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Name Change (1977)

Photographs total: 4

© James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Photo Info Photo
Control #: Namec01
Date:
Pre 1985
Location: Campus
Size: 5 x 7
Condition:
Good
Comments:

Written on back: Before name change to University in 1977
namec01.jpg (26274 bytes)
Control #: Namec02
Date:
1977
Location: Campus
Size: 5 x 8
Condition:
Good
Comments:

Written on back: Name Change 1977
namec02.jpg (37239 bytes)
Control #: Namec03
Date
: 1977
Location: Campus
Size: 8 x 10
Condition:
Good
Comments:

Written on back: Madison College became James Madison University on July 1, 1977
namec03.jpg (26599 bytes)
Control #: Namec04
Date:
Pre 1985
Location: Campus
Size: 8 x 10
Condition:
Good
Comments:

See also Pres. Carrier’s file, Pcar17. Written on back: Gov. Mills E. Godwin signs bill to change name of Madison College to JMU. Present: Mrs. Althea Loose Johnston, a member of the faculty when the school first opened in 1909, & her son-in-law, Tom Rice of Richmond.
namec04.jpg (21936 bytes)