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A Look Back – Interview with Preservation Assistant Madison Whitesell
Posted August 24, 2017
Madison Whitesell is a recent JMU graduate with degrees in art history and studio art. She began working in Preservation as a sophomore in 2015 and spent this summer working as a wage employee. This is her JMU Libraries story. […]
The Blackley Brownie in Focus
Posted August 21, 2017
Written by Preservation Assistant Madison Whitesell. Brownie cameras gave birth to amateur photography in the early 20th century. This one from the Blackley Collection is a No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie dating from 1917-1926 and it’s in especially great shape. […]
Preservation Puzzles: Creating Custom Housing
Posted August 16, 2017
Written by: Preservation Assistant Madison Whitesell. Three dimensional objects in the Blackley Collection were processed in Preservation for long term storage this Summer. Among these objects are: an early Brownie camera, a hand-colored milk glass plate photograph, a ruby glass […]
In short, we consider him diseased from head to foot
Posted August 10, 2017
While the summer is generally less hectic on campus due to fewer students, less traffic, etc., here in Special Collections we have been busy, busy, busy growing our collections in materials related to local history. A new acquisition we are […]
Collection of Joseph Funk Letters Now in Special Collections
Posted August 7, 2017
Special Collections is pleased to announce a very exciting acquisition – a collection of nine letters, 1832-1836, written by J. W. Hollis, a printer/publisher in Winchester, to Joseph Funk of Singers Glen music fame. Funk was a pioneer American composer and […]
High Five! Title IX Camtasia Training
Posted July 31, 2017
Innovation Services is working with the Title IX Office again, but this time they are working with Camtasia. Amy Sirocky-Meck, Title IX Coordinator, reached out to JMU Libraries in June to learn more about Camtasia and how the program could […]
Madison Fellowship for Digital Teaching and Learning
Posted July 31, 2017
JMU Faculty are invited to apply for the Madison Fellowship or Digital Teaching and Learning, a program of JMU Libraries, Innovation Services. The eight-week fellowship affords the time and space for fellows to develop creative courses, assignments, projects, etc. that might […]
JMU Supports the Library Bill of Rights
Posted June 19, 2017
In a new initiative to showcase that all libraries have a responsibility to serve as a forum for information and ideas, Libraries & Educational Technologies (LET) at James Madison University has installed the American Library Association’s “Library Bill of Rights” posters in […]
The Heatwole Family Papers Acquired by Special Collections
Posted June 19, 2017
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS is pleased to announce a recently acquired local history manuscript collection! The Heatwole Family Papers were donated to Special Collections last week by descendants of the illustrious David A. Heatwole (1827-1911) family of Rockingham County. Other family names present […]
Processing Update – Davis, Kline, and Hutton Family Papers
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 […]