Facilities Management Architectural Drawings

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Terms of access:

Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Facilities Management Architectural Drawings, 1914-1983, UA 0047, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 cubic feet 2 folders
Abstract:
The Facilities Management Architectural Drawings 1914-1983, are comprised of blue prints, pencil tracings, and linen drawings of various James Madison University buildings, their corresponding mechanical systems, and campus grounds.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Facilities Management Architectural Drawings, 1914-1983, UA 0047, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

Facilities Management Architectural Drawings, 1914-1983, are comprised of blueprints, pencil tracings, and linen drawings of various JMU buildings, their corresponding mechanical systems, floor plans, and campus grounds. The collection contains architectural plans of Alumnae Hall, Dormitory #5, Harrisonburg High School (currently Memorial Hall), the Home Economics Building (currently Moody Hall), Miller Hall, the Practice House (currently Varner House), the Students' Building (currently Harrison Hall), and topographic drawings of Madison College. The plans were created on four different surfaces: pencil on linen, ink on linen, pencil on tracing paper, and carbon copy paper.

Material Type: ink on linen

Material Type: blueprint

Material Type: tracing, pencil

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Architect: L. W. L. Material Type: tracing, pencil

Material Type: tracing, pencil

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Architect: L. W. L. Material Type: tracing, pencil

Material Type: blueprint

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Architect: Walford and Wright Material Type: blueprint

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Material Type: tracing, pencil

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Architect: Comm. Virginia...Section of Institutional Engineering Material Type: blueprint

Material Type: blueprint

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Material Type: linen, pencil

Material Type: linen, pencil

Material Type: linen, pencil

Material Type: blueprint

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Material Type: blueprint

Biographical / historical:

Due to the nature of this collection, a historical note is not applicable. Patrons are encouraged to refer to the bibliography for further historical information pertaining to specific James Madison University campus buildings included in the collection. The Harrisonburg High School (now Memorial Hall) drawings became property of James Madison University after the university purchased the high school in 2006.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from JMU's Facilities Management Engineering Department in 2006.
Processing information:

This collection was previously titled: JMU Architectural Drawings Collection, 1914-1983 and numbered FM 2006-1207. In 2018, all rolled drawings were flattened and placed in a map case with the rest of the collection.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the building name listed on the drawing and then separated by material type. Items that are undersized or of a fragile nature are housed in subfolders.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard