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
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Agnes Mason Price papers 0.12 cubic feet 2 letter folders

Price, Mary Agnes Mason, 1912-2014
The Agnes Mason Price Papers, 1930-1935, are comprised of materials from Price's time as a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg. The collection includes report cards and receipts.
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Audie Scott Tilghman papers 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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Blackley Family papers 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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Civil War Miscellaneous Collection 0.2 cubic feet 1 box

Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
The Civil War Miscellaneous Collection, 1860-2005 (bulk 1862-1928), consists of Civil War records and letters from soldiers from 1860-1926, as well as twentieth-century materials including newspaper clippings, research, and writing about local Civil War battles and events.
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Clara Soter Papers 0.12 cubic feet 2 letter folders

Soter, Clara Marie, 1915-2007
The Clara Soter Papers, 1969-1971, contain the January 1971 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association and one report by Soter entitled "Sound Barrier," written for the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Department of History: Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. papers 1.2 cubic feet 3 boxes

Dingledine, Raymond C., Jr., 1919-1990
This collection is comprised of the professional and academic papers of Dr. Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr., a professor of Social Studies and History at James Madison University (formerly Madison College), and correspondence and research materials for the book, "Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958," published in 1959.
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Grove Family Papers 6.93 cubic feet 21 boxes

Grove family
The Grove Family Papers, 1884-1932, consists of correspondence and ephemera from the Grove Family of Luray in Page County, Virginia.
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Jay G. Rainey Papers 0.1 cubic feet 5 legal folders

Rainey, Jay Garland, 1946-
The Jay G. Rainey Papers, 1970-1996, bulk 1970-1977, consist of five legal folders (.1 cubic feet). The collection is comprised of materials relating to Rainey's role in the April 1970 protest of three faculty members' non-reappointment. Additional materials are related to The Fixer, a student-run newspaper of which Rainey was an editor, and political brochures and newsletters from the AFL-CIO.
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Joanne V. Gabbin Papers 12.54 cubic feet 42 boxes 134 Megabytes 216 digital files

Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-
The Joanne V. Gabbin Papers, 1930-2017 [bulk 1960-2017], contain the professional, academic, and personal papers of Joanne V. Gabbin, professor of English at James Madison University and director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
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John Frederick Pierson Papers 0.16 cubic feet 2 legal folders

Pierson, John Frederick, 1839-1932
Collection of James Frederick Pierson's personal copies of Civil War and post-Civil War literature including enlistment parameters and several invitations, dinner menus, programs, and other memorabilia from various veteran associations to which Mr. Pierson belonged.
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