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.Theses from 1979
An insight into management development programs, Bretta A. Tulbert
The Suffolk campaign a case study, Brian S. Wills
Theses from 1978
The hammer and the cross : the conversion of Scandinavia, James E. Cumbie
Coke, Wentworth, and the drafting of the Petition of Right, Frances S. Taylor
The farmer's revolt: the election of 1896 in Virginia, James D. Wright
Theses from 1977
John Julius Guthrie and the cruise of the Levant to China, 1855-1858, Annette C.G. Bruce
Oliver Cromwell and the Monarchy, Neil R. Bryant
The transiational period: massive resistance and Norfolkd, Va., Malnie Ijams Payne
William C. Rives : a study in transformation from Democrat to Whig, Frances Taylor
Theses from 1976
Causes of obesity, Barbara Brown
The Tudors and their Parliaments, Mark W. Cummins
Virginia architecture in the seventeenth century : the medieval style, Elizabeth Neal Pitzer
King Charles I during his trial and execution : his personal life and the alteration of his personality, Jonathan H. Poston
The effects of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy, Cynthia L. Puryear
The life and rule of St. Benedict, Ann H. Thompson
Parody and transcription in the B-Minor Mass, David Woolard
Theses from 1975
The atonement in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa, Linda Bambacus
The effect of a past history of reinforcement on signal detection, Jo Ann Weaver
Theses from 1974
A comparison of stock love situations in the works of Petrarch, Donne, and Cervantes, John W. Metzger
Robert Ryland and the first African Baptist Church of Richmond : their antebellum years, Teresa Payne
Reality and illusion in Miguel De Cervantes' Don Quixote and John Barth's The Sot Weed Factor, Vicki Redmond
Power, elitism, and lawyers: an examination of the Richmond legal establishment and its impact on the making of social and economic policy-making within the commonwealth of Virginia., Stephen C. St. John
Theses from 1973
Government and life in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Jane S. Brantley
The English public health movement, 1838-1848, Rebecca Dale
Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna, Laura J. Feller
The status of woman suffrage in Virginia 1909-1920, Betty C. Pitts
Theses from 1972
Martin Luther King's position in the Black Power movement from 1955 to 1968, Carol Breit
Manumission of slaves in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1830-1860, Thomas C. Givens
The Sacheverell Affair : its causes and implications, Robert A. Kester
The Fabians and socialized medicine : a study of Fabian attitudes toward national health services, Linda McIntosh
Virginia's reactions to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, October 16-18, 1859, Linda McIntosh
Soviet international law : theory and practice, Rozanne D. Oliver
Reflections of a lost harmony in seventeenth century poetry, Cathy Perkins
The Mannerist painter and Donne : a correlation of the arts, Christine Steinbach
Theses from 1971
The southern attitude towards Texas, 1844-1846, Kenneth H. Clevenger
Edward VII and the Anglo-French Entente of 1904, Patricia M. Day
"What else is there?" : surrealism and the love of life in Catch-22 /, Dobbs Eric
The rise and fall of the Farmers' Alliance of Virginia, Nancy Byrd Manning
The Rebellion of Tyrone, Rosanna Painter
Background, data and biographical information on the 104 first Jamestown settlers, Catharine H. Ryland
"The beau ideal of a soldier" : Brigadier General Charles Dimmock, Eugene M. Sanchez-Saavedra
The case of Margery Kempe, Mary Marshall Taylor
Shaw's comic tone : from laughter to the broken harp string, R. K. Thomas
The early Beats: humanity and machinery, James A. Winders
Party lines drawn by the Spectator, Emily W. Zehmer
Senator William E. Borah's dry campaign : its effect on the presidential election of 1928, Emily White Zehmer
Theses from 1970
The unity of A Shropshire Lad, Robert B. Brown
Henry Parker's doctrine of the consent of the governed /, Barbara Cahoon
Richmond's reaction to the Depression of 1837, Barbara Cahoon
