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Rockingham Bird Club records
Rockingham Bird Club
Fovargue, Art
SC 0352
/repositories/4/resources/724
2.47 cubic feet
5 boxes
102 Megabytes
273 files
1975-2023
The collection comprises administrative files, newsletters, meeting minutes, and scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Rockingham Bird Club.
English
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Access Restrictions
Collection 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.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Rockingham Bird Club Records, 1975-2023, SC 0352, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Art Fovargue, club historian and member, in February and March 2023. A third donation was made in December 2023.
Other Formats Available
In addition to paper copies, digital files of select meeting minutes and newsletters are available.
Administrative History
Established in 1974, the Rockingham Bird Club is a local chapter of the Virginia Society of Ornithology, Inc. The purpose of the club is to promote interest in the study of birds, and in the conservation of birds and other natural resources. With the exception of a summer hiatus, the club holds monthly meetings and publishes monthly newsletters. The American Goldfinch has been used as the club's emblem since its establishment and is the inspiration for the club newsletter, Goldfinch Gazette. Additional club activities include, or have previously included, publishing seasonal reports on bird sightings and bird activities, conducting Christmas bird counts, holding an annual bird seed sale, hosting speakers, and organizing field trips.
The club has published two editions of Birds of Rockingham County, in 1998 and 2022, respectively.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises administrative files, founding documents, reports, membership lists, newsletters, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs documenting the activities of the Rockingham Bird Club.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series and further arranged chronologically. Exceptions to this arrangement were made within series to keep like groupings of records together. The newsletters are arranged chronologically and foldered according to volume number.
Administrative records
Scrapbooks
Newsletters
Minutes (administrative records)
Birds -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
Bird watching -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
Bird populations -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
Birds -- Identification -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
Files (digital files)
Fovargue, Art
Virginia Society of Ornithology
Administrative files1/repositories/4/archival_objects/285971976-2023Scope and ContentsSeries 1: Administrative Files comprises copies of the club's constitutions and by-laws, general and executive committee meeting minutes, membership lists, bird alert system telephone chains, seasonal reports documenting bird sightings and activities, brochures, and patches.
Constitutions and by-laws/repositories/4/archival_objects/286011980-201511General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/285981997 September 4 - 2010 June 512General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/285992010 September 2 - 2017 June 113General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286082017 September 7 - 2018 June 714General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286092018 September 6 - 2020 March 515General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286592020 September 03 - 2021 May 06SC0352-SET-001General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286602021 September 2 - 2022 May 5SC0352-SET-001General meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/302022022 September 5 - 2023 June 8SC0352-SET-001Executive committee meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286001997 September 2 - 2020 January 1116Executive committee meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286612020 August 24 - 2020 December 15SC0352-SET-001Executive committee meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/286622021 August 12 - 2022 January 26SC0352-SET-001Executive committee meeting minutes/repositories/4/archival_objects/302012022-2023SC0352-SET-001Membership lists/repositories/4/archival_objects/286031976-201817Membership lists/repositories/4/archival_objects/286632018-2023SC0352-SET-001Bird alert system/repositories/4/archival_objects/28602December 1980January 198718"The Changing Seasons" reports/repositories/4/archival_objects/301493 folders1 digital files/repositories/4/archival_objects/286041 foldersFall 1977 - Summer 198119/repositories/4/archival_objects/286051 foldersFall 1981 - Winter 1989110/repositories/4/archival_objects/286101 foldersduplicatesphotocopies1 digital filesreference copy PDF14.9 MegabytesFall 1977 - Winter 1989111SC0352-SET-002 reference copiesScope and ContentsFile consists of facsimile duplicates (photocopies) of the complete run of "Changing Seasons" reports and 1 digitized reference copy PDF.
Patches/repositories/4/archival_objects/2860719791995112Brochures/repositories/4/archival_objects/28606circa 2015113Newsletters2/repositories/4/archival_objects/285961975-2023Scope and ContentsSeries 2: Newsletters includes the club's newsletter which was formally titled Goldfinch Gazette in December 1980. The newsletter includes information on monthly meetings and guest speakers, field trips, treasurer's reports, and other relevant news.
