Theses and Dissertations

Along with providing graduate research assistantships, Center staff continue to teach a limited number of classes within MTSU's graduate program in public history.   The Center's commitment to students often extends to serving on thesis and dissertation committee and assisting in career placement.

Dr. Carroll Van West, with the Center for Historic Preservation since 1985 and Director of the Center since 2002, has directed to completion approximately 60 M.A. theses of MTSU graduate students in history, historic preservation, and public history.

Allison, Shayla, Using Historical Clothing as Cultural Documents and Material Culture: The Case of Shadows-On-The-Teche, 2001.

Belt, Gordon T., The Little Engines That Could: The H.K. Porter Company, Its Industrial Locomotives and the Populist  Appraisal of the John Kentlein Collection, 2003.

Berelejung, Bethany Noelle, A Perfect 36?: Interpretation and Commemoration of the Tennessee  Woman Suffrage Movement, 1999.

Binnicker, Margaret Duncan, Erwin, Tennessee:  Transformation of Work and Place in an Appalachian Community, 1900-1960, 1999.

Besser, Susan A.S., Documenting the Middle Tennessee Rural Landscape, 1999.

Brum, David Michael, Past, Present, and Future: A Case Study of Interpretation at the United States National Historical Parks, 1991.

Bush, David W., A Historic Preservation Plan for Beaumont, Texas, 1995.

Butt, Jennifer Beatrice, The Emergence of the Gable-Front-and-Wing House in Murfreesboro, Tennessee During the Late Nineteenth Century, 1996.

Cabot, Susan Mary, The Architectural Development of Lewisburg, 1850-1900: The Evolution and Preservation of a Covington, KY Neighborhood, 1995.

Carothers, Kate, Kentucky's Historic National Guard Armories: 1905-1951, 2002.

Christman, Abigail Davis, The Influence of William Morris on the Early Development of the Historic Preservation Movement in the U.S., 1998.

Colladay, Brenda, Goin' Uptown: Hillbilly Music Becomes Country Music, 1922-1965, 2001.

Craddock, Patrick C., Development of a Historical Textiles Exhibit at a Historic Site Museum: Interpretation of Civil War Uniforms from the Army of Tennessee at the Carter House, 1992.

Dase, Amy Elizabeth, Buildings in Peril: The Built Environment in the National Parks of England, Wales, and the United States, 1990.

Douglass, Theresa Biddle, Women, Consumerism, and Urban Public Space: Nashville's Summer Street in  the Late Nineteenth Century, 2003.

Draper, Leslie, The Transformation of Hernando County: An Analysis of the 1920s Land Boom and its Effects on a Small West Coast County in Florida, 1997.

Durbin, Jeffrey Lee, Survey Techniques for Roadside Architecture: the Gas Station, Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a Case Study, 1989.

Eades, Brian Russell, Early 20th Century Textile Factories in Middle Tennessee: a Historical Analysis of Tennessee Knitting Mills and the Fly Manufacturing Company, 1997.

Eades, Margaret Dobbs, The Clark Brothers Subdivision Annex, Murfreesboro, Tennessee: a Case Study in Southern Suburbanization, 1945-1960, 2001.

Fleenor, E. Michael, A Preservation and Revitalization Plan for Church Street in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, 1996.

Forbes, N. Lyles, The Racing Log Canoe: Ancient Traditions Alive on the Chesapeake Bay, 1989.

Franklin, Rachel, Thomas Jefferson's Popular Forest, 1989.

Gamble, Bonnie L., The Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad 1845-1880: Preservation of a Railroad Landscape, 1993.

Gavin, Michael T., Nineteenth Century Hewn Log Architecture in Southern Middle Tennessee: an Artifactual Study, 1995.

Glass, Patrice Hobbs, The Boom Towns of McLemore's Cove, Georgia: Kensington and Estelle, 1999.

Glidden, Sandra A., Defining the Modernistic Movement: Art Deco, Art Moderne, and Classical Moderne in Middle Tennessee, 1992.

Griffin, Stacey L., A New Vernacular Architectural Interpretation: A Case Study of Ramsey House in Knox County, Tennessee, 2003.

Hetzel, Christopher J., The Value of "Gray Literature" in Historical Research: a Case Study of Historic Neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri, 1998.

Lowe, Karen E., Antebellum Century Farms in Williamson County, Tennessee: Documents of Change and Continuity in Agricultural History, 1999.

