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This pamphlet provides information on the Education About Communism Through Refugees Program. This program developed by the All American Conference to Combat Communism provides colleges and universities with the opportunity to bring refugees from…

Local basketball star, Ralph Sampson, Jr. (#50), played for the University of Virginia against James Madison University in this December game. Sampson attended Harrisonburg High School and became the area’s premier sports legend, appearing on the…

This postcard depicts a view of Spotswood, Sheldon, and Alumnae Halls on the State Teacher’s College campus taken sometime between 1924 and 1927, the time of Sheldon Hall’s first renovation. Both Spotswood and Sheldon were dormitories during this…

The completed Spotswood Hall stands behind several young ladies with their parasols. The image also shows the boardwalk that ran through the area and between buildings.

Girls sit and chat in a Spotswood dorm room. Plants decorate the windowsill and what appears to be a fishbowl sits on top of a bookshelf on the left. All the girls sport curled and coiffed hairdos. A doll and a leather or wooden box sit on the top…

This report addresses the issue of female students wearing anklets -socks- on campus and a discussion of how to prevent this action. The report covers other matters relating to student conduct, however, these discussions are brief.

1950 Madison College yearbook photo featuring Stratford Dramatic Club (eventually renamed Stratford Players).

Stratford Literary Society group photo from the State Normal School for Women's 1914 yearbook, professor James Johnson seated.

Stratford Literary Society’s first performance in the open air theatre: Merry Wives of Windsor

This is the first constitution of the State Normal School of Harrisonburg's Student Government Organization. Approved by the student body February 25, 1915, this constitution and by-laws contains the building blocks for a hundred years of student…