Fun Finds in the Virginia Historical Documents Collection

May 4, 2018
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This post was written by Emily Rusch, student Research Assistant. The Virginia Historical Documents collection includes letters, postcards, and court documents relating to Virginia from early 16th century until the early 20th century. This collection was put together using many small donations to the Special Collections Research Center. Pictured is a letter from George Washington […]

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New Hours

May 1, 2018
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Tomorrow, May 2, 2018 we will have our final Wednesday evening hours. We will begin operating on our new schedule, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (instead of opening at 10 a.m.) starting May 7, 2018. During fall and spring semesters we will make arrangements to have extended weekday hours by appointment only. Our main […]

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Historic Cameras in “From Tintypes to TIFFs”

April 26, 2018
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“From Tintypes to TIFFs: Life Through the Lens” has gotten excellent feedback from Fenwick Library patrons, and the favorite part of the exhibit for many seems to be the historic cameras that are on display throughout the timeline of photographic processes. In an era when most people simply use the cameras that are part of […]

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The Price of Going Paperless

April 20, 2018
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Despite the increasing amount of businesses using digital platforms, paper still exists in massive quantities in the records management world. The University Records Center here at Mason houses 12,500 boxes of paper records. In terms of the individual sheets of paper, some calculations estimate we have more than 30 million documents. 30,000,000 pieces of paper. […]

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