vihart00490A Guide to the Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School Class Photographs, 1960-1969 SC 0390Tiffany ColeJames Madison University Libraries Special Collections

September 2024

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-24 17:05:33 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard James Madison University Libraries Special Collections Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School class photographs Charles and Polly Photographers Bowers, Mary Beth SC 0390 /repositories/4/resources/769 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder 16 photographs 1960-1969 Sixteen black-and-white photographs of Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School classes. A class list compiled by the donor accompanies each photograph. English Access Restrictions

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[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School Class Photographs, 1960-1969, SC 0390, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Mary Beth Bowers of Staunton, Virginia who, along with her siblings Kent and Julie, attended Anthony-Seeger Campus School.

 Processing Information

The class lists compiled by the donor are filed along with their respective class photograph.

 Biographical / Historical

The Anthony-Seeger Campus School was a combination nursery/K-6 elementary school (K-7 1965-1968) that operated on the JMU campus from 1958-1982. Named after two former directors of the Madison College teacher training program, Katherine M. Anthony (1885-1975) and Mary L. Seeger (1882-1975), and spearheaded by Harrisonburg Public Schools superintendent M. H. Bell and JMU's third president Dr. G. Tyler Miller (1902-1988), Anthony-Seeger acted as a lab for student teachers to learn the art of teaching, as well as a model school designed to offer a top-level educational experience for enrolled students.

Named after William H. Keister, former principal and superintendent in Harrisonburg City schools, Keister Elementary School opened in 1955 for K-7 students.

Both schools were segregated at the time of their opening.

The donor Mary Beth Bowers and her siblings, Kent and Julie, attended Anthony-Seeger Campus School and are featured in the class pictures. Beth is also pictured in the Keister Elementary class photo.

 Scope and Contents

Sixteen black-and-white photographs of Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School classes. A class list compiled by the donor accompanies each photograph. One photograph is of Keister Elementary students and the remaining 15 are of Anthony-Seeger Campus School students.

 Related Materials

Anthony-Seeger Campus School Records, 1956-1982, UA 0049, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

 Photographs Schools -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History Student teaching -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History Anthony-Seeger Campus School Bowers, Mary Beth Madison College -- History James Madison University -- History Keister Elementary and Anthony-Seeger Campus School class photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/307791960-196911Keister Elementary School - 1st grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307801960Scope and Contents

Teacher - Gladys Shifflet (1919-1979)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - Kindergarten/repositories/4/archival_objects/307811962Scope and Contents

Teacher - Elsie H. Wigley (1910-1979)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 1st grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307821963Scope and Contents

Teacher - Mary Evelyn Watkins (1904-2000)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 4th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307831963Scope and Contents

Teacher - Jacqueline Driver (1929-2022)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - Kindergarten/repositories/4/archival_objects/307841964Scope and Contents

Teacher - Elsie H. Wigley (1910-1979)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 2nd grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307851964Scope and Contents

Teacher - Ruth Cooper

Cooper, RuthAnthony-Seeger Campus School - 5th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307861964Scope and Contents

Teacher - Lydia Meeks (1902-1985)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 1st grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307871965Scope and Contents

Teacher - Mary Evelyn Watkins (1904-2000)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 3rd grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307881965Scope and Contents

Teacher - Angela Reeke (1911-1988)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 6th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307891965Scope and Contents

Teacher - Pat (?) Harcum

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 4th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307901966Scope and Contents

Teacher - Jacqueline Driver (1929-2022)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 7th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307911966Scope and Contents

Teacher - Emily Bushong (1916-1992)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 3rd grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307921967Scope and Contents

Teacher - Angela Reeke (1911-1988)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 5th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307931967Scope and Contents

Teacher - Lydia Meeks (1902-1985)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 4th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307941968Scope and Contents

Teacher - Marguerite Ausherman Wampler (1923-2013)

Anthony-Seeger Campus School - 5th grade/repositories/4/archival_objects/307951969Scope and Contents

Teacher - Lydia Meeks (1902-1985), Principal - Garney L. Darrin (1926-2011)