A Guide to the V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers, 1913-2005 SC 0183

A Guide to the V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers, 1913-2005 SC 0183


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James Madison University Libraries Special Collections

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Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Julia Merkel, Chris Bolgiano, Sarah Vaughanm Allison Giroux; Tiffany Cole

Repository
James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Identification
SC 0183
Title
V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers 1913-2005
Quantity
1.61 cubic feet, 5 boxes
Creator
Roop, V. Inez Graybeal (Vivian Inez), 1913-2010
source
Roop, V. Inez Graybeal (Vivian Inez), 1913-2010
Language
English .
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.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. Staff have taken special care to identify and remove sensitive materials, particularly those relating to students' academic records and admissions recommendations, found within this collection. However, in rare instances, privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

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 #], V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers, 1913-2005, SC 0183, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift of V. Inez Graybeal Roop in 2003 and 2006. Some materials likely came to Special Collections via the Alumni Association at an unknown date.

Processing Information

Some scrapbooks were disbound, disassembled, and foldered. Photographs originally part of the scrapbooks were removed and housed with the Photographs series. Inez Graybeal Roop's scrapbook remains intact. Many newspaper clippings were discarded. Duplicate issues of Montpelier magazine and other university publications were discarded.

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5005 . At this point the collection was reprocessed to include previously unprocessed accretions and to simplify the overall arrangement.


Bio/Historical Note

Vivian Inez Graybeal began her studies at Harrisonburg State Teacher's College in 1931 and graduated in 1935. In 1962, Mrs. Roop was elected president of the Richmond Chapter of the Alumni Association and served on the Alumni Association's Board of Directors. She was appointed by Governor Mills Godwin to serve a four year term on Madison College's Board of Visitors beginning in 1974. In 1977, she was awarded the Distinguished Alumnae Service Award. Also in that year, she made the motion petitioning the State Legislature to change the name of the institution to James Madison University. In 1980, she was appointed by Governor John Dalton to serve another four year term on the Board of Visitors. Inez Roop is the namesake of Roop House Alumni Office, dedicated in 1987 and later changed to Cardinal House, and of Roop Hall, dedicated in 1995. When originally dedicated, Roop Hall was the School of Education and Psychology building but is now home for mathematics and statistics. Inez Roop was an active participant in her class reunions, and an Emeritus Member of the Alumni Association Board. Frances "Frankie" Graybeal (Class of 1936) was Inez's younger sister. Both were members of the Lee Literary Society and Glee Club. They were featured in joint recitals with Frances as the organist. Frances was also a member of Alpha Rho Delta and the Y.W. Cabinet.

Scope and Content

The V. Inez Graybeal Roop Papers, 1913–2005, consists of five boxes (1.61 cubic feet). The collection consists of four series: Correspondence, Philanthropy and Alumni Relations, Scrapbooks and Family History, and Photographs.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged topically into nine series and chronologically within series. Exceptions to this arrangement scheme were made in order to group like materials together and as a result chronological arrangements are approximate.

Correspondence, 1971–2005 Philanthropy and Alumni Relations, 1948-2005 Scrapbooks and Family History, 1913–2000 Photographs, 1913-2005

Separated Material

Three oversized panoramic black and white photographs - 1926 Student Body on steps of quad building, ca. 1929 Student Body on Quad, 1930 Student Body - were removed from the collection and added to the Historic Photographs Collection.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Blackface
  • Brochures
  • Graybeal family
  • Invitations
  • James Madison University
  • James Madison University -- Students -- History
  • Lee Literary Society
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Madison College
  • Madison College -- History
  • Newspaper clippings
  • Philanthropists
  • Philanthropists -- Virginia -- Sources
  • Phipps, Frances Carter Graybeal, 1915-1987
  • Photographs
  • Printed Ephemera
  • Race discrimination
  • Roop family
  • Roop, Ralph Goodwin, 1915-2006
  • Roop, V. Inez Graybeal (Vivian Inez), 1913-2010
  • Roop, V. Inez Graybeal (Vivian Inez), 1913-2010
  • Scrapbooks
  • Scrapbooks -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg
  • State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Alumni and alumnae
  • State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
  • State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students
  • State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students -- Social life and customs
  • Students
  • Students -- Social life and customs
  • Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae
  • Virginia -- Harrisonburg

