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Agnes Davis Shipley papers, 1936 0.2 cubic feet 3 folders

Shipley, Agnes Davis (1917-2013)
The Agnes Davis Shipley Papers, 1936, comprise examples of sewing techniques and coursework created by Agnes Davis Shipley during her time as a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg/Madison College.
  1. James Madison University

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.
  1. James Madison University

Edith May Fultz Cavendish Photographs, 1940 0.1 cubic feet 4 folders

Cavendish, Edith May Fultz Bryan, 1918-2000
The Edith May Fultz Cavendish Photographs, ca. 1940, include 43 unique black-and-white photographs of Madison College while Cavendish (née Fultz) was a student at the school. Dormitory life and dormitory interiors, campus buildings, snowscapes, general student and social life, and fellow classmate portrait photographs are all captured.
  1. James Madison University

Edna T. Shaeffer Retirement Letters, 1940 0.06 cubic feet 1 letter folder

The Edna T. Shaeffer Retirement Letters, 1940, 1956, is a collection of approximately 60 congratulatory letters presented to Shaeffer upon her retirement as director of the Glee Club from Madison College. Correspondents are former students who sang under direction and tutelage.
  1. James Madison University

Naomi Thacker Lockard Papers, 1941/1943 0.06 cubic feet 1 letter folder

Lockard, Naomi Thacker, 1913-2006
The Naomi Thacker Lockard Papers, 1941-1943, contain Lockard's course registration materials from her time as a student at Madison College.
  1. James Madison University

Office of the President: G. Tyler Miller Papers, 1941/1998 3.2 cubic feet 8 boxes

Miller, G. Tyler (George Tyler), 1902-1988
The Office of the President: G. Tyler Miller Papers are comprised of interviews, correspondence, minutes, reports, court documents and judiciary transcripts created during Miller's tenure as president of Madison College from 1949-1971. The collection is comprised of three series: Professional Papers, Court Documents, and Disciplinary Papers.
  1. James Madison University

Patsy Wheeler Gochenour Photographs, 1957 0.06 cubic feet 1 letter folder

The Patsy Wheeler Gochenour Photographs, ca. 1957, are comprised of five black-and-white photographs of Madison College and include views of the quad and dorm room interiors. The photographs were presumably taken by or on behalf of alum Patsy Wheeler Gochenour ('57).
  1. James Madison University

Ruth Conn papers, 1884/1993 0.33 cubic feet 1 box

Conn, Ruth R, (Ruth Randolph), 1893-1993
The Ruth Conn Papers, 1884-1993, comprise seven folders with materials primarily focused on Ruth Conn's life surrounding her attendance at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, now James Madison University. The collection mainly focuses on campus events, correspondence between her and her fellow students, and poetry she worked on or read in her lifetime.
  1. James Madison University

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