Collections : [James Madison University]

James Madison University

Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Primary Collecting Areas:
JMU History, Local history, Shenandoah Living Archive, Shenandoah National Park Oral Histories, Pulp Fiction Collection, Artists' Book Collection, Juvenile Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Description:
JMU Special Collections documents the central Shenandoah Valley region as well as the history of James Madison University. Special Collections includes strong collections of Pulp Fiction magazines, Artists' Books, and a Juvenile Literature collection created in support of JMU's history as a teacher's college. Special Collections collaborates with faculty, alumni, liaison librarians, and community members in identifying and collecting rare and historic materials for use in instruction and research.
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Start Over Repository James Madison University Date range 1925 Subjects Letters (correspondence)

Alumni Association Records, 1924/2016 8.55 cubic feet 21 boxes, 1 flat file

James Madison University. Alumni Association
The collection consists of the administrative files and photographs of the James Madison University Alumni Association, all referring to the individual graduated classes of JMU, Madison College, and the State Normal School.
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Audie Scott Tilghman papers, 1925/1930 0.33 cubic feet 1 box

Tilghman, Audie Scott, 1909-2001
This collection primarily consists of letters from 1927 sent from Audie Tilghman to her family in Norfolk during her first year at the State Teachers College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Also contains bills, a student handbook, and various ephemera from 1925-1930.
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Barnhart Family Papers, 1836/1944 0.1 cubic feet 5 legal folders

Barnhart family
The Barnhart Family Papers, 1836-1944, is comprised of assorted documents chiefly relating to the Barnhart family of New Hope, Virginia in Augusta County, particularly George Barnhart II and his son Gideon Barnhart. Materials include correspondence, bills, receipts and invoices, deeds, and envelopes. The collection also includes many documents concerning the estate of George Barnhart II. There are also materials within this collection pertaining to persons not directly related to the Barnharts.
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Bertha Couchman Hess and Ethel Virginia Dunn Correspondence, 1918/1927 0.12 cubic feet 2 letter folders

Hess, Bertha Couchman, 1884-1980
The Bertha Couchman Hess and Ethel Virginia Dunn Correspondence, 1918-1927, is comprised of four postcards and seven letters written by Hess and Dunn, her niece, to their family in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Couchman authored three postcards while visiting Harrisonburg in August 1918 and the remainder of the correspondence was written by Dunn while she was a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg and while she was a teacher in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Bettie Hiter Willis Papers, 1864/1942 0.48 Gigabytes 41 digital files

Willis, Bettie Hiter, 1850-1923
The Bettie Hiter Willis Papers, 1864-1942, is comprised of digitized diary entries and letters from Willis, including documents created during the Civil War.
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Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer papers, 1920/2015, bulk 1943/1949 1.72 cubic feet 5 boxes

Clemmer, Betty Brown
The Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer Papers, 1920-2015 (bulk 1943-1949), largely comprise correspondence between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship while Betty was a student at Madison College. Other papers relate to Betty's coursework at Madison College, Willis' service in the Army Air Forces, and family biographies.
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Blackley Family papers, 1830/2020 14.37 cubic feet 30 boxes, 2 flat folders

Blackley family
The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.
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Catlett Family Papers, 1850/1933, bulk 1901/1929 0.66 cubic feet 2 boxes

Catlett family
The Catlett Family Papers, 1850-1933 (bulk 1901-1929), consists of two boxes containing the correspondence, personal financial records, and ephemera of the Catlett Family of Staunton, Virginia.
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Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1872/1996 2.84 cubic feet 8 boxes 23.9 Megabytes 1 digital file

Price, Charles Grattan, III
The collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of "The Crooked & Weedy": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.
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Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956 1.53 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file 61.9 Megabytes 1 digital file comprising a 00:05:23 video recording

Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996
The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.
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