Arranged chronologically.

Series 1: Faculty, 1975-2014, is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of administrative business and curriculum documents within the nursing department covering the years 1975-2001. The majority of information contained in these documents relates to faculty planning meeting minutes, in which they discuss prospectuses for new curriculum, meetings about classes, and course descriptions. There are also memos and correspondence that discuss the details of the nursing program, upcoming classes, and potential field trips as well as weekly updates to the nursing department staff. Also included are three items of interest relating to Dr. Marcia Dake, Dean of the Nursing Department. These include a DVD (pending reformatting) titled, Marcia Dake: A Transition, dealing with assisted living, notes from a 2005 interview with her, and memos and correspondence form her retirement as Department Head in 1988.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 2: Grants, 1972-1981, includes grants that were awarded to the nursing program, including a capitation grant, a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) grant; a Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) grant; a special project grant; and various training grants. Grant application forms and approval forms are also included. The Capitation Grant, given to the program for the years 1980-1982, assisted with training nurses. In 1977, the Department of Nursing wrote a final progress report to DHEW asking them for approval to develop a baccalaureate nursing program at Madison College in order to replace the discontinued RMH program. The remaining grants in this series relate to the development of the nursing school and obtaining funding for the program. Along with grants and proposals, this series also includes miscellaneous letters of correspondence between Madison College faculty and employees of departments that distributed funding.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 3: Subject Files, 1951-2015, is the largest in the collection. Materials include budgets, course descriptions, six-year plans, and contracts. Additionally, there are many documents concerning the Career Days event held yearly by the Nursing Department. These materials include letters written by JMU staff inviting different hospitals or nursing facilities to attend and speak with juniors and seniors about possible job opportunities and real-life nursing experience. Other materials include lists of graduating students and commencement bulletins for the years 1982-1986. Along with course syllabi, course requirements, and student policies, this series also contains College of Nursing Newsletters. Correspondence between faculty members, photographs (1990-1998), and articles concerning nursing students are included along with pinning ceremony documents.

Although there are photographs in this series, the majority of photographs can be found in Series 4: Photographs, 1980-2015 (bulk 1982-1999).

Arranged chronologically, with one exception (box 18, folder 11) in compliance with original order received, and then alphabetically.

Series 4: Photographs, 1980-2015, consists almost entirely of photographs and negatives documenting professional, curricular, and social happenings in the Department of Nursing. In general, folders titled "Photos, xxxx" contain photos concerning the graduating class of the most recent date in the title. Some of the photos are labeled but the majority are not. Events of interest, which can be found throughout many folders with duplicates throughout, include: Class Pinning Ceremonies, some with Dr. Carrier and Dr. Dake, student and faculty meetings and conferences, students involved in practicum instruction, and Career Days. Individual class photos of every graduating nursing student can be found in years 1993-1996, 1998-2000. Some photos include Dr. Carrier, Dr. Linwood Rose, fifth president of JMU, and Virginia Senator Mark Warner. Other photos show campus construction of Phillips Hall and an unidentified building on East Campus. Box 17, folder 3 and box 18, folder 3 contain photos of Wilson Hall as seen from Bridgeforth Stadium. In addition, there are many photos throughout the series that have sticky notes with stars on the back. There is one photo album in this series that documents the first two years of the program from the faculty/staff perspective. There are many loose photos and labels throughout the album.

Arranged chronologically.

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1982-2007, contains eight scrapbooks relating to the Nursing Department. The Class of 1982 scrapbook documents the first two years of the Department of Nursing from the student perspective, including photos of practicum, the 1982 Student Nurse Association of Virginia (SNAV) convention, meetings with Eastern Mennonite College (now Eastern Mennonite University) students, pinning, and commencement. The majority of scrapbooks highlight academic years from 2000-2007 through the Nursing Student Association (NSA), JMU's chapter of the National Student Nurses' Association, that promotes the professional and personal development of student nurses'. The NSA scrapbooks document service and social activities that the chapter participated in during the year. The Virginia Nursing Student Association holds scrapbook competitions for Virginia NSA chapters. Some activities documented in the scrapbooks include: Relay for Life, Senior Prom, recruitment, fundraising, and holidays.