A Guide to the Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007) SC 0192

A Guide to the Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007) SC 0192


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James Madison University Libraries Special Collections

820 Madison Drive
MSC 1706
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Telephone: (540) 568-3612
library-special@jmu.edu
URL: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/

Chris Bolgiano, Selena St. Andre

Repository
James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Identification
SC 0192
Title
Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers 1909-2011 1991-2007
Quantity
6.53 cubic feet, 19 boxes
Creator
Jones, Nancy Bondurant, 1930-2017
source
Jones, Randall B. (Randall Bondurant), 1957-
Language
English .
Abstract
The Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007), document the career and personal life of local teacher and writer Nancy Bondurant Jones. The collection mainly consists of research subject files, newspapers and clippings, correspondence, ephemera, speeches, and business and organizational documents. Also included are responses and letters from JMU alumni and Presidents Burruss, Duke, and Miller that Jones acquired during her research for Rooted on Bluestone Hill.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

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.

Other Formats Available

All media items are pending processing and reformatting. Media items include floppy disks containing Jones's articles and other written documents as well as cassette and microcassette tapes that mainly appear to be interviews that Jones conducted with Dr. Ronald E. Carrier, Lucille Smead, Harry Caplinger, and others.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007), SC 0192, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

A small portion of the collection related to her work on Rooted on Bluestone Hill was donated by Nancy Bondurant Jones in 2004. The bulk of the collection was donated by Martin Jones and Randy Jones, Nancy's sons, in May 2017.

Processing Information

The initial accession of the Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers was processed by former Special Collections Librarian Chris Bolgiano in March 2005. The 2017 donation that comprises the bulk of the collection was combined with the original accession. The collection, as a whole, was donated in good condition and required minimal preservation work. The preservation work that was done included removing tape and rusty staples or paperclips from the papers. Loose papers have been interfiled with corresponding subject files. Duplicate items in the collection were discarded. Any Social Security Numbers in the collection were redacted and the original documents discarded. Education records for the Shenandoah Electric Company Scholarship have been removed. It appeared as if Jones was a reader for the scholarship applications. All documents of a personal nature, specifically financial and medical, were returned to the donors. The original arrangement of the collection has been maintained where possible. Books have been cataloged separately. Some loose items found in books have been interfiled in related folders. All these items are identified in their corresponding folders. All media items are pending processing and reformatting.

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. The 2004 portion of this collection was previously cataloged as SC 5013.

Appraisal Information

Due to duplication in the Daily News-Record and other periodicals, a collection of scrapbooks containing exclusively newspaper clippings of Jones's articles was returned to the donors.


Bio/Historical Note

Nancy Bondurant Jones (1930-2017) was a well-known writer and historian in the Shenandoah Valley. She was born to Dr. Charles H. and Therma Barclay Bondurant in Roanoke. In 1956, she married Phillip Lawrence Jones, who passed away in 1979. She had two daughters, three sons, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren at the time of her death in December 2017.

Jones began her extensive teaching and writing career by getting her Bachelor of Arts at Shepherd College in West Virginia in 1953. Beyond Shepherd, she did additional work at George Washington University, University of Maryland, James Madison University, and University of Virginia. She also received fellowships from the University of Virginia and American University.

After twenty-nine years of teaching at schools in Montgomery County, Maryland and in Rockingham County at Elkton and Turner Ashby high schools, Jones spent the reminder of her career as a freelance writer. Her writing extended across newspapers, journals, speeches, and published books. Some of her most notable writing was done for the local newspaper, the Daily News-Record in which she wrote a weekly column, "Remembrances," for eleven years based on personal memories supported with historical fact. After completing her writing for the DNR , she went on to contribute columns and articles to the Staunton-based paper eightyone , and to JMU's Montpelier magazine. Jones also penned over a dozen books for various local businesses and organizations. Some notable titles include: Rooted on Bluestone Hill: A History of James Madison University (2004), Called to Care: A History of the Nursing Program at Rockingham Memorial Hospital (2004), and Ageless Legacy: A History of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (2004), all of which were nominated for the Library of Virginia's outstanding non-fiction award.

Outside of her writing career, Jones was active in the local and statewide community. In 1983, she ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates District 27. She was also the former president of the Harrisonburg Pilot Club, the Rockingham Country Teacher's Association, and the Shenandoah Branch of the National Association of American Pen Women. Beyond these organizations, Jones served on the boards of Greater Madison at JMU, the Sorenson Institute, and the Arts Council of the Valley. Personally, she was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church and opened one of the first bed and breakfasts in the area in the mid-1980s.

For her extensive work through teaching, writing, and community involvement Jones was given a few honors including being cited in the 1989/1990 edition of Who's Who in American Education and being named Women of the Year in 2000 by the Working Women's Forum.

In addition to all this work, Jones also worked at JMU for eight years. After retiring from teaching English at Turner Ashby High School in 1989, Jones began working for JMU in former President Dr. Ronald E. Carrier's office as the social events coordinator for Carrier and his wife, Edith. Soon she began writing Dr. Carrier's speeches and other documents as requested.In the early 1990s, Dr. Carrier commissioned her to write a book on the history of JMU that would appeal to a general audience. This book, Rooted on Bluestone Hill , was published in 2004.

Scope and Content

The Nancy Bondurant Jones Papers, 1909-2011 (bulk 1991-2007), consist of 19 boxes and 6.53 cubic feet of materials primarily consisting of research subject files, newspapers and clippings, correspondence, ephemera, speeches, and business and organizational documents. The bulk of the papers correspond to Shenandoah Valley and Virginia history, although some of the papers relate to national history including historical events like the Los Angeles Riots and women's suffrage. Other topics, like cancer or cars, are broader in scope. The collection also includes responses, forms, and letters from JMU alumni, faculty emeriti, and former university presidents that Jones acquired during her research for Rooted on Bluestone Hill. Arranged in two series, there is overlap in some instances between the two. The original, intended arrangement from the creator has been maintained where possible. Changes to the arrangement include alphabetizing where needed, slight changes to folder titles when necessary, and interfiling loose papers with existing files.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series. Series 1: Subject Files is arranged alphabetically. Series 2: Personal Papers is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically.

Subject Files, 1909-2010 Personal Papers, 1979-2011

Separated Material

All published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Articles
  • Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947
  • Carrier, Michael L. (Michael Lavon), 1956-2012
  • Carrier, Ronald E., 1932-2017
  • College students -- Manners and customs
  • Curriculum change -- History -- 20th century
  • Drafts (documents)
  • Education, Higher -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History
  • Gifford, Walter J. (Walter John), 1884-1957
  • James Madison University -- History
  • Jones, Randall B. (Randall Bondurant), 1957-
  • Keezell, George B. (George Bernard), 1854-1931
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Madison College -- History
  • Marable, Eleanor Beatrice, 1893-1982
  • McNallie, Robyn M.
  • Photographs
  • Printed Ephemera
  • Research (documents)
  • Speeches (Documents)
  • State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
  • State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
  • Teachers colleges -- History
  • Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- History
  • Whitman, Richard F.

Bibliography

Obituary for Nancy Bondurant Jones, Daily News-Record , December 14, 2017.
Jones, Nancy B. Rooted on Blue Stone Hill: A History of James Madison University. Santa Fe, NM; Staunton, VA: Center for American Places, 2004.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879
  • Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900
  • Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947
  • Carrier, Michael L. (Michael Lavon), 1956-2012
  • Carrier, Ronald E., 1932-2017
  • Frederikson, Edna, 1904-1998
  • Gifford, Walter J. (Walter John), 1884-1957
  • Jones, Nancy Bondurant, 1930-2017
  • Jones, Randall B. (Randall Bondurant), 1957-
  • Keezell, George B. (George Bernard), 1854-1931
  • Madison, Bishop (James), 1749-1812
  • Marable, Eleanor Beatrice, 1893-1982
  • Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
  • McNallie, Robyn M.
  • Reed, Walter, 1851-1902
  • Wampler, Charles W., Jr., 1915-2017
  • Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962
  • Whitman, Richard F.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Monticello (Va.)
  • Montpelier (Va. : Estate)
  • Otter, Peaks of (Va.)
  • Zenda (Rockingham County, Va.)

Container List

1
Subject Files
1909-20101991-2005
Scope and Content

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 1: Subject Files, 1909-2010 (bulk 1991-2005), contains papers relating to research that Jones did for her professional writing. It also comprises of papers related to JMU's history, including papers from the 2004 collection, general JMU history, and files related to Dr. Carrier. The series also includes documents and ephemera from the Harrisonburg community, including the local government and local events. The topics of the files range from local to national interest.

