Before We Became George Mason University: Our First Campus at Bailey’s Crossroads, 1957-1964

May 3, 2022
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This post is part of a four-part series detailing the history of George Mason University from the student perspective. Other posts in this series include Establishing our Identity: George Mason’s Fairfax Campus, which can be read here: https://vault217.gmu.edu/?p=10152 and George Mason University Becomes Independent, April 7, 1972, which can be seen here:  https://vault217.gmu.edu/?p=10208. George Mason […]

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We Are Mason: A Student History

March 1, 2022
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Our university celebrates its 50th Anniversary as an independent institution this year. The above photograph is the only one from that day known to exist. It was most likely taken by a George Mason University (GMU) employee in a department housed in the North Building (today known as Finley) called Public Relations. While some versions […]

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Looking Over Our Shoulder: Espionage

December 2, 2021
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This post is part of a series pertaining to SCRC’s current exhibition, Looking Over Our Shoulder: The Cold War in American Culture. The text was borrowed from the exhibition. Both the United States and the Soviet Union conducted espionage against each other during the Cold War period. Information in the form of plans, formulas, designs, […]

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The Latest Reincarnation of Fenwick Library, Wing A

November 17, 2021
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Rebecca Thayer, Buchanan Papers Project Archivist, contributed the contemporary photos for this post. Completed in October of 1967, Fenwick Library’s A Wing has withstood the test of time. It opened to patrons in late October 1967 soon after a well-coordinated group of faculty, students, and staff hand carried all of the volumes from the East […]

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Remembering A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

October 29, 2021
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On Friday April 7, 1972, a group from George Mason College, led by Chancellor Lorin A. Thompson, met with Virginia Governor, A. Linwood Holton, Jr. at his office in Richmond. They were there to witness the Governor’s signing into law Virginia General Assembly Bill H 210 separating George Mason College from the University of Virginia […]

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