Dairy farms and agricultural prosperity in Virginia, 1890-1915, Harold E. Conover
Tobacco and soil relationships in Tidewater Virginia to 1670, Harold E. Conover
Factors Influencing American Opinion For and Against Recognition of the Soviet Union, 1928-1933, Nelson Lankford
Richmond and Virginia in the 1867 election for a constitutional convention, Nelson Lankford
Virginia's dissension toward the Mexican War, Angela Lilly
The agony of Lindsay Almond : Virginia's transition from "massive resistance" to "freedom of choice", John G. Mizell Jr
Robert Penn Warren's brother to dragons : a poem to fit its theme, Marjorie Scott
Theses from 1969
The Court of Star Chamber, Susan Agee
Virginia agriculture 1840-1860, Susan Agee
Scottsburo : influence of the international labor defense, John E. Griswold
Richard Hooker and John Locke : political theory in perspective, Alice M. Justice
1960 : the dilemma of Adlai Stevenson, Robert A. Kester
The nineteenth-century inversion of good and evil : its roots in the eighteenth century, and its continuation in the twentieth century, Frank M. Morgan
Whitman's concept of brotherhood : his motivation in advocating brotherhood and the prerequisites for brotherhood, Frank M. Morgan
The development of Lenin's theory of imperialism, Robert L. Musick
Virginia's response to nullification 1832-33, Robert Lawrence Musick Jr.
Activities of I.G. Farbenindustrie in the United States, 1929 until March 11, 1942, William C. Neubauer
The Senate debate on the League of Nations, Ann Packard
Loyalists and rebels : the election of 1928 in Virginia, Susan Parker
The war aims of the Russian provisional government, Susan Parker
The French and British Socialist missions to Russia, 1917 : a thesis, Thomas L. Powers
Diplomatic disobedience in American history 1781-1807, Thomas Lynwood Powers
The Virginia resolutions of 1798 : a study of the contemporary debate, Alice J. Retzer
The immediate reaction to the Nat Turner rebellion (August - November, 1831), Rebecca Saunders
The influence of the early English Baptists on the development of the concept of religious liberty, Rebecca Saunders
Philosophy and explication of an honors organ recital, Bruce B. Stevens
The French organ and organ music of the late seventeenth century, and the registration practices relating them to each other, Bruce Borden Stevens
Laud's influence on the Star Chamber from 1630-1637, Leonard I. Sweet
The Virginia Protestant reaction to the secession crisis : October 1859-May 1861, Leonard Ira Sweet
The Levellers' view of history, Margaret Trowe
Theses from 1968
Luther the musician, Charles L. Hill
A senior honors recital, Lynn Hoffman
John Calvin and music: the rise of protestant psalters in the sixteenth century, Tim Montgomery
Use of the simultaneous cross-relation by sixteenth century English and continental composers, Tim Montgomery
Classical studies in Tudor grammar schools, Shelby Murray
Erik Satie and his influence on music in France in the twentieth century, Lindsey Peters
The chant-based polyphonic magnificat of Orlando di Lasso, Lindsey Peters
Economic policies of the Privy Council 1620-1628, Jean A. Scott
Theses from 1967
The Aaron Burr Trial, Claudia Bell
Air Force ROTC at the University of Richmond, 1951-1957, Robert J. Dandridge
United States opinion from Munich to the Blitzkreig, Barbara Evans
The relationship of John Cotton and Anne Hutchinson in the Antinomian controversy, Lois R. Helmbold
Some general observations on Mass composition in the Renaissance, Charles Lathan Hill
The Oppenheimer case, Shelby Murray
Virginia's initial reactions to the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Charles E. Poston
The Depression years as depicted by the American theatre in the 1930's, Lois Robinson
Alexander Spotswood's struggle with his council, Joan Schools
The Sherman Adams case, Jean A. Scott
Theses from 1966
Latitudinarianism from Acontius to Chillingworth, Ann McCauley Askew
Poor relief in Tudor England, Edith Burrows
The moderate period of the Temperance reform, 1776-1833, Edith C. Burrows