Special Collections Library at James Madison University. Rare books, manuscripts, photos, oral histories, maps, & more relating to @JMU & Central Shen. Valley.
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The Patty Fitzhugh Noblin scrapbook 1928-1930, through @JMUSpeColl documents the student experience of Patty Fitzhugh who attended the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg. Patty kept photos, letters, & various items of ephemera in her "Memory Book."
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JMU Special Collections retweeted
14 Jun 2024
39 Archivists turned out for our annual VA Caucus meeting in Lexington VA today
Thanks to everyone who participated, opened their stacks for tours, and who attended!
#marac #virginia #archivist
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JMU Special Collections retweeted
7 Jun 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks was born #OTD in 1917. Her poetry fills more than 20 pages in the anthology “African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song.” Read this interview with the editor, Kevin Young (@NMAAHCdirector), for more: tinyurl.com/stkdrcke
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7 Jun 2024
Are we recycling this iconic photograph for this month’s #ArchivesHashtagParty? Yes. Yes, we are.
#ArchivesPets
6 Oct 2023
October's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is all things university and education?!? We got this!
We're starting off #ArchivesU with our favorite picture of any JMU president...Ronald Carrier and Prissy the cat!
#GoDukes
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JMU Special Collections retweeted
Student organizations make campus life fun. Check-out how @upbjmu has been doing that for over 50 years! Their records in @JMUSpeColl contain scrapbooks, posters, & fliers documenting events, concerts, & activities organized by the UPB.
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30 Apr 2024
"Scrapbooks can have acidic and/or brittle papers, failing and/or staining adhesives from glues and tapes, corroded fasteners like staples and paperclips, tears, losses, distorted pages from excessive inclusions..."
Their preservation issues abound but we love them anyway!
30 Apr 2024
Learn more about the preservation of scrapbooks and archival scrapbooking this Preservation Week! Head over to our blog to learn how you can make informed scrapbook-making decisions, as well as preserve scrapbooks, new and old, in your home!
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ALT Black and white: older woman holding a scrapbook displaying newspaper clippings
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8 Apr 2024
May 28, 1900: "This morning we had a fine view at the Eclipse of the sun. The line of totality was in line with Norfolk. Here at our place it lasted from 7:40 to 10:10. Somewhat cloudy and not an extra fine view.”
--Ezra Minnick Sr. of Timberville, Virginia
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12 Mar 2024
In March, we go dancing! Congrats to @JMUMBasketball for winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship, ensuring a spot in the 2024 NCAA tournament!
Check out these shots from the 1982 tourney 🏀 JMU beat OSU in the 1st round but lost in a heartbreaker to UNC (and MJ) in the 2nd.
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8 Mar 2024
So excited for you, Zach! Go Shenandoah Valley archivists!
8 Mar 2024
I am happy to share I was elected MARAC's 2024-2025 Chair-Elect and 2025-2026 Chair
I'm excited for this opportunity to serve MARAC/our members & am overwhelmed that a lone arranger from tiny ShenCo can be the face of such a wonderful organization
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8 Mar 2024
A member of Madison College’s Class of 1949, Frances Weir (1927-2023) enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), the women’s branch of the U.S. Army, soon after graduating with a BS in Business.
#InternationalWomensDay
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8 Mar 2024
Weir served in the Army from 1949-1977 and received numerous decorations & commendations over the course of her military career including the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Meritorious Service Award. Weir was the first woman to command a brigade-sized male unit.
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1 Mar 2024
Leap Day is over and March (aka #WomensHistoryMonth) is here so check out these students dissecting frogs.
#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesWomenInSTEM
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20 Feb 2024
Join alumni members of JMU's Contemporary Gospel Singers for a virtual panel discussion tonight at 7PM!
More info here: alumni.jmu.edu/gcs24
Co-sponsored by @JMUCMSS and @JMUcampushist
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17 Feb 2024
RIP Lefty Driesell (1931-2024)
(Seen here with JMU president Ronald Carrier on August 2, 1988.)
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15 Feb 2024
In May 2022, we acquired materials from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. via generous donation. JMU's chapter of ΔΣΘ was established in December 1971.
These materials (scrapbooks, realia, photos) are in process and will be available for researchers soon!
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13 Feb 2024
Happy #GalentinesDay to all who celebrate! It's only the best day of the year. 💝
(Members of the Madison College class of 1958 during a hiking excursion atop Massanutten Peak.)
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6 Feb 2024
You don't want to miss this opportunity to hear from Contemporary Gospel Singers alumni!
More information and registration: alumni.jmu.edu/gcs24
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6 Feb 2024
Bernice Jones Smith photograph album - now available for research!
This photo album, compiled by Bernice Jones, documents members of Staunton's African-American community, likely friends and family of Bernice.
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JMU Special Collections retweeted
24 Jan 2024
Submissions for Furious Flower IV: Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry due January 31, 2024, so don't wait!! Get your proposals in now!
Submit to the conference & get more info 👉 2024.furiousflower.org
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