New proper motions have been derived from reductions of PDS microdensi
tometer scans of 17 Yerkes refractor plates spanning an epoch range of
88 years for 515 stars down to V approximately 15.6 in the region of
the globular cluster M5. Photographic photometry in B and V has been o
btained for these stars from these scans and scans of six Yerkes refle
ctor plates. The present proper motions have significantly improved pr
ecision compared to Cudworth [AJ, 84, 1866 (1979)]. Membership probabi
lities derived from the new proper motions are largely in agreement wi
th those from Cudworth's study, but this paper includes nearly 200 add
itional stars, many of which are probable members. A color-magnitude d
iagram of probable members is presented and discussed, as well as comp
arisons to previous photometry. All but two of the previously known or
suspected variables are found to be highly probable members. These pr
oper motions have been used by Cudworth & Hanson [AJ, 105, 168 (1993)]
to derive a large space velocity for M5, implying that it is a rich o
uter halo cluster on an eccentric orbit near perigalacticon. These mot
ions will be used in a forthcoming paper to explore the internal dynam
ics of M5, including a derivation of the cluster distance by compariso
n of the proper motion and radial velocity dispersions.