Bibliography

Roop, Inez Graybeal, in collaboration with Nancy P. Wheeler. My Life . Richmond, VA: The author, 2002.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Phipps, Frances Carter Graybeal, 1915-1987
  • Roop, Ralph Goodwin, 1915-2006
  • Roop, V. Inez Graybeal (Vivian Inez), 1913-2010

Container List

1
Correspondence
1971-2005
Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1971–2005, consists of letters to and from JMU's President Carrier as well as influential state representatives and senators (Doug Wilder, Chuck Robb, etc.) in Richmond concerning support for Madison College. Of particular interest is Dan Daniel's report "Survey '77: An Examination of Attitudes and Self-Reported Behaviors of the Madison College Undergraduates."

Correspondence is present in other series. Subject matter also overlaps across series.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 1
    Correspondence
    1971-1973
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1974
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1975
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 4
    Correspondence
    1976
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 5
    Correspondence
    January-June 1977
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 6
    Correspondence
    July-December 1977
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 7
    Correspondence
    1978
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 8
    Correspondence
    1979
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 9
    Correspondence
    January-June 1980
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 10
    Correspondence
    July-December 1980
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 11
    Correspondence
    1981
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 12
    Correspondence
    1982-1983
  • Mixed Materials [1000885929] box: 1 folder: 13
    Correspondence
    1984
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 1
    Correspondence
    1985
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1986-1988
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1989-1990
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 4
    Correspondence
    1991-1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 5
    Correspondence
    1995-1997
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 6
    Correspondence
    1998-1999
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 7
    Correspondence
    2000-2001
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 8
    Correspondence
    2002-2005, undated
2
Philanthropy and Alumni Relations
1948-2005
Scope and Content

Philanthropy and Alumni Relations, 1948-2005, is comprised of materials related to Roop's involvement in the JMU alumni Association, specifically class reunions, the Bluestone Society and the Richmond Alumni Chapter, and university philanthropic initiatives.

Correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Charles and Bertha Mast Graybeal Scholarship, the Inez G. Roop Professorship in English, and the Ralph and Inez Roop Merit Scholarship are included.

This series also contains Roop's speeches, appointments, and awards, including the dedications of Roop House in 1987 (later changed to Cardinal House) and accompanying news clippings. Materials relating to the April 21, 1995 naming of the main building for JMU's college of education and psychology "Roop Hall" and the April 22, 1995 60th reunion of the class of 1935. Included is a dismantled scrapbook containing materials relating to both events and a folder of various related materials not contained in the scrapbook. Many of the original items in this scrapbook have been photocopied and discarded because they were damaged.

Correspondence and news clippings chronicle Roop's nomination of Dr. John D. Wayland's song "Old Virginia" with music by W. Ruebush to be the Virginia state song.

Correspondence is present in this and other series. Subject matter also overlaps across series.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 9
    Class Reunions and Bluestone Society
    1948-1975
  • Mixed Materials [1000885930] box: 2 folder: 10
    Class Reunions and Bluestone Society
    1985-1986
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 1
    Class Reunions and Bluestone Society
    1987-2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 2
    Speeches, Honors, Awards, and Special Assignments
    1974-2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 3
    Scholarships and Endowments
    1979-1985
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 4
    Scholarships and Endowments
    1986-2005, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 5
    Thank you notes from students
    1999-2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 6
    State Song Campaign
    1994-1998
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 7
    State Song Campaign, related newspaper clippings
    1999-2000, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 8
    Miscellaneous materials related to Roop Hall Dedication and Class of 1935 60th Reunion
    1993-1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 9
    Scrapbook, Roop Hall Dedication and Class of 1935 60th Reunion
    1994-1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 10
    Virginia Legislative Brochures
    1991-1996, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885931] box: 3 folder: 11
    Richmond Alumni Chapter
    1971-1997
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 1
    Taylor Hall Dedication
    1993
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 2
    Wampler Hall Dedication
    1994
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 3
    Alumni excursion brochures
    1996
3
Scrapbooks and Family History
1913-2000
Scope and Content

