Citations by Page
1909-1938: State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg; State Teachers College
The Normal Bulletin, May 1918. State Normal School for Women, 1909-1919. Harrisonburg, VA, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lee Society yearbook photo. Schoolma’am 1921. State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg, VA. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Lanier Society yearbook photo. Schoolma’am 1919. State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg, VA. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lee Society Poster ca. 1912, Lee Literary Society Records, 1909-1912, UA 0027, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lanier Society Poster, 1912, Lanier Literary Society Records, 1911-1931, UA 0026, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Photo of John W. Wayland. Schoolma’am 1917. State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg, VA. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Photo of Wayland and students at New Market Battlefield, Control # Stfi106, JMU Historic Photos Online, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Photo of students at Turner Ashby Monument, Control # Stfi201, JMU Historic Photos Online, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Crowley, Sean L. “James Madison University: 1908-1909 to 1958-1959. An Annotated, Historical Timeline.” 2006. https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/timeline/documents/Timeline1st50yrsnonScript.pdf
1912 Commencement Program. Annual Events Office, AN 93-0916 – Commencement programs; 1910 – (kept current), 1 storage box, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
1938-1977: Madison College
Valle, Travis. “First Madison College African-American graduate reflects.” The Breeze, February 28, 2018. https://www.breezejmu.org/news/first-madison-college-african-american-graduate-reflects/article_ae408dfe-1cc4-11e8-9b57-53bbf3d9c2b3.html
Sheary A. Darcus senior photo. Bluestone 1970. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Sandra Johnson senior photo. Bluestone 1972. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Saranna Tucker senior photo. Bluestone 1972. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Purcell Conway senior photo. Bluestone 1972. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Janis Smith senior photo. Bluestone 1972. . Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE): Timeline.” Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. https://www.odu.edu/library/special-collections/dove/timeline
“An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes, July 2, 1964;” Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11: National Archives. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=97
Madison College Affirmative Action Plan, 1973. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Letter: David S. Tatel to Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr, box 1, folder 1, Office of Affirmative Action Records, 1977-1988, UA 0005, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Response to the Office for Civil Rights’ Comments on A Reformulation of the Plan for Equal Opportunity in Virginia’s Institutions of Higher Education: A Shared Responsibility,” box 1, folder 1, Office of Affirmative Action Records, 1977-1988, UA 0005, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Letter: Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr. to David S. Tate, box 1, folder 1, Office of Affirmative Action Records, 1977-1988, UA 0005, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“delta sigma theta established at Madison.” Bluestone 1972. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Black Student Alliance yearbook photo. Bluestone 1975. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Black Student Alliance Attempts to Create Pride, Independence.” The Breeze, February 18, 1975. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Black Emphasis Apr. 10-19.” The Breeze, April 6, 1973. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“White school environment said alien to black students” The Breeze, September 28, 1976. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
1977-Present: James Madison University
“State to enforce reforms.” The Breeze, March 25, 1985. Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Statistical Summary: December 1980. Office of Institutional Research, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Affirmative Action Student Plan: 1979-80 to 1982-83, Diversity at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Photo of Forrest A. Parker from The Black Experience at JMU (1981), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
The Black Experience at JMU (1980), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
The Black Experience at JMU (1981), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
The Black Experience at JMU (1986-87), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
The Black Experience at JMU (1990-91), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
The Black Experience at JMU (1991-92), The African American Experience at JMU vertical file, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image of female student (pre 1985), control # Staf01, JMU Historic Photos Online: Students – African-American, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: members of the Contemporary Gospel Choir (pre 1985), control # Staf04, JMU Historic Photos Online: Students – African-American, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: group of students singing at a block party during Black Awareness Month (1980), control # Staf08, JMU Historic Photos Online: Students – African-American, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Interdisciplinary Afro-American Studies Minor, James Madison University Bulletin: Catalog Issue 1980-81, pg. 52, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“We need a poem” image, box 4, folder 8, Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference Records, 1970-2009, bulk 1992-2005, UA 0018, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Maya Angelou Dream in Color Press, 2007-2007, OV box 1, folder 3, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Toni Morrison, “Sheer Good Fortune, 2012,” OV box 1, folder 11, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Mourning Katrina Promotional & Event Materials, ca. 2008, OV box 1, folder 1, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Children’s Poetry Camp (2009), OV box 1, folder 6, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle, 2010-2011, OV box 1, folder 10, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Alice Walker, author, poet, and collector