Mansell, Jeff, A Canebrake Chronicle: A Brief History of a Region of the Alabama Black Belt, 1997.

Maxwell, Jennifer Martin, Rosin, Rail Lines, and Rent Shares: the Historical and Architectural Development of Duplin County, North Carolina, 1726-1943, 1994.

Meacham, Sarah Elizabeth, Urban, Antebellum Cemeteries in the Upland South: a Case Study of the Old City Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee, 2001.

Morgan, Nancy Adgent, Family Battle, From Spy to Samaritan: a Private Woman in Public Places, 2003.

Moser, Elizabeth, From Aesthetics to Artifacts: Approaches to the Interpretation of African American Material Culture, 2001.

Nichols, Ruth D., The Civilian Conservation Corps and Tennessee State Parks: 1933-1942, 1994.

Nichols, Traci A., Onward Southern Soldiers: a Study of the Connection Between Religion and the Southern Soldier in the Army of the Tennessee Confederate States of America, 2003.

Oakley, Anna Lisa Norwood, Interpreting the Frontier Slave Experience: Slavery at Blount Mansion, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1792-1800, 1993.

Owens, Anne-Leslie, The Decorative Painting Tradition in Tennessee Interiors: 1830-1890, 1995.

Phillipy, Gregory D., Gold Rush in the Gilded Age: the Road to the Klondike Gold Rush 1897-1898, 2001.

Ramsey, Ginger, Cedars of Lebanon State Park: a Preservation Plan, 1999.

Rine, Holly Anne, The Evolution of a Rural Landscape: the Natchez Trace and the Forest Home Area of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1997.

Sampson, Shereen, Reclaiming a Historic Landscape: the Interpretation of Frances Wright's Nashoba Plantation in Germantown, Tennessee, 1998.

Semmer, Johnna Blythe, Developing a Tourism Landscape: The Roadside Architecture of Sevier and Blount Counties, Tennessee, 1998.

Sharp, Leslie Noel, Down South to Dixie: The Development of the Dixie Highway from Nashville to Chattanooga, 1915-1940, 1993.

Skarbowski, Susan Marie, Late Georgian Architecture in Middle Tennessee: A Study of Construction, Historic Preservation, and Interpretation, 1991.

Smith, Rebecca L., The Impact of the Colonial Revival in Historic Houses in Middle Tennessee, 1928-1948, 1999.

Stamm, Harrison Lea, Mapping Out Institutional Changes: Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1997.

Stoecker, Jennifer P., Agriculture in the Nolichucky River Valley from 1774-1956: The Earnest Farms Historic District in Greene County, Tennessee, 2001.

Summers, Carole Lois, Cultural Heritage Tourism as a Tool for Preservation and Economic Development: Three Case Studies, 2002.

Sweeten, Lena L., Historic Preservation Theory and the Experience of a Community of Workers: A Case Study of Bowling Green, KY, 1998.

Weber, Stacy L., Vision and Reality: TVA's Recreation Demonstration Program, 1933-1942, 2002.

Whitworth, Stephen Kent, Promorting the Tennessee Historic Site, 1989.

Wilkerson, Kelly, Richard City, Tennessee: Home, Community, and Paternalism in a Southern Company Town, 1900-1985, 2003.

Wise, S. Dawn, An Institutional History of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and Sarasota County, Florida 1933-1939, 1995.

Zinn, Timothy G., A Historic Preservation Plan for Salem, West Virginia, 1995.

Dr. James K. Huhta, Director of the MTSU Historic Preservation Program, 1973-1990, and Director of the Center for Historic Preservation, 1984-2002, directed the following theses and dissertations:

Annable, Edward C., Jr., A History of the Roads of Rutherford County, Tennessee 1804-1878: Historic Road Research and its Applications for Historic Resource Surveys and Local History, 1982.

Bell, Marylin Louise, From Lexington to Yorktown: An Administrative History of the United States Army, 1972.

Bell, Nancy Hanna, A Historic Preservation Plan for Lenoir, Tennessee, 1983.

Benton, Kay Elaine, Historic Preservation Ordinances in Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota: A Study of their Origins, Provisions, and Effectiveness, 1978.

Borden, Elizabeth N. Sander, Economic Development through Tourism: An Outdoor Historical Drama on the Battle of Pilot Knob, Missouri, 1985.

Bowlin, Lauren L., The State Mental Hospitals of Maryland: A Historical and Architectural Perspective, 1990.

