Category: Special Collections News
Pushing the Boundaries: New Collections Document History (Just) Beyond the Central Shenandoah Valley
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 […]
New collection of UPB scrapbooks document over 50 years of entertainment at JMU
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, […]
Daily News-Record: JMU Special Collections Preserves History Through GameDay Signs
Posted November 16, 2023
We Want Your College GameDay sign!
Posted November 16, 2023
Do you want your hilariously creative College GameDay sign to go down in history? Then donate it to JMU Libraries! We’re setting up a booth in front of Moody Hall on November 18 from 10am to 2pm, and we want […]
Preserving the Excitement of JMU GameDay: Special Collections Wins Award for Archiving the 2015 and 2017 JMU GameDay Signs
Posted November 13, 2023
Get ready, Dukes, because College GameDay is coming back to JMU! And guess what? You can relive the excitement of past GameDays with an award-winning archive! Thanks to the hard work of our Special Collections team, signs from the 2015 […]
Shenandoah Valley History Comes Alive in Four New Local History Collections
Posted October 27, 2023
The history of the Shenandoah Valley just got more accessible! JMU Libraries Special Collections recently acquired and processed four important collections that document the history of the beautiful valley that is home to JMU. “It was really a treat to […]
Special Collections Now Open by Appointment
Posted October 16, 2023
After a temporary closure to move out of Carrier Library, the Special Collections Reading Room is available by appointment in its temporary location on the second floor of Burruss Hall. Plan a visit to Special Collections. What is Special Collections? Staff and […]
Multiple collections on Shenandoah County history are now open for research
Posted October 10, 2023
James Madison University Special Collections is pleased to announce that three collections documenting Shenandoah County history are now fully processed and available for research. The Tisinger Family Collection of Shenandoah County Land Surveys comprises hundreds of plats, deeds, indentures, surveys, […]
JMU Special Collections Material in the Local News
Posted July 18, 2023
A June 25, 1881 diary entry written by Henry Smals, whose collection of diaries is housed in JMU Special Collections, was featured in a recent news story by WHSV meteorologist Aubrey Urbanowicz. Tiffany Cole, Special Collections Archivist, identified Smals’s entry after Urbanowicz […]