There are scattered missing issues throughout the series as well as a gap from September 1984 to January 1987. Researchers should refer to the scrapbooks for copies of newsletters not filed in this series.
cuid0/repositories/4/archival_objects/28621February 1975 - December 197521cuid1/repositories/4/archival_objects/28622January 1976 - December 197622cuid2/repositories/4/archival_objects/28623January 1977 - April 197723cuid3/repositories/4/archival_objects/28624September 1977 - January 197824cuid4/repositories/4/archival_objects/28625February 1978 - December 197825cuid5/repositories/4/archival_objects/28626February 1979 - May 197926cuid6/repositories/4/archival_objects/28627September 1979 - May 198027cuid7/repositories/4/archival_objects/28628September 1980 - May 198128cuid8/repositories/4/archival_objects/28629September 1981 - May 198229cuid9/repositories/4/archival_objects/28630October 1982 - May 1983210cuid10/repositories/4/archival_objects/28631February 1987 - May 1988211cuid11/repositories/4/archival_objects/28632September 1988 - May 1989212cuid12/repositories/4/archival_objects/28633October 1989 - April 1990213cuid13/repositories/4/archival_objects/28634October 1990 - May 1991214cuid14/repositories/4/archival_objects/28635September 1991 - May 1992215cuid15/repositories/4/archival_objects/28636September 1992 - May 1993216cuid16/repositories/4/archival_objects/28637September 1993 - May 1994217cuid17/repositories/4/archival_objects/28638September 1994 - May 1995218cuid18/repositories/4/archival_objects/28639September 1995 - May 1996219cuid19/repositories/4/archival_objects/28640September 1996 - May 1997220cuid20/repositories/4/archival_objects/28641September 1997 - May 1998221cuid21/repositories/4/archival_objects/28642September 1998 - June 1999222cuid22/repositories/4/archival_objects/28643September 1999 - June 2000223cuid23/repositories/4/archival_objects/28644September 2000 - June 2001224cuid24/repositories/4/archival_objects/28645September 2001 - June 2002225cuid25/repositories/4/archival_objects/28646September 2002 - June 2003226cuid26/repositories/4/archival_objects/28647September 2003 - June 200431cuid27/repositories/4/archival_objects/28648September 2004 - June 200532cuid28/repositories/4/archival_objects/28649September 2005 - June 200633cuid29/repositories/4/archival_objects/28650September 2006 - June 200734cuid30/repositories/4/archival_objects/28651September 2007 - June 200835cuid31/repositories/4/archival_objects/28652September 2008 - June 200936cuid32/repositories/4/archival_objects/28653September 2009 - June 201037cuid33/repositories/4/archival_objects/28654September 2010 - June 201138cuid34/repositories/4/archival_objects/28655September 2011 - June 201239cuid35/repositories/4/archival_objects/28656September 2012 - June 2013310cuid36/repositories/4/archival_objects/28657September 2013 - June 2014311cuid37/repositories/4/archival_objects/28658September 2014 - June 2015312cuid38/repositories/4/archival_objects/28664September 2015 - June 2016SC0352-SET-001cuid39/repositories/4/archival_objects/28665September 2016 - June 2017SC0352-SET-001cuid40/repositories/4/archival_objects/28666September 2017 - June 2018SC0352-SET-001cuid41/repositories/4/archival_objects/28667September 2018 - June 2019SC0352-SET-001cuid42/repositories/4/archival_objects/28668September 2019 - June 2020SC0352-SET-001cuid43/repositories/4/archival_objects/28669September 2020 - June 2021SC0352-SET-001cuid44/repositories/4/archival_objects/28670September 2021 - June 2022SC0352-SET-001cuid45/repositories/4/archival_objects/30203September 2022 - June 2023SC0352-SET-001Scrapbooks3/repositories/4/archival_objects/285951978-1995Scope and ContentsSeries 3: Scrapbooks comprises ten bound scrapbooks that include printed ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, and Christmas bird count lists.
/repositories/4/archival_objects/28614January 1978 - December 19784/repositories/4/archival_objects/28611January 1979 - March 19814/repositories/4/archival_objects/28618April 1981 - October 19824/repositories/4/archival_objects/28616November 1982 - May 19854/repositories/4/archival_objects/28617September 1985 - May 19864/repositories/4/archival_objects/28612September 1986 - May 19874/repositories/4/archival_objects/28615September 1987 - May 19904/repositories/4/archival_objects/28620September 1990 - May 1992OV 1/repositories/4/archival_objects/28619September 1992 - May 1994OV 1/repositories/4/archival_objects/28613September 1994 - May 19954