This Exhibits page showcases digital projects by students enrolled in Dr. Mulrooney’s Spring 2019 course, HIST 396: Introduction to Public History. That course used JMU campus history as a unifying theme to explore different subfields in public history, such as oral history, historic preservation, archives and collection management, digital history, and monuments/memorials. Each exhibit intentionally incorporates unfamiliar, untold, and unacknowledged aspects of this institution’s past.
Explore JMU campus history by taking this virtual tour of its iconic quad. Here, you can learn about the evolution of the landscape and buildings.
This exhibit shows a timeline of major factors that have influenced the JMU Athletics Department. From the silent heroes that changed the playing field to the national events that altered campus sports, this timeline represents how JMU Athletics has grown and diversified throughout its history.
With such a rich history, it is difficult to keep track of all the faces of JMU. In this timeline we highlight eight people that have had a significant impact on JMU in some way. Rather than examining the more prominent figures of JMU like presidents, we focus more on students and unrecognized faculty through the years, beginning with the very first student in 1909.
We looked into the past of James Madison University in the hopes of uncovering the protests that took place on campus. There is a long and silent history of campus protests at James Madison University and we hope to connect these campus events to the global context of the time period they occurred in.
This exhibit examines the evolution of social movements at JMU through fashion. By comparing two decades, the 1970’s and the contemporary, movements such as feminism, LGBTQ, and civil rights and their effects on everyday life emerge. Fashion can be a strong indicator of social change and yet it is often overlooked in historical records. Through this exhibit we hope to inspire JMU and others to explore the past in a new way.