Senior Thesis Archive

Many Haverford departments include a semester or year-long course in which seniors develop and conduct an original research project and write a thesis. The Haverford College Libraries collect, preserve and provide access to senior theses for students and faculty.  Online theses, with the permission of the authors, are available to prospective students and researchers in the wider academic community.

Copies of some senior theses are available in digital form while others are only in paper. Not all theses are available for all departments for all years.  Search and browse available theses in the right column.

Contribute Your Thesis to the Senior Thesis Archive

The digital Archive depends on student contributions. Please send your file to Margaret Schaus.  For further information on how to contribute your thesis and specify the level of access, see the submission instructions.

Many academic departments send paper copies to the Library for the Archive. Some departments select theses to be digitized for access only by the Haverford (or Bi-co) community.  If your academic department does not contribute to the Archive, we welcome your individual contribution. Your submission may be reviewed by the department with regard to its guidelines for public access to the archive. If you are a former student whose thesis is not listed in the archive, please consider sending a copy to the Library.

Electronic theses are made available to the wider scholarly community through the Open Archives Initiative.

Paper Thesis Usage Guidelines

1. This material may only be used in the library. It will be checked out to you for 3 hours. You may renew it for another 3 hours if needed.
2. Please remember that only the Bibliography may be photocopied.
3. Permission must be obtained from the author of the thesis for any other copying. Please speak to Margaret Schaus about obtaining permission if this becomes necessary.
4. Please return this material to the Circulation Desk.
5. If you would like us to hold this for use at another time, please tell the staff member at the desk. We will hold this item on the hold shelf under your name for up to 1 week

Further Information

If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Schaus at mschaus@haverford.edu or 610-896-1166.

Finding Senior Theses

 

For online theses only, search the Senior Thesis Archive database

 

For both print and online theses, search Tripod:

By Author/Title:

Author Title

 

By Department

Choose Department Anthropology Classics Comparative Literature Computer Science East Asian Studies Economics English French German Growth and Structure of Cities History Linguistics Mathematics Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Religion Sociology Spanish

 

By Year

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View All Theses (online and paper)

Paper Theses (location and beginning year by department)

Prize-Winning Theses (by department and year)

Paper Theses in Special Collections (1897-1918, author and title listing)

Commencement Speeches (1856-1893, listed by year)