Nancy B. Jones collection, 1909-2000 ; bulk (1993-2000).

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Nancy B. Jones collection, 1909-2000 ; bulk (1993-2000).

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Consists chiefly of responses to form letters sent by Mrs. Jones to faculty emeriti and alumnae requesting their personal reminiscences for a book on JMU history. Includes signed correspondence from JMU's first president, Julian A. Burruss to the institution's first enrolled student, Eleanor Beatrice Marable, dated 1909; personal correspondence from Dean of the College, Walter J. Gifford to Ms. Marable; notes and drafts of a speech given by Ms. Marable on Founder's Day, 1957, entitled "Senator Keezell's Contribution to our College." Folder 5 consists of one draft and one final copy of an autobiographical speech by JMU President Ronald E. Carrier; statements from JMU Vice President Douglas T. Brown, and Professors Robin McNallie and Richard Whitman, regarding the controversy between Dr. Carrier and the Faculty Senate over JMU's curriculum in the 1990s; a brief newspaper clipping about Dr. Carrier; and notes from an interview with Dr. Carrier's son, Mike, recording his reminiscences of growing up on campus at the president's residence, Hillcrest House.

1/2 of 1 Hollinger box (ca. 120 items).

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Marable, Eleanor Beatrice, 1893-1982.

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State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.)

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State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.)

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State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.)

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Whitman, Richard F.

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McNallie, Robyn M.

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Madison College

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Jones, Nancy Bondurant

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Nancy Bondurant Jones began working for JMU in 1989 after retiring from teaching English at Turner Ashby High School. She set out as social events coordinator for then-president Ronald E. Carrier and his wife, Edith, and later started writing Dr. Carrier's speeches and other documents as requested. In the early 1990s, Dr. Carrier commissioned her to write a book on JMU history that would appeal to a general audience. Rooted on Blue Stone Hill was published by the Center for American Places in Ju...

Carrier, Michael L.

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Keezell, George Bernard, 1854-1931.

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James Madison University

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Carrier, Ronald E.

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Ronald E. Carrier served as the fourth president of James Madison University from 1971 until 1998. Dr. Carrier brought many new ideas to Madison College. Under his tenure, Madison College grew from a prominently female institution holding 4,000 students to a co-ed university with 14,000 students. Dr. Carrier expanded the grounds of JMU more than 100 acres, and he is largely credited with the vision of East Campus, and the resulting expansion of the university to the eastern side of Interstate 81...

Gifford, Walter J.

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Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947

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Julian Ashby Burruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He was the first alumnus-President, having graduated with honors in civil engineering from VPI in 1898. A hallmark of his long tenure in the presidency was a major administrative reorganization, which included: abolishing four deanships; broadening the scope and authority of the Deans of Agriculture and Engineering; establishing post of Dean of the College; abolishing College surgeon office and hiring full-time health offi...