A Guide to the Steven Kite Collection of Shenandoah Valley Weather Data, 1966-1980 , SC 0385

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Tiffany Cole

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

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Access Restrictions

Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Provenance

Per correspondence with the donor, Raus Hanson's weather data may have been given to Skip Watts, instructor at Madison College, by Hanson's widow, Ethel Hanson.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Steven Kite Collection of Shenandoah Valley Weather Data, SC 0385, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Steven Kite in July 2007.

Biographical / Historical

J. Steven Kite graduated from Madison College in 1976 with a BS in geology. He was an instructor in the school's Department of Geology during the 1979-1980 academic year. Kite joined West Virginia University's Department of Geology and Geography in 1983.

Raus Hanson, whose weather data is included in this collection, taught geography at Madison College from 1928 until 1960.

Scope and Contents

Data, statistics, and reports related to weather in the Shenandoah Valley. The materials were compiled by Steven Kite with contributions made by Raus Hanson and others. Of particular interest are the monthly and yearly precipitation totals from Madison College compiled by Hanson from 1941-1966. Two reports discuss weather patterns, specifically wind shifts and precipitation, in the Shenandoah Valley. A file of correspondence concern sharing Hanson's weather data with Page County High School.

Separated Material

An original copy of Raus McDill Hanson's A Quarter of a Century of Weather Records on Madison College Campus, Harrisonburg, Virginia, (1942-1966). Harrisonburg, Va: Madison College, 1967 was separated from the collection and cataloged bibliographically.

Container List

Mixed Materials [1000897443] box: 1 folder: 1

Raus Hanson weather data

Hanson, Raus McDill, 1889-19821966

Scope and Contents

Includes list "Misleading and incorrect ideas accepted by many persons regarding geographical facts" and multiple copies of Madison College campus monthly precipitation records (November 1941-December 1966) recorded by Raus Hanson.

Mixed Materials [1000897443] box: 1 folder: 2

"Preliminary Notes on Wind-shift Sequences as a Guide to Single Station Forecasting"

1979-1980

Scope and Contents

Paper written by Skipp Watts and Andy Colletti.

Mixed Materials [1000897443] box: 1 folder: 3

"Discussion on Several Reasons for Precipitation Differences Among Recording Stations in Central-Western Virginia"

May 1980

Scope and Contents

Project completed by Jeff Bosch and Andy Colletti with Steven Kite serving as advisor.

Mixed Materials [1000897443] box: 1 folder: 4

Correspondence with Melvin L. Miller

1980

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Steven Kite, Mrs. Ethel Hanson, and Melvin L. Miller, Chairman of the Page County High School Science Department regarding sharing Raus Hanson's weather data and incorporating the data with that already held by PCHS.