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James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
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Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Tiffany Cole
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for 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.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], University Program Board Records, 1972-2023, UA 0063, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
The collection was transferred to Special Collections on March 11, 2024 by the University Program Board. The transfer was facilitated by Mary Wright, Coordinator for Student Life at UPB.
Processing Information
Scrapbooks with unstable bindings or detached boards were stabilized.
Administrative History
The University Program Board (UPB) was first established as the Campus Program Board (CPB) in 1971. The name was updated in 1977 to coincide with the change from Madison College to James Madison University. The organization, as it was first conceived, was "composed of students selected with the purpose of providing social, cultural, recreational, and educational activities on campus" (Student Handbook, 1971). Those main tenets are largely in line with the current objectives of the University Program Board.
The University Program Board organized various types of events including concerts; comedy shows; talent shows; speakers and lecturers; movie showings; hypnotists; annual Kids Drop, You Shop holiday event; Madipalooza; collaborative programming with other university organizations; co-hosting Black Emphasis Week events; Spring Break sponsored trips; Late Night Breakfast; and more.
Over the years major events were held in Godwin Hall, Wilson Hall auditorium, Memorial Hall auditorium, Taylor Down Under (TDU), Convocation Center, and most recently Atlantic Union Bank Center.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises scrapbooks, posters, fliers, and paperwork documenting events, concerts, and activities organized by the University Program Board (UPB). Event preparation and tear down, meetings, trainings, retreats, and team building activities involving UPB staff and student employees are also documented.
The 26 scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, calendars, and ephemera (ticket stubs, backstage passes, etc.) for events hosted by the University Program Board. Typically, one scrapbook was created and is present for each academic year beginning in 1972. The scrapbooks also document behind-the-scenes activities of UPB staff and student employees including their attendance at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) annual conference, planning meetings, and casual gatherings. Letters to the editor and opinion pieces from The Breeze address dissatisaction with UPB programming including a lack of diversity in event offerings.
Additional materials include event posters and fliers (some autographed) and talent contracts for the Spring 2012 semester.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College students
- Fliers (printed matter)
- James Madison University -- History
- James Madison University -- Students
- Madison College -- History
- Madison College -- Students
- Newspaper clippings
- Photographs
- Posters
- Scrapbooks
- Student activities
- University Program Board. James Madison University
Bibliography
Handbook. Harrisonburg, Va. : Madison College, 1971.Container List
- Mixed Materials [1000925025] box: OV 1 1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Major events: Jesus Christ Superstar performance by the original American touring company, The Association concert, The Guess Who concert, Norman Baker lecture, Robin Williams and "Dakota Dave" Hull concert, and Madness at Madison concert featuring The Crystals, Chubby Checker, Tommy James, The Happenings, Gary U.S. Bond, and The Dovells.
- Mixed Materials [1000925025] box: OV 1 March 1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Major events: Jim Croce concert, Nikki Giovanni lecture, Jimmy Castor Bunch concert, Bob Katz lecture on JFK assassination conspiracy, Rare Earth concert, Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids concert, The Muledeer and Moondog Medicine Show comedy act, Seals & Crofts concert, Serendipity Singers concert, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert, Dick Gregory lecture, and Rufus Thomas concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000925025] box: OV 1 1973-1976
Scope and Contents
Major events: Three Dog Night concert, America concert, Hall and Oates concert, Pure Prairie League concert, Michael Murphey concert, Fleetwood Mac concert, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert, Gloria Gaynor disco revue, Tom Chapin concert, Average White Band concert, and Shirley Chisholm lecture.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 1977-1978
Scope and Contents
Major events: New Riders of the Purple Sage concert, George Benson concert, Hall and Oates concert, Marshall Tucker Band concert, Atlanta Rhythm Section concert, Mother's Finest concert, Bonnie Raitt concert, Tom Chapin concert, Doobie Brothers concert, and Little Feat concert.
Includes news articles discussing a controversial review of the Homecoming Revue talent show which featured a performance by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Mixed Materials [1000925026] box: OV 2 1978-1980
Scope and Contents
Major events: Count Basie concert, Grafton-Stovall Theater dedication, Boston with Sammy Hagar concert, Flying Burrito Brothers concert, Crown Heights Affair concert, Outlaws with Molly Hatchet concert, John Prine concert, Tom Chapin concert, Little River Band concert, Kenny Loggins concert, Chuck Mangione concert, Jimmy Buffett concert, and Marshall Tucker Band concert.
Includes news articles discussing calls for more diverse programming.
- Mixed Materials [1000925025] box: OV 1 1980-1981
Scope and Contents
Major events: Dixie Dregs concert, Flamin' Oh's concert, Vincent Price lecture, Dizzy Gillespie concert, John Prine concert, Molly Hatchet concert, Julian Bond lecture, Pure Prairie League concert, and Pat Benatar concert.
Newspaper clippings discuss the establishment of UPB's minority affairs committee.
- Mixed Materials [1000925026] box: OV 2 1985-1986
Scope and Contents
Major events: The Kinks concert, Betty Williams lecture, Second City comedy show, Gerald Ford lecture, Weird Al Yankovic concert, Dr. Ruth lecture, The Motels concert, and Thompson Twins concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Major events: Chuck Mangione concert, Hank Williams Jr. with Earl Thomas Conley concert, Hooters concert, Awareness Art Ensemble concert, Bob Hope lecture, Max Weinberg concert, Yolanda King lecture, .38 Special concert, and Hoodoo Gurus concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000885749] box: 1 1987-1988
Scope and Contents
Major events: James Kilpatrick lecture, Jimmy Buffett concert, Hoodoo Gurus concert, Lou Rawls concert, Nikki Giovanni lecture, controversial showing of the X-rated movie Last Tango in Paris , and 10,000 Maniacs concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000885749] box: 1 1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Major events: BoDeans concert, Steven Wright comedy show, Bruce Hornsby and the Range concert, UB40 concert, Gallagher comedy show, and Oliver North lecture.
