New Market Weather Notebook

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Terms of access:

The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk. (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, SC 0139, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.08 cubic feet 1 folder
Creator:
Rupp family and Bookworm & Silverfish
Abstract:
The New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, documents temperature and other weather information for New Market, Virginia.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, SC 0139, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, documents temperature and other weather information for New Market, Virginia. Temperatures and other weather details are recorded at irregular intervals from 1902 to 1920.

Biographical / historical:

The Rupp family lived in New Market, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish Bookdealers in September 1995.
Custodial history:

Bookdealer Jim Presgraves identified this notebook as one of his purchases from an auction of Rupp family items in 1994. The Rupps were a New Market, Virginia family. "New Market VA" and "Rupp" are penciled in on the cover.

Processing information:

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3067.

Arrangement:

The notebook is housed in one folder.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard