Category: Special Collections News

Posted June 19, 2017

We’re happy to announce that one of our most recent (and significant) acquisitions is currently undergoing processing. In early April 2017, we acquired several boxes of manuscript material including photographs, correspondence, ledgers, and scrapbooks from the estate of Mary Hutton […]

Posted February 6, 2017

JMU Libraries is participating in #ColorOurCollections again this year with with a collection of images sourced from the JMU yearbooks!  Download the pdf here and start coloring: JMU_Color_Our_Collections. Need more information? #ColorOurCollections is a week-long coloring fest on social media […]

Posted September 29, 2016

One of the best parts of processing manuscript collections is the interesting and unique materials found in the process. This week, while processing the Blackley Family Papers, History Graduate Assistant Joel Webster found a 1934 letter written by Charles Blackley […]

Posted September 19, 2016

September 19, 2016 marks the 135th anniversary of James A. Garfield’s death. The 20th president of the United States died September 19, 1881 due to complications from an assassination attempt two months prior. Charles Guiteau, a lawyer and writer who […]

Posted September 14, 2016

By Halle Forbes, Special Collections Student Assistant American Archives Month is right around the corner in October! This year, various Archives and Special Collections throughout Virginia are teaming up to give YOU a chance to showcase your talents, while celebrating the importance of archival material. […]

Posted September 12, 2016

Today we spotlight a new acquisition – a nineteenth century account book belonging to Harrisonburg photographer, Hugh Starke Morrison (1840-1925) – and share an unexpected treasure we found during processing. Recto and verso of Hugh Morrison photograph from Sheetz-Dellinger Collection, P0001, item 05.13. Hugh Starke’s […]

Posted May 18, 2016

On November 20th, 1969, a handful of students published then Madison College’s first underground newspaper. “If you’re not part of the solution, Then you’re part of the problem,” read the tagline at the top of the paper.  Next to it, […]

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 […]