Honors Theses are submitted to the University of Richmond in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the distinction of Honors within particular disciplines. The nature of each thesis depends upon the norms of the particular academic discipline and/or department. Most are open access; some have been embargoed or are restricted indefinitely per the request of the author. If you are an author and would like to change the availability of your work, please contact
.Theses from 1941
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
The modern corporation, its control, Stewart Bryan
Nancy Edwards Meredith : woman of affairs of the 1800's, Ralph H. Ferrell Jr.
Theses from 1932
Richmond newspaper reaction to prohibition in the campaign of 1932, Judy Baughan
Theses from 1931
The missionary activities of R. H. Graves, 1853-1912, Jack Powers
Theses from 1930
Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee : wife of General Robert E. Lee, Dorothy Lee
Theses from 1929
The Fairfax lands in Virginia, Dorothy Epperly
Theses from 1927
Non-importation agreements in Virginia, Evelyn Bristow
A diary kept on the battlefield in the year of 1863, John A. Holtzman
Theses from 1926
Dr. Walter Reed and yellow fever, Reade W. Corr
The Dawes plan in operation, Warren A. McNeill
French rule in Syria, Theodore M. Whitfield
Theses from 1925
Virginia constitution convention, Evelyn Davidson
Theses from 1924
Virginia's attitude toward the Compromise of 1850, Anne T. Gordon
From Cape Town to Cairo, Leslie L. Jones
Life of John Warwick Daniel, Ruth Lazenby
Colonel Fielding Lewis, Emeline Lee Stearns
Indication of the attitude of Virginia colleges toward the institution of slavery, 1800-1860, Katherine Tyler
Theses from 1923
Sixty seven petitions : sixteen hours and ten minutes archives work, Ada D. Arthur
The expulsion of Sir John Harvey from Virginia, William Warner Moss
Theses from 1922
Mahone, the Boss, Celia Levinson
Theses from 1921
Thomas W. Gilmer, Rebekah V. Lawson
Theses from 1917
John Robinson of Pleasant Hill, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1704-1766, Bernard Diggs Allen
Theses from 1111
The early causes of the Virginia-Maryland boundary controversy, 1627-1668., J. Taylor Ellyson