Black History Month – Martin Luther King, Jr.

February 15, 2018
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Each February, the United States celebrates Black History Month, which underscores and celebrates the contributions of African American Culture to the American experience over hundreds of years. Black History Month also examines and highlights the terrible oppression African Americans have experienced during these hundreds of years, and those who fought against it and made lasting […]

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Archives in [or about] Space!

December 5, 2016
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In October 2016, the SCRC brought in an exciting new collection from former NASA employee Martin Sedlazek.  Sedlazek, who trained as an electrical engineer, worked for NASA in numerous capacities from the early 1960s until he retired in 1995. He collected material from the various projects he worked on, including some of the most storied […]

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Thanksgiving Holiday

November 22, 2016
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An update on our holiday hours: The Special Collections Research Center will be closed Wednesday, November 23rd through Sunday, November 27th for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Special Collections Research Center will open again on Monday, November 28th at 10:00 am. You can find our regular Fall semester hours on our homepage. We wish everyone a […]

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Vietnam Moratorium “Scroll” Documents George Mason College Community’s Activism

November 21, 2016
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On October 10, 1969 a neatly dressed George Mason College student presented Chancellor Lorin A. Thompson with a loosely-rolled scroll of paper containing the signatures of over 600 Mason students, faculty, and staff. The document petitioned Thompson to excuse students, faculty, staff and administration from classes and college business on October 15 so that they […]

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