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Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
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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
Physical copies of the Virginia Child Protection Newsletter are cataloged separately and are available upon request.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Virginia Child Protection Newsletter Records, 1927-2017, UA 0061, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Dr. Joann Grayson, professor and psychologist from JMU's Department of Psychology, transferred the bulk of the collection on April 5, 2017. There were then additional transfers in April and May 2017, one of which included two boxes from Wanda Baker.
Processing Information
Much of the collection was transferred in binders. Materials were removed and re-foldered according to original order and groupings.
Appraisal
Some letters of a sensitive nature were removed by the transferring office pending approval for their inclusion with redaction. Location of letters are noted at the file level. Additionally, printouts of Google search results for "Virginia Child Protection Newsletter" or similar phrases were discarded. "VCPN on the Web" contained a grouping of materials termed "mentions," "other mentions," and "reprints" which comprised web citations (dead links), reprinted articles, etc. in which VCPN articles are mentioned, cited, or reprinted were not retained. Reference lists of the reprinted articles, etc. were retained and filed under the Reference Lists series. CDs and floppy disks comprising draft articles and graphics printed in the physical newsletters were discarded as well.
Administration History
The Virginia Child Protection Newsletter (VCPN) was originally published by the University of Virginia, with the support of the Bureau of Child Protective Services, Virginia Department of Welfare, beginning in 1974. In 1981, VCPN was transferred to James Madison University when Dr. Joann Grayson and student, Charlotte McNulty, won a bid from the Department of Social Services to take over the newsletter. Each newsletter focuses on one or more topics in child welfare and spotlights local organizations in Virginia that are dedicated to the issue's related topic. Topics included physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; missing children; and the impacts of drugs and alcohol. Some of the articles provide a survey of literature, address current and practice issues, or discuss grants for Virginia community projects. The VCPN was mailed to about 13,000 agencies and individuals in Virginia and across the United States.
Dr. Joann Hess Grayson joined James Madison University in 1975 through the Department of Psychology. In addition to her role as editor of the VCPN, she worked full-time as a professor and supervisor for Psychology 202- Introductory Field Work up until her retirement in 2011. At this time, Debbie Sturm, Professor in the Department of Graduate Psychology, became the new editor of the VCPN. As of 2023, VCPN is no longer in print.
Scope and Contents
The Virginia Child Protection Newsletter (VCPN) Records, 1927-2017, comprise eight boxes of materials related to the publication and distribution of the newsletter. The collection contains correspondence and complimentary notes, requests for reference materials and back issues, reference lists for the sources used in each volume, year-end reports, grant summaries, and select physical copies of newsletters.
Arrangement
Series 1: Correspondence and Requests, 1981- 2017
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence and Complimentary Notes
Subseries 1.2: Requests for Reprints and Back Issues
Series 2: Reference Lists, 1927-2010
Series 3: Year-end Reports and Grant Summaries, 1990-2010
Related Material
Virginia child protection newsletter (Harrisonburg, Va.). (1981-). James Madison University, Center for Child Abuse Education, Psychology Dept.
Separated Material
Volumes 1-3 of Child Abuse and Neglect: The Problem and Its Management were separated and catalogued.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Abused children -- Services for -- Virginia -- Periodicals
- Annual reports
- Bibliographies
- Child Welfare -- Virginia -- Periodicals
- Child abuse -- Virginia -- Periodicals
- Letters (correspondence)
- Missing children -- Virginia -- Periodicals
- Newsletters
Container List
Correspondence for the collection ranges from complimentary notes to consultations related to the VCPN issues. These primarily contain congratulatory messages or questions about specific sources in regards to publishing the VCPN issues with correspondence focusing on questions before publication and consultations dealing with questions from subscribers of the newsletter. Requests comprise emails/forms that request back issues, reference lists, or permissions to reprint the article/newsletter in their own publication.
