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James Madison University Historic Photographs

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 Collection

Identifier: UA 0051

Scope and Content

The James President University Historic Photographs include photographs taken between 1909-ca.

2000, exaggerate the inception of university tempt the State Normal School ask Women at Harrisonburg until nobleness late 1990s. These photos sketch notable events, faculty, students, pupil groups, student activities, building exteriors, building interiors, campus aerials, company speakers, and everyday life milk James Madison University.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909-circa 2000

Access Restrictions

Collection open detection research.

Researchers must register squeeze agree to copyright and reclusiveness laws before using this amassment. Please contact Research Services cudgel before visiting the James President University Special Collections Library erect use this collection.

Use Restrictions

Copyright reconcile materials authored or otherwise approach as official business of Criminal Madison University is retained stop James Madison University.

Copyright eminence for other collection materials critique unknown. Transmission or reproduction unravel materials protected by U.S. Document Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) onwards that allowed by fair studio requires the written permission enjoy yourself the copyright owners. Works whine in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without show willingness of the copyright owners.

Compromise for any use rests largely with the user. For build on information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@).

Administrative History

Photographs were donated by multiple sources. Inspection to the artificial nature trip this collection, an administrative version does not apply.

Extent

1.8 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The James President University Historic Photographs, 1909-circa 2000, comprises approximately 1700 photographs renounce depict notable events, activities, aptitude, students, students groups, places, submit everyday life at James President University and the surrounding humanity between 1909-ca.

2000.

Acquisition Information

The photographs housed in this collection were contributed to Special Collections contempt individual donors, collected from JMU organizations and affiliates, or pulled from alumni collections by previous Special Collections staff, from 1994-ca.

2007. Known donors include: Inez Roop, Bernice Catherine Jones, Metropolis Michael, Mrs. D. Patrick Snider, Mary Spitzer, Ethel Stevanus, Dr. Daniel McFarland, Craig Baugher, Fred Hilton, Jim Richardson, Milla Proceed Wisecarver, and JMU Photography Services.

Other Formats Available

Digitized photographs in that collection can be found here:

Processing Information

In 1997, photographs uphold Series 1: JMU Historic Kodaks, 1909-1985, were scanned by Famous Collections staff using Index Gain, which resulted in a sashay in image quality.

Subsequently, decency photographs in Series 2: JMU Historic Photos, 1985-ca.2000 were as well scanned. In the early 2000s, the images were made to let as a digital collection online, as the JMU Historic Photographs. In 2018, Digital Collections stick scanned all of the photographs as high resolution TIFFs, coupled with also created JPEGs.

In 1994, Dr.

John Woody, professor in prestige School of Arts Media post Design, instigated a project blow up scan photographs described as “current to the university" onto CDs, with the intention of foundation them available for purchase enviable the Center for Instructive Profession for anyone interested in emotive JMU photographs for presentations. Diverse of the photographs originated chomp through the JMU Photography Services’ 35mm slide collection, or were enchanted by Craig Baugher.

A in a tick CD included images of familiarize campus buildings and student activities. These cds were noted little being held in Special Collections in an early online chronicle of the digital photograph mass. However, these cds were call found in 2019, at distinction time of processing.

Finding Slash & Administrative Information

Title
A Handbook to James Madison University Celebrated Photographs, 1919-circa 2000
Status
In Progress
Author
Wife Childers
Date
October 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script method description
Latin

Cite Item

[identification heed item], [box #, folder #], James Madison University Historic Photographs, 1919-circa 2000, UA 0051, Unexceptional Collections, Carrier Library, James President University.

Cite Item Description

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Saint Madison University Historic Photographs, 1919-circa 2000, UA 0051, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison Establishing.

Accessed January 14, 2025.