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 diasporic world of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1630-1860 Sayers, Daniel O. Anthropology 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
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
Historical archaeology at Jamestown, Virginia Polk, Roni Hinote, 1950- Anthropology 1984 Master of Arts
Who is archaeology's public? : a critical analysis of public images and expectations of archaeology Bartoy, Kevin M. Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Migration for secondary education in the Netherlands Antilles Smith, Elva Lee, 1936- Anthropology 1988 Master of Arts
Gimmie shelter : union shelters of the Civil War, a preliminary archaeological typology Jensen, Todd L., 1971- Anthropology 2000 Master of Arts
History, memory, and [archaeological?] heritage at Nombre de Dios, Panama Siudzinski, Meghan Habas. Anthropology 2008 Master of Arts
Reflections of social change : burial patterns in colonial Fairfax County, Virginia Wells, Kimberly Joyce, 1961- Anthropology 1997 Master of Arts
Making, mending, and half-soling : an analysis of three nineteenth century Virginia shoemakers Byrd, Sarah Virginia. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Peripheral vision : mimesis and materiality along the James River, Virginia, 1619-1660 Sikes, Kathryn Lee McClure, Anthropology 2013 Doctor of Philosophy
From ads to artifacts : the selling power of gender ideology in America, 1890-1910 Clark, Andrea Griffin, 1973- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
An archaeological survey of the governor's land, James City County, Virginia Sprinkle, John Harold, 1960- Anthropology 1984 Master of Arts
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
An Archaeological study of the eastern shore of Virginia Wittkofski, John Mark, 1953- Anthropology 1988 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
Degrees of relatedness : the social politics of Algonquian kinship in the contact era Chesapeake Woodard, Buck W. Anthropology 2008 Master of Arts
Booze at the brothel : alcohol-related artifacts and their use in performance at the 27/29 Endicott Street brothel Johnson, Amanda B. Anthropology 2012 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
Recovering elements in historical archaeology : the use of soil chemical analysis for overcoming the effects of post-depositional plowing Fischer, Lisa E., 1972- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
Subsistence and social behavior : evolving strategies in the rural New England landscape Dean, Susannah, 1970- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
Shenandoah Valley earthenware as symbols of identity Park, Sunyoon. Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
Sexual indiscretions in Virginia's colonial capital Schmidt, Sarah Rebecca. Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts
Building freedom : nineteenth century domestic architecture on Barbados sugar plantations Bergman, Stephanie. Anthropology 2010 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
Shipbuilding in Maryland, 1631-1850 Ford, Ben. Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
Gender ideology at the Lowell Boott Mills : a material culture analysis Ehner, Carolyn Michelle, 1970- Anthropology 1999 Master of Arts
By the side of the road : an interpretive look at road menders' houses Rivera-Ruiz, Aida Belén, 1966- Anthropology 2001 Master of Arts
Excellent clay for pots : an archaeological and microscopic investigation of Barbadian redware during the early colonial era Siedow, Erik Andre. Anthropology 2012 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
Voters in a foreign land : alien suffrage and citizenship in the United States, 1704-1926 Kennedy-Shaffer, Alan. American Studies 2009 Master of Arts
The Willoughby-Baylor house : Form and symbol Keenan, Stephanie Mary, 1966- American Studies 1993 Master of Arts
Censorship, cyberspace, and community standards : American responses to on-line obscenity Spear, Laura Mame, 1971- American Studies 1996 Master of Arts
Justice is a perpetual struggle : the public memory of the Little Rock school desegration crisis Devlin, Erin Krutko. American Studies 2011 Doctor of Philosophy
Beating songs : blues, violence, and the male body in the films of Spike Lee Gaines, Mikal J. American Studies 2005 Master of Arts
Katherine Anne Porter's Old mortality and Virginia Woolf : a study in feminism Waite, Rebecca S. L., 1970- American Studies 1998 Master of Arts
Humble servants, prideful patriarchs : submission and servanthood in rhetoric of the Promise Keepers Smith, Erica J., 1961- American Studies 2002 Master of Arts
Re-shaping documentary expectations : new journalism and direct cinema Zuber, Sharon L. American Studies 2004 Doctor of Philosophy
`Post-humously hot' : Bill Traylor's life and art Worrell, Colleen Doyle, 1966- American Studies 1994 Master of Arts
Framing the woman artist : gender and art in Howells and Sargent Cohen, Matthew, 1970- American Studies 1995 Master of Arts
An isolating and repressive force : the image of the southern lady in the work of Lee Smith Wesley, Deborah Rae, 1963- American Studies 1990 Master of Arts
The vermin-killers : pest control in the early Chesapeake Newman, Megan Haley. American Studies 2001 Doctor of Philosophy
Celebrity and the national body : encounters with the exotic in late nineteenth-century America Nichols, Caroline Carpenter, 1974- American Studies 2008 Doctor of Philosophy
The first thing out the window : race, radical feminism, and Marge Piercy's Woman on the edge of time Mann, Kimberly Lynn. American Studies 2009 Master of Arts
The corporate person : how U.S. courts transformed a legal phantom into a powerful citizen DeMeola, Zachariah J., American Studies 2015 Master of Arts
Dressing behavior in eighteenth century Virginia 1740-1800 Masters, Joanna Margaret, 1965- American Studies 1993 Master of Arts
Flying under the radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force : the ongoing politics of space and ethnic identity Diaz, Ella Maria, 1977- American Studies 2010 Doctor of Philosophy
English mineral exploration in the new world Heuvel, Lisa L. American Studies 2005 Master of Arts
American identity and the wild west show, 1880-1910 Stark, Susan Ann, 1974- American Studies 2002 Master of Arts
Civilizing the savages : Cherokee advances, white settlement, and the rhetoric of removal Gibson, Tracey Ann, 1958- American Studies 1995 Master of Arts
Breaking the formula : politics and sexuality in lesbian detective fiction Wood, Meredith Abner, 1966- American Studies 1990 Master of Arts