Category: Special Collections News

Posted January 28, 2016

by Halle Forbes, Student Assistant Need some new recipes to test out? JMU Libraries’ JMuse Café is hosting a presentation all about food originating right here in the Shenandoah Valley. The presentation will be held in Rose Library on January […]

Posted January 27, 2016

Written by Brianna Melchione, Special Collections Graduate Intern Download the PDF here and start coloring now! ColorOurCollections_JMU_SpecialCollections1 Mark your calendars! February 1st – February 5th, 2016 is #ColorOurCollections week. This week-long coloring fest featuring images from Special Collections is a […]

Posted April 17, 2015

By Mary Ann Mason, Graduate Assistant in Special Collections Stokesville, Virginia If you happen to be traveling through the North River Gap of Augusta County, Virginia, you wouldn’t think there was anything unusual about the area. However, something might catch […]

Posted April 10, 2015

Catalog link De raptu Proserpinae : omni cura ac diligentia nuper impressus : in quo multa: quae in aliis hactenus deerant : ad studiosorum utilitatem : addita sunt : opus me Hercle aureum : ac omnibus expetendum … Claudianus, Claudius […]

Posted April 2, 2015

This is the second in a series of posts about our newest accession, the Brian Flota Comic Book Collection. Read about our first steps in processing the collection here. Dr. Brian Flota is the English Liaison Librarian here at JMU […]

Posted March 16, 2015

This is the first in a series of posts about our new comic book collection – today we delve into the first steps: processing. Last week while the students were out on Spring Break, Special Collections and Preservation staff took […]