- 1.1
Correspondence and Complimentary Notes1986-2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 1
Correspondence- England1986-2000
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 2
Complimentary notes1990-2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 3
Complimentary notes1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence1991-2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 5
Complimentary notes and consultations2000-2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 6
Interview template and correspondence2001-2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 7
Complimentary notes2000-2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 8
Consultations2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 9
Complimentary letters2003-2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 10
Consultations and complimentary notes2004-2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 1
- 1.2
Requests for Reprints and Back Issues1981-2017
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 11 18 May 1981- 1 November 1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 12 22 February 1985- 8 November 1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 13 17 April 1985- 20 March 1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 14 1989-2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 15 October 1989- 29 October 1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897639] box: 1 folder: 16 16 January 1990- 11 November 1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 1 19 January 1990-13 December 1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 2 16 January 1991- 25 March 1999
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 3 13 November 1991- 23 November 1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 4 1 July 1992- 26 June 1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 5 25 September 1993- 1 March 2001
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 6 21 October 1993- 7 January 1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 7 10 January 1994- 2 August 2001
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 8 26 January 1994- 13 October 1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897640] box: 2 folder: 9 11 January 1995- 21 April 2001
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 1 16 November 1995- 4 March 2013
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 2 14 October 1996- 2 November 2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 3 9 July 1997- 7 April 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 4 20 January 1999- 8 March 1999
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 5 23 August 1999- 8 May 2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 6 20 November 2000- 1 July 2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 7 2 October 2001- 4 December 2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897641] box: 3 folder: 8 21 February 2002- 14 July 2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 1 27 April 2002- 2 May 2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 2 June 2003- 28 June 2006
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 3 15 February 2004- 5 April 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 4 17 May 2004- 14 February 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 5 21 June 2005- 16 May 2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 6 16 August 2007- 17 April, 2017
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 7 18 August 2009- 10 May 2010
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 8 12 January 2015- 3 April 2017
Reference lists contain bibliographies for each issue published and are arranged based on topic, not volume or issue number. Additionally, because they are separated based on content, there are overlapping bibliographies for certain issues. "VCPN on the Web," a subgroup within the series of Reference Lists, also contains various bibliographic information. Similar to a bibliography, it documents the VCPN's presence on the internet through review citations, links to website mentions of the VCPN, and information on where they have been reprinted.
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 9
Abuse in foster care1982-1987
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 10
Adopted children1982-1986
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 11
Adult male sex offenders1973-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 12
Anatomical dolls1986-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 13
Assessment of child abusers1983-1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 14
At risk youth1978-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 15
Audiotapes1985-1986
- Mixed Materials [1000897642] box: 4 folder: 16
Baby doe1982-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 1
Backlash1988-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 2
Birth defects1981-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 3
Child abuse and disabilities1973-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 4
Child abuse and legislation1986-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 5
Child abuse organizations1983-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 6
Child custody1976-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 7
Child fatalities1961-1999
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 8
Child labor1988-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 9
Child welfare services1987-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 10
Children as witnesses1979-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 11
Children of alcoholics1971-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 12
Children who kill1940-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 13
Children with aids1988-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 14
Community notification for sex offenders1994-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 15
Confidentiality1985-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 16
Corporeal punishment1982-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 17
Court appointed special advocates1927-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 18
CPS workers1983-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 19
Crack/cocaine1987-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 20
Day care1983-1988
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 21
Defining child abuse1977-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 22
Domestic violence1972-1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 23
Domestic violence and child abuse1983-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 24
Effects of child abuse1972-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 25
Emotional abuse1976-1987
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 26
Failure to thrive1979-1999
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 27
Family preservation1976-1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 28
Female sex offender1960-1989
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 29
Fetal alcohol syndrome1975-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 30
Foster care1974-2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 31
