Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School class photographs

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 open to 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 #], Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School Class Photographs, 1960-1969, SC 0390, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Summary

Extent:
0.08 cubic feet 1 folder
Creator:
Charles and Polly Photographers and Bowers, Mary Beth
Abstract:
Sixteen black-and-white photographs of Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School classes. A class list compiled by the donor accompanies each photograph.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School Class Photographs, 1960-1969, SC 0390, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

Sixteen black-and-white photographs of Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School classes. A class list compiled by the donor accompanies each photograph. One photograph is of Keister Elementary students and the remaining 15 are of Anthony-Seeger Campus School students.

Biographical / historical:

The Anthony-Seeger Campus School was a combination nursery/K-6 elementary school (K-7 1965-1968) that operated on the JMU campus from 1958-1982. Named after two former directors of the Madison College teacher training program, Katherine M. Anthony (1885-1975) and Mary L. Seeger (1882-1975), and spearheaded by Harrisonburg Public Schools superintendent M. H. Bell and JMU's third president Dr. G. Tyler Miller (1902-1988), Anthony-Seeger acted as a lab for student teachers to learn the art of teaching, as well as a model school designed to offer a top-level educational experience for enrolled students.

Named after William H. Keister, former principal and superintendent in Harrisonburg City schools, Keister Elementary School opened in 1955 for K-7 students.

Both schools were segregated at the time of their opening.

The donor Mary Beth Bowers and her siblings, Kent and Julie, attended Anthony-Seeger Campus School and are featured in the class pictures. Beth is also pictured in the Keister Elementary class photo.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Mary Beth Bowers of Staunton, Virginia who, along with her siblings Kent and Julie, attended Anthony-Seeger Campus School.
Processing information:

The class lists compiled by the donor are filed along with their respective class photograph.

Physical facet:
16 photographs
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard