Category: Special Collections 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 […]

Posted June 27, 2023

Posted March 20, 2023

Special Collections is temporarily closed. All Special Collections services and materials are unavailable for part of Spring and Summer 2023 while professional movers relocate collections and furniture to prepare for the Carrier Library renovation and expansion. Temporary location: While Carrier […]

Posted February 17, 2023

A new collection of African American historical records from 1865 to 1904, including voting registers, marriage registers, and other courthouse documents, are now available to access for free online through the Histories along the Blue Ridge digital archive. This digital archive represents […]

Posted September 23, 2022

JMU faculty members, if you would like to incorporate instruction with Special Collections materials as part of your spring 2023 course, please submit a request by Monday, October 17 at 5pm.    Special Collections instructors will review your requests and determine […]

Posted June 6, 2022

James Madison University Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Isaac Long Terrell and Ann Terrell Baker Research on Historic Rockingham County Houses is now fully processed and available for research. The collection was donated by Ann Terrell Baker, […]

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 […]

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 […]