General information1977-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 32
Healthy families1983-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 33
History1975-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 34
Homeless and runaway youth1983-2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 35
Hypnosis1986-2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 36
Independent living and residential care1977-1988
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 37
Institutional abuse1977-1988
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 38
Interviewing1991-2000
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 39
Investigation techniques1964-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 40
Investigation of child abuse1964-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 41
Juvenile sex offenders1941-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 42
Latch key children1983-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 43
Legislation1985-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 44
Male abuse survivors1960-1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 45
Malpractice/liability in CPS1979-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 46
Medical management1975-1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 47
Medical management of child abuse1984-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 48
Men who batter1974-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 49
Methadone effects of children1981-1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 50
Military1977-1983
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 51
Minority1974-1983
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 52
Missing children1983-1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 53
Multiple personality disorder1984-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897643] box: 5 folder: 54
Neglect1974-1998
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 1
Prevention-parent aides1954-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 2
Parents who abuse1972-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 3
Pregnancy and drugs1975-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 4
Prenatal drug abuse1975-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 5
Police social work intervention teams1976-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 6
Pornography1978-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 7
Pyromaniaundated
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 8
Repressed memory1980-1984
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 9
Risk assessment1965-1989
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 10
Ritualistic abuse, cult abuse1983-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 11
Schools and child abuse1975-2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 12
Sex offender treatment information1994-1995
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 13
Sexual abuse, general1964-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 14
Sexual abuse, prevention1981-1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 15
Shaken baby1981-2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 16
Structural decision making1962-2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 17
Teaching parenting1974-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 18
Teenage pregnancy1978-1998
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 19
Transracial adoption1964-1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 20
Treatment for adult survivors1981-1990
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 21
Treatment of child sexual abuse1962-1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 22
What schools can do1972-1992
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 23
Youth violence prevention1962-1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 24
VCPN on the webundated
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 25
VCPN on the web1 July 2004- March 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 26
VCPN on the webApril 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 27
VCPN on the webApril 2006
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 28
VCPN on the webSeptember 2006
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 29
VCPN on the webApril 2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 30
VCPN on the webApril 2008
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 31
VCPN on the webMarch 2010
Year-end reports contain summary reports for the VCPN issue year, typically starting July 1 and carrying on through June 30 of the following year. They're comprised primarily of complimentary notes, statistics on the number of subscribers, resource lists for places where their newsletter was reprinted or mentioned, and some years contain published copies of the VCPN issues. Similarly, grant summaries mostly comprise generated lists of the VCPN accomplishments including workshop and conference distribution and participation, publications, ongoing distributions, and correspondence. Some issues do contain a grant summary essay discussing the accomplishments of the year.
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 32
Year-end reportJuly 1999- June 2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897644] box: 6 folder: 33
Year-end report1 July 2002- 30 June 2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 1
Year-end report1 July 2003- 30 June 2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 2
Year-end report1 July 2004- 30 June 2005
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 3
Year-end report1 July 2005- 30 June 2006
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 4
Year-end report1 July 2006- 30 June 2007
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 5
Year-end report1 July 2007- 30 June 2008
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 6
Year-end report1 July 2008- 30 June 2009
- Mixed Materials [1000897645] box: 7 folder: 7
Year-end report1 July 2009- 30 June 2010
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 1
Grant summaryOctober 1990- December 1991
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 2
Grant summary1993
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 3
Grant summary8 December 1993- 24 August 1994
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 4
Grant summary1995- 20 August 1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 5
Grant summary1996
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 6
Grant summary1997
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 7
Grant summaryJune 1998- July 1999
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 8
Grant summaryJuly 1999- June 2000
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 9
Grant summary2000
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 10
Grant summary1 July 2001- 30 June, 2002
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 11
Grant summary1 July 2002- 30 June 2003
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 12
Grant summary1 July 2003- 30 June 2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 13
Grant summary1 July 2003- 30 June 2004
- Mixed Materials [1000897646] box: 8 folder: 14
Grant summary1 July 2004- 30 June 2005