Scrapbooks and Family History, 1913-2000, contains biographies of Inez and Ralph Roop, some genealogical information on the Graybeal family, and ephemera relating to the family including report cards for Inez Graybeal and recital programs.

The scrapbooks, some of which have been photocopied due to the inherent instability of the paper and clippings, document the State Normal School varsity basketball team and highlight the history of the women's basketball team during this period. A 1930s scrapbook belonging to Inez Graybeal, and a dismantled scrapbook made by Inez's sister, Frances Graybeal, contain correspondence, and ephemera such as greeting cards, invitations and calling cards. One letter removed from Frances' scrapbook lends insight into the initiation rituals of the Lee Literary Society. For her initation, Frances Graybeal is requested to dress like a "Mammy" character by plaiting her hair and applying blackface. Inez Graybeal's scrapbook includes a similar initiation invitation in which she is requested to apply blackface with her "hair rolled up on toilet paper" and represent a "street walker, flapper, and jazz singer." Photographs were removed and housed with the Photographs series, described below.

Correspondence is present in this and other series. Subject matter also overlaps across series.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 4
    Roop Family History
    1913-2000
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 5
    Roop Family Ephemera
    1934-1936
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 6
    Varsity Basketball Scrapbooks
    19231926
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 7
    Varsity Basketball Scrapbooks
    1929
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 8
    Varsity Basketball Scrapbooks
    1932
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 9
    Varsity Basketball Scrapbooks
    1934-1939
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 10
    Frances Graybeal Scrapbook, Correspondence
    1932-1935, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 11
    Frances Graybeal Scrapbook, Ephemera
    1932-1935, undated
  • Mixed Materials [1000898393] box: OV 1
    Inez Graybeal Scrapbook
    1931-19361980
4
Photographs
1913-2005
Scope and Content

Photographs, 1913–2005, is arranged into two subseries: Personal Photographs and Other Photographs . Two folders of Personal Photographs span 1913–2000 and contain photos of Goodwin, Graybeal and Roop family members. This subseries also contains the photographs removed from Francis Graybeal's dismantled scrapbook. Other Photographs date from ca. 1920s-2005. These photographs, color and B&W and some with identification written on back, are primarily of Mrs. Roop with classmates and JMU officials at various JMU events, including reunions, dedication of Roop House Alumni Office, and Governor Mills Godwin signing the name change to JMU. Included here are pictures relating to the April 21, 1995 dedication of Roop Hall and the 60th anniversary of the class of 1935. In addition, three panoramic black and white photographs of the student body, were transferred from the Roop Collection to the JMU Historic Photograph Collection, with appropriate attribution noted on the backs of the photographss: 1926 Student Body on steps of quad building, ca. 1929 Student Body on Quad, 1930 Student Body.

  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 12
    Personal, Frances Graybeal Scrapbook (SC5005_FGSB_031 through 068)
    1913-1935
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 13
    Personal, Roop Family Photographs (SC5005_RFH_069 through 106)
    1913-2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 14
    Other, Roop Hall Dedication and Class of 1935 60th Reunion (SC5005_Roopded_001 through 030)
    1995
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 15
    Other, Miscellaneous Photographs (SC5005_Other_107 through 154, 198 through 200) (Folder 1 of 2)
    circa 1920s-2005
  • Mixed Materials [1000885932] box: 4 folder: 16
    Other, Miscellaneous Photographs (SC5005_Other2_155 through 197) (Folder 1 of 2)
    circa 1920s-2005