Linville-Edom School photograph album

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:

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Linville-Edom School photograph album, 1930-1993 (bulk 1936-1945), SC 0413, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.08 cubic feet 1 folder
Creator:
Blosser-Rainey, Priscilla, 1930-2025 and Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Abstract:
One bound photograph album primarily comprising black-and-white photographs of students and activities at Linville-Edom School in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Linville-Edom School photograph album, 1930-1993 (bulk 1936-1945), SC 0413, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

One bound photograph album primarily comprising black-and-white photographs of students and activities at Linville-Edom School in Rockingham County, Virginia. The photograph album is attributed to Priscilla Blosser-Rainey (née Beard). A front page of the album is inscribed "Priscilla's" and several photographs in the album are identified as Priscilla Beard.

Photographs include the 1936 1st Grade Class with a partial list of student names, May Day celebrations, a baseball team, and individual student class pictures. Other photographs do not explicitly relate to Linville-Edom School, but rather Priscilla Beard's friends, family, and social activities outside of school. These include candid individual and group shots, pets, and Massanetta Springs. Many of the photographs are identified.

A brochure for the June 19, 1993 Linville-Edom High School Reunion is loose in the back of the album.

Biographical / historical:

Linville-Edom School, located in Linville, Virginia, has been in operation since 1912. It became an elementary school after 1952 when a consolidated high school opened in Broadway. The school serves the communities of Linville, Edom, Singers Glen, and Turleytown.

Acquisition information:
Purchased at Jeffrey S. Evans Associates Summer Americana auction (day 3), 8/29/2025.
Custodial history:

From the collection of Priscilla Blosser-Rainey, Timberville, Virginia.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard