Special Collections Exhibits

Past Exhibits

The Breeze: Campus Newspaper Celebrates 100 Years 
Carrier Library, 1st floor
March 15, 2022-March 15, 2023

Virginia’s Finest: 50 Years of the Marching Royal Dukes
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
Fall 2022-Spring 2023

“What is Book Art? ART 276 Students have Answers!”
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
Spring 2022-Fall 2022

Women and Their Worth: Equality on Campus 
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
February 2019-March 2022

The 19th Amendment: A History of Women’s Rights at JMU
Carrier Library, 1st floor
May 2018-April 2021

Black & White on Bluestone Hill: JMU’s Racial History in the Archives
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
January 2018-February 2019

Exploring Every Inch of Harrisonburg: The Robert J. Sullivan Jr. Papers
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
March 2017-January 2018

The Power of Pulps: From the Newsstand to the Academy
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
September 2016-March 2017

Students and Shakespeare: On the Page and on the Stage
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
February 2016-September 2016

Shakespeare in Shenandoah: Celebrating 100 Years of the Bard in the Valley
Carrier Library, 1st floor
March 2016-May 2018

Our Town: The Founding and Future of Downtown Harrisonburg
Carrier Library, 2nd floor
September 2015-February 2016

Carrier Library’s Diamond Jubilee 1939-2014
Carrier Library, 1st floor
2014-2016

Dressing for Education: The Fabulous Fifties
Carrier Library, 1st floor
2011-2014

Dressing for Education: JMU Fashions Weather the 1930s-1940s
Carrier Library, 1st floor
2009-2011

Dressing for Education: JMU in the Founding Years 1909-1929
Carrier Library, 1st floor
2007-2009