Brown, William Houston, George Clinton Governor, General and Critic of the Constitution, 1967.

Carver, Martha A., A History of Historic Preservation as seen in One American City: Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1979.

Clark, Stephen M., Documenting Abandoned Farmhouses: The Stark Farmhouse as a Case Study, 1992.

Clyatt, Sammy Eugene, Philip Schuyler and the Development of American Indian Policy: A Prelude to the Century of Dishonor, 1972.

Cox,  Stephen Douglas, The Use of Cemetery Tombstones in Davidson, Williamson, and Rutherford Counties for the Study of Middle Tennessee History, 1975.

Crocker, Mark Houghman, Interpretive Programs in Tennessee State Parks: Selecterd Case Studies, 1978.

Cutter, Robyn Marie, Computers and Their Use in Historic Preservation, 1985.

Fieth, Carl Kenneth, Historic Preservation in Woodbury, Tennessee, 1982.

Flinspach, Joan L., Historic Preservation for the Intellectually Gifted Student at the Secondary Level, 1983.

Flint, Joel A., Access to Historic Sites in the Mid-South for People with Disabilities: The Evolution of a New Public Policy, 1992.

Fomberg, Paul E., Historic Preservation in Guilford County, North Carolina from the 1789s to the 1980s, 1985.

Freeman, Karolyn Ann, A Historic Preservation Plan for Clinton, South Carolina, 1981.

Hagedorn, Martha Gray, Public and Private Land Conservation Programs: Tools for Rural Conservation, 1985.

Hecker, Jo Anne Kathryn Emch, The Doctor of Arts Degree in Four Departments of English: An Innovation in Graduate Education, 1978.

Holland, Richard, Architectural and Historical Development of Paducah, Kentucky, 1987.

Johnson, Edward Alexander, Historic Preservation Surveying and Planning Process: Jackson County, Alabama, 1978.

Johnson, Liz Minkert, Living Historical Farms and Their Master Planning, 1978.

Johnson, Robert W., Changing Conception of Takings Law and its Impact on Historic Preservation, 1996.

Johnson, Wanda Collins, Historic Preservation in Rural Communities: Bell Buckle, Tennessee, 1982.

Kilgore, Sherrill Jane, Brief History of The Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities and its Belle Meade Mansion Historic Site Museum, 1981.

La Paglia, Peter S., The Development of American Policies for the Treatment of Prisoners of War: The Revolutionary Experience, 1775-1785, 1972.

Lightfoot, Marise Parrish, Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee, 1974.

Martin, Paul Michael, Conflict in the Shadows: Dummer's War and Massachusetts Politics, 1714 to 1726, 1976.

Meador, Melvin Douglas, Quartermaster General of the United States Army, 1775-1783, 1973.

Moore, Peggy Jeanine, The Paxton Rebellion, 1973.

Mullin, Timothy John, Documenting and Interpreting the Historic Resources at the John J. Tyler Arboretum with Recommendations for Future Use and Educational Development, 1982.

Pauley, James Harrison, Early North Carolina Migrations Into the Tennessee Country, 1768-1782: A Study in Historical Demography, 1969.

Perkins, Susan Elizabeth, Victorian Residential Architecture in New York, Michigan, Kentucky, and San Francisco, California, 1979.

P'Pool, Kenneth H., Columbus, Mississippi: An Architectural History, 1817-1866, 1983.

Quinn, Richard Hilary, Ashwood: The Polks and the Pillows, 1992.

Ritsch, Lise C., A Study of the Decline of the American Central Business District and the Subsequent Steps Toward Main Street Revitalization, 1990.

Roberts, Carol A., Living History Interpretation: A New Outlook for Historic Sites -- A Case Study of Exchange Place in Kingsport, Tennessee, 1985.

Ruffner, Emily Greene, Indian Diplomacy in the Northwest Territory, 1787-1795, 1973.

Schneider, David Brooks, The Historic Motion Picture Theatre in America: History, Significance, and Future Potentials, 1981.

Skelley, Judith Reeves, The Aristocracy of Pre-Revolutionary Virginia: An Examination of Noblesse Oblige, 1971.

Tune, Richard G., Collective Violence in American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1763-1794, 1973.

Walker, Phillip L., The St. Augustine Historic Preservation Plan: A Case Study of the Preparation and Merits of a Preservation Plan, 1986.

 

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