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Start Over Names State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History Level Collection

Kathleen Harless Scrapbook 0.2 cubic feet 1 box

Harless, Kathleen Chevallie, 1895-1988
The Kathleen Chevallie Harless Scrapbook contains photographs, invitations and programs that document Harless' experiences at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, from 1911-1914. Also included are four postcards depicting campus grounds and buildings, dated 1911-1913, and a promotional flyer from 1982.
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Maude Wescott Brown Photographs 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

Brown, Maude Wescott, 1893-1982
The Maude Wescott Brown Photographs, 1910-1913, comprise ten photographs and photographic postcards documenting the Haas family of Harrisonburg as well as 1911 commencement activities of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg.
  1. James Madison University

Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers 7.19 cubic feet 21 boxes

Jones, Nancy Bondurant, 1930-2017
The Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007), document the career and personal life of local teacher and writer Nancy Bondurant Jones. The collection mainly consists of research subject files, newspapers and clippings, correspondence, ephemera, speeches, and business and organizational documents. Also included are responses and letters from JMU alumni and Presidents Burruss, Duke, and Miller that Jones acquired during her research for Rooted on Bluestone Hill.
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Office of the President: Board of Visitors Records 11.89 cubic feet 36 boxes

The Office of the President: Board of Visitors Records document the activities of the James Madison University Board of Visitors and its predecessor, the Board of Trustees. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, financial documents, and president's reports.
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Office of the President: Committee Records 0.2 cubic feet 1 box

The Office of the President: Committee Records, 1909-1957 is comprised of meeting minutes, correspondence, reports and budgetary information, documenting the work of various committees during the first 50 years of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women (subsequently known as the State Normal School, State Teachers College, and Madison College).
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Office of the President: Faculty Minutes 1.5 cubic feet 5 boxes

The Office of the President: Faculty Minutes, 1909-1998, are comprised of minutes of James Madison University general faculty meetings and includes bound volumes and loose minutes.
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Pearl Haldeman Stickley Papers 0.33 cubic feet 1 box

Stickley, Anna Pearl Haldeman, 1892-1991
The Pearl Haldeman Stickley Papers, 1910-1962 (bulk 1910-1915), document Stickley's time as a student at and alumni of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. The collection comprises two scrapbooks and loose ephemera.
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Ruth Conn papers 0.33 cubic feet 1 box

Conn, Ruth R, (Ruth Randolph), 1893-1993
The Ruth Conn Papers, 1884-1993, comprise seven folders with materials primarily focused on Ruth Conn's life surrounding her attendance at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, now James Madison University. The collection mainly focuses on campus events, correspondence between her and her fellow students, and poetry she worked on or read in her lifetime.
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Stratford Players Records 1.82 cubic feet 5 boxes

The Stratford Players Records is comprised of record books, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, rehearsal scripts, programs and playbills, and copies of yearbook pages, documenting the activities of the Stratford Players (formerly known as the Stratford Literary Society and the Stratford Dramatic Club), from 1914-1983.
  1. James Madison University

Student Theatre Productions Collection 0.16 cubic feet 2 folders

Madison College
The Student Theatre Productions Collection, 1912-1966 consists of programs and playbills for student plays at Madison College, including Class Plays and productions sponsored by the Athletic Association.
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