Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Department of History: Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. Papers, 1950-1983, UA 0037, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Collection was donated by Raymond C. Dingledine in April 1984.

Processing Information

The collection was formerly given the collection number, HI 93-0407.

Bio/Historical Note

Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. was born in 1919 to Raymond Carlyle Dingledine and Agness Browne Stribling Dingledine. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, and in 1948, began teaching at Madison College in the Social Sciences and History Department. He became head of the History Department in 1965 when it separated from the Social Sciences, a position he held until his retirement in 1984. In 1959 he published, "Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1956." Dingledine was married to Emily Reel. He died in 1990. Dingledine's father, Raymond Sr. taught at the State Normal School from 1913 until his death in 1941. His mother, Agness graduated from the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg in 1915, and later served as House Mother and as Alumni Secretary at Madison College. Dingledine Hall is named in her honor.

Scope and Content

The Department of History: Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr., Papers are comprised of committee papers, meeting minutes, and administrative records that document Dingledine's work in the Social Studies and History Department at James Madison University (formerly Madison College), as well as correspondence and research materials for the book, "Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958," authored by Dingledine and published in 1959.

Arrangement

Items are arranged into two series, and are further arranged by subject matter. Series 1: Research Files, 1956-1958 Series 2: Topical Files, 1950-1983

Related Material

Dingledine, Raymond C., Jr. "Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958." Harrisonburg, VA: Madison College, 1959.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Dingledine, Raymond C., Jr. -- 1919-1990
• Education, Higher -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History
• James Madison University. Department of History
• Madison College -- History
• Madison College. Department of History

Genre and Form Terms:

• Administrative reports
• Letters (correspondence)
• Minutes (administrative records)
• Pamphlets
• Research notes