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Special Collections Centennial Resources

Photo circa 1908
Projects in Special Collections

JMU Founding Documents in Special Collections. Inaugurated 2004, this digitization project was completed in 2008.  The project includes links to the following documents in JMU Historical Collection: Faculty Minutes 1909-1915, Student handbooks 1912-1914, Normal Bulletins 1909-1911, School Ma'am (yearbooks) 1910-1912, a diploma from 1912, commencement programs 1910-1912, selected posters from the Lanier Society, Lee Society and YWCA Poster books c. 1909-1916, the "Annotated Historical Timeline of JMU, 1908-1959" [written by Sean Crowley, Library Staff, December 2006], images from the Board of Trustees Minutes, 1908-1914, and selected documents from the Burruss Papers at Virginia Tech. 

Dressing for Education:  JMU in the Founding Years, 1909-1929.  This Centennial exhibition opened on Founder's Day 2007 and runs until May 2008 in the historic lobby in the 1939 wing of Carrier Library. The display features photographs, yearbooks and ephemera from the library's Special Collections'  JMU Historical Collection and period clothing from the School of Theatre and Dance's Historic Clothing Collection. The exhibition is based on a research project, "Dressing for Education the First Fifty Years: Highlights of the JMU Historic Clothing Collection 1908-1959," by JMU theater Professor Pamela Schuelke Johnson and Sabrina Claire Chapman, a member of the JMU Class of 2005.


Centennial Oral Histories. Includes Madison Confessionals from several Bluestone Reunions, various interviews with JMU personnel done in recent years, and ongoing alumni interviews.


Burruss Endowment Historical Research Grants in JMU Institutional History:
Additional SC Resources for Centennial Publications & Displays
Major administrative & student publications, self-studies, speeches, research studies, & other materials can be found by searching the LEO Library Catalog.

Additional resources can be found on SC web pages:
  • Bibliography of JMU History: Includes published histories as well as manuscript sources such as Dawson's JMU: An Environmental History (2000) and Malinowski's A Social History of Student Life at JMU: An Oral History (1996)
  • "JMU Memories" & Other Online Photos: Photos selected from online collection of ca. 1,700 photos. A set of 10 CDs is available for check-out from SC with 300 dpi images for publication purposes.
  • Vertical File: Programs dating to 1910s, brochures, pamphlets, calendars, etc. Approx. 129 subject file headings are listed at /special/jmuverti.html
  • Collections of JMU Faculty/Alumni Papers: Arthur, Etter, Hall, Harris, Jenkins, Lee, Riley, Roop, Cline. Identified as *JMU Alum/Faculty Papers* on Manuscripts List: /special/manuscripts.asp
  • Archives: There is no JMU archives but significant archival resources are contained in the JMU Historical Collection. Below is an abridged list; see entire list at www.lib.jmu.edu/special/jmuarch.html. Links indicate a detailed finding aid, R indicates restrictions:
    • ACADEMIC AFFAIRS:
      AA 99-0914. Academic program reviews, external & internal; 1993-.
    • ADMISSIONS OFFICE:
      AD 94-0113. Annual reports; 1961-19-- (gap '62-64), 2 Hol. box.
      AD 94-0316. Preview, Viewbk. brochures, Newslttr.; 1972-1994 (gaps), .5 Hol. box.
    • AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICE:
      AF 90-0501. Corresp. with Governor's Office; 1977, 1 folder.
      AF 90-0829. Employment plans, recruitment; 1978-1986, .6 Hol. box.
      AF 92-0526. Summary admission reports, plan amendments, follow up reports: 1980-1986, .4 Hol. box.
    • ANNUAL EVENTS OFFICE:
      AN 92-0915. Commencement videos; Dec. 1989- , 1 stor. box.
      AN 93-0916. Commencement programs; 1910 - (kept current), 1 stor. box.
    • ANTHONY SEEGER CAMPUS SCHOOL:
      AS 91-1016. Inventory, enrollmt., misc.; 1970s-80s.
      AS 93-0303. PTA minutes, scrapbooks; 1958-1979, 1 Hol. & 1 stor. box
    • COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCI. & TECHNOLOGY:
      CAS 2004-0604. 7 reports/proposals, 1988-99.
    • COLLEGE OF EDUCATION:
      CED 94-0112. Teacher ed. accreditation rept; 1993, 1 Hol. box.
    • FACULTY SENATE:
      FA 93-0305. Faculty Senate minutes; 1967-(kept current); 2 stor. box.
    • FIELD SERVICES & PLACEMENT:
      FI 93-0909. Liaison with public schools; 1951-70 (gaps).
    • GRADUATE COUNCIL:
      GC 92-1001. Grad. Council minutes; 1958-1971, 2 Hol. boxes.
    • HISTORY DEPARTMENT:
      HI 93-0407 Dingledine (Raymond C. Jr.) Papers. 1951-83, 1 stor. box.
    • INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH:
      IR 94-0419. Faculty salaries, student assessment, misc. reports; 1974- 98; 1 Hol. box. (For current data, check with the Office of Institutional Research or see its Newsletter).
    • JMU WOMEN'S CLUB:
      JA 96-0402. Yearbooks, newsletters, misc.; 1986-93, 1/2 Hol. box.
    • LIBRARY (CARRIER LIBRARY):
      LI 93-0406. Scrapbook of new bldg. 1939-41; clippings on 1982 addition; Lib. Quarterly 1976-78; 1986 article on media; 1/2 Hol. box.
    • LIVING SCIENCES DEPARTMENT:
      LS 91-0904. Ann. repts, plans, scrapbks; 1950-1990, 1 stor. box.
    • MADISON INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES:
      MA 95-1002. Center for Science & Tech., 1984-1993; 2 fold.; Freshman Seminar, 1987-1993; 3 fold.
    		 
