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Blackface

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the caricature of black people, generally by non-blacks, through the use of makeup, mannerisms, speech patterns, etc.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Marian Colton Smith Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 0186
Abstract

This collection contains memorabilia from the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg including letters, a teaching contract, application for teaching, and photographs.

Dates: 1932-1938

V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 0183
Abstract

The V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers, 1913-2005, a collection of a notable Harrisonburg Teacher’s College (now James Madison University) alumna, contains James Madison University related correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and reunion programs, as well as Roop and Graybeal family history.

Dates: 1913-2005