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.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
Land Legislation and acquisition in Virginia in the seventeenth centruy, L. W. Gibbon
The antislavery crusade in the burned-over district during the 1830's and 1840's, Eugenia Henderson
The establishment of the Baptists in England in the early part of the seventeenth century, Eugenia Henderson
Tuning and temperament of the stringed keyboard instrument in the sixteenth century, Lynn Hoffman
A Puritan and his devil : religious conflict between William Prynne and William Laud, 1625-1645, Faye Newton
A summary of existing rural land use legislation in Virginia, John W. Russell
Theses from 1965
The origins of English stock companies and their involvement in English colonial ventures in the new world, Ralph Porter
A comparison of the responses of achievers and underachievers in a junior high school on a biographical questionnaire, Claude Ashburn Sandy
Theses from 1964
Mary Baker G. Eddy : a preparation, a discovery and a culmination, G. Elaine Johnson
The Leveller influence in the new model army from 1647 to 1649, G. Elaine Johnson
Khrushchev's secret speech and the aftermath, Donnalee Rowe
The Teamsters Union under Hoffa, Donnalee Rowe
Theses from 1963
Mercy Warren : forgotten patriot, Grace Rowell Phelps
Theses from 1962
College life in ante-bellum Virginia, Diane Keith Light
An introduction to John Dowland's lute songs, Anne LaVerne Morrow
The symbolism of the Holy Grail : a comparative analysis of the Grail in Perceval ou Le Conte del Graal by Chretien de Troyes and Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Karin Elizabeth Nordenhaug
The public career of Robert Carter Nicholas, Robert Miller Saunders
The sociology of Emile Durkheim, Patricia Chewning Young
Theses from 1961
Two women from the past, Barbara Goodwyn
Theses from 1959
A history of the Nansemond River, Virginia, Peter R. Neal
Theses from 1958
The history of Portsmouth, North Carolina, from its founding in 1753 to its evacuation in the face of federal forces in 1861, Kenneth E. Burke Jr.
The life of William Wirt Henry, Harvie J. Skelton
Theses from 1957
An investigation of the history of the Virginia manufactory of arms, James N. Haskett
Theses from 1956
C. Fair Brooks, Preston W. Doyle
Theses from 1955
A study of Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman on the elections of 1936 and 1940, Betty Sanford Molster
A history of the T.C. Williams School of Law, James R. Sipe
Theses from 1950
A study of the speciation of Proteus cultures isolated from the intestine of the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, Donald Leslie Baxter
Theses from 1949
Microbiological evaluation of three wood preservatives by the Leutritz method, J. M. Sharpley
Theses from 1947
The history of basketball at the University of Richmond, 1914-1947, Thomas William Nichols Jr.
Theses from 1945
The attempt to build a town at Westham, Anne Skinner
Theses from 1943
Enrico A. Nelson : his work in Brazil, John W. Bain
Administrative reorganization of the government of the state of Virginia under Governor Byrd, Robert Greg Barr
Negro education in the city of Richmond, Louis Brenner
The disfranchisement of an American patriot, Arthur H. Brown Jr
The colonial sources of George Mason's Declaration of Rights, Louise Ellyson Wiley
Theses from 1942
The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Richmond, Virginia, Joseph A. Amrhein
Walker John Decker, farmer, soldier and minister of the Gospel, John Laws Decker
Some random field notes on three little known Virginia historical sites, W H. Enslow
Theses from 1941
The James River and Kanawha Canal Company, Lucien Warner Bingham
The writings against the adoption of the constitution, Henry E. Cake
The reflection of the United States Steel Corporation in America's industrial drama, Ethne Flanagan
A history of Gwathmey Baptist Church, R Stuart Grizzard
Seafaring Virginia, Edith M. Harker
Buie's Creek must live : the story of how Dr. J. A. Campbell built a junior college out of a small one room school house, Paul J. Harrell
The growth of "Southern" Presbyterianism in West Virginia : 1830 to 1880, Charles W. Mcnutt
George Wythe : a biographical sketch, Harold G. Owens
History of the Richmond public library, A. Simpson Williams Jr.
