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Dale F. Harter Collection of "Undocumented Deeds: An Exhibit on the History of Harrisonburg's African-American Community from 1930-1985" 0.16 cubic feet 4 folders

Harter, Dale F.
These four folders contain items and information used in the exhibit "Undocumented Deeds: an exhibit on the history of Harrisonburg's African-American Community." The exhibit was curated by Dale F. Harter and held in the Warren-Sipe Museum of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in the autumn of 1991.
  1. James Madison University

David E. Shank Automobile Receipt 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

The David E. Shank Automobile Receipt, May 16, 1968, documents Shank's trade-in of a 1964 Cadillac and subsequent purchase of a 1968 Lincoln Continental sedan from Royal Motor Company in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
  1. James Madison University

John W. Wayland Papers 0.2 cubic feet 5 folders

Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962
The John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.
  1. James Madison University

Julian A. Burruss Papers 0.4 cubic feet 8 folders

Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947
The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.
  1. James Madison University

Lucy Simms oral histories 0.09 cubic feet 5 folders, 6 audiocassettes

Getachew, Wondwossen
The oral history collection includes the recollections of Carlotta Harris, Edgar Johnson and wife, Wilhelmina Johnson, Louise Winston, and Elon Rhodes, former students of Lucy Simms, and Ellen Walker, current owner of the Lucy Simms house.
  1. James Madison University

P. Bradley & Sons Ledger 0.48 cubic feet 1 box

P. Bradley & Sons
The P. Bradley & Sons Ledger, 1901-1903, documents the business activities of P. Bradley & Sons, an iron foundry in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
  1. James Madison University

Robert James Sullivan Jr. papers 8.53 cubic feet 12 boxes, 4 flat files

Sullivan, Robert James, Jr., 1937-2013
The Robert James Sullivan Jr. Papers consist of professional and personal records and reports, and document Sullivan's time as City Planner of Harrisonburg from 1965-1991, his career in the Political Science Department at James Madison University, and work as the "unofficial historian" of Harrisonburg. Materials include city planning reports, newspaper articles, photographs, scrapbooks, and maps.
  1. James Madison University

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