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Letter signed from Dorothy Garber, a faculty member and later Dean of Women, encouraging alumni to return for commencement exercises. Describes, with small drawn illustrations, activities that the girls did during their time at the school including…

Unnumbered page from the State Normal School for Women's 1916 SchoolMa'am yearbook

This poster list activities for seniors to take part in on campus and around Harrisonburg before they graduate.

Children from the Main Street School as Queen Elizabeth, Robin Hood and Foresters

The Breeze printed this image of guys playing one another at a game of chess in a dorm room, while drinking wine and beer. Images like these provide a contrast with earlier photographs of dormitory life. Casual incorporation of alcohol into student…

Co-captains of the cheerleading squad pose for a picture.

Student Johnette Henderson, an organizer of the “Hands Across JMU” event, and President Carrier admiring a poster. The poster was the first in the series of four which aimed to increase awareness of racial and ethnic concerns.

An entry from the 1975 issue of Madison College's yearbook portrays the new student organization, the Black Student Alliance. Formed in 1972, the BSA sought to “articulate the problems of black students,” at the college, “promote interaction and…