proposed physical education curriculum for boys in Virginia high schools Simonson, Louis Asbury, 1911- Education 1948 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 developing a handbook in an elementary school Moore, Charles Nottingham. Education 1950 Master of Education
From the inside out : an in-depth look into the lives of students with dual exceptionalities Sims, Monique S. Education 2012 Master of Education
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
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
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 development of an industrial arts measurement knowledge test Gutzler, Chester H. Education 1952 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
History of Woodrow Wilson Parent Teacher Association Wheeler, Lucille. Education 1954 Master of Education
Study of geography in Virginia Prow, Wolf. Education 1970 Master of Education
An appraisal of extraclass activities in a junior high school Kelley, Charles Frederick. Education 1952 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
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
The continuing school census system in a small city Good, Horace James, 1919- Education 1947 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
A study of personnel practices and teacher morale Jeter, Margaret Jeter, 1900- Education 1947 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
Initial steps in the development of an organized guidance program in Tazewell High School Greever, Mary Annella. Education 1949 Master of Education
An experimental comparative investigation of the readability of a flat chalkborad and a curved chalkboard in a classroom Snelling, W. Rodman Education 1956 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
A suggested procedure for effective staff meetings in the elementary school Harding, Logan Corbin. Education 1949 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
The relation between improvement in reading achievement and self-concept in fifth-grade groups Hedrick, Alice Margaret. Education 1971 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
Varina School, Henrico County, 1909-1957 Morton, Vera Palmore. Education 1957 Master of Education
An evaluation of the curriculum in English at Hampton High School Yates, Carleen Lillian Wells. Education 1957 Master of Education
The effect of beaver (Castor canadensis) dams on the vegetation of tidal marshes Causey, Mary Hedrick. Marine Science 1984 Master of Arts
Carl Sandburg as a poet of Chicago and the Middle West Richardson, Howard Robertson, 1904- English 1932 Master of Arts
Uptake, distribution, metabolism and clearance of kepone by channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) VanVeld, Peter A., 1952- Marine Science 1980 Master of Arts
Filling the political vacuum : the United States and Germany, 1944-1946 Lewis, Stephen Haynes, 1966- History 1990 Master of Arts
Habitat use of the declining wood thrush in coastal Virginia Jirinec, Vitek, Biology 2015 Master of Arts
Faunal variation on pelagic Sargassum Fine, Michael L. Marine Science 1969 Master of Arts
Swift's vexed satire of Hobbes and Lucretius Thumm, Sarah Reynard, 1972- English 1997 Master of Arts
The development and application of a helium discharge detector for gas chromatography Ware, Margaret LaVerne, 1964- Chemistry 1988 Master of Arts
Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and cultural affiliation: revisiting identities and boundaries in the Chesapeake/ Masur, Laura Elizabeth, Anthropology 2013 Master of Arts
The frontier, food remains, and archaeological meaning Watts-Roy, Jeffrey Lee, 1969- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
Female candidates for Virginia councils, 1976-1977 Braganza, Agnes Logan, 1936- Government 1978 Master of Arts
Symmetric functions Drummond, Neil Hiden, 1940- Mathematics 1964 Master of Arts
Developmental ultrastructure of spermatia in Polysiphonia nigrescens and Dasya baillouviana (Rhodophyta) Haskell, Amy, 1950- Biology 1974 Master of Arts
Cromwell in the garden : a study in balance Gilmer-Grubb, Wendy Sue, 1956- English 1986 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
Generational revolt and the spirit of capitalism : Fanny Fern's confrontation with Calvinism, class, and gender ideology in Ruth Hall Lunt, Catherine, 1965- American Studies 1994 Master of Arts
The Sino-Soviet dispute in Africa, 1974-1978 Waters, Charles Andrew, 1959- Government 1982 Master of Arts