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
Archaeology goes to school : a cooperative approach to teaching history through archaeology Schuster, Paul David, 1972- Anthropology 1996 Master of Arts
The archaeology of Opequon Creek : religion, ethnicity, and identity in the material culture of an eighteenth-century immigrant community, Frederick County, Virginia Persson, Ann Schaefer, 1979- Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
Efficient action in the construction of field fortification : a study of the civil war defenses of Raleigh, North Carolina Higgins, Thomas F. Anthropology 1985 Master of Arts
St. Eustatius and the Caribbean trade system : a study of eighteenth and nineteenth century coins from the Caribbean Salamanca-Heyman, Maria Fernanda, 1976- Anthropology 2004 Master of Arts
A medley of contradictions : the Jewish diaspora in St. Eustatius and Barbados Miller, Derek Robert, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
A graine of marveilous great increase : a political landscape approach to Powhatan maize production and exchange in seventeenth century Virginia Risse, Danielle Christine, 1977- Anthropology 2007 Master of Arts
The confederate enlisted man in the army of Northern Virginia : a reevaluation of his material culture Pougher, Richard David, 1952- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
Fortifications of St. Eustatius : an archaeological and historical study of defense in the Caribbean Howard, Bryan Paul, 1965- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Free African-American archeology : interpreting an antebellum farmstead Ryder, Robin Leigh, 1959- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
St. Eustatius : acculturation in a Dutch Caribbean colony Kandle, Patricia Lynn, 1953- Anthropology 1985 Master of Arts
From Kaolin to Claymount : landscapes of the 19th-century James River stoneware industry Mueller-Heubach, Oliver Maximilian, 1981-, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
A formal analysis of the clay pipes from Green Spring Crass, David Colin, 1958- Anthropology 1981 Master of Arts
Cultural legitimacy in Surry County, Virginia : the Edwards family of Chestnut Farms Sadler, Donald Lee. Anthropology 2007 Master of Arts
Architectural style on St. Eustatius Sanders, Suzanne Lee, 1954- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
Rediscovering the dead : practical applications of remote sensing in historic cemeteries Strutt, Michael A., 1963- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Paintings as information : the anthropology of images : a consideration of late sixteenth and seventeenth century Netherlandish painting in relation to foodways and historical archeology Payne, Melissa, 1952- Anthropology 1985 Master of Arts
Setting the best table in the country : food and labor at the Coloma gold mining town Ogborne, Jennifer Honora, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Ethnicity in the graveyard Goodwin, Conrad M., 1940- Anthropology 1981 Master of Arts
Migration for secondary education in the Netherlands Antilles Smith, Elva Lee, 1936- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
Seneca hair combs as material culture : a study Vasey, April Jean, 1964- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Imaging and imagining the past : the use of illustrations in the interpretation of structural development at the King's Castle, Castle Island, Bermuda Harvey, Heather Maureen, 1970- Anthropology 1997 Master of Arts
The urban archaeology of early Spanish Caribbean ports of call : the unfortunate story of Nombre de Dios Salamanca-Heyman, Maria Fernanda, 1976- Anthropology 2009 Doctor of Philosophy
Slaves and tenant farmers at Shirley Plantation : social relationships and material culture Leavitt, Genevieve. Anthropology 1981 Master of Arts
An Archaeological study of the eastern shore of Virginia Wittkofski, John Mark, 1953- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
Middlesex County, New Jersey gravestones 1687-1799 : shadows of a changing culture Veit, Richard Francis, 1968- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
When there's nothing better to eat : subsistence strategies in eighteenth century Bermuda Jarvis, Sondra Aileen, 1966- Anthropology 1997 Master of Arts
The diasporic world of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1630-1860 Sayers, Daniel O. Anthropology 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
The pottery and kiln of Green Spring : a study in 17th century material culture Smith, James M., 1949- Anthropology 1981 Master of Arts
The ceramics from 44JC298 : an undocumented late-eighteenth century domestic site, James City County, Virginia White, Esther Celeste, 1962- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Religion and resistance : African Baptist churches in Virginia Reiss, Stephanie Rosel, 1971- Anthropology 1997 Master of Arts
Peripheral vision : mimesis and materiality along the James River, Virginia, 1619-1660 Sikes, Kathryn Lee McClure, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
The monetary material culture of plantation life : a study of coins at Monticello Whitley, Cynthia Ann, 1956- Anthropology 1991 Master of Arts
Reflections of social change : burial patterns in colonial Fairfax County, Virginia Wells, Kimberly Joyce, 1961- Anthropology 1997 Master of Arts
An allegory for life : an 18th century African-influenced cemetery landscape, Nassau, Bahamas Turner, Grace S. R., Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Who is archaeology's public? : a critical analysis of public images and expectations of archaeology Bartoy, Kevin M. Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
The Nottoway of Virginia : a study of peoplehood and political economy, c. 1775-1875 Woodard, Buck W., Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
The Beasley wharf complex : a study of frontier interaction in the lower Great Lakes in the late 18th century Carter, Trevor Ryan, 1973- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
The symbolic nature of mortuary act in the Royal Navy cemetary on Ireland Island, Bermuda, 1800-1899 Adinolfi, Christina Lynn, 1967- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
Subsistence and social behavior : evolving strategies in the rural New England landscape Dean, Susannah, 1970- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
The illustrated map : cartography and power in seventeenth century Virginia Green, Christine Jeanette, 1973- Anthropology 2000 Master of Arts
Colonial women in the Pennsylvania and Virginia Gazettes Bergendahl, Lisa Kay, 1971- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
Gender ideology at the Lowell Boott Mills : a material culture analysis Ehner, Carolyn Michelle, 1970- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Gone to a better land : a study of gravestone forms, art and symbolism Harnois, Richard D., 1957- Anthropology 2000 Master of Arts
My bumbling smiths... : an inter-site comparative analysis of rural and urban blacksmithing in eighteenth-century Virginia Bessey, Sandra Fiona, 1968- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
Carried on at a very great expense and never produced any profit : the Albemarle Iron Works (1770-72) Brothers, James Harvey, 1952- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
Putting flesh on the bones : theoretical and methodological approaches to butchery analysis in historical archaeology Gilmore, R. Grant 1972- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Gimmie shelter : union shelters of the Civil War, a preliminary archaeological typology Jensen, Todd L., 1971- Anthropology 2000 Master of Arts
Interpretation and historical archaeology : telling stories of the past at the Watt Farm, Mechanicsville, Virginia Jordan, Sarah, 1976- Anthropology 2000 Master of Arts
Excavations at the Barton-Swift-Nolan House : Antebellum material culture in the Georgia Piedmont Brooks, Christopher Andrew, 1959- Anthropology 1995 Master of Arts
From ads to artifacts : the selling power of gender ideology in America, 1890-1910 Clark, Andrea Griffin, 1973- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts