Category: Special Collections News

Posted May 16, 2022

As the 2021-22 academic year comes to a close, we are delighted to share some details about the award-winning faculty and staff who have helped us all finish the year strong. JMU’s awards programs celebrate faculty and staff who demonstrate […]

Posted May 5, 2022

James Madison University Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad is now fully processed, partially digitized, and available for research. The collection, compiled by Charles Grattan Price […]

Posted February 21, 2022

It’s JMU Giving Day! If you are still deciding where to make your gift, consider JMU Libraries. Your gift can help fund scholarships for Libraries student employees like Sean and Selena:   Sean’s work on our Media Production Services team not only helped faculty […]

Posted February 18, 2022

As a JMU Libraries student employee, Selena St. Andre (‘18) found her passion between the pages of old JMU scrapbooks and handwritten farm ledgers from Shenandoah Valley farmers in the early 1900s. Previously, she planned to use her history degree […]

Posted January 28, 2022

For History alumna Kayla Heslin (‘20M), working on her master’s thesis was not just an opportunity for hands-on archival work that eventually helped her to land a position as Digital Collections Coordinator at University of Pittsburgh. It was also an […]

Posted December 20, 2021

Special Collections is closed for JMU’s winter break beginning Tuesday, December 21, 2021. The reading room will re-open by appointment, beginning on Monday, January 10, 2022, and normal spring semester reading room hours will resume by appointment on Tuesday, January […]

Posted November 18, 2021

James Madison University Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers is now fully processed and available for research. The Newman Family Papers document George Ambrose Newman (1855-1944), Black educator and […]

Posted June 21, 2021

JMU Special Collections is open for in-person research appointments. Please submit appointment requests at least 72 hours in advance of your desired appointment time. Log in to the Special Collections Request System with your user account to request an appointment. […]

Posted April 16, 2021

Join us for a virtual launch on April 28, 2021, to celebrate Season 2 of a podcast featuring the stories of immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley: Harrisonburg 360: Real People. Real Stories. One Community.  JMU students in Dr. Allison Fagan’s […]

Posted March 26, 2021

Perhaps you have noticed a beautiful display of vintage women’s clothing in the lobby just inside the historic entrance of Carrier Library, near the life-size statue of Joan of Arc.  The historic clothing exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the […]