Theses from 1940
Public life of Peyton Randolph, Sidney Barney
The development of the peanut industry in Nansemond County, Parker E. Brown
A history of the First Kent Baptist Church, Kent Cliffs, New York, 1810-1910, Gordon M. Christensen
The public life of Edmund Randolph, H. J. Gordon Jr.
Tarleton Perry Crawford, Garland D. Haddock
Slave life in Virginia between 1736-1776 as shown in the advertisements of the Virginia Gazettes, Florence Lafoon
Fitzhugh Lee, Hunter W. Martin
John Letcher, J. Monroe Wells Jr.
Theses from 1939
Balthasar Hubmaier, James Hardwood Barnett III
The problem of evil, Clyde T. Francisco
William Evelyn Cameron : a biography, Robert E. Leitch
Crossed signals off the Chesapeake, Roy M. Newton
The political career of Sir John Harvey : Governor of Virginia from 1629 to 1639, Merrill R. Stewart
Lewis Addison Armistead, Flavius Burfoot Walker Jr.
Theses from 1938
Economic and social implications of the Southern Literary Messenger 1834-1864, James E. King
Reconstruction in Richmond city government, Philip Turner King
The emigration of the French Huguenots to Virginia, Samuel W. Laughon
A History of the Origin and Growth of Sandston Virginia, Paul E. Nauman
Greek and Roman child life as represented in some Greek and Latin authors, Anne Louise Sanford
The Jeffersons in America : a study of the economic, social, and political background of Thomas Jefferson's ancestors, Henry Snellings Jr.
Theses from 1937
Development of Charleston and the Great Kanawha Valley, Cecil Anderson
History of education in Loudoun county, Dorsey Ford
Life of Claude A. Swanson, J. Roland Nuckols
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, J. E. Orschel
The juvenile court : it's purpose with special treatment on the juvenile and domestic relations court of Richmond, Virginia, Harold L. Ronick
A history of the county court in Virginia, D S. Rubenstein
The two ports of colonial Williamsburg, Books P. Shetter
The history of the Vaucluse gold mine, Thomas Todd
The Louisa Railroad (1836-1850), Charles W. Turner
Theses from 1936
The Motley family of Virginia : being an acount of the maternal ancestry of the writer J. Motley Booker, J. Motley Booker
The life of Major James Henry Dooley, Robert B. Harris
The early origins and experiments of fascism : the Hegelian state and the second empire, Samuel T. Schroetter
The council of colonial Virginia : 1700-1750, Esther Campbell Walsh
Theses from 1935
A study of the trial justice court of Henrico County, Joseph A. Alexander
The fellow servant doctrine and its application in Virginia, Winston G. Crenshaw
Religion in the Virginia statutes, Earnest T. Gearheart Jr
Richmond's Miss Van Lew, Allan H. Lane
The history of the high schools of Fluvanna County, Thomas E. McGehee
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad during the War between the States, Grayson Lewis Nickel
The last battle of the War between the States, Edward J. Norfleet
History of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richard C. Poage
The growth of historical study in American institutions with special reference to Richmond College, Vernon B. Richardson
The economic development of the South, Howard C. Smith
The life of Joseph Franklin Deans, D. D., pioneer in secondary education in Virginia, Claud Minton Whitley
Theses from 1934
The family, William J. Fallis
The Supreme Court of the Confederate States of America, Robert W. Ferrell
The Dahlgren Raid against Richmond, March 28 - April 2, 1864, Julien Gunn Jr.
The world economic scene in perspective, Harold Hutcheson
The Negro problem in the South, Sidney T. Matthews Jr
Theses from 1933
Development of the Richmond Catholic parochial school system, J. A. Briggs