George Mason University has announced the intention of benefactor David Stone to bequeath his massive collection on Gilbert and Sullivan to the University Libraries’ Special Collection & Archives. In a Mason News story by Corey Jenkins Schaut at http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2014/10/gilbert-sullivan-collection-make-home-mason/, the collection is described as “a treasure trove of Gilbert and Sullivan memorabilia, from original manuscripts […]
Special Collections and Archives would like to wish everyone a happy Halloween! Here’s a photograph featuring Mason students in their Halloween costumes from 1990:
During 2014, Special Collections & Archives celebrated awards won by two colleagues, Greta Kuriger Suiter and Robert Vay. Greta was honored with the Spring 2014 George Mason University Libraries’ Staff Excellence Award, “a semi-annual award presented to a library staff member in recognition of their outstanding contribution to fostering an environment of collegiality and teamwork, and […]
Another blog post on President Richard Nixon’s activities during the Watergate investigation. The first one can be found here, the second one can be found here, and the third one is here. Following the release of the White House Oval Office audiotape transcripts in April 1974, Nixon faced additional requests for the tapes themselves. While […]
Welcome back, students, to the first week of school! At Special Collections & Archives (SC&A), we wanted to make sure that our website redesign would be ready in time for the students’ return. On our homepage at http://sca.gmu.edu/, we now have a navigation bar located on the left side of the browser to help users […]
