Category: Special Collections News

Posted May 29, 2025

In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator named George A. Newman arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. Nearly 150 years later, Newman’s work, A Miserable Revenge: A Story of […]

Posted May 7, 2025

Congratulations—you’ve made it to the end of the academic year! As you take a breath or turn to what’s next, remember that we’re here to support your research and teaching. You can connect with us online or in person—just be sure to check […]

Posted May 5, 2025

You now have access to a new tool for sharing your scholarly audiovisual (AV) materials online!  We recently launched Aviary at JMU, an online repository that will host:  Coming soon: Aviary will soon be the home for recordings of musical […]

Posted April 9, 2025

All members of the JMU and local community are invited to a public symposium honoring the recent publication of a novel written by trailblazing Harrisonburg Black educator George A. Newman just after his 1875 arrival in Harrisonburg. The novel, A […]

Posted January 28, 2025

February is Black History Month, an opportunity to bring intentional focus to the centering and celebrating of Black history. We’ve compiled this list of local Black history resources, books, films, and other avenues to dig deeper into our local and […]

Posted December 12, 2024

Since its inception in 1983, James Madison University Special Collections has collected historical materials to document the central Shenandoah Valley, specifically Page, Augusta, Shenandoah, and Rockingham Counties. Occasionally, Special Collections staff employ their discretion to acquire collections beyond those geographic […]

Posted August 17, 2024

Carrier Library may be closed for renovation and expansion until we can welcome you back in time for Fall semester 2026, but you can still get library services and resources in four locations and online! Learn more below or in […]

Posted June 17, 2024

JMU faculty members, if you are working on scholarship or research projects this summer, take a moment to check out the many resources we offer that can propel your research forward!  More Free Tools to Help with Your Research  We […]

Posted May 20, 2024

James Madison University Special Collections is pleased to announce that the University Program Board (UPB) Records are now fully processed and available for research. The collection comprises 26 scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera as well as posters, fliers, […]

Posted November 16, 2023