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.Theses from 1985
The Star Chamber in its last years, Christine Martine
Political ethics and responsibility : the role of the elected official, Janet M. Muller
Community adaptation in the Judeo-Christian tradition, John K. Overton
The effects of birth order upon personality, Laura W. Quarles
Effects of the color analysis process on the self-concept of women, Sherry Tanenbaum
Theses from 1984
Wood anatomy and relationships of Neowawraea (Euphorbiaceae), Dörthe S. Brandt and W. John Hayden
Mind over matter : considerations of understanding and artificial intelligence, John C. Brice
Environmental psychology : theory, methodology, and research, Ellen R. Divers
Collingwood's idea of history : the development and form of historical inquiry, Timothy A. Hartin
Exegesis of the book of Malachi, Malcolm M. Hutton
Cognitive development in females : effects on self-esteem and achievement motivation, Mary Miller
Family and peer relations of conduct disorder and hyperactive children, Katy N. Morrison
The effects of subject assertiveness on perceived assertiveness of others, Lisa E. Robertori and Sandra D. Hulbert
Theses from 1983
Children of divorce : a survey of factors related to children's adjustment to parental divorce, Carey A. Dougherty
The biological, psychodynamic, humanistic, and social psychological perspectives of athletic participation, Katharine R. Johnson
The Day of Yahweh, Kathryn L. Muller
American athletics and the law : the sports triangle, Brian M. Sheahan
Poignant quotations and the thematic structures in Gustav Mahler's ninth symphony, Edward D. Sturms
Theses from 1982
The application of the Kodaly method to instrumental music education, Sherry Black
The French Revolution : a comparison of the attitudes of Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine, Christine R. Chaires
The problems in research within juvenile corrections, Laura Egerton
Ammoniogenesis in gill mitochondria from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Robert D. Fanelli
Isolation of apical membrane from gill ion-transporting gells of the blue crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Cheryl A. Fletcher
Concept formation and development in the congenitally blind child, Kimberly J. Franco
Assessment, intervention and treatment of geriatric psychopathology : a comparison of the medical and behavioral models, Susan C. McClintock
The preferential hiring of women as compensatory justice, Carolyn W. Nicander
Behavior modification techniques used on austistic children : a literature review, Timothy J. O'Keefe
An overview of Virginia Satir's method of family therapy and an evaluation as to its use in the substance abuse rehabilitation field, Katherine A. Startzman
Organ chorale forms of the Baroque era, Suzanne A. Utley
Husa's Al fresco: an amazing coherence, Stewart Blackwell White
Personality and behavioral characteristics important to the coach/athlete relationship, Michael A. Zacharias
Theses from 1981
The type a coronary-prone personality : a coping mechanism for situational control, Elizabeth Bennett
The effects of sex-role identity on the perception of work situations, Tamra J. Hall
Reality orientation : is it the answer to old age "senility"?, Kay W. Hardy
The treatments of child abuse, Susan D. Haske
The evaluation of social programs, Susan L. Hitchcock
A demographic profile of the 1980 clients of the Family Crisis Center, Susan Lee Hitchcock
Cognitive impulsivity of children : its handicap and treatment, Godwin Koon Tat Lau
Impulsive cognitive style and self-reported anger arousal in emotionally disturbed children, Godwin Koon-Tat Lau
A. D. Bache and the coast survey, Robert Arnold Lefkowitz
The evolution of the statute of uses and its effects on English Law, Timothy L. Martin
Relationship enhancement : a study in four parts, Brett W. Oakley
Is the West responsible for Lenin's rise to power?, Stephen D. Ramsey
Theses from 1980
The legal confrontations between King James of England and Chief Justice Sir Edward Coke, Howard B. Blackmon
An alternative explanation for the origin and effects of sex roles, Mary F. Chewning
Thomas Cromwell : the force behind the Henrician reformation, Stephanie Annette Finley
The cause of sobriety : David Lloyd George and temperance reform, Philip A. Krinsky
Theses from 1979
The institutionalization of the aged, Cynthia E. Allen
The stylistic characteristics of selected A cappella choral works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, James Bennighof
Cultural barbarism and the romantic ideal an analysis of three cases of hero-worship in 19th century Germany, Gregory R. Chemnitz
Child neglect, Katherine Earle
The ghost of Malthus, Steve Emmert
The psychological and rehabilitative aspects of cerebrovascular accidents, Jeanette Given
A survey done to determine methods of increasing participation among University of Richmond alumni, Robin Leigh Hicks
A correlational analysis of suggestibility, self preoccupation, styles of loving, and sensation seeking, Teresa L. Johnston and Matt E. Jaremko
Jealousy as a function of self preoccupation and styles of loving, Teresa L. Johnston and Matt E. Jaremko
The development and growth of the Richmond Symphony, Elaine Susan McCauley
The measurement of self-preoccupation, Steven W. Noles
Male/female conceptualization differences in children of single fathers and dual parent families, Patricia A. Riley
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