Includes picture of Lou Rawls.
- Mixed Materials [1000885749] box: 1 1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Major events: Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians concert, Little Feat concert, Marty Putz and Bertice Berry comedy show, New Potato Caboose concert, Adrian Belew concert, Yellowjackets concert, Jehan Sadat lecture, David Aikman lecture, Bobcat Goldthwait comedy show, Hoodoo Gurus concert, and Joe Clark lecture.
- Mixed Materials [1000885749] box: 1 1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Major events: EU (Experience Unlimited) concert, Jeff Dunham ventriloquism show, Sarah Weddington lecture, Joe Piscopo performance, The Romantics concert, Robert Klein performance, and Public Enemy concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1993-1994
Scope and Contents
Major events: Toad the Wet Sprocket concert, Allman Brothers Band concert, Speech (rapper with Arrested Development) lecture, James Brown concert, Jane Elliott lecture, Carrot Top comedy show, Maya Angelou lecture, Dave Matthews Band concert, and Tom Deluca hypnosis and comedy show
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1994
Scope and Contents
Major events: MasterCard Acts: American Collegiate Talent Search.
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Major events: Mark Rust concert, Matthew Sweet concert, Cornel West lecture, and FeSKAval featuring Ruder Than You.
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1996-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Major events: Wyclef Jean featuring Refugee Camp All-Stars concert, Norm Macdonald comedy show, Ben Harper concert, John Waters lecture, and Widespread Panic concert.
Photographs document an impromptu show by Wyclef Jean and John Forté at the Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge which was used as a dormitory.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 1998-1999
Scope and Contents
Major events: campus visit by Tibetan monks, Fighting Gravity concert, Cracker concert, Spike Lee lecture, Third Eye Blind and Eve 6 concert, Busta Rhymes concert, Kweisi Mfume lecture, and Jim Breuer comedy show.
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 1
Loose scrapbook pages2000-2001Scope and Contents
Major events: Vertical Horizon concert.
Processing InformationThe scrapbook pages were removed from the binding (3-ring binder) due to condition issues.
- Mixed Materials [1000885750] box: 2 2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Major events: Black Eyed Peas concert, Gavin DeGraw concert, Paul Rusesabagina address and showing of Hotel Rwanda , Bruce Campbell appearance, Jimmy Eat World concert, and Mark Curry comedy show.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 2006-2007
Scope and Contents
Major events: Ron Jeremy and Craig Gross debate, Guster concert, Recycled Percussion concert, Lupe Fiasco concert, and Ben Folds concert.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 2007-2008
Scope and Contents
Major events: Dennis Haskins Q&A, Gym Class Heroes concert, Cocoa Brown comedy show, Baron Vaughn comedy show, Rock the Vote event featuring Real World stars Jose Tapia and Robin Hibbard, Josh Gracin concert, Judson Laipply (famous for Evolution of Dance YouTube video) performance, Uganda Child Soldier Awareness Week speakers Grace Akallo and Betty Bigombe, Say Anything concert, Mae concert, T-Pain concert, and Jim Breuer comedy show.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 2008-2009
Scope and Contents
Major events: Boys Like Girls concert and Jay McCarroll "Trashion" Show.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 2009-2010
Scope and Contents
Major events: Corey Smith concert, Third Eye Blind concert, and Aziz Ansari comedy show.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3 2010-2011
Scope and Contents
Major events: B.o.B. concert, Sara Bareilles concert, Cartel concert, Wiz Khalifa concert, Arthur Moats lecture, Michael Ian Black comedy show, Andrew Jenks lecture, and Geoff LaTulippe lecture.
- Mixed Materials [1000885748] box: 3
Goodbye Gibbons Late Night Breakfast photograph album2016 April 21Scope and Contents
Compilation of photo booth pictures taken during a late night breakfast prior to the demolition of D-Hall (aka Gibbons Hall).
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 2
Loose ephemeracirca 1978
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 3
Loose photographscirca 1988
Includes multiple signed Flo Milli posters.
Some fliers are signed by the artists including several signed copies of Flo Milli's set list.
Files comprise evaluations, checklists, talent contracts, and budgets for events and programs.
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 4
Naked Dating2012 January 24
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 5
February Late Night Breakfast - Mardi Gras2012 February 9
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 6
Minute to Win It2012 February 29
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 7
International Night at D-Hall2012 March 19
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 8
Bison and The Itchy Hearts concert2012 March 21
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 9
March Late Night Breakfast - Spacejam2012 March 22
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 10
"So You Think You're Funny?" student comedy competition2012 March 30
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 11
Crash Boom Bang concert with Bandits and Beggars2012 April 4
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 12
April Funny Freakin' Friday featuring Leighann Lord2012 April 6
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 13
Life's a Beach: Bringing the Beach to the 'Burg2012 April 16
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 14
The Broadcast concert2012 April 18
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 15
Washington, D.C. bus trip2012 April 21
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 16
Jay Pharoah comedy show2012 April 26
- Mixed Materials [1000885747] box: 4 folder: 17
April Late Night Breakfast2012 April 26