The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories
James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Carrier Library Second Floor; Room 207, MSC 1704;
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, Virginia
22807
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 540-568-3612
Repository URL: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/default.aspx 
Repository code: vihart
Repository description (extant): The Mission of Special Collections is fourfold:
* To document the Central Shenandoah Valley [the city of Harrisonburg, as well as Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page and Augusta Counties]
* To document the history of James Madison University
* To serve as Carrier Library's repository for rare, irreplaceable, unique, or otherwise valuable materials which warrant special handling to assure their long-term availability
* To support the use of primary source materials housed in Special Collections within the JMU curriculum and the wider community of scholars
Therefore, the objectives of Special Collections are: to gather rare books, manuscripts and other special materials that support the mission of Special Collections, Carrier Library and the University; to process and house these materials in ways that make them accessible to the public while enhancing their preservation; to provide service in their use, to communicate to the University and the wider community the purpose and content of Special Collections; and to encourage potential donors of desirable materials.
Repository type: University Special Collection
Collections:
Integration: the African American experience in Harrisonburg, Virginia
School integration in Waynesboro, [Va], from an African American perspective oral history project
Lucy Simms oral history
Madison College student protest, April 1970, an oral history project
Shenandoah Valley oral history project
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