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Home > Special Collections > Robert James Sullivan Jr. Papers > Robert James Sullivan Jr. Papers

Robert James Sullivan Jr. Papers

Robert James Sullivan Jr. was City Planner for Harrisonburg from 1965 until 1991 during a time of much growth and development for the city. He also taught as an adjunct professor of Political Science for James Madison University from 1970 until 2006 and served as the "unofficial historian" of the city of Harrisonburg during his lifetime. The collection contains materials related to all of these roles with particularly rich materials related to the growth of Harrisonburg from the 1950s to the early 1990s. There are many photos and slides that feature neighborhoods in Harrisonburg that are no longer in existence after the Urban Renewal projects of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as many maps of Harrisonburg showing projected growth. The links below represent groupings of images as organized and described by Robert J. Sullivan. Descriptive text and titles were taken directly from what was written on the slides themselves.

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  • 1978, 1979, and Spring 1980 (showing part of the Bicentennial Parade- Harrisonburg's 200th birthday)
  • Court Square (after landscaping) 1976-1977
  • Downtown Photos, Various Items 1960s, 70s, 80s
  • Durham, NC Street Plantings and Downtown Beautification, 1976
  • Fall '79, Dry River Dam, '83, Mixed views etc., 1988
  • Historical structures and churches, schools and parks, JMU and EMC
  • Housing— various types and situations
  • Industries, Railroad Pollution Scenes, City Facilities- parking lots, fire stations, police station, HEC; "Miscellaneous"
  • Late 1960s
  • May-July 1980
  • Non-Harrisonburg 1968-88
  • Old Town 1988
  • Pee Wee Football and Handley HS
  • Pre-Plan City
  • Reston, VA, Columbia, MD, Green Run, VA Beach 1970-1972
  • Slum slides
  • Steam plant pictures, Winter 1981-1982, Spring & Summer 1982
  • Street construction projects
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  • Abandoned chicken house, East Rock at Hill (Klingstein) by James Madison University

    Abandoned chicken house, East Rock at Hill (Klingstein)

  • Geese and shack on Hawkings St. by James Madison University

    Geese and shack on Hawkings St.

  • Norwood St. looking west by James Madison University

    Norwood St. looking west

  • View of Norwood St. from Hawkings St. by James Madison University

    View of Norwood St. from Hawkings St.

  • Shacks on Hawkins by James Madison University

    Shacks on Hawkins

  • S. Federal St. between Paul and Grattan by James Madison University

    S. Federal St. between Paul and Grattan

  • E. Washington St. looking west by James Madison University

    E. Washington St. looking west

  • E. Washington St., looking west where city has cleared out slums by James Madison University

    E. Washington St., looking west where city has cleared out slums

  • Back side of Bevlah Marshall's shack on Norwood St. by James Madison University

    Back side of Bevlah Marshall's shack on Norwood St.

  • View of Massanutten St. looking north by James Madison University

    View of Massanutten St. looking north

  • View of Bevlah Marshall's junk seen from Coca Cola plant by James Madison University

    View of Bevlah Marshall's junk seen from Coca Cola plant

  • Abandoned church basement and green house, Ashby St. and Madison St. by James Madison University

    Abandoned church basement and green house, Ashby St. and Madison St.

  • House on Madison St. by James Madison University

    House on Madison St.

  • Aerial of Bevlah Marshall's junk by James Madison University

    Aerial of Bevlah Marshall's junk

  • Duplex house on Massanutten St. by James Madison University

    Duplex house on Massanutten St.

  • View of Bevlah Marshall's junk seen from Coca Cola plant by James Madison University

    View of Bevlah Marshall's junk seen from Coca Cola plant

  • Bevlah Marshall's shacks- E. Washington St. by James Madison University

    Bevlah Marshall's shacks- E. Washington St.

  • Back of the Creek Ave. house by James Madison University

    Back of the Creek Ave. house

  • E. Washington seen from Coca Cola roof by James Madison University

    E. Washington seen from Coca Cola roof

  • "For Rent," E. Washington St., Bevlah Marshall by James Madison University

    "For Rent," E. Washington St., Bevlah Marshall

  • O.W. Hess shack Norwood St. by James Madison University

    O.W. Hess shack Norwood St.

  • Shacks behind W. Wolfe- Tonkins by James Madison University

    Shacks behind W. Wolfe- Tonkins

  • Demolished remains, old house at Broad St./Effinger St. by James Madison University

    Demolished remains, old house at Broad St./Effinger St.

  • Klingstein houses on Kelley St. near Hill St. by James Madison University

    Klingstein houses on Kelley St. near Hill St.

 

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