Combined from the 2004 portion of the collection relating to Jones's research for Rooted on Bluestone Hill , the series includes responses to forms Jones sent to faculty emeriti and graduates soliciting personal experiences and memories for the book, plus a few older items that respondents sent her. These include several letters by Dr. Julian Burruss, the first president of the university, to Beatrice Marable, the first student applicant at the new school in 1909, and the text of a speech Ms. Marable gave in 1945. Items from Presidents Duke and Miller are also included in the 2004 portion of the collection. Interviews concerning the conflicts between Dr. Carrier and faculty over the curriculum in the 1990s, a short memoir by Dr. Carrier, and an interview with Dr. Carrier's son, Michael are incorporated into the collection as well.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 1
    1864: The Valley Aflame Newspaper
    2004
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 2
    1927
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 3
    1950s
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 4
    1960s-1970s
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 5
    1990s Overview Decade
    1990, 1994, 1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 6
    1992 + First Night
    1992-1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 7
    1993-94
    1993-1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 8
    1997
    1997
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 9
    A David
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 10
    AAUW [American Association of University Women]
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 11
    ABC + Moonshine
    1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 12
    Adoption Search
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 13
    Ads
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 14
    AIDS
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 15
    Airships
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 16
    Alzheimer's
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 17
    American Dream Unraveled
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 18
    Arboretum
    1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 19
    Architecture
    1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 20
    Architecture
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 21
    Art/Artists
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 22
    Aunt Era
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 23
    Automobiles
    1993
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 24
    B. Marable
    1909-1957, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 25
    Baseball - Rockingham County Baseball League
    1984-1987, 1990, 1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 26
    Bed and Breakfast Articles
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885939] box: 1 folder: 27
    Bennett, Elizabeth & Jesse
    1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 1
    Berry, Dave
    1996
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 2
    Bible Women
    1991, 1999, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 3
    Bingham, George Caleb
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 4
    Black Americans
    2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 5
    To Black Freedom by W.M Good
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 6
    Blacksmiths - Fred Fisher
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 7
    Blizzard '96 & Others
    1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 8
    Boating - Shenandoah & James River
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 9
    Boyd, Belle
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 10
    Boys Band - Harrisonburg
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 11
    Bradley Foundry
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 12
    Brass Bands - Timberville & Others
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 13
    Bridgewater
    1992-1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 14
    Brown, Nellie
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 15
    Brunk
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 16
    Byrd, John
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 17
    Cancer
    19911993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 18
    Carpenter Family
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 19
    Dr. Ronald E. Carrier
    1997-2000, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 20
    Carrier Speeches
    2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 21
    Cars
    1991, 1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 22
    Caves
    1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 23
    Center for American Places
    2001, 2002, 2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885940] box: 2 folder: 24
    Chamber of Commerce/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
    1993-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 1
    Charles Wynes
    1980, 2006-2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 2
    Chestnut
    1991-1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 3
    Children's Home and Orphanages
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 4
    Christ the King
    2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 5
    Christmas Letters & Menus
    1991-1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 6
    Churches
    1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 7
    Civil War
    1991, 1995-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 8
    Clark, Henry
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 9
    Clubs
    1997-1998
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 10
    Colonial Life (Punishment)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 11
    Columns - DNR
    1990, 1991, 1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 12
    Comics - Hobbs
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 13
    Contests
    1994-1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 14
    Copyright Info
    2001-2002, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 15
    Country Stores
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 16
    Crossroads - EMU
    1994-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885941] box: 3 folder: 17
    Culebra/Puerto Rica
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 1
    Daily News Leader: 1900s A Century of Change
    1999-2000
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 2
    Daily News Record Newspaper
    1921-1922
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 3
    Daily News Record: 20th Century Look Back
    19992005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 4
    Dam - Rawley
    1993-1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 5
    Dating
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 6
    Dayton
    1990, 1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 7
    Dayton - Civil War
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 8
    Dayton Learning Center
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 9
    D.C. National Guard - MISC History - Mike Berger
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 10
    D-Day
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 11
    Death with Dignity
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 12
    Desert Storm Operation - War (following Operation Desert Shield)
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 13
    Disasters
    1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 14
    Dogs
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 15
    The Donning Company
    1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 16
    Doris Dean
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 17
    Dry River/ Gum Run
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 18
    Earhart and Female Pilots
    1993
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 19
    Easter
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885942] box: 4 folder: 20
    Eastern Mennonite School & College
    1992, 1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 1
    Eaton Vance Financial
    2003
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 2
    Edison, Thomas Alva
    19931996
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 3
    Education - Hist.
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 4
    Education - Today
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 5
    Eightyone Newspapers
    2001-2002
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 6
    Elkton
    19881995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 7
    Email Chains
    2000-2001
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 8
    Emory, Bertha
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 9
    English, Commentaries On
    1980, 1986-1987, 1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 10
    Episcopal Church & Bishop Madison
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 11
    ERA
    1978, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 12
    Faculty Emeritus
    1996
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 13
    Farming/ Kemper Jarrels
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 14
    Farrell, Richard
    1989, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 15
    Fires
    1990, 1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 16
    First Ladies of VA/ The Constitution
    20062008
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 17
    Fishing
    1994-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 18
    Flogging & Other Legal Punishment
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 19
    Floods
    1990-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 20
    Floral Arrangements
    2001
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 21
    Folklore - Shenandoah Valley
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 22
    Following Directions + "Friday Afternoons"
    1973, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 23
    Football
    2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 24
    Fort Laramie Scout
    1993
  • Mixed Materials [1000885943] box: 5 folder: 25
    Fredrickson, Edna/ Otto
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 1
    Gatewood/ Geronimo
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 2
    Genman, G. E.
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 3
    Gibbons, Josephine
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 4
    Girl Scouts
    1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 5
    Graduates
    1993-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 6
    Graduates - Memoirs
    1916, 1923-1924, 1975, 1993-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 7
    Grant Info
    1991-1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 8
    Grottos
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 9
    Halloween + Ghost Tales
    19881991
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 10
    Harrison, Daniel
    1994-1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 11
    Harrisonburg Downtown
    1982-2002, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 12
    Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Services Guide
    1999
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 13
    Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
    1992-1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 14
    Harrisonburg-Rockingham Newsletters
    2004-2010
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 15
    Hartman
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 16
    Health Care
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 17
    Herblock + Hobbs Comic
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 18
    Historic Homes
    1992-1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 19
    Historical Society: '89, '90, '91
    1990-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 20
    Hoboes
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885944] box: 6 folder: 21
    Hoboes
    2006
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 1
    Holidays
    1983, 1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 2
    Hosteller Drug Store
    2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 3
    Hotel Roanoke & Jefferson
    1992-1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 4
    Hughes/ Williamson Pharmacy
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 5
    Hunting
    1992-1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 6
    Hymns
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 7
    Indians
    1993, 1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 8
    Jackson River Case
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 9
    The Jefferson Hotel
    1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 10
    JMU
    20042006
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 11
    JMU Basketball
    1996-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 12
    JMU Extras - use 2nd printing
    1931, 1998, 2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 13
    JMU-Related Columns
    1994-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 14
    Jones, General + Malinda Rice + Others
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 15
    Jones, N. B. Miscellaneous
    1917, 1943, 1952-1957
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 16
    Jones Williams Gabriel
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 17
    Keezletown/McGaheysville
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 18
    Kelly, Brain C. Best Little Stories
    1995-1996
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 19
    Kennedy Newspaper
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 20
    Knitting
    1995, 2002, 2005-2008, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 21
    Lackawanna/ Riverton
    2002, 2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 22
    L.A. Riots 1992
    19651992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 23
    Law Enforcement/ Police Sheriffs
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 24
    Lee, Robert E. - Mother
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 25
    Lincolns
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885945] box: 7 folder: 26
    Lindbergh
    2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 1
    Local History - MISC
    1973, 1996-2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 2
    Lottery
    1993
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 3
    Madison, Bishop James
    2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 4
    Magazines/ NAACP
    1977, 1998, 2006
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 5
    Malls
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 6
    Mark Warner, etc
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 7
    Mary Draper Ingles + Hochstetler Massacres
    1990, 1996, 1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 8
    Matthew Fontaine Maury
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 9
    McDaniel Brothers - Shenandoah Valley Drywall
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 10
    McGaheysville/ Keezeltown
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 11
    MCV - Sanger, William T.
    1996
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 12
    Medal of Honor
    1982, 1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 13
    Memorials
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 14
    Mennonites
    2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 15
    Merck
    1990-1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 16
    Mercy House
    1991, 1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 17
    Mills & Agriculture
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 18
    MISC
    1990-1992, 1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 19
    MISC - Local History
    2008-2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 20
    MISC - need to keep + medical growth + changes to book
    1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885946] box: 8 folder: 21
    Monticello
    2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 1
    Monticello/ Michie Tavern/ Montpelier
    1993, 1999, 2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 2
    Mosby
    1986, 1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 3
    Mount Clinton School
    1956, 1991, 1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 4
    Mount Crawford
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 5
    NAACP
    2006
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 6
    NAACP
    2008
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 7
    Names
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 8
    Names of Local Interest