    • PRESIDENT'S OFFICE (Documents spanning several administrations):
      PR 99-1122. Bd. of Trustees/Visitors minutes, correspondence, and reports from the President to Board, 1908-1995 (with gaps); Reports of the President to State Board of Education, 1909-1962; Faculty Minutes 1908-1998 (with gaps); a few legal/financial documents related to leases and insurance, 1917-80; 6 stor. boxes, 1 Hol. box, & 1 oversize box.
      PR 93-0409. Minute books of various committees, 1909-56: Publications Comm. 1909-43; Appointments & Relations 1911-12, Equipment 1911-13, Library 1939-40 (all in 1 vol); Student Welfare 1911-13, Alumnae Relations 1926-30, Administrative Council 1912-27; Public Exercises & Entertainment 1926-56.
      R PR 200-0516. Disciplinary cases and budget reports, 1949-93 (with gaps), 2 stor. boxes; 1 fold. on naming of buildings, (1957-80). Permission of Library Dean needed.
    • PRESIDENT SAMUEL DUKE:
      PR 94-0330. Pres. Duke's corresp. with students, parents, & prospective employees, 1944-46.
      PR 99-1116. Executive Committee minutes, Oct. 1948-Aug. 1949. This committee administered the college during Dr. Duke's illness. 1/2 Hol. box.
    • PRESIDENT G. TYLER MILLER:
      PR 2004-0217 G. Tyler Miller Collection, 1949-1998. Correspondence, reports, judicial hearing transcripts, and other materials from G. Tyler Miller's tenure as president of Madison College 1949-1970, as well as reminiscences and interviews created during his retirement. Two records storage boxes and 1 Oversize folder.
    • PRESIDENT RONALD CARRIER:
      PR 94-0906. Final rept. of Presidential Task Force on graduate education; 1994, .5 Hol. box.
      PR 200-0516B. Misc. files, 1971-90.
    • PRESIDENT LINWOOD ROSE:
      PR 99-0928. Pres. Linwood Rose's inauguration: programs, speech, invitations, videos, etc.; Sept. 1999, 1 Hol. box.
    • PUBLIC RELATIONS (Material from several offices):
      PU 87-9022. Press releases: 1969-1984, 8 stor. boxes.
      PU 88-1015. News clippings: photocopies for 1908-21, 1930, 1933-44 in 1 Hol. box; scrapbooks (many with indexes) for 1945-58 in 2 stor. boxes; 12 binders for 1963-75 in 4 flat boxes.
      PU 88-1027. News clipping scrapbooks: 1975-1986, 12 flat boxes.
    • RECORDINGS & OVERSIZE IMAGES (Miscellaneous, by various offices)
    • SELF STUDY:
      SE 92-0929. Dept. & committee self study repts; 1961, 1981, 2 Hol. boxes.
    • STRATFORD PLAYERS:
      SP 98-0211. Collection. Scrapbooks, letters, photos, news clippings, etc. 1914-1996. 1 records storage & 2.5 Hol. boxes.
    • STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION:
      SGA 93-0401. Student Government Association Files. Minutes, corr., reports; 1926-1971, 1 stor. & 1 Hol. box.
      R SGA 93-1019. Disciplinary reports; 1927-1973, 3 Hol. boxes. Permission of Library Dean needed.
      SGA 2001-1010. Student Government Association Papers, 1978-1999. Minutes, proposed bills, budgets; 1 record storage box, 1 Hol. box and 1/2 Hol. box.
    • STUDENTS - MEMORABILIA AND GENERAL:
      Includes diplomas, scrapbooks, minute books, letters & papers of various students, 1909-current.
Photo circa 1908

 

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