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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Patsy Black Spillman Photographs, SC 0348, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Transferred to Special Collections in July 2008 by JMU's Centennial Office as part of a larger group of alumni materials.

Biographical / Historical

Patsy Elaine Black (1930-2014) of Waynesboro, Virginia, matriculated into Madison College in the late 1940s. She received her BA in Art and MA in Art Education. She married Bill Spillman in 1951.

Scope and Contents

Four facsimile photographs with captions documenting Patsy Black's time as a student at Madison College. Photographs include two photos of 1948 graduates (Nancy Fravel and Ann Pinney), Patsy Black and classmates dressed up as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for Halloween 1948, and Black with her future husband, Bill Spillman, at the "Snow Ball" in December 1950.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Facsimiles (reproductions)
• James Madison University -- History
• James Madison University. Centennial Office
• Madison College -- History
• Madison College -- Students -- Social life and customs
• Photographs