    1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 9
    Naylor, Phyllis
    1993-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 10
    NetMusic Works (Rain)
    2008
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 11
    Newspapers
    1996, 2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 12
    New York
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 13
    Nielson Construct[ion]
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 14
    Obaugh, Wallace
    1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 15
    Olympics
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 16
    Oxfam
    1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 17
    Pakyar Interview Notes
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 18
    Paul, Jane
    1975, 1991-1993, 1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 19
    Peaks of Otter
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 20
    People: MISC
    1989-1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 21
    Pershing, General John S.
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 22
    Peter Heneberger - DNR Column 509 - June 5, 2001
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 23
    Photographs & Images - JMU Historic
    1909-1945, 1970-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 24
    Photos
    1943, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 25
    Political Photos
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885947] box: 9 folder: 26
    P.O. + MISC
    1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 1
    Possible Columns 1
    1991-1996, 2006-2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 2
    Possible Columns 2
    1991-1996, 2006-2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 3
    P.O.W.'s
    1987, 1993, 2008, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 4
    Presidents
    1993-1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 5
    Quota Club
    1992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 6
    Quotes
    2002, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 7
    Radio/ TV WSVA
    1995-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 8
    Radio Workshop Presentation
    1980-1981
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 9
    Railroads
    1916, 1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 10
    Reed, Walter
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 11
    Restaurants - Friddle's
    1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 12
    Rice, John
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 13
    RMH MISC
    19732005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 14
    Roads - Valley (Turnpikes)
    1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 15
    Rockingham Construction
    1985, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 16
    Rockingham County
    1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 17
    Rockingham County Correspondence
    1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 18
    Rockingham County - Early Settlers (German) + Penn.
    1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885948] box: 10 folder: 19
    Romance & Crime
    1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 1
    Rotary
    1971, 1993-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 2
    Sally Tompkins
    1986, 1987, 1990-1991, 2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 3
    Salvation Army
    1980-1982, 1987-1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 4
    Schools
    1956, 1990-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 5
    Service Clubs - Exchange, Rotary, Kiwanis
    1996-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 6
    Seven Wonders of Ancient World
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 7
    Sharing & Seminarian - Mennonite Mutual Aid & Eastern Mennonite University
    1993-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 8
    Shenandoah Bicentennial
    1972
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 9
    Shenandoah Valley Business Journal
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 10
    Shenandoah Valley Electric Coop.
    2004-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 11
    Shenandoah Valley Highways
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 12
    Shenandoah Women
    1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 13
    Sherman, Elizabeth
    1989
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 14
    Showalter, Galen - Notes
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 15
    Showker, Zane
    2004
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 16
    Singers/ Dancers, Writers
    1991
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 17
    Singers Glen
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 18
    Sipe, George E.: Civil War
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 19
    Smith, Colonel Abraham, 1722-1783
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885949] box: 11 folder: 20
    Smith House
    2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 1
    State Parks
    2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 2
    Staunton - MISC
    2001-2002, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 3
    Staunton + Wilson
    2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 4
    Stuart, Sally (ECW)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 5
    Suffrage (19th Amendment)
    1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 6
    Superstitions
    1988-1989, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 7
    Suter's Handcrafted Furniture
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 8
    Swartzendruber
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 9
    Teaching
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 10
    Theaters
    1991-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 11
    Tide Springs
    2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 12
    Toll Roads
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 13
    Trains
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 14
    Turkey Festival
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 15
    "Tweetsie" - Narrow Gauge Railroad Rockingham County
    1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 16
    UFO's
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 17
    Valiant Virginians
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 18
    VA Theaters
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 19
    VFH Views
    2008-2009
  • Mixed Materials [1000885950] box: 12 folder: 20
    Violence
    1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 1
    Virginia: First in the Heart of the Nation
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 2
    Virginia Historical Society
    1991, 1993-1995, 1998, 2008
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 3
    VMRC
    2004-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 4
    Walking Tours
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 5
    Warren County High Schools
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 6
    Wars - Vietnams' Notes
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 7
    Watkins, Evelyn
    1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 8
    Wayland, John Walter
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 9
    Weather
    1990, 1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 10
    West Virginia
    1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 11
    Working Women's Forum
    1999-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 12
    Writers
    1990
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 13
    WWII
    2000, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 14
    WWII + 1940s
    1992, 1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 15
    WWII: Conscientious Objectors
    19921994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885951] box: 13 folder: 16
    WWII: Diehl, Co. C.
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885952] box: 14 folder: 1
    WWII: German P.O.W.s: Wehrmacht Autumns
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885952] box: 14 folder: 2
    WWII - P.O.W.s
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885952] box: 14 folder: 3
    Zenda - Al Jenkins
    2003-2005, 2008-2010, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885952] box: 14 folder: 4
    Zigler
    1990, undated
2
Personal Papers
1979-20111992-2007
Scope and Content

Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically.

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1979-2011 (bulk 1992-2007), contains papers relating to Jones's professional and personal involvements. These include annotated drafts of books and articles, documents relating to institutions such as the Sorensen Institute and the National League of American Pen Women, and speeches and interviews throughout the years. All folders with number titles, such as the 100s, 200s, etc, contain selections of Daily-News Record columns authored by Jones. Many full-length drafts of her books as well as documents relating to their publication are included. In addition, a resignation-like thank you letter from Jones to Dr. Carrier is included in General Correspondence, box 17, folder 1. Media items in this series include floppy disks containing Jones's articles and other written documents as well as cassette and microcassette tapes that mainly appear to be interviews that Jones conducted with Dr. Ronald E. Carrier, Lucille Smead, Harry Caplinger, and others.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 1
    Personal MISC + Medical
    1979-1982, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 2
    Rockingham Construction Company
    1987-1989, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 3
    Writing Lecture
    1989, 1995, 1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 4
    Vita
    19901992
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 5
    Cols. 1-99
    1990, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 6
    Harrisonburg-Rockingham Retired Teachers' Association
    1991-1992, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 7
    Personal Reminisces
    1991, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 8
    Personal Papers for JMU
    1992-1994, 2003
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 9
    Homespun
    1992-1995, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 10
    Speeches
    1992-1995, 1998-2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 11
    100s
    circa 1993, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885953] box: 15 folder: 12
    Lessons - ICL
    1993-1994, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 1
    200s
    1994-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 2
    Interviews
    1996-1997, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 3
    300s
    1996-1998, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 4
    Working Women's Forum: Women of the Year 2001
    1997, 2001, 2003, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 5
    400s
    1998-2000, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 6
    Sorensen Institute
    1998-2002, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 7
    Sorensen Institute 1
    1999-2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885954] box: 16 folder: 8
    Sorensen Institute 2
    1999-2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 1
    General Correspondence
    2000-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 2
    Greater Madison
    2001-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 3
    Uncommon Women of the Commonwealth - Speech
    2001-2002, 2011, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 4
    500s
    2001, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 5
    Jeremy the wonderful/ Jeremias el curiosa
    2002, 2006-2008, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 6
    Family Papers, Letters, etc
    2004-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 7
    Working Women's Forum/ Getting to Know You
    2004-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 8
    Return Luck
    2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 9
    Speech for VA Writers + Contract w/ Community Foundation
    2004, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 10
    Yesteryear
    2005-2008, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 11
    Speeches - MISC
    2005-2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 12
    Photographs
    2006-2007
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 13
    VMRC
    2006, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 14
    Farmer's and Merchant's Bank
    2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885955] box: 17 folder: 15
    United Way
    2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 1
    Zenda
    2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 2
    Zenda Talks
    2007, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 3
    Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
    2008, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 4
    National League of American Pen Women
    2009, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 5
    UVA Book Proposal
    2010, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 6
    Articles
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 7
    Banking on the Future
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 8
    Creative Writing
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 9
    My Writing - MISC
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 10
    Seeking Permanence on the Landscape: A History of Zenda, 1869-1930
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 11
    Stationary
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 12
    Wampler, Charles
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 13
    WWII
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885956] box: 18 folder: 14
    Zenda Draft
    undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885957] box: 19 folder: 1
    Media (cassettes, floppy disks)
    1997, undated