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Bertha Couchman Hess and Ethel Virginia Dunn Correspondence, 1918/1927 0.12 cubic feet 2 letter folders

Hess, Bertha Couchman, 1884-1980
The Bertha Couchman Hess and Ethel Virginia Dunn Correspondence, 1918-1927, is comprised of four postcards and seven letters written by Hess and Dunn, her niece, to their family in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Couchman authored three postcards while visiting Harrisonburg in August 1918 and the remainder of the correspondence was written by Dunn while she was a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg and while she was a teacher in Morgantown, West Virginia.
  1. James Madison University

Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer papers, 1920/2015, bulk 1943/1949 1.72 cubic feet 5 boxes

Clemmer, Betty Brown
The Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer Papers, 1920-2015 (bulk 1943-1949), largely comprise correspondence between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship while Betty was a student at Madison College. Other papers relate to Betty's coursework at Madison College, Willis' service in the Army Air Forces, and family biographies.
  1. James Madison University

Carrie Bishop Scrapbook, 1914/1918 0.3 cubic feet 1 oversize flat box, 1 letter folder

Bishop, Carrie
Scrapbook documents Bishop's activities as a student at the State Normal School for Women, including membership in various clubs, societies, and attendance of social outings and cultural events.
  1. James Madison University

Charles Spitzer Letters, 1833/1886 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

Spitzer, Charles, 1807-1865
The Charles Spitzer Letters, 1833-1886, are comprised of 35 letters written between members of the Charles Spitzer family of New Market, Virginia.
  1. James Madison University

Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916/1982 24.36 cubic feet 35 boxes, 1 rolled storage container

Chesapeake Western Railway
The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.
  1. James Madison University

Delphine Hurst Parsons papers, 1923/1976, bulk 1923/1931 2.47 cubic feet 2 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box, 3 oversize boxes

Parsons, Delphine Hurst, 1910-2001
Materials include correspondence, paper ephemera, yearbooks, and memorabilia of Delphine Hurst Parsons from her time as a student at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia and at the State Teachers College (STC) at Harrisonburg, with one vinyl record of the Madison College Choir Concert of 1966, and a single photograph from the 1976 reunion of STC students. This collection also contains three yearbooks owned by Nellie Cowan Williams, a close friend and STC classmate of Delphine Parsons, and four yearbooks belonging to Hurst.
  1. James Madison University

Edna T. Shaeffer Retirement Letters, 1940 0.06 cubic feet 1 letter folder

The Edna T. Shaeffer Retirement Letters, 1940, 1956, is a collection of approximately 60 congratulatory letters presented to Shaeffer upon her retirement as director of the Glee Club from Madison College. Correspondents are former students who sang under direction and tutelage.
  1. James Madison University

Ellen Frank Armentrout Papers, 1961/1964 0.12 cubic feet 3 letter folders

Armentrout, Ellen Frank, 1943-
The Ellen Frank Armentrout Papers, 1961-1964, are comprised of facsimiles of one essay, seven letters, and 15 photographs from Armentrout's time as a student at Madison College.
  1. James Madison University

Etta Evans Scrapbook, 1935/1936 0.06 cubic feet 1 letter folder

Evans, Etta Frances, 1917-
The Etta Evans Scrapbook, 1935-1936, is comprised of one bound scrapbook containing memorabilia, ephemera, and correspondence from Evans's time as a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg. Evans annotated the scrapbook by describing the items pasted within.
  1. James Madison University

Freshman Class Scrapbooks, 1945/1949 0.12 cubic feet 8 folders

The Freshman Class Scrapbooks are comprised of four disassembled scrapbooks, containing correspondence, programs, invitations, telegrams and ephemera that document class elections and campus activities of the Madison College freshman class, from 1945-1949.
  1. James Madison University

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