of quilts (2002), 2012, OV box 4, folder 8, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Cave Canem Faculty (2008), 2012, OV box 4, folder 3, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Toi Derricotte, poet and co-founder of Cave Canem (2000), 2012, OV box 5, folder 6, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet, educator, and former member of the Dark Room Collective (2004), 2012, OV box 2, folder 13, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Sonia Sanchez, poet, educator, playwright, and Cave Canem Elder (2010), 2012, OV box 4, folder 15, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Patricia Smith, poet, activist, and Cave Canem Faculty (2004), 2012, OV box 5, folder 9, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Lucille Clifton, who received Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Furious Flower Conference at JMU (2004), 2012, OV box 5, folder 8, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Jericho Brown, poet and educator (2008), 2012, OV box 3, folder 5, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Haki Madhubuti, poet, educator, and founder of Third World Press (2004), 2012, OV box 2, folder 10, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Gordon Parks (1912-2006) photographer, poet, novelist, musician, and filmmaker (circa 2004), 2012, OV box 4, folder 10, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Portrait of Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet and educator, and Joanne Gabbin at JMU (2010), 2012, OV box 3, folder 7, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: Eugene Redmond, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez and Joanne Gabbin at 2004 Furious Flower Poetry Conference (2004), 2012, OV box 4, folder 9, Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Racial Perspectives
“A Dark Night at the Normal,” The Virginia Teacher, vol. 1, no. 1, February, 1920, State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg, VA, pp. 26-27, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“The March of Democracy,” The Virginia Teacher, vol. 1, no. 1, February, 1920, State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg, VA, pg. 27, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Wayland, John W. Review of Darkwater and The Upward Path, The Virginia Teacher, vol. 2, no. 2, February, 1921, State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg, VA, pp. 31-35, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: Little Royal, Bluestone 1966, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: The Shirelles, Bluestone 1966, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Chapel,” The Breeze, vol. 3, no. 11, December 6, 1924, pg. 2, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Y.W.C.A. Bringing Speakers For Program”, The Breeze, vol. 6, no. 18, February 11, 1928, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Hampton Quartette Sang Here Saturday,” The Breeze, vol. 7, no. 20, March 8, 1929, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Hampton Quartet Presents Concert,” The Breeze, vol. 11, no. 21, March 10, 1933, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Clement, Richardson, editor. The National Cyclopedia of The Colored Race. Montgomery: National Publishing Company, Inc., 1919.
Letter: Julian Burruss to George B. Keezel, President of Board of Trustees, February 28, 1911, pg. 5, Julian Ashby Burruss Papers, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/foundingdocs/burruss/documents/Burruss_pdf_1/37_1911_02_28.pdf
Aerial photo of State Teacher’s College, ca. 1932-34, control #Aerv101, JMU Historic Photos Online, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
“Spelling Match – Friday Night, April 12, 1912,” box 1 folder 1, John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, SC 0258, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Student Welfare Committee meeting minutes, October 25, 1911, box 1, folder 2, Office of the President: Committee Records 1909-1957, UA 0040, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Many Pay Tribute To Walker Lee,” The Daily News Record, May 21, 1929.
“Faithful Employee of School Dies,” The Breeze, vol. 7, no. 29, May 22, 1929, pg. 3, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Image: caricature of African American employees, Schoolma’am 1928, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“White school environment said alien to black students,” The Breeze, vol. 54, no. 8, September 28, 1976, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Blacks at JMU concerned with discrimination,” The Breeze, vol. 55, no. 20, November 11, 1977, pg. 20, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Minority recruitment ‘lax’ at JMU,” The Breeze, vol. 57, no. 46, April 4, 1980, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“‘Frustration, alienation,’ define role of blacks,” The Breeze, vol. 57, no. 46, April 4, 1980, pg. 20, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“NAACP chapter formed, strives for equality,” The Breeze, vol. 58, no. 23, November 25, 1980, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“State to enforce reforms,” The Breeze, vol. 62, no. 42, March 25, 1985, pg. 5, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Minority students urged to choose JMU,” The Breeze, vol. 62, no. 42, March 25, 1985, pg. 1, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Minstrel Shows and Blackface
Junior Minstrels in costume, Schoolma’am 1925, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“Remember when . . .” photo, Schoolma’am 1967, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
“‘On with the show!’ say the Phi Mus” photo, Bluestone 1963, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
A Dark Night at the Normal, Schoolma’am 1917, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Jesting Jolly Juniors pamphlet and ephemera, OV box 1, Thelma Dunn Gregory Scrapbook, 1923-1927, SC 0254, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Thelma Courtney Dunn (Thelma Dunn Gregory) senior photo, Schoolma’am 1927, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lee Society initiation letter, box 1, folder 1, Marian Colton Smith Harris Papers, 1932-1938, SC 5008, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lee Society initiation letter, box 3, folder 10, V. Inez Graybeal Roop Collection, 1913-2005, SC # 5005, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Vivian Inez Graybeal senior photo, Schoolma’am 1935, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
“Senior ‘Plantation Party’ Offers Traditional Southern Hospitality,” The Breeze, vol. 31, no. 7, November 5, 1954, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.