SUB-PAGES: Maps including 1880's maps of Rockingham and Augusta Counties. Video & Audio; Interesting videos and audio files.
Wonderful Photos Donated by Jennifer Vickers. Thank you Jennifer!
Photos from our recent donation from Jennifer Vickers!
Below: Photos from Harrisonburg, Virginia and the Lucy F. Simms High School
Thanks to Billo Harper for these great photos!
Harrisonburg's Urban Renewal Projects, R4 & R16; Photos Below in three slideshows
Thank you David Ehrenpreis for gathering these photos for the Community!
The original photos are a part of the James Madison University's Special Collections.
"Before, During and After" R4, Harrisonburg, VA
Thirty Four Photos
18 Photos from Harrisonburg, Virginia.
MARY AWKARD FRANCES FAIRFAX, Educator, Resident of Harrisonburg, VA
Mary Awkard Frances Fairfax was an educator in Harrisonburg, Virginia for over forty years. In 2005 Cheryl Metz. with the Massanutten Regional Library interviewed her. She was 93 when these tapes were made. They are filled with wonderful stories about Simms School, 1900's Newtown and her incredible life that started on April 2, 1912 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
I think hearing the voices is so important. You hear so much in them; strength, determination, love, faith. This is the second audio file I have uploaded from her interview with Cheryl. It includes her talking about going to Petersburg, VA to get her Teacher's Certificate in the early 1930's. This segment also includes bits about her teaching career at Simms and in Bridgewater. You can find the full interview at the Massanutten Regional Library in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Experience African-American Education During Segregation