Printer Friendly VersionAbout Rare Books and Periodicals
Materials in our Rare Book Collection fall into three general categories:
Local History
Defined geographically as the Central Shenandoah Valley counties of Page, Shenandoah, Rockingham, and Augusta. Printed materials published locally or that document the history of the area are collected. The collection includes:
- Historic newspapers and journals, church histories, architectural analyses of local homes, Henkel Press and other local imprints, novels set in the Shenandoah Valley, geological treatises, brochures for local caverns, archaeological reports, works on Valley arts, crafts, and folklore, county and regional histories, and a nearly complete collection of local historian John Wayland's publications are major components of the collection.
JMU Historical Collection
Although the JMU Historical Collection is a separate link on the Special Collections website, there is overlap here because many of the JMU publications are, of course, books and periodicals. JMU periodicals include: the Bulletin, Breeze, Bluestone, Curio, Madison, and Student Handbook.
Curriculum Support Resources
Materials that do not fall within the categories of Local History or JMU History, but that support established curricula at the University, may also be acquired and housed in Special Collections based on the criteria noted above in the Scope of Collections. Curriculum Support Resources include:
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Early American and European printed books, manuscripts, and incunabula
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Contemporary artist’s books
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19th and early 20th Century Juvenile [Children's] Literature
- Literary first editions, limited editions, or small press publications
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